One-take cinematic AI film — Istanbul from a seagull's point of view.
This is a seagull's flight through Istanbul, from a rooftop over the old city straight to a passenger ferry crossing the Bosphorus, without any cuts or transitions. I wanted to show the city the way it actually...
Generated these looks in Midjourney — but the layout is what really pulls it together.
Grid, crosshairs, typography, detail callouts: same images, but the presentation makes them read like an actual editorial spread instead of just pretty pictures.
The grid, crosshairs, and detail callouts do more than decorate the Midjourney output—they turn it into an editorial system. Great example of how art direction can make a set feel like a coherent campaign.
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