4 minutes 55 seconds, 24 projects: from solar term shorts and city giant screens to IP animation, brand announcements and earnings videos.
Project Type
Showreel
Client
Self-initiated work (studio showreel)
Year
2026
Our role
Showreel selection & editing
Original format
1920 × 1080 · 04:54
Film04:54 · Film
01 / Background
Showing first-time viewers what we can do
The portfolio is for people meeting our team for the first time. At a trade show they only stop briefly, so they need to see quickly what kinds of work we do and spot a direction that fits their own promotional needs. The show called for a 16:9 horizontal format, with our key work grouped together and our corporate brand work included.
This version runs about four minutes fifty-five seconds, with clips from solar term and public communication films, city events, cultural programs, brand announcements and character animation. Real footage makes the first impression, while the full story of each project lives on its own project page. Every clip keeps the content and logos of the original work.
02 / Creative Highlights
Showing different approaches through real work
01
First, show viewers a range of communication briefs
It opens with the solar term short “Awakening of Insects” split into three columns playing side by side, followed by the conference opener for Cangqian, Hangzhou, the Chengdu Tianfu Twin Towers giant screen and festive IP animation. It's all AI imagery, yet a film made for phones, one played on a city's night-time giant screen and one built around a brand character are each composed differently, and everything viewers see is a real project they can recognize.
02
Vertical works and giant-screen events, all clearly visible in a horizontal frame
Vertical works sit side by side in the horizontal frame, keeping their subjects, scenery and original text. The Twin Towers clip puts the content and live footage of the towers in the same frame, so viewers can compare the details of the finished film and also see how the imagery actually looks once it's on the buildings.
03
Moving between real-life stories and cartoon characters
The Red Letters clip moves people with a child running to their parents and a family reunited; the cultural tourism clips make a place memorable through dance, local architecture and waterscapes; the plush characters, the miniature figures at the beer festival and the animated IP bring playful materials and performances. The approach always follows the content.
04
Beautiful visuals that keep the brand message intact
Later on, the Feishu announcement uses three columns to show the key visual and the wall of brand logos at once, and the Kuaishou earnings clip sends its IP character into city streets and data screens. The reel keeps these original layouts, so viewers see that the visuals look great and the message still comes through clearly.
03 / Scene Breakdown
24 projects, in order of appearance.
Film · 00:00–00:34
Opening: A Solar Term Short, a Conference Opener and a City Giant Screen
It opens with three public-sector and city projects: the NDRC 24 Solar Terms short “Awakening of Insects,” the opening film for the Cangqian Subdistrict Economic Development Conference in Hangzhou, and the intangible-heritage Lantern Festival opening film for Chengdu's Tianfu Twin Towers. Vertical, 21:9 widescreen and twin-tower giant-screen footage appear one after another in the same horizontal frame.
Clip · 00:00–00:07
24 Solar Terms · Awakening of Insects: One Vertical Film in Three Columns
The vertical short “Awakening of Insects” plays in three columns at once: a water buffalo, an armillary sphere, a drum being covered with hide and bamboo shoots breaking through the soil appear side by side, with the subtitles at the bottom of each column fully preserved.
Clip · 00:11–00:17
Cangqian, Hangzhou: Cang Xiaolong Flies Over the City
The subdistrict's IP character Cang Xiaolong rides a hoverboard between glass towers as the subtitle sums up the year: “delivering a solid report card on high-quality development.”
Clip · 00:17–00:22
Cangqian, Hangzhou: Gliding Past the Trophy
Cang Xiaolong glides past a golden trophy in a business park plaza as the subtitles list the honors the subdistrict has won.
Clip · 00:26–00:32
Chengdu Tianfu Twin Towers: The Footage and the Towers Together
The top half shows Lantern Festival imagery of Shu embroidery patterns, a golden dragon and a rocket; the bottom half shows the twin towers lit up with the same content at night, so you can see how it looks on the buildings.
Film · 00:34–01:25
Spring Festival, Reunion and Family Letters
This section focuses on festive and emotional themes: the felt magic show for Kuaishou's “Boonie Bears” Spring Festival venue, the NDRC Spring Festival greeting and Kuaishou's 2026 CNY animated micro-drama, before turning to Red Letters: A Dialogue Across Time.
Clip · 00:35–00:41
Boonie Bears: The Unbe-weave-able Magic Show: The Felt Cabin
In three vertical columns, Briar, Bramble and Logger Vick play with magic props in a felt cabin, while on the right a whale swims past a big yarn tree.
