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From a single tap on a phone, the camera flies into the history, fireworks and New Year countdown of Shenyang's Fangcheng.
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01 / Background
This on-site New Year's Eve film had to fit Kuaishou elements, the history of Shenyang's Fangcheng, today's lively street life and midnight wishes into about one minute. The project organizes all this as a young man's journey into the city: it starts with watching on a phone, tours the palace and neighborhoods from the air, lands among lanterns and an intangible-heritage paper-cut gallery, and finally arrives at the gala venue.
The miniature style lets landmarks, crowds and the orange Xiaokuai sit together at a sensible scale, and the warm light of the night scenes carries all the way to the New Year celebration. From spotting it on a phone, flying into the city and strolling the streets to counting down together in front of the stage, viewers follow the hero from Kuaishou all the way to the gala.
The project also delivered a standalone New Year greeting version and an event teaser, each about 23 seconds. Both shorts are set in daytime, with Xiaokuai walking past Shenyang Station, a European-style historic building, the Zhongjie archway, the Dazheng Hall of the Shenyang Imperial Palace and the riverbank beneath the TV tower: the greeting version sends New Year wishes on January 1, while the teaser spells out the gala's name, time and West Zhongjie location. The same miniature-city look ran from the midnight countdown through to the promotion before and after the gala.
02 / Creative Highlights
The film opens over the shoulder of someone at home and goes into the phone, where the Kuaishou logo and the Fangcheng New Year's Eve poster first establish the destination. The glowing screen cuts to a passage through the city gate, then into a night sky where the hero, Xiaokuai and fellow travelers fly, so the brand exposure becomes, quite naturally, the act of flying into the city.
The palace, Laobian Dumpling Restaurant and the Liu Laogen Grand Stage appear one after another as a miniature cityscape, and the aerial view gives viewers an overall impression of Fangcheng first. Once the hero and Xiaokuai land, the camera turns to shops under lanterns and the paper-cut gallery, narrowing from the city panorama to the experience of walking the streets, stretching from historic landmarks to today's lively street life.
The countdown keeps a similar front-on composition of the venue, while the numbers take the form of network lines, light particles, plants, pixels, roof tiles and more, and the Xiaokuai figures on the rooftops on either side echo the number in the center. With the background unchanged and all the change concentrated in the countdown numbers, the audience's attention naturally focuses on the moment the New Year arrives.
The film counts down to 1 and goes straight into the New Year, with no “0”: the host leads the whole crowd in shouting midnight on site. After the numbers, the film cuts to fireworks, cheering crowds and greeting text, so as the story reaches its end it meets the excitement of the audience cheering together, and the film and the event flow into each other.
03 / Scene Breakdown
Late at night, a young man at home is scrolling Kuaishou when he comes across the Fangcheng New Year's Eve poster, is suddenly pulled into the screen, and flies up into the starry sky with a group of “cloud travelers.”
A bedroom late at night, with a full moon outside the window. A young man in a white shirt is curled up on the sofa looking at his phone; the camera moves behind his shoulder, where the screen shows Kuaishou's launch screen.
The phone screen glows and the “Kuaishou x Shenyang Fangcheng New Year's Eve” poster pops up, with sparks flying all around.
The camera rushes into the crowds and fireworks in the poster, then through a glowing tunnel.
In the starry sky, the young man, the orange Xiaokuai and several travelers in Kuaishou outfits fly side by side, and the young man looks down in delight.
The group flies over the Shenyang Imperial Palace and Fangcheng's neighborhoods, then past Laobian Dumpling Restaurant and the Liu Laogen Grand Stage; the whole city looks like a finely crafted model.
The camera skims across the golden roofs of the Imperial Palace, with tiny pedestrians walking outside the palace walls.
The camera rises, and Fangcheng is ablaze with lights at night; the travelers and Xiaokuai fly past the camera, looking down over the whole palace complex.
Flying past an old building with the “Laobian Dumplings” sign, with the street below lit up.
The red sign and neon of the Liu Laogen Grand Stage are lit, cars fill the space out front, and people stream inside.
The young man and Xiaokuai land in Octagonal Pavilion Square; the camera switches to following them from behind as they pass a lantern-lined snack street and a paper-cut gallery, narrowing from the city panorama to the lively street life.
The young man and Xiaokuai drop from the sky into the square in front of the Octagonal Pavilion, where a big screen in the pavilion reads “This is Northeast China, Shenyang.”
With their backs to the camera, the two walk down a snack street hung with lanterns, past stalls selling braised pig's trotters and milk tea, as fireworks burst overhead.
