AI Video Production & Filmmaking

HEUXMAN

AI short film

Beautiful. Brutal. Human.

A ballet dancer moves through a city reduced to rubble. Pointe shoes meet tank treads; a leap cuts across a street filled with soldiers; a pirouette continues as an explosion fills the frame. Beautiful. Brutal. Human. is an AI short film built around the collision of grace and destruction.

Movement and contrast

The film moves between intimate details and the scale of the surrounding devastation. Pale pink fabric, controlled movement, and a steady gaze hold the dancer apart from the smoke and debris. Music and the sounds of conflict intensify that contrast before the closing words give it a name: Beautiful. Brutal. Human.

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Inside the process

Animation built with Astra and Blender/MCP, then interpreted in Seedance. Photoreal version above; animation below.

Scroll to explore · 5 studies

Gesture & camera: photoreal dancer above the corresponding Blender animation — 6 sec comparison01 / Gesture & camera

Movement & atmosphere: photoreal dancer above the corresponding Blender animation — 6 sec comparison02 / Movement & atmosphere

A closer look: photoreal dancer above the corresponding Blender animation — 3 frame comparisons03 / A closer look

Overhead perspective: photoreal dancer above the corresponding Blender animation — Frame comparison04 / Overhead perspective

The wider scene: photoreal dancer above the corresponding Blender animation — Frame comparison05 / The wider scene

HOKA

Independent AI spec

Run Beyond

A running film set beyond the familiar. Run Beyond takes the energy of a HOKA commercial into an imagined alien landscape.

Independent spec project

Inside the process

Unused character explorations, the selected hero, and product and environment studies for Run Beyond.

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Unused character exploration: a small light-green alien with a broad head and amber eyes wears yellow running shoes in a pastel desert. — Character exploration · Not used01 / Rounded silhouette

Unused character exploration: a round fluffy creature with large reflective eyes and yellow running shoes stands in a pink desert. — Character exploration · Not used02 / Soft texture

Unused character exploration: a slender pale alien with flowing purple hair, long limbs and yellow running shoes in a desert landscape. — Character exploration · Not used03 / Shape & personality

Unused character exploration: a small purple alien with textured skin runs across rocky ground in bright yellow shoes. — Character exploration · Not used04 / A different direction

The selected Run Beyond hero character reference sheet, with turnaround views, expressions, poses, and close-up details of the eyes, clay texture, hands and feet. — Selected design · Used in the film05 / Hero character

A six-view reference sheet of a yellow and orange HOKA running shoe on a purple background. — Product & design exploration06 / Footwear from every angle

Navy HOKA shoe boxes, including an open box holding a pair of bright yellow running shoes. — Product & design exploration07 / Product & packaging

Environment exploration: a yellow running shoe with an iridescent beetle on its laces, surrounded by unusual plants and earthy textures. — Environment exploration08 / Product in the world

Four slender grey aliens stand among pastel desert dunes, with sculptural plants and iridescent beetles in the foreground. — Environment exploration09 / Building the world

8x8

AI campaign

The Power of You

Cinematic AI imagery and video sequences for 8x8’s The Power of You campaign. A collection of larger-than-life portraits, characters, and worlds, created across several pieces.

Approach

Mountain expeditions, encounters with wildlife, and a robot chase give each piece its own cinematic world. The selected sequences and campaign stills bring together the range of imagery, character, and atmosphere across the work.

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Inside the process

Character references and storyboards · The people, the world, and the action.

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01 / Melissa · Character reference

02 / Jane · Character reference

Watercolor storyboard of two zookeepers approaching an ice habitat with a sweeping arch and penguins in the pool. — 03 / The world

Two smiling zookeepers walk through an ice corridor with penguins behind them. — 04 / The characters

Penguins slide down an ice chute, leap, and swim in the pool in a watercolor storyboard. — 05 / The action

Vollebak

Independent AI spec

Programmed, Not Manufactured

What if a jacket could be grown instead of manufactured? This speculative Vollebak commercial imagines a laboratory that reads the electrical signals of a fungal network—and writes back.

Independent spec project

Inside the process

Visual development · Material, environment, and garment studies.