Clip · 00:47–00:53
NDRC Spring Festival Greeting: Red-and-Gold Paper-Cut Customs
Three red-and-gold paper-cut scenes side by side: door gods pasted on the gates, a long lantern-lit street and red envelopes filling the sky, each column paired with a festive wish such as “May all your wishes come true.”
Clip · 00:58–01:04
Kuaishou CNY: Fireworks Under the Red-String Tree
An old tree hung with red strings gives way to a village after snowfall; a beam of light rises from the street into the night sky and bursts into fireworks, with the Kuaishou Kling AI “Powered by” credit in the corner.
Clip · 01:04–01:08
Kuaishou CNY: New Year Greetings from Everyone
Briar and Bramble, lion dancers, Xiaokuai and a crowd of other characters squeeze into one group photo and say together, “Wishing everyone a great Year of the Horse!”
Clip · 01:12–01:18
Red Letters: A Child Runs to Their Parents
Inside an old photo frame, a toddler runs toward a father crouching with open arms, then the family of three hug and laugh.
Clip · 01:21–01:25
Red Letters: Reading a Letter by Lamplight
Beside an oil lamp, a man in military uniform bends over a letter; the camera cuts to a hand holding a faded group photo.
Film · 01:25–02:18
Cultural Tourism Scenery and Cultural Programs
Next comes cultural tourism and cultural content: “Colors of Hongze,” the cultural tourism film for Hongze District, Huai'an; the NDRC 14th Five-Year Plan Achievement Recap; “Hanging the Gourd to Heal the World” from CCTV's “Exploring China Through Idioms” (we handled the AI visuals); and the explainer film for Weibo's “Beijing Style: The Flavor of Everyday Beijing” contest.
Clip · 01:25–01:31
Colors of Hongze: The Title and the First Color
Vertical strips of color form the title “Colors of Hongze,” followed by buildings glowing red under fireworks, with this segment's color, “Rosy Cloud Red,” written in the corner.
Clip · 01:32–01:38
Colors of Hongze: The Fish Drum and the Ancient Dike
A woman in red raises a fish-shaped yugu drum and dances in profile, then the camera cuts to the ancient dike scenic area on Hongze Lake at sunset.
Clip · 01:42–01:48
14th Five-Year Plan Achievement Recap: Three Columns of Results
Three vertical columns present achievements at once: first “A Major Country's Responsibility” and a large cruise ship now in service, then a cartoon figure running past “2025: The 14th Five-Year Plan Nears Completion,” alongside energy-saving and carbon-reduction figures and an LNG carrier cutting through the waves.
Clip · 01:56–02:03
Exploring China Through Idioms · Hanging the Gourd to Heal the World: The Old Man's Gift of Bamboo
Fei Changfang and a white-bearded old man sit facing each other across a small table; then the old man stands in firelight, and finally a green bamboo stick appears in golden light as the old man's parting gift.
Clip · 02:03–02:07
Hanging the Gourd to Heal the World: Riding the Bamboo
Fei Changfang rides the green bamboo over a sea of clouds, with the CCTV-1 channel logo and the “AI-generated” label both kept on screen.
Clip · 02:08–02:14
Beijing Style · The Flavor of Everyday Beijing: Dayanzai Explores the Hutongs
On an old street after snowfall, Weibo's Dayanzai in a red padded jacket browses time-honored shops, then sits by a window in front of roast duck, baozi and ice cream, with the subtitle “Becoming a Beijing foodie.”
Film · 02:18–03:06
IP Animation, a New Year's Countdown and Spring in Haidian
Four projects: the plush segment of the “Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf” 20th anniversary film (we handled the AI 3D visuals), the Kuaishou × Shenyang Fangcheng New Year's Eve countdown, Haidian District's city film “Shang Haidian,” and the Baidu Baike Masterpieces Reimagined MV.
Clip · 02:19–02:26
Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: The Plush Wolf Couple
Wolnie in her crown and Wolffy in his hat stand in a yarn forest, blinking, opening their mouths and smiling at each other, with the subtitle “So fluffy and cute.”
Clip · 02:31–02:38
Shenyang Fangcheng: The Midnight Countdown
On the stage in front of the city gate tower, giant numbers count down as the crowd waves, and then the fireworks display “Kuaishou · Shenyang Fangcheng wishes everyone in China a Happy New Year.”
