Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid: 15s AI Spec Commercial
Sal Vanegas
Spec commercial for the Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid. A 15-second spot following a family drive from the city to a lake location.
Pipeline
Vehicle identity lock: a set of 8 single product plates (front, side, rear and 3/4 angles) generated from one neutral grey master plate in Nano Banana Pro, with trim details, badges and orientation checked on every plate.
Location: real reference photos turned into a locked style key covering terrain, palette, time of day and sun direction, with a geography rule for each shot.
Casting: fixed identity lines and wardrobe sheets so the cast stays consistent from shot to shot.
Video: Seedance 2.5 reference-to-video, built shot by shot from storyboard plates, with color, interior, rear plate, geography and light locks in every prompt.
Finishing: grade in DaVinci Resolve with a custom Rec.709 LUT for the spot, plus a recorded-library SFX mix spotted to the locked cut.
Built in Melius as a node-based workflow, one shot per node, with versioned revisions. Cinematic montage, color grade and SFX handled in DaVinci Resolve. Kinetic Text and Logo animations in Adobe After Effects.
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Posted Nov 4, 2026
15-second AI car spot following a family drive from the city to a lake, built in a node-based pipeline with locked vehicle identity across every shot.
