Spec films for software brands. Only the ones that pass.

A pipeline writes the ideas, draws the frames, shoots one take, sets the captions, and runs every result past a critic or a code check. Whatever fails is dropped, not patched. You get the survivors: vertical, 14 to 30 seconds, ready to post.

The series

Spec series for TypeSafe (product: Jev), 2026-10-13. 8 films kept out of 186 written ideas.

Small Tube Guybrand world · 17 s
The Duck Picksbrand world · 14 s
Horse-Sized Duckbrand world · 16 s
The Pink Onebrand world · 18 s
Snap Decisionbrand world · 14 s
Rip Speedtypographic · 18 s
The Kill Listtypographic · 30 s
Who Fixes Ittypographic · 29 s

How it works

Six stages, a gate after each one. Three of the gates are free, the money is spent only on the take.

Concepts

A creative director writes ideas from the brand's facts. A critic kills the weak ones, code kills the unfeasible ones.

critic + code
Plan

The take director declares, object by object, what changes and what stays. Code checks the plan against itself.

code
Frames

Parts are drawn under the film's light and composed into a start frame. The hero must stand on the ground.

critic + measured
One take

A single 480p take from the frame. A clip critic judges identity, continuity and physics. One restaged retake, then out.

critic
Captions

Writer and art director rounds. Every caption is scored on meaning, naming the product, clarity and facts. Reading time is arithmetic.

critic + code
Publish

A human looks at the contact sheet before anything ships. What the human rejects becomes a new gate.

human

What survives

The TypeSafe series, two days of production.

186 → 8

ideas written, films kept. About 3 % of what is written becomes a finished film.

75 %

of the killing happens for free, before any image is drawn.

~ 1 in 2

takes pass the clip critic. Dollars are spent only here.

~ $20

net per finished film at 480p. Upscale only on the client's word.

Rules of the house