City & Tourism
With the city's facilities and robots as the stars, the lyrics guide viewers through the data, services and future life of the district.
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01 / Background
The promo music video for Robot Street in Longgang, Shenzhen had to introduce the theater, delivery, parades, art and public spaces, and connect the technology with everyday city life. Working from the real venues and equipment, the project pictures a near-future district. There is no human lead running through the film; robots, drones, streets and landmarks show viewers around, while visitors and operators appear only in specific scenes.
The lyrics move from the city waking up and data collection to robot performances, services and sightseeing, then on to the art flower gallery, nature and the twin towers at night. Wherever the song is, that is the part of the district on screen.
02 / Creative Highlights
Dancing robots can't just be a show of skill; the film has to explain how they learned. It first shows the data gloves and control stations, then cuts from the data collection hall to the lift stage, where a robot rises, stands upright and spreads its arms. The learning and model upgrades in the lyrics are carried by one continuous chain of actions, so viewers get it: the data comes first, then the robot learns to perform.
When the song sings about robots, drones and the art flower gallery, the picture cuts to those places. The lyrics set the order of what is shown, and the shots fill in the setting and action, so the music video keeps the rhythm of the song while still giving a clear tour of the district.
Cool white robots, cyan light strips and glass buildings share the frame with greenery, fields of flowers and water. Later in the film, a mirror installation first reflects the flower gallery; after a close-up of drifting petals, the camera pushes onto a walkway where robots and visitors stroll together. The art space becomes the next stop on the tour, and the technology theme lands in a setting that feels approachable.
The twin towers appear side by side under different skies, and the film ends on an overhead view of the district and the title. From day to night and from details to the full view, scattered facilities come together into one complete city, and “endless vitality” shows up in everyday life and every corner of the district.
03 / Scene Breakdown
The song title sits over a dawn aerial shot as the camera drops from the twin towers to Robot Avenue; a light strip races down the street and the robots along the road open their eyes.
At first light, the aerial camera glides over buildings and water as the song title, “Longgang, Longgang, Toward the Horizon,” flies in; the camera dips and circles to the twin towers, topped with the Galaxy logo.
First a top-down view of Robot Avenue, its colorful hexagonal paving and cyan light lines covering the road, then the camera drops to street level and flies forward past the buildings.
A low camera rushes forward along the ground as a blue light strip races down the road from the twin towers, sweeping past the glass buildings beside it.
Two lights glow in a soft blur; as the focus sharpens, they turn out to be a white and an orange humanoid robot turning their heads toward the camera.
The camera dives into the Robot Theater and moves from the data gloves and data collection hall to the stage, showing how the robots learned to dance.
The camera passes through the glass atrium and plunges down a cyan column of light into the data collection center on the basement level.
An operator raises a hand in a black data glove and slowly closes the fingers as the lights on each knuckle come on one by one.
People in the hall perform grabbing and carrying motions for the robots beside them to learn from, while streams of cyan data flow from every workstation to the big screen.
Sound waves pulse on the big screen as the round platform at center stage rises; a humanoid robot stands upright and spreads its arms, and a glowing data tree grows on the screen behind it.
A dozen or so humanoid robots move in unison on glowing rings, while the data tree behind them grows into the outline of the twin towers.
Robot Avenue by day: drones, street sweepers, delivery drones and window-cleaning robots take turns, one line of lyrics for each service.
The camera glides through the district along the glowing road and catches up with a drone flying between the buildings.
Coming out from under a bridge, the camera finds a green autonomous street sweeper hugging the curb, its two brush heads sweeping up a few fallen leaves.
A delivery drone carrying a meal box flies between two towers and descends onto a cyan landing ring on the ground.
A blue window-cleaning robot clings to a tower's glass and sprays a mist of water that catches the sunlight.
On the helipad atop the experience center, a row of drones lifts off one after another.
The other side of the district: patrols outside the police station, delivery vehicles, a robot parade and performances on the plaza, closing with the twin towers under three different skies.
