Studio reel 2:12 · 2026 · 16:9
Reel 2026
Two minutes of the studio, cut like a music video to Gerardo's own song: AI short films, SIGNAL, brand films, interviews and explainers.
Work
The work
Press play, sound on. Under each film: what it is, who it's for and what we did. Open "How we made it" for the tools.
01 For brands
Brand films & interviews
Brand film 0:48 + 15 s cutdown · 2026 · 16:9
The People Behind Your Brand
What a brand film built around your people looks like, told with real clients. Brad Fleitz, a founder of Aesthetic Tile, opens it, then the team at Dark Horse Elite talks about their work with veterans and horses. Everyone on screen says only their own words.
- Clients
- Aesthetic Tile · Dark Horse Elite
- We did
- Edit, motion graphics, narration, music, sound, color, a 15 s cutdown and share copies
How we made it
The interviews were cleaned up with ElevenLabs Voice Isolator (the barn birds lost), and the narrator and the score were made with ElevenLabs. The motion graphics were coded as live, editable titles in DaVinci Resolve.
Made with DaVinci Resolve · ElevenLabs
Behind the scenes 0:37 · 2026 · 16:9 + 9:16
On Set with Aesthetic Tile
What a shoot with us feels like. Brad Fleitz of Aesthetic Tile trips over "myth understandings," calls for a reshoot, then nails the take and grins. Every word is his, straight from the camera.
- Client
- Aesthetic Tile
- We did
- Edit, captions, sound, music, 16:9 and 9:16 versions
How we made it
Cut only from Brad's real camera picture and sound from the 2025 shoot: no AI picture, no AI voice. Each line plays on its own shot, cleaned with voice isolation, over the original score from our brand film, which was made with ElevenLabs.
Made with DaVinci Resolve · ElevenLabs (music)
02 Original series
Series we create
Anime series Episode 1 · 2:23 · 2026 · 9:16
SIGNAL, Episode 1: Change Is Inevitable
Neo Arcadia, 2089. An android assassin named Vex, her sister Lyra, and OMNIGATE. SIGNAL is our original cyberpunk anime for the vertical screen, built like a TV show: a cold open, a title card, and a full anime opening with an original theme song in Japanese.
- We did
- Story, generation, edit, VFX and titles, voices, theme song, mix
How we made it
Gerardo generated the shots, then we finished the picture in After Effects (the look, effects and titles), voiced Vex, and mixed the sound in REAPER.
Made with Seedance (Dreamina) · After Effects · Topaz Video · ElevenLabs · REAPER · DaVinci Resolve
Shorts series Season 1 · 0:40–0:47 each · 2026 · 9:16
Letters From Later
The people of a small town called Calloway write letters to who they were fifteen years earlier. Each one is a painted short of about forty seconds: one voice, one memory, and what they'd tell themselves now.
- We did
- Writing, generation, narration, score, mix, a repeatable series kit
How we made it
Every letter is built from the same series kit (style guide, cast, sound recipe and a DaVinci Resolve template), so the channel looks and sounds like one show. The footage is generated with Kling, upscaled in Topaz, narrated with ElevenLabs and mixed in REAPER.
Made with Kling · Topaz Video · ElevenLabs · REAPER · DaVinci Resolve
03 Short films
Short films
Short film 0:42 · 2026 · 16:9
The Last Embrace
A father has to shoot his daughter. She's turned. He opens his arms instead.
Gerardo made it with his daughter. When she lunges, the film cuts to real home video and photos of her growing up.
- We did
- Story, generation, edit, color, sound design, score, mix
How we made it
The kitchen horror was generated with Seedance 2.5. We finished it with a film look and grain, a string score, and a mix built in REAPER.
Made with Seedance 2.5 (Dreamina) · Topaz Video · DaVinci Resolve · REAPER
Anime short 0:48 · 2026 · 9:16
Hoodie Weather
Day 37 of the zombie apocalypse. It's 109 degrees out, and she's still wearing long sleeves. An anime short about the one thing nobody wants to say out loud.
- We did
- Story, generation, edit, sound
How we made it
Every shot was generated with Kling and cut from a single shot list, so any one shot could be swapped for a better take without rebuilding the edit.
Made with Kling · DaVinci Resolve
04 Explainers & news
Explainers & news
Explainer 1:38 · 2026 · 9:16
Why Is Every Movie Orange & Teal?
Hollywood's favorite color grade, explained in under two minutes: where the look comes from, how computers made it easy, and the shortcut everybody takes. A paper-collage explainer in the style of the big news-explainer channels.
- We did
- Research, script, design, animation, narration, mix
How we made it
The script was fact-checked against sources, every scene is a live After Effects composition, and the narration was made with ElevenLabs.
Made with After Effects · ElevenLabs · Codex image generation
News Short 0:50 · 2026 · 9:16
296 Dogs, One Pool Party
On September 27, 2026, 296 dogs went to one pool party at Cowabunga Canyon in Las Vegas and set a Guinness World Record, with the proceeds going to Doodle Rescue USA. We told it as a bright, illustrated news Short. No people in the shots, just dogs.
- We did
- Script, generation, narration, music, finish, captions, mix
How we made it
Footage generated with Kling, narration and a drumless music bed from ElevenLabs, a sunny daylight finish, and a mix built in REAPER.
Made with Kling · Topaz Video · ElevenLabs · DaVinci Resolve · REAPER