City & Tourism
The numbers one to ten link Longgang’s history and culture, industries and residents’ lives, making a city short that is easy to remember and imaginative about the future.
01 / Background
To tell Longgang’s story, you have to cover the dragon legend, Hakka culture, industry and technology, universities, and sports and cultural life. The final script strings these together with the numbers one to ten: it opens with “one dragon lineage” and moves through geography, history, population, industry and public well-being before landing on “toward a perfect-ten future.” That gives very different city scenes a clear order, and viewers remember what the whole film covered.
The visuals needed tradition and modern innovation to flow into each other naturally. The film first sets up the local character with golden landscapes, Hakka walled houses and the qilin dance, then puts an old pavilion and the modern skyline in one frame and sends a train speeding ahead to bring in industry. The later part shifts to blue, tech-toned imagery, running from drones, digital campuses and the Universiade Center through to concerts and sports. History and culture become the opening act for the city’s future, and technological progress lands in residents’ everyday lives.
02 / Creative Highlights
The final script runs from “one dragon lineage” to “a perfect-ten future,” and the on-screen captions follow the same order. The numbers are easy to remember and also mark the section changes: culture leads into development, industry leads into people’s lives. Even with so much packed into just over a minute, viewers can follow a single thread.
The culture section captures the movement of the qilin dance and the look of traditional architecture; then pavilions and modern towers share a frame, and a train speeds forward. Shared framing and forward momentum link tradition and modernity, so the city’s development follows naturally from its cultural heritage.
Names of intangible heritage, industrial parks, companies and universities appear in green-bordered labels beside the matching shots, with the main script at the bottom. The captions highlight one to ten, and their style shifts with the content, from the cultural first half to the modern second half. The two layers of text each do a job: one carries the theme, the other tells viewers where they are.
The second half puts AI, VR and drones on campuses and at the Universiade Center, then moves on to concerts, basketball and cycling. New technology and residents’ everyday activities share one section, so “people’s well-being” and the vision of the future both come with concrete scenes from daily life.
03 / Scene Breakdown
From “one dragon lineage” to “three hundred years of Hakka heritage”: the dragon, valleys, the Earth and gardens, then walled houses, Hehu New Residence and the qilin dance, all in golden light that shows where the city came from.
A green dragon circles through a sea of clouds and mountain peaks, then settles on a summit, with a line of ancient figures standing at the foot of the mountain. The voiceover opens: “One dragon lineage, rising from Wutong Mountain.”
Sunlight breaks through the mist into the valley and the river glints gold; the shot cuts to the Earth in space, with a green label noting “Between 22°35′ and 22°49′ N, average annual temperature 22°C.”
A circular green garden at sunset carries the line “A southern land, warm as spring”; then comes a round walled house, where Hakka people in blue clothes and Hakka cool hats dance in a circle.
The gate of Hehu New Residence, with white walls and red lanterns, is labeled by name; then a qilin dance troupe performs in the street, labeled “National Intangible Cultural Heritage: Bantian Yongshengtang Qilin Dance.”
An old pavilion by a lake stands before a row of glass towers, backlit by the setting sun, as the film turns from traditional culture to today’s city.
The numbers run from “four million” to “six years in the top 100”: streets, trains, chips, a control room and production lines take turns on screen, each number paired with a line of data in a green-bordered label.
Cars and pedestrians rush between backlit towers; then an overhead shot of traffic on a main road, labeled “By the end of 2023, Longgang had over 4 million residents across 14 subdistricts.”
A golden high-speed train races along the platform with the caption “Building Longgang’s prosperity together”; then, at night, a light-rail train runs along an elevated track beside historic pavilions.
A city panorama at dusk is labeled “In 2023, Longgang’s GDP passed the 500 billion yuan mark,” followed by a crowd wearing staff badges and a chip on a circuit board, with the caption “Leading the economic take-off.”
A person sits in a control room with a wall of screens, labeled “GDP growth ranks first among Shenzhen’s districts”; then white robotic arms work on a production line, labeled “Longgang has topped the national list of top 100 industrial districts for 6 consecutive years.”
After the Huawei headquarters in the morning light, the camera enters a warmly lit workshop where robotic arms assemble car bodies, labeled as BYD’s automated car production line, with the caption “Forging industrial glory.”
