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I created this Book Promotional Video for a thriller based story "Shadows In The Forest".
I used stock footage and random movie clips to match the book story and explain it visually.
Key Skills: Commercial video editing, Corporate video editing, Graphic designing, Color grading.
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Nobody tells you that the hardest part of freelancing is the waiting.
Waiting for the right brief.
The right client.
The right moment to feel ready.
For a long time I treated momentum like something that arrives if you're patient enough.
This summer I'm done waiting for the current. I'd rather be it:)
So I made this.
A swimmer caught mid-stroke, blurred because she's moving, while the only thing holding still long enough to read is the word.
I built it backwards on purpose: the image is frozen but full of motion, and the text is the part that actually moves. A still that's all velocity, a motion that's all calm. That contrast is the whole feeling.
The process:
- Ideogram to generate the swimmer, motion blur and all
- Canva for grain and a bit of the moody texture
- Framer for the moving text, because if momentum is the theme, I wanted the motion to be real, not faked. Also because I'm spending this summer chasing more Framer work for Formeta, so I figured I'd practice what I preach
- Screen recorded the final piece to capture the motion
Movement as meditation. The work moves when I do.
What's the energy you're swimming into this summer?
The motion blur still juxtaposed with the text looks super sick!
Could video transformation become more important than video generation?
I tried Google's latest video model, Gemini Omni, using my own footage as input and asked it to transform the scene from warm lighting to a cool blue mood, and then to bright studio lighting.
As someone who loves Nano Banana, I had pretty high expectations for this.
And I have to say, I think it did a surprisingly good job.
The consistency wasn't perfect, but it managed to preserve most of the original scene while changing the mood and lighting.
Being able to explore multiple moods from the same footage could be a powerful tool for storytelling.
Sharing my process in the comments.
What's the first thing you'd try with this?
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