A patrol robot and a robot dog guard the entrance of the Smart Police Station; a blue scanning grid spreads across the ground and a backpack by the road is marked with a red box.
An autonomous delivery vehicle stops outside the Neolix showroom and opens its side compartment, and a robot dog walks up to collect the parcel.
Seen from directly above Starry Sky Plaza, small robots line up in neat formations across the circular square.
An orange service robot waves to guests outside the world's first robot 6S store; the camera pulls back to a plaza packed with robot dogs, dancing robots and onlookers.
Two fighting robots spar on stage; in the next shot, a formation of robots wearing lion-dance heads drops into a horse stance.
The frame splits into three panels showing the twin towers from the same angle at dawn, midday and dusk.
Heading out of the district: through the clouds, onto a driverless bus, past the reservoir and Handcraft Street, then through a mirror into a sea of flowers.
A drone climbs above the district, which turns into a glowing circuit board below, and the camera follows it into the white clouds.
The clouds part to reveal a white driverless bus at a stop; the doors open and the camera follows inside.
Through the bus window, an autonomous boat carries visitors sipping coffee across the reservoir while a mowing robot inches along the shore.
An old craftsman carves wood in his workshop while a robotic arm beside him carves the same pattern in fine detail.
A huge mirror stands at the street corner, reflecting Shanhua Lanman Park; petals drift past, the camera pushes into the mirror and comes out on a path among the flowers.
Visitors follow an orange guide robot to an information screen beside the flower fields; a drone flies overhead and an inspection robot surfaces from the water.
As the sky darkens, the camera flips from the reflection in the water to the real twin towers; the light show starts, the whole street lights up, and the camera pulls back over the whole city for the title.
A petal falls onto the water and sends out ripples; the camera flips to reveal the twin towers and their reflection at dusk.
Teal light strips switch on floor by floor up both towers.
At night the twin towers display “LONGGANG” and “ROBOT BLOCK,” and a torch-shaped light installation blazes at their base.
Streetlights, shop signs and ground lights come on together, and torch-shaped points of light appear between the two towers.
At a street corner at night, robot dogs, street sweepers, patrol robots and service robots line up side by side, with drones hovering overhead.
The colorful title drops in and the camera pulls back over all of Bantian, where Robot Street looks like a glowing chip.
04 / Storyboards & Final Frames
Shown in the order of the finished film: each shot first notes what the script calls for, then shows the final still used to generate the video. In a few shots, the camera angle and movement differ slightly from the still once animated; the finished film is the reference.
Shot 1.1
Intro. At first light, an aerial view looks down on Bantian's buildings and water, with the twin towers at the center, topped with the Galaxy logo.
Shot 1.2
“Dawn awakens the light of this city.” The camera pushes toward the twin towers as the morning light hits their tops first.
Shot 1.3
“Data flows down every street.” First a top-down shot of Robot Avenue, then down to street level, with cyan light flowing along the road and the building edges.
Shot 1.4
“The light strip spreads, burning like a heartbeat.” A low camera rushes forward along the ground as a blue light strip races down the road from the twin towers.
Shot 1.5
“Robot Street begins to wake and sing.” Humanoid robots along the street open their eyes and turn their heads as the district starts its day.
Shot 2.1
“Deep in the theater hides the spark of wisdom.” The camera passes through the Robot Theater's glass atrium and dives down to the data collection center on the basement level.
Shot 2.2
“One grip of the glove connects to faraway places.” An operator puts on a data glove and slowly closes the fingers.
Shot 2.3
“A million motions merge into an ocean of data.” Several operators grab, carry and sort, and the motion data flows to the central big screen.
Shot 2.4
“The model upgrades, the robot steps onto the stage.” The big screen signals a model upgrade, and a humanoid robot rides the lift platform onto the stage.
Shot 2.5
“Longgang, Longgang, the future grows right here.” The robot stands on the round platform with arms spread as the data tree on the screen behind it grows into Longgang's skyline.