Golden sunset light falls on clusters of towers and a river, and the camera settles on two towers side by side, with green labels reading “Tian An Cloud Park” and “Galaxy Twin Towers.”
After “seven major industries advancing together,” the whole look turns blue: a digital city district, chips, an R&D center, VR and drones, ending at a lecture hall and two universities.
An overhead view of a digital city district drawn in blue-green light cuts to blue aerials of the city, with the caption “Seven major industries advancing together”; then a pair of hands types on a laptop.
A robotic arm works on a chip on a circuit board; then an R&D center surrounded by big screens, labeled “Host area of the world’s third-largest electronic information industry cluster,” with the caption “Gathering the power of innovation.”
A young person in a VR headset gestures with one hand; a drone hovers over a blue city, labeled “South China’s first comprehensive drone application test base”; then a cut to a packed lecture hall, with the caption “80% of fiscal spending.”
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen lights up with cyan lines, followed by the towers of Shenzhen MSU-BIT University against a pink-purple sky.
“Ensuring people’s well-being” lands on the Universiade Center, a concert, basketball and cycling; the dragon returns to look back over historic buildings and villages in the hills, and the film closes on a wall made of shots from the whole film.
An overhead view of the crystal-like Universiade Center, with the caption “Ensuring people’s well-being”; then a concert, where the crowd cheers with raised hands under blue-purple lights.
A basketball player soars for a dunk, followed immediately by a cyclist flashing past the camera on a race course.
The green dragon reappears among clouds and mountains, with the caption “One of nine districts: Longgang”; the camera moves on to historic buildings and Hakka villages in the hills, with the caption “standing proud in the east of Shenzhen, striding forward.”
Shots from the whole film shrink into an image wall, from the dragon and walled houses to chips and cycling, with the caption “Toward a perfect-ten future.”
04 / Storyboards & Final Frames
In film order: each shot notes what it shows, alongside the final image used in the film. Hehu New Residence, the two universities, the Universiade Center, basketball and the closing image wall were not generated as separate shots, so they are not listed here.
Shot 1.1
The very first shot. A green dragon circles through a sea of clouds and mountain peaks, paired with “One dragon lineage.”
Shot 1.2
“Rising from Wutong Mountain.” The dragon rests on a summit, with silhouettes of ancient figures lined up at its foot.
Shot 1.3
“Longgang’s name runs long.” Sunlight pours through the mist into the valley in clearly defined beams, the river glows gold, and the whole frame looks like an oil painting.
Shot 1.4
“22 degrees north.” The shot starts on the whole Earth, then pushes in to China’s southern coast, with a green label noting the latitude and average annual temperature.
Shot 1.5
“A southern land, warm as spring.” An overhead shot at sunset of Longgang’s parkland, with a ring path around a lawn.
Shot 1.6
“Three hundred years of Hakka heritage, its old charm still fragrant.” In the courtyard of a round walled house, Hakka people in blue clothes and cool hats dance in a circle.
Shot 1.7
“Dazzling intangible heritage.” A troupe performs in a street hung with red lanterns, labeled Bantian Yongshengtang Qilin Dance.
Shot 1.8
An old lakeside pavilion in front, glass towers behind, backlit at sunset: the shift from traditional culture to today’s city.
Shot 2.1
“Four million residents.” Cars and people cross a street between towers in golden backlight; the next shot looks down on a main road.
Shot 2.2
“Building Longgang’s prosperity together.” A golden high-speed train races along the platform, speed lines filling the frame.
Shot 2.3
Historic pavilions are lit up as a light-rail train runs along the elevated track beside them, tradition and modernity in one frame.
Shot 2.4
“A leap to 500 billion.” A city panorama at dusk after rain, with orange-red clouds on the horizon.
Shot 2.5
A group of young people in business attire, wearing staff badges, look ahead in a conference hall.
Shot 2.6
“Leading the economic take-off.” A chip at the center of a circuit board glows blue.
Shot 2.7
A person sits with their back to the camera before a wall of data screens, paired with “GDP growth ranks first among Shenzhen’s districts.”
