Director and animator Kims Mihailov directs an atmospheric animated promo for producer Paul White. 

The video for Glory In Stories explores the relationship between inner joy and space, and how one can create a sense of freedom in a claustrophobic environment. 

Boasting a surreal yet dreamlike aesthetic, the video follows the protagonist s her desire to break free overwhelms her suffocating surroundings, and she is transported away from the city. 

Blending imaginative collages of spacious landscapes with ethereal textural elements, it's an absorbing video with a distinctive, singular style, with Mihailovs employing AI to generate the lead protagonist in the video.  

“I created 3D environments while maintaining a collage style for the characters, chopping up AI-generated photos of limbs in Photoshop to animate body parts separately," explains Mihailovs. "I used transform tools and distortions to simulate movement, ensuring that the environment's lighting matched the characters.

"This project also marked my first use of Video AI for close-up and dancing shots. The AI performed well for minimal movements, creating natural hair and head tilts, and its distortions during more intense motion perfectly complemented the video's blend of reality and imagination."