The two walk along wooden tables into the gallery, where the walls are hung panel by panel with red paper cuts and lanterns bathe the corridor in warm yellow light.
The front of the venue never moves, while the number in the sky changes material every second; at 1 it goes straight into the New Year, fireworks burst and greetings float up into the night sky.
The numbers in the sky are made, in turn, of blue network lines, green code, orange light particles and purple light ribbons, with a Xiaokuai sitting on the rooftop on each side.
6 is a plant sprouting new shoots, 5 is made of red pixel blocks, and 4 is pieced together from glazed roof tiles.
3 is snowflakes, 2 is industrial gears, and 1 is made of many smiling faces. At 1 it cuts straight to the New Year, and the midnight shout is left to the host to lead on site.
Fireworks burst, the crowd raises their hands and cheers, and “Kuaishou · Shenyang Fangcheng Wish Everyone in China a Happy New Year” appears in the sky.
The second greeting, “Find AI in Fangcheng for a Lucky New Year · Experience the Lively Northeast on Kuaishou”, appears; copper coins, red envelopes and Xiaokuai float through the air, and the crowd keeps jumping.
A New Year greeting short aired on January 1. It's daytime, and Xiaokuai walks alone through five places in Shenyang; at each stop, an electronic sign beside him shows a greeting.
In front of the red-brick Shenyang Station, Xiaokuai walks past an electronic sign reading “Welcome to Shenyang.”
Xiaokuai walks up to a European-style historic building, where a sign reads “Shenyang Fangcheng Cultural Tourism Area joins hands with Kuaishou.”
Under the red archway of Zhongjie, an electronic sign reads “Wishing You a Happy New Year 2026,” with fireworks in the sky.
In front of the Dazheng Hall of the Shenyang Imperial Palace, a sign reads “Fangcheng Full of Warmth · Joyful Reunions.”
The TV tower is visible from the riverside, a big screen in the air reads “Experience the Lively Northeast on Kuaishou,” and Xiaokuai walks toward the camera.
The event teaser reuses the greeting version's scenes and Xiaokuai's route, with the gala's name, time and location on the electronic signs.
In front of the same historic building, the sign reads “2026 Kuaishou · Shenyang Fangcheng 6th New Year's Eve Gala.”
The electronic sign under the Zhongjie archway reads “Fangcheng Full of Warmth · Joyful Reunions.”
The sign in front of Dazheng Hall reads “Dec 31, 22:30, West Zhongjie, See You There,” telling viewers when and where to go.
04 / Storyboards & Final Frames
Arranged in the order of the three finished films: each shot starts with what it shows, followed by the final frame used in the film.
Shot 1.1
A bedroom late at night, a full moon outside the window, and a young man in a white shirt curled up on the sofa looking at his phone.
Shot 1.2
Seen from behind his shoulder, the screen shows Kuaishou's launch screen. The phone's shape, punch-hole front camera and screen content were all matched to a real handset.
Shot 1.3
A close-up of the phone, its screen showing the “Kuaishou x Shenyang Fangcheng New Year's Eve” poster glowing all around; the next second, the camera dives in.
Shot 2.1
The young man, Xiaokuai and travelers in Kuaishou outfits fly together through the starry sky.
Shot 2.2
A top-down view of the Shenyang Imperial Palace, with pedestrians outside the palace walls; from here the camera pulls back to all of Fangcheng at night.
Shot 2.3
Seen from behind, the travelers fly over the palace roofs with Xiaokuai alongside.
Shot 2.4
A miniature Laobian Dumpling Restaurant, with the sign, storefront and street all recreated from photos of the real place.
Shot 2.5
The neon sign of the Liu Laogen Grand Stage and the parking lot in front.
Shot 3.1
The young man and Xiaokuai land in the square in front of the Octagonal Pavilion, where the big screen reads “This is Northeast China, Shenyang.”
Shot 3.2
Followed from behind, the two pass snack stalls under the lanterns; the signs on both sides belong to real shops in Fangcheng.
Shot 3.3
Wooden tables and lanterns line the gallery, the walls are covered in red paper cuts, and the two walk in, seen from behind.
Shot 4.1
The front of the venue stays fixed: a 10 of blue network lines, a 9 of green code and an 8 of orange light particles. The venue displays the gala's official name, and a Xiaokuai sits on the rooftop on each side.
Shot 4.2
A 7 of purple light ribbons, a 6 sprouting new shoots and a 5 of red pixel blocks.
Shot 4.3
The last four seconds: a 4 made of glazed tiles, a 3 of snowflakes, a 2 of industrial gears and a 1 made of smiling faces.
