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Shezaan Ansari

AI Video Producer | Brand Designer

    $25k+
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Mumbai, India

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Mumbai, India

STORM HERD — 30 seconds, one continuous take, no cuts. A herd of white horses stampedes across the slate rooftops of a nineteenth-century city while a thunderstorm tears the sky open behind them. The camera never breaks: it starts at hoof height on a rooftop ridge, lifts into the air as the herd charges past, drops into a chase behind them, threads between two galloping bodies, climbs above the roof valley, then dives and flies backwards ahead of the leaders to the final leap off the roof edge into open air. The whole film is graded to a single cold palette — cyan-steel monochrome, blacks crushed to zero, highlights blown to pure white. The only light source in the entire 30 seconds is the storm. Five lightning strikes punctuate the take, and at the 16-second mark one of them blows the frame completely white for two frames, turning the horses into black cut-outs before the image recovers through a bloom haze. That flash is the hardest part of the whole piece — a full-frame whiteout is exactly where a model wants to cut, and holding the take through it was the technical problem I built the prompt around. Made in CapCut Video Studio with Seedance 2.5. Full prompt and workflow below.
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Hey Contra fam! 👋 A lot of you saw Version 1 of my Interstellar AI project when it won 2nd place in the CapCut Video Studio Challenge recently. The support from this community during that run was absolutely unreal, so I wanted to share the next evolution with you first. Here is Version 2. I wanted to see how far I could push the current AI video stack to mimic high-end cinematic language. I built this entirely from scratch—made in Higgsfield—to try and nail a very specific, gritty, and tactile aesthetic. Dialing in the prompt architecture to get consistent, heavy motion (like the massive wave and the curved space station) took a lot of trial and error, but the level of control Higgsfield offers creators right now is incredible. I’m always refining my prompt workflow for client projects, but passion pieces like this are where the real R&D happens. If anyone is currently building out their own AI video pipelines or wrestling with motion consistency, drop a comment! I’d love to chat about what tools you’re all testing right now.
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When clients ask what the difference is between a generated video and a directed AI video, this is the benchmark. This project explores a high-end, cinematic visual language—specifically targeting a gritty aesthetic. The Workflow: Prompt Architecture: Built initial shot structures using custom Tapebot integration for precise, repeatable visual rules. Motion Generation: Orchestrated complex motion pipelines using Seedance and Nano Banana Pro, focusing on the physical impact of the subjects (like the heavy gallop of the horse) and subtle camera tracking. Sound Design: Grounded the generated visuals using isolated, ambient foley to build tension, proving that premium sound design is non-negotiable for AI content. Available now for AI Video Lead roles and creative motion projects. Let's build something cinematic.
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SHIRIN — AI Brand Identity & Packaging System
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