Sky Walking – a Hex Space story

A young heiress unlocks her true self while pursuing an elusive creature in the clouds of Venus

The origin story of Cassandra Hex is part of a larger narrative about a future where the most valuable commodity in space is space itself. Hex Space – Spaceships, Science Fiction

Created by Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos

It took me eight months, literary thousands of prompts and an immense amount of patience to create, refine and complete an AI-generated short film with 165 shots, and a production value estimated at $1.5 million.

When I started creating the visuals, Veo and Nano Banana didn’t exist yet, and the same goes for Seedream and Seedance. Kling was at its 1.6 version, pretty decent but inadequate for the level of accuracy this project demanded. Kling 2.5 saved the day, at the end.

Character and design consistency was a nightmare, so a lot of the initial shots were regenerated and replaced during editing. All voices are original, designed in Eleven Labs. Music was generated in Producer AI, with a lot of help in prompting by Gemini.

Made with: Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, Midjourney, Leonardo, Freepik, Nano Banana, Seedream, Morphic, Magnific, Kling, Veo, Hailuo, Runway, Seedance, Heygen, Eleven Labs, Producer AI, Udio, Topaz, Blender, DaVinci Resolve.

The Drone

Short film “The Drone” (GR, 2023, 22′), written and directed by Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos

With Marcella Giannatou, Mando Giannikou, Makis Nanos and Michalis Kanavakis

Director of Photography: Fotis Mitsis

GSC Drone Operator: Tassos Fytros

Art Direction: Anastasia Mastrappa

Sound Recordist: Stefanos Efthymiou

Make-up Artist: Niki Ovakoglou

Music: Katerina Kozadinou, EKELON

Editing: Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos

Sound Design & Mix: Vangelis Fampas

Color Grading: Manos Hamilakis

Line Producer: Manolis Melissourgos

Producer: Dimitris Spyrou

A co-production of Neaniko Plano, ERT S.A. and The Greek Film Centre