Clip · 02:44–02:51
Shang Haidian: From the West Causeway to the Western Hills
Visitors stroll along the West Causeway of the Summer Palace, willow branches trailing over the water, as the song goes “In February, spring mist drifts over the West Causeway”; then the camera flies over the green slopes of the Western Hills.
Clip · 02:55–03:01
Masterpieces Reimagined: Historical Figures and Famous Paintings Take the Mic
In three vertical columns, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Mona Lisa and a Terracotta Warrior take turns singing into the microphone, under the title “Baike Masterpieces Reimagined.”
Film · 03:06–04:18
Songs, Characters, Defense Equipment and Mid-Autumn, Then a City Adventure and a Beer Festival
Six projects, about ten seconds each: “Fire Safety Song: All-Star Version” for China Fire and Rescue and Baidu Search, Kuaishou's original-character micro-drama “Piggy's Adventures,” the Baidu × China.com military parade film, the NDRC Mid-Autumn greeting, “Van Gogh and Mona Lisa's Longgang Adventure,” and the promo film for the Beichen Ya'ao Hi-Beer Festival.
Clip · 03:08–03:14
Fire Safety Song: The Fire Boy Band Hits the Studio
Across three columns, members of the “Fire Boy Band” take turns singing in headphones in a recording studio; then the Kitchen God sings “Replace old appliances and they'll last longer!”, working a fire safety tip into the lyrics.
Clip · 03:22–03:28
Piggy's Adventures: The Forest Shop
A guinea pig with a pink backpack and butterfly wings stands at the door of a little forest shop, then arrives at a busy crispy fried chicken stand with a queue outside and a “Temporary Staff Wanted” sign on the door.
Clip · 03:31–03:39
Military Parade Film: An Eagle Becomes an Early-Warning Aircraft
An eagle takes off from a snowy mountain under the title “Thousand-Mile Eye: KJ-500”; after a flash of white light, it has become an early-warning aircraft flying above the clouds.
Clip · 03:43–03:50
NDRC Mid-Autumn Greeting: Three Kinds of Moonlight
Three vertical columns side by side: the moon over reeds, a valley beneath star trails and a bright moon above snowy mountains, each column paired with a line of classical Mid-Autumn poetry.
Clip · 03:55–04:01
Van Gogh and Mona Lisa: Exploring Longgang's Old Town
Van Gogh and Mona Lisa walk through a lantern-hung memorial archway, taking in the sights along the flagstone path, then stand side by side under the “Alley Market” sign.
Clip · 04:08–04:16
Beer Festival: Tiny Figures Raise a Glass, Fireworks over Ya'ao
A miniature figure in overalls lies on a bed of wheat grains, holding a beer glass high; then the scene changes to fireworks over the Olympic Tower and the Water Cube.
Film · 04:18–04:54
Finale: A Conference MV, a Brand Announcement and an Earnings Video
The last three projects lean toward business and large-scale events: the opening ceremony MV for the 2025 Global Digital Economy Conference (shown on a 46×6 m screen at the venue), the Feishu partner announcement film and Kuaishou's Q1 2025 earnings video.
Clip · 04:19–04:25
Digital Economy Conference MV: Digital Beijing Welcomes You
The characters for “Beijing” and “welcome” appear over aerial footage of the National Centre for the Performing Arts; then a palace lights up in purple at night, spelling out “welcomes you.”
Clip · 04:26–04:30
Digital Economy Conference MV: friendly city
A robot and a young person shake hands on the street with the subtitle “friendly city,” then “smart and free” floats out of ribbons of data light.
Clip · 04:31–04:38
Feishu Announcement: A Partner List in Three Columns
The two outer columns are filled with partner logos, while the middle shows the blue-and-white 3D key visual “H1 2025: More New Friends on Feishu +N.”
Clip · 04:43–04:49
Kuaishou Earnings: Xiaokuai Visits the Mall and the Streets
The orange IP character Xiaokuai skateboards past a mall as a monthly active user data card pops up beside it; then it walks down the street holding a phone while the subtitles describe the growth in user time spent.
Clip · 04:49–04:54
Kuaishou Earnings: Wrapping Up at Kling AI's Door
Xiaokuai stands in front of the Kling AI building as the subtitle notes that Kling AI launched its 2.0 model in April, and the portfolio ends here.
