# Melius Video Generation & Inpainting Showcase by Melius

A comedic parody advertisement showcasing Melius's AI video inpainting capabilities. Iconic cinematic movie peril moments—such as the Titanic iceberg, a train bearing down on a tied-up cowboy, a roaring shark attack, and a predatory T-Rex—are selected via simple bounding-box prompts and instantaneously transformed into absurd, harmless alternatives.

- Company: Melius
- Year: 2024
- Duration: 0:31
- Type: Product demo
- Objective: Demonstrate
- Industry: AI
- Audience: Creator
- Medium: Live action, Product UI, Compositing, Mixed media
- Style: Cinematic, Playful, Bold
- Techniques: UI choreography, Compositing, Morph, Camera move
- Structure: Transformation
- Pace: Fast
- Audio: Sound-design-led
- Format: Landscape

## Observations

- Parodies famous movie tropes: Titanic, classic Western rail tie-up, Jaws, and Jurassic Park.
- Utilizes a floating bounding box UI labeled 'Melius' to simulate drag-to-select video inpainting.
- Shows text prompt entry with the model attribution tag 'Claude Opus 3.5'.
- Features smooth CGI compositing replacing dramatic threats with comedic objects and characters.
- Concludes with brand logo lockup and website call-to-action.

## Moments

### 0:00–0:11 · Iceberg into Rubber Ducky

On the deck of a sinking ship, a sailor spots a looming iceberg; a user selects it with a Melius bounding box and prompts it to turn into a giant yellow rubber duck.

Tags: Titanic, parody, rubber duck, UI prompt, video inpainting

Link: https://motionreference.com/reference/05c2963d-de10-4de7-a36b-ba2910328f28?t=0 · Moment id: `05c2963d-de10-4de7-a36b-ba2910328f28-m0`

### 0:11–0:13 · Krea 3 / Melius Title Card

A stylized graphic interstitial displaying collaboration logos for Melius, Claude, and Krea3.

Tags: interstitial, branding, graphic

Link: https://motionreference.com/reference/05c2963d-de10-4de7-a36b-ba2910328f28?t=11 · Moment id: `05c2963d-de10-4de7-a36b-ba2910328f28-m1`

### 0:13–0:17 · Locomotive into Giant Hot Dog

A cowboy tied to train tracks awaits an oncoming steam locomotive, which is selected and swapped into a massive hot dog on wheels.

Tags: western, hot dog, train, visual transformation

Link: https://motionreference.com/reference/05c2963d-de10-4de7-a36b-ba2910328f28?t=13 · Moment id: `05c2963d-de10-4de7-a36b-ba2910328f28-m2`

### 0:17–0:22 · Shark into Goldfish

A great white shark breaches toward an oblivious swimmer in an inner tube before being replaced by a tiny, harmless goldfish.

Tags: shark, Jaws parody, goldfish, comedy

Link: https://motionreference.com/reference/05c2963d-de10-4de7-a36b-ba2910328f28?t=17 · Moment id: `05c2963d-de10-4de7-a36b-ba2910328f28-m3`

### 0:22–0:31 · T-Rex Morph & CTA

A rain-soaked T-Rex preparing to devour a victim is transformed into a woman in leopard print blowing a kiss, ending with the Melius CTA.

Tags: Jurassic Park, T-Rex, end card, call to action

Link: https://motionreference.com/reference/05c2963d-de10-4de7-a36b-ba2910328f28?t=22 · Moment id: `05c2963d-de10-4de7-a36b-ba2910328f28-m4`

## Links

- Motion Reference page: https://motionreference.com/reference/05c2963d-de10-4de7-a36b-ba2910328f28
- Watch: https://attachments.are.na/51469423/d30fceaa4afeea4e74a403f88cd70563.mp4?1792133174
- Original: https://x.com/trymelius/status/2110891207215956232/video/1
- Video id: `05c2963d-de10-4de7-a36b-ba2910328f28` (use with the MCP tools get_reference, get_breakdown and get_related_references)

Cite the Motion Reference page and credit Melius when you use this.