( 01 Visual language )
I started from one image of a red smoke storm, generated in Midjourney. From it I built a nine-frame storyboard: the swirl, the sole in macro, the shoe trailing smoke over a cold gradient.
( 02 Previz )
In Houdini I blocked the seven shots with cameras and timing, then ran low-resolution Pyro sims to test where the smoke moves in each shot. The final video was generated with AI from the storyboard frames.
( 03 The Magnific map )
All the AI work sits on one Magnific board: product references, two storyboards, single shots, full-length takes and the final Topaz upscale. The cut, grade and sound were finished in DaVinci Resolve, with custom DCTL looks and sound effects.
