3 films
2023
Shane Willet
A comedic AI rap video where dogs and cats don't see Red or Blue — just territory. Made with Runway Gen-2 in its earliest days, Property showed that generative video didn't have to be serious or cinematic to land. The humor works because the AI aesthetic adds to the absurdity rather than fighting it.
After contacting their PenPals, they have now awakened the Nemesis. There is no turning back — you can't escape the mafia bass beats of the apocalypse. A music video that leans hard into the visual language of the Gen-2 era: warped textures, hallucinatory motion, and a dark energy that feels native to the tools. The aesthetic is unmistakably of its moment — defining what early Runway Gen-2 art looked and felt like.
An early attempt at building a visually consistent world using generative AI — mechanical creatures, clockwork landscapes, and impossible machines stitched into a cohesive short. Mechaniverse captures the distinct aesthetic of this period: dreamlike, slightly uncanny, rich with details, and pushing for narrative consistency when the tools barely supported it.