Shot 5.1
Fireworks burst, the sky reads “Kuaishou · Shenyang Fangcheng Wish Everyone in China a Happy New Year,” and “Happy New Year” hangs on both sides of the rooftops.
Shot 5.2
“Find AI in Fangcheng for a Lucky New Year · Experience the Lively Northeast on Kuaishou,” and the crowd jumps and cheers.
Shot 6.1
Xiaokuai strolls in front of Shenyang Station, where an electronic sign reads “Welcome to Shenyang.” The route begins at the station where visitors arrive in the city.
Shot 6.2
The sign reads “Shenyang Fangcheng Cultural Tourism Area joins hands with Kuaishou.”
Shot 6.3
Under the Zhongjie archway, “Wishing You a Happy New Year 2026,” with fireworks in the sky.
Shot 6.4
In front of Dazheng Hall, “Fangcheng Full of Warmth · Joyful Reunions.”
Shot 6.5
A big screen in the air reads “Experience the Lively Northeast on Kuaishou.” The Shenyang TV tower in the background makes it instantly recognizable as Shenyang.
Shot 7.1
The sign in front of the historic building reads “2026 Kuaishou · Shenyang Fangcheng 6th New Year's Eve Gala.”
Shot 7.2
The sign reads “Fangcheng Full of Warmth · Joyful Reunions.”
Shot 7.3
In front of Dazheng Hall: “Dec 31, 22:30, West Zhongjie, See You There.”
05 / Results
We delivered a 16:9 New Year's Eve countdown main film of about 63 seconds, plus a New Year greeting version and an event teaser of about 23 seconds each, covering the on-site New Year celebration, holiday greetings and the event invitation respectively.
Case Study
On the last night of 2025, Shenyang's West Zhongjie was hosting the 6th Kuaishou · Shenyang Fangcheng New Year's Eve Gala, and needed a countdown short to play before midnight.
Kuaishou and the Shenyang Fangcheng Cultural Tourism Area were very specific: about one minute, with Kuaishou elements, Fangcheng's history and how it has changed, today's lively street life, and finally the midnight countdown and greetings.
We used Kling AI to make a 63-second main film: a young man scrolling Kuaishou late at night flies through his phone screen into Fangcheng, sweeps over the Imperial Palace, lands in the streets, and finally stands at the gala stage counting down to the New Year.
Beyond the main film, we used the same look to make two more 23-second shorts: one New Year greeting and one event teaser.
01
The client's script was packed with information: Kuaishou, Qing dynasty city walls, Republican-era Zhongjie, streams of bicycles in the 1980s, the Shenyang Imperial Palace, Laobian Dumpling Restaurant, the Liu Laogen Grand Stage, the Octagonal Pavilion, the snack street, paper cuts, the countdown and two greetings.
Lining up the landmarks one by one would just give viewers a string of scenic postcards. We strung them together into one person's journey: scrolling Kuaishou at home late at night → pulled into the screen → flying over the palace and neighborhoods → landing to stroll the streets → stepping up to the gala stage. Viewers follow him, and the landmarks appear one after another.
The New Year's Eve poster lights up the screen, the camera rushes straight into it, and the journey begins.
Kuaishou's elements sit along this route too: the story starts on Kuaishou's launch screen, the fellow travelers wear Kuaishou outfits, Kuaishou's IP character Xiaokuai stays by the hero's side the whole way, and during the countdown it even sits on the rooftops on both sides of the venue.
02
The client wanted the popular “miniature ancient-style world” look. It's like looking at a finely crafted model, and the advantage is that the palace, restaurants, theater and people can share the frame without looking out of proportion.
For every landmark we first found real photos as references, then made a miniature version: the Laobian Dumpling Restaurant sign, the neon storefront of the Liu Laogen Grand Stage and the big screen at the Octagonal Pavilion are all instantly recognizable to people from Shenyang.
Throughout the film, the hero always wears a white shirt, black trousers and white sneakers, and Xiaokuai keeps the same orange look. As the scenes change from bedroom to starry sky, to the Imperial Palace, to the snack street, viewers always know who is walking.
Touching down at Octagonal Pavilion Square, the camera switches to following them from behind into the lantern-lined snack street.
03
This film was jointly presented by a platform and a cultural tourism operator, so every product and name on screen had to hold up to close inspection.
In the first version, the phone in the opening was a common generic design. The client wanted a Chinese-brand handset with Kuaishou's real launch screen. We matched the shape, punch-hole front camera and screen content to a real phone item by item, then refined the screen in image-editing software.
Same with the snack street. The client wanted real Fangcheng shops to appear, so we replaced the stall signs on both sides with real shop names, and changed the characters to a from-behind follow shot, so viewers feel like they're strolling right behind them.
