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  THE CHASE POSTER

The Chase – Savanna. Survival. Symphony.

Inspiration

• Tom & Jerry – “The Cat Concerto”
• The Lion King
• Real wildlife documentaries (leopard–gazelle)
• Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Diego’s chase)

What it does

• A survival Gen-AI short: Leopard vs. Thomson’s gazelle across the savanna of Masai Mara, synced to orchestral rhythm.

How I built it

• Base Images: Google Nano-Banana + Seedream 4 (Freepik AI Suite)
• Video: Hailuo 02 + Kling 2.1/2.5 Pro Turbo (Freepik AI Suite) + LumaLabs Ray 3
• Retouch: Photoshop
• SFX: ElevenLabs SFX v2
• Music: Re-created & mastered Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2” in Suno
• Edit/Grade: Premiere Pro

Challenges I ran into

• Species differentiation (cheetah/leopard/jaguar; gazelle/deer/antelope)
• Auto-grade drift across clips
• Shot stitching: frame-by-frame continuity
• Motion physics & environmental realism

Accomplishments I’m proud of

• My first ideated, generated, and directed short film—made solo in 5 days end-to-end.
• Cohesive, non-verbal storytelling with stable continuity
• A reusable solo Gen-AI pipeline

What I learned

• Color-managed workflow (neutral/log base, WB ~5600K, Rec.709) + one scene look
• Taxonomy/species cue kit in prompts prevents identity drift
• Lock ambience beds early; scopes before style

What’s next

• Sequel ideation
• Iterative improvements for a more immersive cut

Built With

• elevenlabs
• freepik
• googlenanobanana
• hailuo02
• kling2.5turbo
• luma-ray3
• photoshop
• premierepro
• seedream4.0
• sunoai