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A figure in a white protective suit holds a sheet of branching mycelium illuminated in cyan and pink. — 01 / Mycelium material

A porous sheet suspended inside a metal frame, with illuminated strands hanging into a tray below. — 02 / Growth system

A laboratory corridor lined with glowing fungal panels, cyan and pink light, and annotated monitoring graphics. — 03 / Fungal data

An annotated petri-dish study of branching fungal growth around an illuminated electrode. — 04 / Response study

A robotic tool works above trays of branching mycelium in a cyan and pink laboratory. — 05 / Automated cultivation

A humanoid mannequin wears a white jacket covered with sensors and wires connected to laboratory equipment. — 06 / Garment testing

Branching fungal growth inside a tall glass laboratory chamber with cyan and pink lighting, external probes and a ladder. — 07 / Cultivation chamber

A row of labelled material samples shows fungal growth progressing from day one through day twenty-eight under cyan and pink laboratory lights. — 08 / Growth over time

A group of humanoid mannequins in a laboratory wears iridescent jackets and white sensor-covered garments. — 09 / Garment lineup

A reflective humanoid mannequin wears a hooded iridescent jacket on a raised platform in a cyan-lit laboratory. — 10 / Iridescent garment

Farther

AI social shorts

An office worker using an old punch clock — Punch

A vintage printer producing a page — Print

A floppy disk inserted into an old desktop computer — Floppy

The old way

Three single-shot AI short films for Farther, built as quick hits for social. A punch clock, a printer, and a floppy disk make the old way of doing things instantly recognisable.

Approach

Everyday office rituals become short visual stories. Each piece pairs a familiar object with a simple camera move and a clear idea, designed for a vertical screen and a few seconds of attention.

Inside the process

Character, location, prop, and layout references for The old way.

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Character reference01 / The advisor

Location reference02 / The advisor’s office

Location reference03 / The corporate office

Layout study04 / Desk & computer layout

Prop reference05 / CRT monitor & keyboard

Prop reference06 / Growth Strategy floppy disk

Prop reference07 / Vintage office printer

Layout study08 / Time clock & card rack layout

Prop reference09 / Wall time recorder

Prop reference10 / The time card

Habit × LA Dodgers

Social films · AI workflows

Bobbleheads · Film 01

Bobbleheads · Film 02

From physical object to moving world.

Two social films for Habit in collaboration with the LA Dodgers and agency Optimism BH. Built from photographs of a real bobblehead, with its likeness, proportions, uniform and product details guiding the work.

The approach

AI workflows supported rapid iteration across shots and movement, with accuracy and consistency at the center. A repeatable visual foundation for creative at scale, shaped through direction, editing and sound.

Inside the process

From real object to reference, boards and finished films.

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Habit × LA Dodgers — Full bobblehead and base — The real object01 / Full bobblehead and base

Habit × LA Dodgers — Face, cap and burger — The real object02 / Face, cap and burger

Habit × LA Dodgers — Front-facing likeness — The real object03 / Front-facing likeness

The real object04 / Profile and accessories

Habit × LA Dodgers — Rear view and base — The real object05 / Rear view and base

Habit × LA Dodgers — Uniform detail — The real object06 / Uniform detail

Habit × LA Dodgers — Glove and torso detail — The real object07 / Glove and torso detail

Habit × LA Dodgers — Character and prop reference sheet — Character reference08 / Character and prop reference sheet

Habit × LA Dodgers — Low-angle character close-up — Storyboards09 / Low-angle character close-up

Habit × LA Dodgers — Face and spring detail — Storyboards10 / Face and spring detail

Habit × LA Dodgers — Two-character composition — Storyboards11 / Two-character composition

Habit × LA Dodgers — Full figure and setting — Storyboards12 / Full figure and setting

Habit × LA Dodgers — Overhead group composition — Storyboards13 / Overhead group composition

Habit × LA Dodgers — Wide view of the room — Storyboards14 / Wide view of the room

Habit × LA Dodgers — Low-angle lineup — Storyboards15 / Low-angle lineup

Corpay

Brand film

In Sync

In Sync is an AI-driven brand film for Corpay, bringing offices, industry, and agriculture into a connected, cinematic world of business.

Inside the process

From storyboard to screen. Four short studies pair selected board sequences with their corresponding moments in the finished film.

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A person at a desk leads into a payment on screen. The finished sequence carries that action into a sunlit office, giving an everyday transaction a cinematic setting. — 01 / Office & payment

The boards establish an automated warehouse through packages, rows, and movement. The finished shot develops the same idea with depth, light, and a moving camera. — 02 / Warehouse

The close-up of a card meeting a terminal becomes a direct visual link between plan and execution. The action stays familiar while the finished setting adds colour and texture. — 03 / Card payment

Doctors in a lift and people moving through the city connect the business story to human activity. These comparisons show how the planned group compositions carry into the film. — 04 / People

The Nature Conservancy

AI spec ad

Why destroy theirs?

Wildlife turns a family home upside down in this AI spec ad for The Nature Conservancy. A playful reversal makes habitat destruction personal: you wouldn’t want them destroying your home. Why destroy theirs?

Spec ad · Optimism SF

AI.

Beautiful. Brutal. Human.

Movement and contrast

Inside the process

Run Beyond

The Power of You

Approach

Programmed, Not Manufactured

The old way

Approach

Bobbleheads · Film 01

Bobbleheads · Film 02

From physical object to moving world.

The approach

In Sync

Inside the process

Why destroy theirs?