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Zayra stands against a sunlit white wall, her shadow cast beside her
CASE 01 · GENERATIVE CAMPAIGN SYSTEM · 202606:12 → 23:33

ZAYRAENTERA

One identity. One campaign. Every format.

A launch campaign for an artist the public had only ever seen at night — produced end to end with generative AI from a single creative direction.

ArtistZayra — AI-born artist (AI Creative Lead IP)
ReleaseNew single “Entera”
DeliveredFilm :30 · :15 · :06 · stills · stories
Formats16:9 · 9:16 · 4:5 · 1:1

The project

01 / PROJECT

Zayra is a Latin artist created and developed with AI by AI Creative Lead — her own face, voice and songs. The brief: launch her new single Entera with a complete campaign — film, cutdowns, photography and every format the media plan needs.

Zayra — Entera key art: the artist against a white wall, title on the left

The challenge

02 / PROBLEM

One good image is easy. The same woman in the fortieth is the job.

Everything that existed of Zayra lived in the dark: wet streets, smoke, a single spotlight. The campaign had to take her into daylight — new locations, new wardrobe, five lighting conditions, stills and moving image — without losing a single trait of who she is.

  • Same face from close-up to wide, front to profile to back.
  • Same character from cold dawn to tungsten night.
  • One production — not a pile of generations.

Creative direction

03 / DECISION

One day, five lights. The song says it — “with my lights and my scars” — so the campaign follows the light, from the cold blue before sunrise to the bulbs of the night. The leather jacket is the thread through every chapter.

Dawn: Zayra alone on the rocks by a calm sea
06:12DAWN

Cold blue · the sea · stillness

Morning: Zayra walking down white stone stairs
09:47MORNING

Low sun · white stairs · motion

Noon: Zayra at a white wall with her hard shadow
14:04NOON

Hard light · graphic shadow

Golden hour: Zayra looking back over her shoulder on a rooftop
19:51GOLD

Backlight · wind · release

Night: Zayra dancing alone under string lights
23:33NIGHT

Tungsten · dance · whole

PaletteCOLD → WARM
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Where she came from → Where we took herExisting material: always at night

Where she came from

Existing Zayra material: night studio portraitExisting Zayra material: night studio portraitExisting Zayra material: night studio portrait

Where we took her

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Storyboard — 16 frames, drawn before a single shot was rendered16 / 16
Sixteen hand-drawn pencil storyboard frames for the Entera film
Continuity rulesBIBLE
01The jacket appears in every chapter.
02Gold hoops whenever the ear is visible.
03High bun, always.
04Burgundy lip only at night.
05Light moves forward: no night before day.
06She is always alone in frame.

One identity. Multiple shots.

04 / IDENTITY

Different lenses, distances, places, wardrobe and light. The same person.

Zayra, same identity — dawn · cu
DAWN · CU
Zayra, same identity — dawn · 3/4
DAWN · 3/4
Zayra, same identity — dawn · full
DAWN · FULL
Zayra, same identity — morning · back
MORNING · BACK
Zayra, same identity — morning · seated
MORNING · SEATED
Zayra, same identity — morning · ms
MORNING · MS
Zayra, same identity — noon · ms
NOON · MS
Zayra, same identity — noon · profile
NOON · PROFILE
Zayra, same identity — noon · low angle
NOON · LOW ANGLE
Zayra, same identity — noon · profile cu
NOON · PROFILE CU
Zayra, same identity — gold · cu
GOLD · CU
Zayra, same identity — gold · look back
GOLD · LOOK BACK
Zayra, same identity — gold · seated
GOLD · SEATED
Zayra, same identity — night · ms
NIGHT · MS
Zayra, same identity — night · laugh
NIGHT · LAUGH
Zayra, same identity — night · ecu
NIGHT · ECU

ONE IDENTITY.MULTIPLE SHOTS.ONE CAMPAIGN.

From storyboard to final

05 / PRODUCTION

Every shot was drawn first. The final frame inherits the board — where she stands, how big she is, where the light falls. Drag to compare.

Final film frame, shot 01
Storyboard frame, shot 01: pencil sketch
STORYBOARDFINAL
Shot 01 · Dawn · extreme wide
Final film frame, shot 07
Storyboard frame, shot 07: pencil sketch
STORYBOARDFINAL
Shot 07 · Noon · the shadow
Final film frame, shot 10
Storyboard frame, shot 10: pencil sketch
STORYBOARDFINAL
Shot 10 · Gold · over the shoulder
Final film frame, shot 13
Storyboard frame, shot 13: pencil sketch
STORYBOARDFINAL
Shot 13 · Night · entrance

Change the variable. Keep the campaign.

