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Two figures in combat, one airborne with staff, other falling in dust.

Exploring storytelling with Gen AI

Higgsfield

Higgsfield announced the "Make Your Action Scene" competition, and we jumped in to push the boundaries of Gen AI visual storytelling. It was purely experimental for us, driven by a simple brief and a desire to craft something grand.

It started with a story, and the story started with:

The World: A cinematic and ruthless village ruled by masters of elements

Masked figure meditating, floating in a misty forest
Mysterious warrior with golden mask and flaming arms
Masked figure meditates, floating over lake with water spirals.

The Hero: A lone warrior on a mission to bring order

Man in robe gazing at mountain landscape

The Emotion: Strong resilience

Baby held aloft by hands, with fiery background
Hand gripping rock face

With this foundation, we built moodboards to define the visual language, then fed them into Higgsfield, iterating, understanding, and reiterating in pursuit of perfection, intent, and coherence.

Along the way, Higgsfield accidentally generated

a Vijay Sethupathi. Crazy.

Men straining to carry a large wooden log

Prompting movements became the real challenge. Since this was an action trailer, the experience lived and died by motion. Some outputs were stunning, but off-brief and unintended.

As our understanding deepened, the story sharpened into something clear: a hero with a superpower, going up against the master of elements.

Rolling sand dunes in a desert landscape
Rolling sand dunes in a desert landscape
Vast desert sand dunes
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