A horizontal reel of selected work, about four minutes fifty-five seconds long, lets you see our representative projects in one sitting. When you spot something that interests you, open its project page for a closer look.
Case Study
Liandan AI Studio Portfolio | 24 AI Video Projects in 5 Minutes
Most people walking past a booth only stop for a few minutes.
In those few minutes, they need to understand what this company has done and whether it can make the film they need.
This portfolio packs 24 projects into 4 minutes 55 seconds, from solar term shorts and city giant screens to IP animation, brand announcements and earnings videos.
Here's how we cut it.
Client
Liandan AI Studio's own portfolio (not a client commission)
Project Type
Company portfolio showreel
Timeline
May 2026 (the current horizontal version is the May 22 cut)
Runtime & Specs
4:55, 1920×1080 horizontal 16:9, plus a separate 4K export
Featured
24 projects spanning public-sector, cultural tourism, brand, IP animation, giant-screen and earnings videos
Purpose
Trade show booth screenings and the portfolio entry point on our website
Produced by
Shenzhen Alchemy Technology Co., Ltd. (Liandan AI Studio)
01
First, Work Out Who's Watching and Where
The portfolio has been cut two ways.
In February 2026 we first made a roughly one-minute vertical quick-cut for WeChat Channels: we picked the most representative clips straight from finished films, put new work first and added no extra text.
In May, to show it at the Hong Kong Cultural Expo, we switched to a 3-to-5-minute 16:9 horizontal cut. Booth visitors watch standing up and may walk off at any moment, so the key projects had to be grouped at the front, with corporate brand work added back later in the reel.
The version on this page is the horizontal cut finalized in May: 4 minutes 55 seconds, 24 projects.
02
The First Minute Goes to the Most Recognizable Projects
The first minute or so runs through, in order: the NDRC solar term short “Awakening of Insects,” the Cangqian Subdistrict conference opener in Hangzhou, the Lantern Festival giant screen on Chengdu's Tianfu Twin Towers, Kuaishou's “Boonie Bears” Spring Festival magic show, the NDRC Spring Festival greeting, Kuaishou's 2026 CNY animated micro-drama and then Red Letters.
These projects have one thing in common: viewers have very likely come across them on their phones, on city giant screens or over the Spring Festival. Once people think “I've seen this,” they're ready to pay attention to what follows.
Our four projects with more than 100M views each — the NDRC Spring Festival greeting, the 14th Five-Year Plan Achievement Recap, CCTV's “Exploring China Through Idioms” and Kuaishou's 2026 CNY Spring Festival micro-drama — all appear in the first two minutes.
Clip · 00:00–00:07
Opening: “Awakening of Insects” in Three Columns
The portfolio's very first image is the armillary sphere, the drum and the bamboo shoots from the NDRC solar term short.
03
Vertical and Ultra-Wide, All in One Horizontal Frame
The finished films came in all shapes and sizes: the solar terms, Spring Festival greeting, Fire Safety Song, Masterpieces MV, Mid-Autumn greeting and Feishu announcement are 9:16 vertical; the Cangqian opener is 21:9 widescreen; the Twin Towers giant screen is a full 2900×2100 canvas.
Our solution was to lay out each one according to its original shape:
Vertical films are split into three side-by-side columns, each a complete vertical composition, with no subtitles cropped.The Twin Towers film puts the footage itself in the top half and the lit-up towers in the bottom half.Horizontal films play full screen.
Vertical films in three columns: the drum, the courtyard and the bamboo shoots from “Awakening of Insects”The Twin Towers film stacked: the footage on top, the towers at night below
These choices were refined version by version. In the early quick-cut, one vertical clip lost part of its subtitles to cropping; we later scaled the whole frame down and left a border so the subtitles stayed intact. When three columns play at once, only one audio track is kept so the sound doesn't clash.
Clip · 00:26–00:32
Chengdu Tianfu Twin Towers: Seeing the Footage and the Towers Together
Lantern Festival footage on top; below, how it looked playing on the Twin Towers.
04
Fast Changes of Subject, Every Clip Still Recognizable
With 24 projects in under five minutes, each gets just over ten seconds on average, usually one or two shots.
So each clip uses the project's most memorable image: in Red Letters, a child running to their father; in “Hanging the Gourd to Heal the World,” Fei Changfang riding green bamboo over a sea of clouds; in the military parade film, an eagle turning into an early-warning aircraft; at the beer festival, a tiny figure lying on wheat grains raising a glass; in the Fire Safety Song, the Kitchen God singing in headphones.
