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Ascension — AI Fashion Film / A3VMD Studio
New personal series exploring the collision of the composed and the untamed: couture embroidery, a formal garden, golden-hour light, and a live ostrich as the surreal anchor.
Fully AI-generated and hand-finished to a photoreal standard — the workflow I bring to brand and editorial commissions.
Available for fashion film, immersive media, and creative direction. Let's build something. #AIFilmmaker
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VANTA — Royalty Moves Different
A 30-second AI-powered one-take product film where 18th-century royalty meets modern performance.
What happens when a French royal court meets modern performance footwear?
For the Renoise × Seedance 2.5 creator challenge, I developed a 30-second continuous one-take product film for the fictional VANTA V/01 Royal Edition sneaker.
The concept starts as a serious period drama inside an opulent 18th-century French palace. A composed Queen moves through the royal court as a sudden disturbance erupts around her. As the tension escalates, she reveals the unexpected modern element beneath her gown — the VANTA V/01.
The film then shifts from controlled royal elegance into grounded physical action, using the sneaker as an integral part of the choreography rather than simply placing the product at the end.
Creative Direction
I developed the visual concept around a simple contrast:
Royal elegance → tension → disruption → movement → power → product reveal
The goal was to make the audience initially believe they were watching a historical action film before revealing that it is actually a performance footwear advertisement.
Production Approach
The entire film was designed as one continuous physical camera take with no cuts, edits, montage or teleportation.
I developed and locked:
Character identity and performance direction
18th-century wardrobe and fabric behavior
VANTA V/01 product identity
Palace architecture and production design
Supporting court world
Lighting and color system
Camera language and movement
Motion and physical interaction
30-second story progression
Product reveal and final hero composition
The visual system was built around photorealistic live-action cinematography, practical candlelight, natural daylight, realistic materials, grounded biomechanics and physically believable fabric and camera movement.
AI Video
Seedance 2.5
The final film was generated as a single 30-second continuous take, using a structured reference workflow combining storyboard, character, product, environment and visual-system references.
Role
Creative Direction · Art Direction · AI Video Generation · Storyboarding · Visual Development · Camera Direction · Product Advertising
Concept
Royalty Moves Different.
A world where centuries-old elegance collides with modern performance.
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This is a really strong example of using AI for actual product storytelling. I especially like the decision to make the sneaker part of the action instead of treating it like a simple product reveal. The one take approach makes the whole concept feel much more intentional.
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Love this!