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I do and have done a fair amount of work for Professional Haunted Events and Theme Parks that attract over 50k people. Although this video is cropped because it's 16:9 and not 4:3, you'll get the idea. I was tasked with creating a video for one haunt's hayride theme called, "The Night of the Raven." I wrote a spin-off of Poe's poem and then voiced and created the soundtrack. I then created the graphic elements along with other imagery and edited it all using three different software products. It was a huge success for them.
Night After Halloween already has a fantastic script, and now comes the exciting part: bringing it to life through AI-powered visual storytelling.
My role is to take what's been imagined on paper and translate it into a cinematic experience through AI video production, creative direction, visual development, and detailed shot-by-shot execution.
From establishing the film's visual language and building atmospheric environments to crafting compelling characters, cinematic compositions, and seamless sequences, every visual decision needs to serve the story.
The goal isn't simply to generate beautiful AI visuals. It's to create a cohesive film where every frame feels intentional, every scene carries the right emotion, and the final experience does justice to the script.
The story is already there. Now, it's time to make audiences see it exactly as we envision it.
Keeping characters this consistent across shots is the hardest part of AI short films, and the atmosphere already feels cohesive in just 10 seconds. Curious how you're handling continuity once the story moves into new environments.
Signed up on Contra a while ago. Zero views for months.
This week I uploaded some of my works. 🔥
I’m Ilia, a video editor, colorist and cinematographer with 20+ years in the field. Editorial work for Vogue, Esquire, The Rake, SHOWstudio. Based in Montenegro, shooting across the Balkans and UAE. Fashion films, brand campaigns, music videos.
More work going up this week. If you’ve been here longer, what else helped your profile get seen?
Congrats on getting the portfolio up, Ilia! 🎬 That Vogue and Esquire-level editorial polish on the fashion film cuts is exactly what makes a reel pop 🔥