— PROJECT NAME
Santa (AI Holiday Short)
— CATEGORY
AI, Holidays
After a long year that left many of us feeling drained, I wanted to channel that collective exhaustion into something hopeful. Something that could reconnect us with warmth, wonder, and connection.
What began as that impulse became a personal experiment and, ultimately, a small proof of concept for AI-assisted storytelling. I wanted to see whether emerging AI tools could support something emotionally legible and human. Not a tech demo. The result was this short holiday piece about Santa finding his footing again, so he can show up for all of us.
I handled concept, edit, compositing, sound, and the integration of multiple AI tools across image generation and motion. The goal: make something that feels authored, not automated.
It ended up traveling further than expected. Mostly because it didn’t feel like “an AI video.” It felt like a story first.