Shot 3.1
“Longgang, Longgang, technology writes a new chapter.” The camera bursts out of the stage and sweeps along the streets where the 6S store and the experience center stand.
Shot 3.2
“On every street corner, dreams are taking flight.” A drone rises from between the buildings and the camera follows it over Robot Avenue.
Shot 3.3
“The sweeper gently cleans the roadside.” Drawn to match the colors and brush heads of the real sweepers in the district, the swept road is left clean and gleaming.
Shot 3.4
“The delivery drone flies over towers to the station.” A delivery drone carrying a meal box weaves near the twin towers and descends to the pickup point.
Shot 3.5
“Washed glass walls show rainbows in the sky.” A four-wheeled window-cleaning robot clings to a tower's glass facade, spraying water as it moves.
Shot 3.6
“The drone swarm sets off from the helipad.” On the helipad atop the experience center, a row of drones lifts off one after another.
Shot 4.1
“The police station guards every lane and street.” A patrol robot and a robot dog check the area outside the police station, and a scanning grid marks a backpack by the road; the sign above the door reads “Smart Police Station.”
Shot 4.2
“The delivery van is right on time for every customer.” An autonomous delivery vehicle stops outside the Neolix showroom, its side compartment opens, and a robot dog comes to collect the parcel.
Shot 4.3
“The parade lines up in a neat starburst.” A top-down shot of Starry Sky Plaza as small humanoid robots march forward in formation.
Shot 4.4
“Service robots smile to greet guests from everywhere.” An orange service robot waves to guests outside the world's first robot 6S store.
Shot 4.5
“Longgang, Longgang, a great ocean of robots.” Dancing robots, robot dogs, autonomous vehicles and crowds of onlookers share one plaza.
Shot 4.6
“Fighting and dancing, tradition meets technology.” Two fighting robots spar, then the film cuts to a robot formation wearing lion-dance heads.
Shot 4.7
“Longgang, Longgang, every day is something new.” The twin towers from the same angle, split into three panels: dawn, midday and dusk.
Shot 5.1
“This city lets imagination fly free.” A drone shoots up from the plaza, and the district below turns into a glowing circuit board.
Shot 5.2
“Take the driverless bus and head far away together.” The driverless bus pulls in and opens its doors; the screen inside shows the route to Yabao Reservoir.
Shot 5.3
“By Yabao's waters drifts the scent of coffee.” Outside the window is the reservoir, where an autonomous boat carries visitors drinking coffee and a mowing robot works on the shore.
Shot 5.4
“On Handcraft Street, craftsmanship quietly echoes.” An old craftsman designs a wood-carving pattern while a robotic arm beside him carves the details.
Shot 5.5
“A mirror portal opens the gallery of art and flowers.” A huge mirror stands in front of the International Art Center, reflecting Shanhua Lanman Park.
Shot 5.6
“The robot guide tells the story of the flowers.” Through the mirror into the sea of flowers, a robot guide leads visitors along the path.
Shot 5.7
“Technology and nature gently embrace.” Visitors and robots walk beside the flowers, a drone skims past, and an inspection robot rises from the water.
Shot 6.1
“The twin towers mirrored in the ripples.” The twin towers' reflection sways with the ripples, and the camera flips to reveal the real towers.
Shot 6.2
“Longgang, Longgang, the twin towers light up.” Night falls and the towers display “LONGGANG” and “ROBOT BLOCK.”
Shot 6.3
“The whole street lights up, igniting the city's dreams.” Streetlights, signs, ground lights and driverless buses all light up together.
Shot 6.4
“Longgang, Longgang, thousands of machines keep watch.” At a street corner at night, robot dogs, street sweepers, patrol robots and service robots line up side by side.
Shot 6.5
“City of the future, endless vitality.” The camera pulls back from the twin towers over all of Bantian, where Robot Street looks like a glowing chip; the towers in the distance were drawn to match the real ones, equal in height and equally slender.
