How should it look?
Chosen
Realistic live-action science fiction
Instead of
The stylised 3D look of the first rounds
WhyThe client's own production brief asked for photoreal, and the founder found the first robot not realistic enough.
Case study · Data access and policy infrastructure for organisations and AI agents
NoData
Brand film
- Client
- NoData
- Format
- 16:9
- Length
- 1:38
- Language
- English
01 / The brief
What they needed.
NoData governs how information leaves an organisation: policy decides what is released, and every allow or deny gets a signed receipt. They needed a film that shows a transaction, not a screen, with their capsule as the hero and only their real receipt format on screen. It grew from a 30 second piece into a 90 second film with their narration word for word.
Every craft, one crew.
ScreenplayStoryboard framesRobot designSet designFilm shootNarrationTitlesSubtitlesMusicEditSound fixes
Press play.
04 / The shots
8 frames. One world.
01 / 08
05 / How it was made
From the first line to the last frame.
- 01Plan and framesA plan page, then key frames for the client to approve before any animation. Five frames were signed off first.
- 02The 30 second filmA first film with text, logo and receipt fields added in post, and fixes to single shots.
- 03The 90 second briefThe client sent an eight-scene brief with every narration word fixed. We mapped it into a scene plan page and they approved it.
- 04Photoreal remakeTwo more rounds of frames moved the look to live-action science fiction: real rooms, guards, an operator and a locked robot design.
- 05The shootThe approved timeline was shot as one production: 11 shots, about 94 seconds, one narrator voice throughout.
- 06PostTitles, the client's own messages, English subtitles, a score, one real receipt as proof, and single-word voice fixes.
06 / The screenplay
It started on the page.
Information moves between people, systems, and AI every second.
Defining rules matters. Monitoring matters.
But detecting a problem after information has been exposed is not the same as preventing an unauthorized release.
A KEY IS NOT PERMISSION.
SAME CAPSULE. DIFFERENT DISCLOSURE.
DON'T JUST DEFINE ACCESS. ENFORCE IT. PROVE IT.
Every shot was a fork.
How to show allow and deny?
Chosen
One capsule at two moments, the same hand, 09:00 allowed and 21:00 denied
Instead of
A split screen of two capsules
WhyIt was the client's first choice of the options offered.
What goes on the proof card?
Chosen
One real exported receipt
Instead of
Placeholder ALLOW and DENY cards
WhyThe client asked that receipts come only from their real format and that no fields be invented.
The colour of the film.
#36464F
#121B1F
#68645B
#6D4D31
#897D6D
#64E2EF
TypeArchivo
What they received.
Master film, 1:38 with end card, 1080p, 16:9
A second version with the film's own sound only (no score)
English subtitle file
Earlier: a 30 second film and a 30 second revocation cut
11 shots in the final shoot