Under the Oak Visuals and sound by yours truly. I was approached by viduai_official to test their new Q1 model and explore how I could create a story with it, and I must say, I’m truly impressed by its quality. What I appreciate the most is how easy it makes it to incorporate subtle movements that are powerful from a narrative perspective and help build the mood. You can also achieve very smooth camera movements, ranging from delicate to dynamic. The images and references were rendered in Flux. The lipsync was also done in Vidu, with characters speaking, which I then edited along with the dialogue. Voices were generated using elevenlabsio. I composed and produced the music in ableton Live, and used adobe’s After Effects for post-production. From a narrative point of view, I once again return to the theme of peaceful communities disrupted by a life-altering event. A loss of innocence, in a way — and the inevitability of fire. I aimed to create a tense, oppressive atmosphere, like a ...