05 / Script Excerpts
06 / Results
We delivered “City of the Future, Endless Vitality,” a 2 min 31 s (including end logo) music video in 4K at 3840×2160, the third film in the Robot Street series. Its 37 shots follow the lyrics, with each line taking viewers to one place in the district.
Case Study
How many kinds of robots can one street hold?
Street sweepers, delivery drones, window-cleaning robots, patrolling robot dogs, dancing humanoid robots… The venues and equipment the client wanted to feature came to nearly twenty items.
We had to cover them all in two and a half minutes without making it look like an equipment manual.
For the third film in the Robot Street series, we tried a different approach: write a song, and let each line of lyrics take viewers to a new place.
01
The client wanted the film to cover Robot Avenue, the Robot Theater, the 6S store, autonomous street sweepers, delivery drones, facade-cleaning robots, the Smart Police Station, driverless buses, Yabao Reservoir, Handcraft Street, the International Art Center and the twin-tower light show. The film has no fixed human lead; the equipment and places are the stars.
With a list that long, stitching items together one by one would just produce a string of showcases. So we wrote the lyrics first and ordered them across a single day:At dawn the district wakes; in the theater, robots learn their moves; by day, all kinds of service robots take to the streets; at dusk, a driverless bus heads to the water and the flower fields; at night, the twin towers light up.
Once the lyrics were set, we broke them into shots line by line. The film has 37 shots, each about 4 seconds, matching one line of lyrics. When the song goes “the delivery drone flies over towers to the station,” the picture shows a drone lowering a meal box onto the landing ring; when it goes “washed glass walls show rainbows in the sky,” a window-cleaning robot sprays water on a tower's facade.
A delivery drone descends onto the landing ring, then a window-cleaning robot sprays mist on a tower's facade, with each subtitled lyric matching the picture.
The song, “Longgang, Longgang, Toward the Horizon,” was also made with AI, and its chorus repeats “Longgang, Longgang,” which makes it catchy. The client approved the opening melody on first listen; a few lines near the end weren't sung clearly, so we separated the vocals from the backing track and fixed the ending on its own.
02
Robot Street is a real place. The sweepers on its roads and the delivery vehicles parked outside the showroom have a specific look, and locals would spot it immediately if we got them wrong.
Before production, the team photographed and filmed the district on site, and shot a batch of equipment at Longgang's robot expo. For every shot, we fed in the matching real-world photo as a reference when generating images: the sweeper's colors and brush heads, the front of the delivery vehicle, the archway on Handcraft Street, the orange colonnade of the International Art Center.
We also set the visual style up front: a bright, clean near-future city, with cool white equipment against Shenzhen's dense greenery, and no gloomy, dystopian feel. The whole film used one style reference to keep the light and color consistent.
Once all 37 storyboard stills were done, we showed them to the client first. They approved them in one round, and only then did we start on video. By locking the stills before animating, the content and look of every shot were settled before anything moved.
03
The theater sequence is the only part of the film that explains a “process.” The lyrics “one grip of the glove connects to faraway places” and “a million motions merge into an ocean of data” describe robots learning from people who demonstrate movements over and over.
The picture follows that order: the camera rushes into the theater atrium and down into the data collection hall; an operator puts on a data glove and closes the fingers; people in the hall grab and carry things for the robots beside them to learn from, and cyan streams of data flow to the big screen.
Then sound waves pulse on the big screen, the round platform at center stage rises, a humanoid robot stands upright and spreads its arms, and a glowing “data tree” grows on the screen behind it.
The round platform rises on the empty stage, a humanoid robot takes the stage and spreads its arms, and a glowing data tree grows on the screen behind it.
Viewers don't need to know any technical terms to understand:First people teach, then the robots can dance.
04
The second half travels from the district to Yabao Reservoir, Handcraft Street and Shanhua Lanman Park, places far apart. Instead of hard cuts to black, we let things in the frame carry viewers from one to the next.
