Running Out of Tuesdays
“An original song and music video about the slow-motion panic of an ordinary week - written, scored and generated end to end, then cut as a short film.”
The short version
Thirty-second read- The mandate
- Turn a very ordinary feeling - the week disappearing while nothing happens - into something people actually sit through, without a cast, a location or a crew.
- The insight
- Started from the song: wrote the lyric and melody first so the film had an emotional spine before a single frame existed.
- My role + craft
- Film direction, Songwriting + production, AI-enabled production · for Self-directed original song + short film · 2026. Concept, direction and hands-on execution.
- The result
- A finished short film and released single from one creative, start to finish.
AI generation (Google Flow for shots, Suno for music beds) worked alongside traditional craft here: hand-built visuals, original songwriting and a Premiere Pro cut and finish. AI expanded what one person could explore; it did not decide what the film means or where the edit lands.
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Turn a very ordinary feeling - the week disappearing while nothing happens - into something people actually sit through, without a cast, a location or a crew.
- 01Started from the song: wrote the lyric and melody first so the film had an emotional spine before a single frame existed.
- 02Produced and mixed the track, then storyboarded the film against the arrangement rather than the other way around.
- 03Directed and generated the visuals with an AI pipeline, holding one look and one character logic across the piece.
- 04Edited, sound-designed and finished the short in Premiere Pro, then built a poster and social cutdowns for release.
- A finished short film and released single from one creative, start to finish.
- A working template for song-led storytelling: write the music first, let the edit serve it.
- Demonstrates AI generation used with direction and taste - not as a novelty, but as a production department.
Concept, art direction & execution - Shawn Van Daele for Self-directed original song + short film, 2026.