/// WORK / FOREST AWAKENING
CLIENT
HAVN ANR · Belgian Premium Gin
YEAR
2026
CATEGORY
BRAND FILM · PREMIUM SPIRITS
DELIVERABLE
15s Brand Film · 9:16 + 16:9
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Forest Awakening — Full 15 second cut. 9:16 vertical.
/// THE BRIEF
Belgian premium gin HAVN ANR — a small-batch spirit built on the narrative of returning home. The challenge: create a brand film that translates the gin's botanical complexity and Antwerp origin story into 15 seconds of vertical format, suitable for premium digital placements without using stock cinematography or generic AI imagery.
/// THE APPROACH
A hybrid pipeline combining AI keyframe generation with cinematic 3D camera direction. Each ingredient — rhubarb, cinnamon, star anise, vanilla — receives its own dawn-forest moment, transforming through magical realism. Production used Nano Banana for stills, Kling 3.0 for animation, DaVinci Resolve for finishing. Total production time: nine days end-to-end.
/// THE RESULT
A 15-second cinematic brand film delivered in vertical 9:16 for social-first placement, with a horizontal 16:9 cut for premium digital. Color-graded to broadcast standard, mastered at -14 LUFS. The film treats AI as a craft tool, not a shortcut — proving that intentional direction matters more than the generation method.