project: UGC ad set / made on Leap
KOLO, shot 3
Made with Veo 3.1, 8 seconds, from a first frame made with Seedream 4.5.
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Step 1 / A still, made with Seedream 4.5
Vertical candid selfie photo taken at arm's length, the photo itself filling the frame, misty dawn light: a 44-year-old Black dad with a big full beard flecked with grey, a knit beanie and a red flannel shirt sits in the open door of a tent beside a misty lake in north Georgia, kids' sleeping bags just visible behind him, holding the terracotta espresso maker from the reference image. No readable text, no logos. Real UGC look: this image is the photo itself, full frame, as a phone camera would capture it; never show a phone, a screen, a bezel or a status bar. Natural light, slight wide-angle distortion, unpolished.
Step 2 / Brought to life with Veo 3.1
He whispers to the camera so he won't wake the kids: "Kids are still asleep. Real espresso, no fire, no cord." He pumps it, takes a sip from the little cup, closes his eyes and whispers: "Yeah. That's the one." Handheld selfie. Sound: birdsong, lake lapping, his whisper. No music.
