Once Upon a Starfish
An animated short about kindness, compassion, and the weight of small actions — built around one question: what difference do you want to make?
Highlights
A self-directed short in the emotional storytelling tradition of Pixar — written, directed, and sound designed end to end.
Made by blending human storytelling with AI-assisted production, using the toolchain as a crew rather than a shortcut.
Result
A proof of concept that earned its way into production — the approach was carried into AI-assisted video on live client work afterwards.
Tools
Google Flow
Nano Banana
Kling
Seedance
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