06 / ITERATION

A change request should change one thing. One variable moves; identity, pose and framing stay.

Original frame before the wardrobe change
Original
Same frame with only the wardrobe changed
Wardrobe
Wardrobe

CHANGEDTank top and trousers → white linen.

KEPTFace, jacket, pose, wall, shadow, light.

Original frame before the background change
Original
Same frame with only the background changed
Background
Background

CHANGEDWhite lime wall → terracotta plaster.

KEPTFace, wardrobe, pose, shadow shape, light.

Original frame before the light change
Original
Same frame with only the light changed
Light
Light

CHANGEDHard noon → golden hour.

KEPTFace, wardrobe, pose, framing.

Original frame before the outerwear change
Original
Same frame with only the outerwear changed
Outerwear
Outerwear

CHANGEDBlack leather → camel suede.

KEPTFace, look-back, white shirt, rooftop, sea, light.

Original frame before the colour note change
Original
Same frame with only the colour note changed
Colour note
Colour note

CHANGEDPink cast on the skin → natural tungsten skin.

KEPTFace, expression, bulbs, framing.

Original frame before the cta + language change
Original
Same frame with only the cta + language changed
CTA + language
CTA + language

CHANGEDCall to action and language (ES → EN).

KEPTThe image itself: not regenerated.

The film

07 / VIDEO

Cut to the chorus of “Entera”. Thirty seconds, from dawn to night — plus vertical cutdowns composed for the phone.

MASTER :30 · 16:9:31
CUTDOWN :15 · 9:16:15
CUTDOWN :06 · 9:16:06

Also delivered: Spotify Canvas loop (9:16) and a silent web loop.

One campaign. Every format.

08 / FORMATS

The vertical is not a crop of the horizontal. Each format is composed for its screen, from the same direction.

Noon · the shadow16:9 · 9:16 · 4:5 · 1:1
Zayra campaign image composed natively for 16:9
16:9 · YouTube · Web · TV
Zayra campaign image composed natively for 9:16
9:16 · Reels · Stories · TikTok
Zayra campaign image composed natively for 4:5
4:5 · Instagram feed
Zayra campaign image composed natively for 1:1
1:1 · Square · Display · Spotify
Night · the bulbs16:9 · 9:16 · 4:5 · 1:1
Zayra campaign image composed natively for 16:9
16:9 · YouTube · Web · TV
Zayra campaign image composed natively for 9:16
9:16 · Reels · Stories · TikTok
Zayra campaign image composed natively for 4:5
4:5 · Instagram feed
Zayra campaign image composed natively for 1:1
1:1 · Square · Display · Spotify
Dawn · the sea16:9 · 9:16 · 4:5 · 1:1
Zayra campaign image composed natively for 16:9
16:9 · YouTube · Web · TV
Zayra campaign image composed natively for 9:16
9:16 · Reels · Stories · TikTok
Zayra campaign image composed natively for 4:5
4:5 · Instagram feed
Zayra campaign image composed natively for 1:1
1:1 · Square · Display · Spotify
The campaign systemMASTER → VARIATIONS
01Master concept

ENTERA — one day, five lights

02Hero

Key art 16:9 + 9:16

03Secondary

Portraits · details · wides

04Social

Feed · Stories · Square

05Video

Film :30 · :15 · :06

06Formats

Web · YouTube · Instagram · TikTok · Spotify

07Variations

Wardrobe · background · light · CTA

The campaign

09 / FINAL CAMPAIGN — 24
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The production

10 / RESULT

Counted from the production log. No estimates.

33final campaign images
16shots in the master film
3films: :30 · :15 · :06
4formats: 16:9 · 9:16 · 4:5 · 1:1
16storyboard frames, drawn first
6single-variable iterations
212generations: 171 image · 41 video
31%of image candidates made the final cut

What this proves

11 / FOR YOUR BRAND

A creative direction became a complete campaign — identity, continuity and adaptation held from the first frame to the last file.

01

A face that holds

Your ambassador, product or character stays recognisable in every shot, light and format.

02

Changes, not reshoots

New CTA, new background, new market: we change what changed and keep the rest.

03

One direction, a family of files

Film, cutdowns, stills and every placement, produced as one system.

Zayra is a virtual artist created with AI. Every image, film and format in this case was produced with generative AI by AI Creative Lead.

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