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Root & Reach: Promotional Concept Video featuring Elena
Description:
Root & Reach is a platform concept that helps ethical entrepreneurs research and build sustainable international businesses with deep respect for local communities, cultures, and environments.
Process Steps:
- Began with a detailed prompt defining the platform vision, target user (Elena, an ethical fashion designer), and warm minimalist visual style.
- Used Melius agent + multiple node types to generate branding/logo variations, UI screens (desktop & mobile), trend visualisations, country reports, video scenes, and narration.
- Iterated many times on character consistency for Elena (face, hairstyle, clothing), voiceover tone, pacing, and script.
- Combined an entrepreneur story (Elena’s) with a functional walkthrough of the platform’s key features.
- Exported the selected assets (videos, images, narration voiceover audiofile) from Melius, made light edits, and stitched everything into one cohesive video using OpenShot.
My experience with Melius:
This was my first time using Melius. I was genuinely impressed by how fast and intuitive the canvas + agent workflow was. Being able to continuously tweak prompts and outputs node by node helped me achieve good character consistency and the exact tone I wanted. It made a quite ambitious project feel achievable in a short amount of time.
Attachments:
Screenshot of my full Melius canvas
Final promotional video
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