Launch Film

Night Signal

A launch film for Kepler’s sensor platform, set in a rain-slick city that only exists on a render farm.

Client

Kepler Labs

Year

2024

Location

Synthetic · City

Runtime

01:15

Services

Creative Direction, Synthetic Environment, In-Engine Cinematography, Motion Identity, Post

Kepler needed a city that felt alive with data. We built one from scratch and shot it like a night exterior.

A global launch with no budget or schedule for a location night shoot in three cities.

We built one synthetic city, then relit it as three, directing camera moves through rain, reflection and neon until each cut felt located.

A single film re-graded into three regional versions. Kepler launched in every market from one production.

Stills

Opening drive · Blue hour pass · Signal motif, final grade

“Three cities, one shoot, no flights. The board still thinks we travelled.”

Dana Feld · Head of Marketing, Kepler Labs

Credits

Direction

Mara Vieira

AI Production

Jonas Keller

Motion

Iris Tanaka

Edit & Grade

Sofia Lindqvist

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