The marks on the original films are kept too: the NDRC logo, the CCTV channel logo and the Kuaishou Kling AI “Powered by” credit. When something catches their interest, viewers can follow these marks to the matching project page.
The order also follows an emotional arc: festive excitement first, then the emotion of Red Letters; the middle section moves through cultural tourism scenery and IP animation at an easy pace; and it ends on the conference, brand and earnings work.
Clip · 01:12–01:18
Red Letters: A Child Runs to Their Parents
After the lively Spring Festival segment, the pace slows down for a family reunion.
05
Ending on Brand and Commercial Work
The last thirty seconds go to the three most “commercial” projects: the opening ceremony MV for the Global Digital Economy Conference (shown on a 46×6 m screen at the venue), the Feishu partner announcement and Kuaishou's Q1 2025 earnings video.
These three segments show corporate clients that AI visuals don't just look good: they can carry partner lists, business data and brand characters, and get the message across the way the brand needs.
Clip · 04:43–04:49
Kuaishou Earnings: Xiaokuai Brings the Data Along
The brand's IP character walks into a mall and down the street, with data cards appearing alongside.
06
What This Portfolio Is For
For clients looking for someone to make their film, it's a way in: in five minutes they can see public-sector, cultural tourism, brand, IP animation, giant-screen and earnings projects, find the one closest to their needs, then open that project page to watch the full film and see how it was made.
Together, these projects have passed 400M views.
For students, it's also a reference for cutting a portfolio:work out who's watching and where; put the most recognizable work first; lay out different aspect ratios according to each original's shape, without cropping subtitles; and keep only the one or two most memorable shots from each project.
For exactly which part of each project we handled, see the description on each project page: for CCTV's “Exploring China Through Idioms” and the “Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf” 20th anniversary film, for example, we were responsible for the AI visuals.
FAQ
FAQ
What kinds of AI video has Liandan AI Studio made?
This portfolio includes public-sector promos (the NDRC solar terms, Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn greetings and the 14th Five-Year Plan Achievement Recap), city and cultural tourism films (Colors of Hongze, Haidian's “Shang Haidian”), giant-screen visuals (Chengdu Tianfu Twin Towers and the 46×6 m screen at the Global Digital Economy Conference), IP animation (Kuaishou CNY, Boonie Bears and the plush Pleasant Goat segment), AI MVs (Masterpieces Reimagined, Fire Safety Song), a brand announcement (Feishu) and an earnings video (Kuaishou).
Can vertical and ultra-wide films be delivered in different sizes?
Yes. The original films in the portfolio include 9:16 vertical, 21:9 widescreen, the full 2900×2100 twin-tower canvas and 16:9 horizontal; the Global Digital Economy Conference MV was delivered both as an ultra-wide version for the venue and as a standard 16:9 version. In the portfolio, vertical films sit in three columns and the Twin Towers film is stacked top and bottom, with no subtitles cropped.
Does Liandan AI Studio have projects with very large reach?
Four projects have passed 100M views: CCTV's “Exploring China Through Idioms” (200M+), the NDRC Spring Festival greeting, the 14th Five-Year Plan Achievement Recap and Kuaishou's 2026 CNY Spring Festival micro-drama, and all four are in this portfolio. The company's work has drawn more than 400M views in total.
Did Liandan AI Studio produce every project in the portfolio from start to finish?
Most of them. For some we provided visual support, such as CCTV's “Exploring China Through Idioms” and the “Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf” 20th anniversary film, where we were responsible for the AI visuals. For the exact division of work on each project, see the description on its project page.
Approach
How We Chose Shots and Arranged Aspect Ratios
Shot selection started from what the trade show needed to highlight. The first half of the horizontal reel uses public communication, city events and well-known IP so viewers recognize the work first; the second half adds brand and corporate films to show a range of subjects and visual styles.
Aspect ratios were handled so that every original stays easy to see. Whether text gets cropped and what to do when several clips play sound at once had to be adjusted one by one. The reel uses side-by-side vertical columns, top-and-bottom stacking and full horizontal frames for different works, keeping each original's composition and key information on the same screen.
The portfolio is for browsing at a glance; for the exact work we did on each project, see its project page. The reel includes cultural programs as well as co-productions and works where we supported specific segments; each project page has the full film, the creative brief and the specific deliverables.
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