Brief to ad, in days
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The brief
NOCTÉ's brief fixed what every frame had to show: a small-batch gin distilled after dark on night-blooming botanicals, in a matte-midnight bottle with a gold band and cork. A client's brief gives us their own facts; we wrote this one because NOCTÉ is invented.

- Volume
- 700 ml
- ABV
- 43%
- Botanicals
- ~11 night-blooming
- Distilled
- After dark, small-batch
- Lead notes
- Jasmine · juniper · midnight
- Bottle
- Matte midnight, gold band, cork
- Serve
- Over a clear ice sphere
- Mood
- The nightcap you keep for yourself
2
The references
The short was made from approved references: the same host in a black knit and gold chain, the bottle, a candle-lit back bar, and light kept low and warm.
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- Presenter
- The same face, black knit and gold chain in every scene
- Product
- The matte-midnight bottle, gold band and cork
- Setting
- A candle-lit back bar, shelves soft behind
- Light
- Low and warm — after dark, never gloomy
3
The film
From those references AI made a 15-second creator-style short — a host, a candle-lit kitchen and a single pour — and the words and logo were laid on afterwards. Three frames:



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The ad set
Five stills from the same brief: the bottle and its after-dark story, the strength and botanical count, the night botanicals, the serve over one clear ice sphere, and the quiet nightcap.
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The timeline
Studio quality — without the studio calendar.
Traditional
4–5 weeks
Booking a studio, scheduling a shoot, rounds of edits — strung across everyone’s calendars.
AI WISE
4–5 days
Brief, script, reference images, film, then the ad images, each checked by a person before the next step.