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Coraline

Character animation. From drawn keyframes to a finished sequence.

Scenes & keyframes

Larry Moore's roles

Original concept / Creative direction / AI production / Editing

Project overview

Commercial Real Estate / Narrative Advertising

A realistic, beautifully designed showroom inhabited by stylized stitched puppet-like figures with button eyes. The environment is photorealistic; the characters are uncanny and handcrafted.

AI-Produced Commercial Concept

Make the property memorable.

Make the property memorable while displaying the actual architecture, room layout, furniture, finishes, and lifestyle qualities of the space.

Photoreal rooms, uncanny inhabitants.

A photorealistic showroom is inhabited by stylized textile figures with button eyes. The tonal contrast between uncanny characters and a real environment creates a narrative that holds attention where a standard property tour would not.

Spooky to friendly.

Spooky opening

Curiosity

Discovery

Warmth

Friendly welcome

Spooky-to-friendly tonal arc. Cold, dim opening transitions through curiosity into warm, inviting daylight. The characters shift from unsettling to endearing as the architecture is revealed.

Holding the look across shots.

Interior Continuity

Interior continuity maintained across shots through reference conditioning. Character continuity: consistent button eyes, stitched seams, fabric texture: held through identity conditioning and reused boundary frames.

Character Continuity

Interior continuity maintained across shots through reference conditioning. Character continuity: consistent button eyes, stitched seams, fabric texture: held through identity conditioning and reused boundary frames.

Architecture as protagonist.

Slow architectural reveals. The camera treats the real estate as the protagonist; the stitched figures are the emotional guide.

The spine of the film.

The visual transition from uncanny to friendly atmosphere is the spine of the film. Lighting warms, the figures' postures soften, and the final frame is an invitation rather than a confrontation.

Selected frames

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Keyframe comparison

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