A drone flies up into the clouds; the clouds part to reveal a driverless bus at a stop, the doors open and the camera boards; the next shot is the reservoir outside the window, where an autonomous boat carries visitors drinking coffee and a mowing robot works on the shore.
The mirror took the most thought. A huge mirror installation stands in front of the International Art Center, but what it reflects isn't the street in front of it; it's the sea of flowers nearby. A petal drifts past, the camera pushes into the mirror, and when it comes out, we're already on a path among the flowers.
Petals drift past the mirror, the camera pushes into the flowers inside it, and when it emerges, a robot guide is already leading visitors along the path.
05
Landmarks and text in a city promo have to stand up to locals' scrutiny. We checked the twin towers, the Galaxy logo, the police station sign and the 6S store sign shot by shot.
The towers in the opening aerial got the Galaxy logo on top; the police station sign was changed to “Smart Police Station”; and in the closing shot over the whole city, the twin towers in the distance were rescaled from real photos so the two are equal in height and equally slender.
While reviewing the film, we and the client picked out a few more details to fix one by one: the sweeper now kicks up only a few leaves by the curb and leaves the road spotless; the two robot-dog shots were redone with walking motions based on real robot dogs; and every piece of text in the frame was checked again. The colorful closing title and logo card match the other two films in the series.
06
We delivered a 2 min 31 s music video in 4K (3840×2160), the third film in Longgang's Robot Street series.
For the client, nearly twenty venues and pieces of equipment each got their own shot in a single song. By the time the song ends, viewers have toured the whole district.
For us, the project turned a method into a smooth routine:Write the song to set the order, shoot references on site, have the client review the stills, then make the video and check text and landmarks shot by shot. AI makes images fast, but making them look like “this exact place” comes down to these earlier steps.
The towers display “LONGGANG” and “ROBOT BLOCK,” and lights along the whole street come on with them.
FAQ
Before production on this film, the team photographed Robot Street and Longgang's robot expo on site, and fed the matching real-world photo into every shot as a reference when generating images. The twin towers' proportions, the Galaxy logo and the police station sign were checked shot by shot and fixed locally, and the colors and shapes of the sweepers and delivery vehicles match the real ones.
Write the lyrics first, with each line tied to one venue, and order them across a day: dawn, daytime, dusk and night. The film has 37 shots, each about 4 seconds to match one line, and scenes change through things in the frame such as clouds, a bus window and a mirror.
The song was set in early July, the storyboard stills went to the client for approval in mid-July, and after approval in one round we started on video. The first cut was ready on July 17, it was finalized in early August after the client's revisions, and the 4K version was output on August 5: about a month in total.
This film is a 16:9, 3840×2160 4K finished film, 2 min 31 s long, with line-by-line lyric subtitles; the closing title and logo card match the other two films in the series.
Approach
We broke the film into 37 shots based on the lyrics and key venues. Before production, we photographed the district and Longgang's robot expo on site and organized the photos of Robot Avenue, the theater, delivery equipment, the twin towers and the art spaces into references, feeding the matching real-world photo into every shot when generating images. For style, we set separate rules for equipment structure, building proportions, cool white light and local Shenzhen greenery, so the near-future visuals are grounded in a real place.
How shots connect depends on what each segment needs to say. Police patrols, the driverless-vehicle handoff and the parade are separate events, so they're joined with straight cuts; the stage platform uses a clear rising motion; and the move from the mirror into the flower fields stays continuous through the petals, the mirror's edge and the forward push. That way, viewers can tell what each piece of equipment does and still follow the tour route.
The twin towers' outline, the Galaxy logo, and the Smart Police Station and 6S store signs were all checked against the real places shot by shot. Landmarks and text aren't just decoration; they have to let viewers recognize where this is. The visuals were first unified to the references, then the animated footage was cut into the music video to the rhythm of the finalized song.
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