The title on the countdown venue was also changed from the placeholder “Kuaishou 2026 New Year Gala” to the gala's official name, “2026 Kuaishou · Shenyang Fangcheng 6th New Year's Eve Gala.”
04
In a ten-second countdown, changing the scene every second would dazzle the audience. We kept the front-on composition of the venue fixed: the stage and the hero's back in the middle, and a Xiaokuai sitting on the rooftop on each side, with only the number in the sky changing.
The ten numbers use ten materials: blue network lines, green code, orange light particles, purple light ribbons, a plant sprouting new shoots and red pixel blocks, with the last four seconds saved for the glazed tiles, snowflakes, industrial gears and ten million smiling faces named in the client's script.
From 6 to 1, the material changes every second while the venue and crowd stay still.
The client wanted the midnight moment itself handed to the live venue. We removed the countdown voiceover and the number “0” from the film, so it goes from 1 straight to fireworks and greetings, and the host leads the whole crowd in shouting midnight. That's how the film and the gala connect.
05
Halfway through the main film, the client needed two more standalone shorts: a New Year greeting to air on January 1, and a teaser telling people where the gala would be held. The client had only one requirement: each had to stand on its own and not look like a clip cut from the main film.
We switched the time to daytime and had Xiaokuai explore Shenyang on its own: Shenyang Station, a European-style historic building, the Zhongjie archway, the Dazheng Hall of the Shenyang Imperial Palace and the riverbank beneath the TV tower. At each stop, an electronic sign beside it shows a line of text.
In front of Dazheng Hall it reads “Fangcheng Full of Warmth · Joyful Reunions”; beneath the TV tower, “Experience the Lively Northeast on Kuaishou.”
The teaser reuses the same route and scenes, swapping only the electronic signs for the gala's name and “Dec 31, 22:30, West Zhongjie, See You There.” No scenes needed to be remade, and text changes were quick.
06
For the client, one collaboration produced three films for different purposes: the midnight countdown at the gala, New Year greetings on New Year's Day and an event teaser before the gala, all in a unified style with both the platform's and the city's information built in.
For anyone making AI videos, this project offers three takeaways:
Turn the script into a route first. When there's a lot of information, linking it through one character's actions works better than listing items one by one.
Check brand and product details against the real thing. Phones, shop signs and event names are hard for AI to get right in one pass; they need to be checked item by item and, when necessary, refined in image-editing software.
One set of scenes, multiple versions by swapping text. Once the background and characters are set, swapping only the on-screen text quickly produces variants such as the greeting and teaser versions.
FAQ
We received the brief in early December, first produced the storyboard and key frames for the client to confirm, delivered the first cut of the main film in mid-December, and had all three films (the 63-second main film and two 23-second shorts) finalized on December 26, about three weeks in all.
Yes. For every landmark we first found real photos as references, then generated images in a unified miniature style. The Shenyang Imperial Palace, Laobian Dumpling Restaurant, Liu Laogen Grand Stage, Octagonal Pavilion, Zhongjie archway, Shenyang Station and TV tower in the film are all recreated from the shapes and signs of the real buildings.
The venue composition holds still during the countdown and only the numbers change, so the live audience can keep their eyes on them; at the client's request, the countdown voiceover and the number “0” were removed from the film, the host leads the midnight shout on site, and the film goes from 1 straight to fireworks and greetings.
This project delivered three 1920 × 1080 landscape films: a 63-second countdown main film, a 23-second New Year greeting version and a 23-second event teaser. The two shorts share the same scenes and characters, swapping only the text on the electronic signs, so adding versions is fast.
Approach
In the phone segment, the phone's shape, screen content and front camera were all based on a real handset, with the screen image then refined locally; the over-the-shoulder view, the poster close-up and the dive into the image flow as one move. The opening needed to feel like a fantastical gateway while keeping the real product and event information clearly legible.
Each shot has its own character positions, composition and action: the aerial tour uses follow and push-in moves, the landing and street scenes have the hero and the IP character walking forward together, and the countdown keeps one consistent venue. The white-shirted hero, the orange Xiaokuai and the warm light of the night scenes run through the whole film, so viewers can keep up however the locations and shot sizes change.
Delivery was split by purpose into three films: the countdown main film, the New Year greeting and the event teaser. The latter two share the same daytime route and set of scenes, both walked by Xiaokuai, swapping only the text on the electronic signs: the greeting version carries New Year wishes, the teaser the gala's name, time and place. No scenes had to be remade, so adding versions and changing text were both quick.
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