Graduation film · AI sequence design · 2025–26
Sci-fi Film: Synapse
A storyboard-to-video workflow helped the team resolve VFX constraints and deliver the film's climactic AI sequences
Terrain and forest PCG; visual direction and production for AI sequences
Context & challenge
The graduation film needed complex creature effects and environments under a schedule the original animation pipeline could not fully support
Generated footage had to preserve character, spatial and visual continuity with the existing film
Key insight
Treating AI as a storyboard-constrained production stage—not a standalone effect—kept generated shots in service of the story
Process
- 01
Proposed direct video generation and AI-assisted environment modelling as two recovery paths
- 02
Built a storyboard-video-storyboard workflow to constrain framing, action and style
- 03
Produced the climactic AI shots, maintained continuity and supplemented selected models and environments
04 / Outcome
The film was completed on schedule and received Best Graduation Project; this case shows only the terrain and AI sequences I contributed
Full-film links are being prepared; available for interviews