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Process — Bedroom Edit

The same technique,
a second room.

Sketch to finished bedroom, with the colour arriving piece by piece rather than all at once.

Client
XZORA Livings
Format
Catalogue film · vertical
Length
0:19
Made from
Existing product photography

The brief

A technique only counts if it repeats.

One sketch-to-render film is a nice effect. Two is a format — something a brand can run every time a new room is styled.

The bedroom also carries a wider mix than the living room: art, cushions, candle holders, a sculptural piece on the bench.

The idea

Colour arrives in the order that matters.

Rather than fading the whole frame from drawing to render, each piece colours in on its own — the artwork first, then the textiles, then the candle holders, then the small sculpture.

The sequence is a ranking. Whatever colours in first is what the room is actually being sold on.

The cut

Frame by frame.

Everything in line
Opening sketch00:01

Everything in line

Panelled walls, arched mirrors, the bed and bench drawn flat. The only piece with any colour is the artwork above the headboard.

One piece at a time
Mid-sequence00:07

One piece at a time

Cushions, candle holders and the sculpture take colour while the room stays in pencil. Holding the contrast this long is what makes each addition register.

Warmth last
Finished room00:13

Warmth last

Lighting and material arrive together at the end, and the drawing disappears. The room resolves in the same second the last piece does.

Why it works

Proof, not styling.

The closing card reads real pieces, thoughtfully curated — which is the actual argument of the film.

Because every item was coloured in individually from its own photograph, the viewer has watched each piece being placed rather than seeing one finished render they have to take on trust.

The film

Bedroom Edit

Bedroom Edit
Catalogue film · 0:19 · XZORA Livings
Closing card
Closing card00:17

How it was made

No location, no crew, no shoot day.

Every frame was built from product photography the brand already owned. Generative tools are part of how it gets made — they are a medium, not the point. What you are buying is the concept, the direction and the finish.

01

Assets in

Photography of each piece in the room, plus dimensions so the bench and bed stay in proportion.

02

Draw the room

The bedroom built as a line drawing with the architecture drawn first.

03

Sequence the reveal

Each item assigned a moment, ordered by what the room is being sold on.

04

Grade and close

Light arriving last, closing on the showroom address and a one-line claim.

More process

Every film, broken down.

Eight films for the same client, each solving a different problem.

See all the breakdowns →

Start a project

Send us your product photos.

If you style new rooms regularly, this is a format you can run every time rather than a one-off.

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Vancouver — working across North America
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Within two weeks of the first conversation
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