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Making a video is like making a song.
Nobody hears the 40 takes. They hear the one.
Same with a film and video. You cut and cut and cut, and what's left has to do two things: be a version you'd defend, and be a version that's theirs. Landing both at once is the job.
I've got folders of ideas that never shipped. Openings, transitions, a color that was wrong for this one. They become vocabulary for the next brief.
Some behind the scenes on what didn't make the cut, but will shape another one someday.
What Was Never Mine — AI-Animated Short Film
What Was Never Mine is a 90-second AI-animated visual story exploring ambition, social media visibility, success, and the moment a dream begins to feel like something you no longer recognize.
I developed the concept, visual world, recurring character, scene progression, and final edit using approximately 30 generated visuals. The production required maintaining consistency across the character, bedroom environment, lighting, wardrobe, emotional tone, and cinematic pacing.
The film moves from quiet aspiration into rapid online attention and public success, before turning inward as the character questions what she has gained—and what she may have lost along the way.
As a Black woman working in AI storytelling, I am especially intentional about creating expressive Black female characters and placing them at the center of imaginative, cinematic narratives.
Creative responsibilities:
Concept development
AI visual direction
Character and world consistency
Storyboarding and shot planning
Image generation and animation
Editing and pacing
Music and emotional direction
Final post-production
