Alone in NYC
- Category
- AI
- Year
- 2026
- Disciplines
- Cinematography, Generative Art
- Software
- After Effects, Higgsfield AI, ElevenLabs, Seedance 2.5, Nano Banana
A 30-second cinematic built entirely from AI-generated media. Downtown Manhattan at 3pm with no people and no cars, and one consistent character moving through it.
The environment was locked first, then a character ID of myself, so identity, wardrobe and camera physics held across every shot. Every frame was generated flat, with no baked grade or grain, then graded and finished in After Effects as a single continuous piece. SFX were generated in ElevenLabs and the whole thing was cut to "FATHER" by Ye and Travis Scott.
The surreal shots are where it says something: a crouch on a Chrysler Building gargoyle, an empty Brooklyn Bridge, a body floating over the skyline.