/surreal-spot is an advanced skill for crafting short ad concepts that stop the scrolling thumb. It rests on one principle — "impossible juxtaposition": it places your product in a setting that defies physical logic, yet renders it with precise photography and post. The app walks you through five phases: brand analysis, creative-concept approval (a creative gate), a nine-panel storyboard, a motion video and a final assembly with music. In this guide we'll run the whole flow click by click.
What you'll need
- FilmMovie Studio with a provider configured for both image and video generation (kie.ai or deAPI).
- At least one good product photo — attached via the paperclip icon in chat (not just a filename).
- The brand name and optionally a slogan or target format (9:16, 4:5 or 16:9).
Step by step
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Run /surreal-spot and attach a product photo
In your project, type /surreal-spot into chat and describe the brand and product. Important: attach the product photo via the paperclip icon — a filename typed into the text won't work, the app needs the real image. If you have no photo, type "skip" and the concepts are built without a product reference.
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Choose the aspect ratio
The app shows a choice (ask_user_choice) with three formats: 9:16 for mobile and vertical feeds, 4:5 for Instagram, and 16:9 for landscape or YouTube. Click the one that matches your target channel.
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Review the Brand Visual Brief
After analyzing the photo, a "Brand Visual Brief" document card appears on the canvas — product category, dominant colors (hex), texture, shape and key elements. This is the project's root node; every later card connects to it.
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Approve one of three concepts (creative gate)
Phase 2 is a creative gate ⛔: the app generates a "Concept Options" card with three options A/B/C — each uses a different creative dimension and emotional tone (Playful / Sublime / Provocative) and its own style reference. The app pauses and waits via ask_user_choice until you pick one concept.
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Let the nine-panel storyboard generate
Once approved, the app generates a single 3×3 image — the "9-Grid Storyboard" — where each of the nine panels is one keyframe with the product, environment and lighting kept consistent. A quality gate then rates it 1–10; on a low score generation re-runs once automatically.
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Animate the storyboard into video
Phase 4 takes the 9-grid as the first frame and renders a continuous "Final Spot" video of 6, 8 or 15 seconds. The motion is described with visual verbs (grows, cracks, floats) and one or two transitions in the style of the chosen visual medium (VHS, 16mm, Super 8…).
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Open the timeline and add music
The app calls open_timeline and the track fills with the video. If the video is silent, an instrumental track (BGM) is generated to match the brand mood — e.g. urban lo-fi for sport, ethereal ambient for perfume.
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Render the final spot
The last step calls render_timeline and stitches the storyboard, video and music into a single MP4. The render is terminal — it runs once. You'll find the finished spot as a card on the canvas and as a file in the project folder.
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What you get
You have a finished surreal TVC spot: from a single product photo it went through brand analysis, an approved concept, a nine-panel storyboard and a motion video to a final MP4 with music, saved locally. Each phase stays as a card on the canvas, so you can remix any step and render a new version.
Pro tips
- The product never appears in the first frame — the first two panels build the environment and suspense; the product is the twist.
- Avoid AI tells: a visual medium (VHS, 16mm, Super 8) adds character better than words like "8K" or "hyper-realistic".
- No visible faces — a silhouette or back-of-head keeps continuity across panels and dodges a weakness of image models.
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