diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 841b405..3305ae1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nixamp",
-  "version": "0.70.1",
+  "version": "0.70.2",
   "description": "It really whips the terminal's ass. A Winamp-shaped audio player for your terminal.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/src/ai-label.ts b/src/ai-label.ts
index e8ea7d8..93539df 100644
--- a/src/ai-label.ts
+++ b/src/ai-label.ts
@@ -698,6 +698,11 @@ export async function writeVeoStory(
     return { prompt: clean(item.prompt, 400), cast: [...new Set(who)].slice(0, 3) };
   }).filter((one) => one.prompt.length > 10).slice(0, scenes);
   if (out.length < 1) throw new Error("the model wrote no story");
+  // A model asked for many scenes often writes fewer: the rest are its own scenes again, from other angles,
+  // so every shot the plan paid for has something to film.
+  const angles = ["a different angle and closer", "a wide establishing angle", "a slow tracking shot", "an overhead angle", "a low angle"];
+  const written = out.length;
+  for (let i = 0; out.length < scenes; i++) out.push({ ...out[i % written]!, prompt: `${out[i % written]!.prompt} Filmed as ${angles[i % angles.length]}.` });
   return out.map((scene) => ({
     cast: scene.cast,
     prompt: `Music video for a fictional ${artist.genre} song. ${scene.prompt} Mood: ${song.style}`.slice(0, 900)
diff --git a/test/ai-label.test.ts b/test/ai-label.test.ts
index 0a130cf..bee93d9 100644
--- a/test/ai-label.test.ts
+++ b/test/ai-label.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { createServer as createHttpServer } from "node:http";
 import { copyFileSync, existsSync, mkdtempSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { basename, dirname, join } from "node:path";
-import { AiLabel, cleanLyrics, closeUpTimes, fileName, planUsd, shotPlan, genreSlug, nextReset, periodOf, renderFilmedVideo, renderStoryVideo, renderVideo, retagVideo, ROSTER, songBase, syncLines, VeoUnavailable } from "../src/ai-label.ts";
+import { AiLabel, cleanLyrics, closeUpTimes, writeVeoStory, fileName, planUsd, shotPlan, genreSlug, nextReset, periodOf, renderFilmedVideo, renderStoryVideo, renderVideo, retagVideo, ROSTER, songBase, syncLines, VeoUnavailable } from "../src/ai-label.ts";
 import { elevenLabsComposer, OutOfCredit, type Composer } from "../src/ai-radio.ts";
 import type { askJson } from "../src/ai-text.ts";
 import { Channels } from "../src/channels.ts";
@@ -375,6 +375,15 @@ test("a single is a short film: story scenes from its words, cut in turn with th
   }
 });
 
+test("a story asked for more scenes than the model wrote is filled with its own scenes from other angles", async () => {
+  const ask: typeof askJson = async () => ({ model: "m", value: { scenes: [{ prompt: "The singer walks out of a diner at dawn", cast: ["lead vocals"] }, { prompt: "Rain on a car windshield at night", cast: [] }] } });
+  const scenes = await writeVeoStory({ genre: "Rock", sound: "loud" }, [{ role: "lead vocals", look: "woman, curly hair" }], { title: "Record", concept: "" }, { title: "Song", style: "fast", lyrics: "" }, 5, ask);
+  assert.equal(scenes.length, 5, "every paid-for shot has a scene");
+  assert.match(scenes[2]!.prompt, /diner at dawn.*Filmed as a different angle/);
+  assert.deepEqual(scenes[2]!.cast, ["lead vocals"], "with the same cast");
+  assert.match(scenes[3]!.prompt, /windshield.*Filmed as a wide establishing angle/);
+});
+
 test("story scenes star the band as their profiles describe them, never strangers", async () => {
   const writer = fakeWriter();
   const ask: typeof askJson = async (options) => {