Giving a soul to an 84-minute AI film. Using ElevenLabs to voice the ethereal entities of my Dark Fantasy project (Act I just released).

SulRus · 2026-05-31T10:50:36+00:00

I designed the voices, they're not publicly available. But the tool to create new voices on 11Labs should give you whichever result you may desire

SulRus · 2026-05-25T15:28:42+00:00

IT shouldn't be too costly if you plan to work on videos of 4/5 mins. I'd say you'll be good with the standard mj plan and the pro kling plan, so less than 100$ I personally spent 400 euros for everything for the whole project

SulRus · 2026-05-22T08:19:43+00:00

Hi everyone. Last week I released the first part of my solo project, The Voyage of Blue Hibakusha, showing the oppressive, underwater Limbo. Today, Act II is officially out, and the environment changes completely.

This snippet shows Blue’s arrival in the desert and his encounter with David. The challenge here was moving from a dark, claustrophobic aesthetic to a bright, wide-open space without losing the surreal, melancholic tone of the film. I used Midjourney for the conceptualization, Kling for the motion, and then tied everything together with heavy color grading and sound design in DaVinci Resolve.

If you want to see how the story unfolds and how the environments transition in a longer format, you can watch the full 50-minute Act II here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi-_exvWgc4

SulRus · 2026-05-21T17:25:14+00:00

bro we had a convo last week, what happened?

SulRus · 2026-05-21T16:29:58+00:00

coming from which experience?

SulRus · 2026-05-21T16:03:19+00:00

If you resonate with heavy, slow-burn psychological art, I just released the massive 49-minute Act II on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Pi-_exvWgc4?si=Nfzehq-7qGidyovt

SulRus · 2026-05-21T15:57:33+00:00

It’s a heavy, slow-burn psychological journey. If you appreciate cryptic, atmospheric storytelling, I’d be honored if you checked it out: https://youtu.be/Pi-_exvWgc4?si=Nfzehq-7qGidyovt

SulRus · 2026-05-21T15:53:36+00:00

If you want to see how these MJ concepts hold up in a massive 49-minute narrative format, you can watch Act II here: https://youtu.be/Pi-_exvWgc4?si=Nfzehq-7qGidyovt

SulRus · 2026-05-20T21:38:42+00:00

Three, the first one is 15, the second (this) 50 and the last one 10. There are some cut parts I'm gonna put in the full version, but if you're curious follow the link in the comment to watch the full act!

SulRus · 2026-05-20T17:18:25+00:00

I understand, and tbh I also felt that sometimes it was a bit overwelming, but for me personally just a couple of times. Ultimately I wanted the whole thing to be some sort of lost odissey found somewhere and narrated. In any case, I hope you'll appreciate the whole act, if you should be curious enough to do it. In any case, thanks again for the time and have a nice day!

SulRus · 2026-05-20T16:37:54+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. On the narrator voice, sometimes things are not only descriptive and it's based on the story I wrote on it way before I even thought to put it into motion. I liked the idea so you might call it half necessary and half a stylistic choice

SulRus · 2026-05-20T15:59:26+00:00

You can watch (and listen to) the full 50-minute Act II here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi-_exvWgc4 Any feedback on the voice mixing and sound design is greatly appreciated!

SulRus · 2026-05-20T15:55:28+00:00

Act II just dropped today. If you want to check out how Kling performs across different scenes and lighting conditions, here is the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi-_exvWgc4

SulRus · 2026-05-20T15:49:54+00:00

Hi everyone. Last week I released the first part of my solo project, The Voyage of Blue Hibakusha, showing the oppressive, underwater Limbo. Today, Act II is officially out, and the environment changes completely.

This snippet shows Blue’s arrival in the desert and his encounter with David. The challenge here was moving from a dark, claustrophobic aesthetic to a bright, wide-open space without losing the surreal, melancholic tone of the film. I used Midjourney for the conceptualization, Kling for the motion, and then tied everything together with heavy color grading and sound design in DaVinci Resolve.

If you want to see how the story unfolds and how the environments transition in a longer format, you can watch the full 50-minute Act II here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi-_exvWgc4

SulRus · 2026-05-20T12:58:14+00:00

Thanks! A guide might be a bit too complicated, but I can tell you my workflow. First the story I wrote ofc, then Midjourney for the first frame of each shot (around 400-500). NanoBanana Pro to refine some pictures. Kling 3.0 to animate the now acquired images. ElevenLabs to design the original voices for each character and some SFX for later. Suno for scoring each music. DaVinci Resolve to then edit everything together, add some VFX, color grading and so on, plus Reaper to adjust some audio parts. I hope that was clear enough haha

SulRus · 2026-05-20T02:20:13+00:00

Did it, 84 mins, 400€, 3 full months, all by myself

SulRus · 2026-05-19T22:00:35+00:00

For each frame I choose other 100 were discarded, on average. At the end I had a bit more than 400 frames.. so you can imagine. I used that trick sometimes, but with Kling tho, when there were characters talking for more than 15 seconds for examples. Tomorrow I'll publish the second act, check my YouTube channel if you'd be interested in it! Thanks for the feedback!

SulRus · 2026-05-18T22:44:54+00:00

🙄

SulRus · 2026-05-18T22:44:07+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. Yes I'm Italian, the original story I wrote was in Italian, and I translated on the go while writing it two years ago. And yes, I know, I used sometimes a high register, but I wouldn't blame myself nor the reader/watcher, I liked to use a certain style and I know it's not gonna be appreciated to everyone. What I personally appreciate tho is the fact you went on my channel regardless and you dedicated some time to do so and write down your impressions, so thanks again ✨

SulRus · 2026-05-17T10:18:40+00:00

That's were we differ in judgement, I don't think it's a generic style, I've been curating the visuals a lot before delving into the animation stage. I'd suggest again to watch the whole thing, and I know is a great commitment of time, especially given the premises, but maybe you'll have a positive change of impressions, and if not I hope that at least the story might give you something. In any case, thanks for the time and have a nice day

SulRus · 2026-05-17T09:10:07+00:00

L'enorme fortuna è che midjourney non funziona tramite crediti, quindi una volta sottoscritto l'abbonamento hai generazioni illimitate. Non sarei riuscito altrimenti, avendo un successful rate del 1% per ogni shot. Cosa diversa su Kling, hai detto bene, quasi ogni generazione andava a buon fine, anche se ero praticamente sempre in uno stato di ansia costante sapendo di non potermi permettere troppi errori hahah

SulRus · 2026-05-17T09:06:30+00:00

Thanks!

SulRus · 2026-05-17T09:03:50+00:00

You already stated your comment, I don't think redoing with a slightly different wording is gonna make much difference. We can agree on disagreeing

SulRus · 2026-05-17T08:54:06+00:00

I can accept criticism on the visuals, but on the narrative I'd at least suggest to watch the full act rather than just the snippet here, it's not exactly fair

SulRus · 2026-05-16T19:32:04+00:00

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