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Chris Lacorte
• Apr 2
My first commercial ever made entirely with AI in 24 hours on a ~$100 budget.
Created for the Runway Big Ad Contest 2026. A 60-second IMAX-style spec ad for a fictional garden hose brand. An orange tabby cat discovers a garden hose that comes alive they play together until the cat falls asleep inside it like a cozy nest. A visual metaphor for becoming an adult.
I developed the concept, wrote the screenplay, engineered all prompts, generated every shot with Veo 3.1 and Gen-4.5 on Runway, and edited in post with no prior experience in commercial filmmaking.
Skills: AI video production, prompt engineering, creative direction, storyboarding, post-production, rapid self-directed learning.
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