Shot 2.8
“Six years in the top 100.” White and black robotic arms at work in a bright factory.
Shot 2.9
Campus buildings in the morning light, with curved glass facades and water and greenery in front.
Shot 2.10
“Forging industrial glory.” In a warmly lit workshop, robotic arms assemble car bodies as rows of white sedans move down the line.
Shot 2.11
Clusters of towers and a river under a golden sunset, settling on two towers side by side.
Shot 3.1
“Seven major industries advancing together.” A city district drawn in blue-green light, like a glowing circuit board.
Shot 3.2
A pair of hands types on a laptop whose screen shows a circular tech graphic.
Shot 3.3
The needle tip of a robotic arm works on a chip on a circuit board, the background blurred into blue light.
Shot 3.4
“Gathering the power of innovation.” An R&D center surrounded by several large screens, with researchers seated at desks.
Shot 3.5
A young person in a VR headset gestures with one hand, a landscape painting on the screen behind.
Shot 3.6
A drone hovers over a blue city above a glowing grid.
Shot 3.7
“80% of fiscal spending.” A large wood-paneled lecture hall full of listeners, facing a projection screen.
Shot 4.1
“Ensuring people’s well-being.” A concert in a stadium, with stage lights and a cheering crowd raising their hands.
Shot 4.2
A cyclist races past on the course, roadside spectators blurred by the speed.
Shot 4.3
“One of nine districts: Longgang.” The green dragon reappears among clouds and mountains, beside a tower.
05 / Script Excerpts
06 / Results
We completed a 1 min 28 s, 1920×1080 landscape creative city short for Longgang, using the numbers one to ten to link Longgang’s origins, industrial innovation and residents’ lives. It is a self-initiated entry by Liandan AI Studio for the Global AI Visual Competition (VACAT Awards), completed in September 2024, submitted on Bilibili and also published on WeChat Channels.
Case Study
Longgang has a dragon legend and 300-year-old Hakka walled houses, as well as Huawei, BYD and two international universities.
How do you fit all that into a minute and a half and still have people remember it?
In September 2024, Liandan AI Studio created this Longgang city short on its own initiative for the Global AI Visual Competition (VACAT Awards), using the numbers one to ten as its thread, from “one dragon lineage” to “a perfect-ten future.”
01
Before starting, the team watched the existing Longgang promos across platforms and the other entries in the competition. There was a lot to cover: the dragon legend, Hakka culture, population and economic data, industry and technology, universities, sports and performances. Listed one by one, it could easily turn into a city checklist.
The earliest concept had a voice assistant guide viewers around Longgang. Test images showed that it was hard to make the character appear naturally in every scene, and it stole the spotlight from the city. The team dropped it and made a pure city promo instead.
The thread the final script found was the numbers one to ten: one dragon lineage, 22 degrees north, three hundred years of Hakka heritage, four million residents, a leap to 500 billion, six years in the top 100, seven major industries, 80% of fiscal spending, one of nine districts, and finally “toward a perfect-ten future.” Nine lines, one number each: viewers count their way through the whole film.
A green dragon circles through clouds and peaks and settles on a summit, as the voiceover says “One dragon lineage, rising from Wutong Mountain.”
02
Numbers are easy to remember, but reciting them alone is dry. We gave every line visuals that read instantly: for “22 degrees north,” the Earth in space pushing in to southern China; for “three hundred years of Hakka heritage,” Hakka people dancing in a circle in a round walled house and the gate of Hehu New Residence; for “six years in the top 100,” a row of robotic arms on a production line.
Finer data stays out of the voiceover and goes into the on-screen green-bordered labels: “By the end of 2023, Longgang had over 4 million residents across 14 subdistricts,” “GDP growth ranks first among Shenzhen’s districts,” “South China’s first comprehensive drone application test base.” The voiceover makes it memorable; the labels make it clear.
The control room is labeled “GDP growth ranks first among Shenzhen’s districts” and the robotic arm line “Topped the national list of top 100 industrial districts for 6 consecutive years,” while the voiceover below just says “six years in the top 100.”
03
The first half covers origins and culture, unified by golden light: beams in the valley, gardens at sunset, the lakeside pavilion. The second half covers technology and campuses and switches to blue throughout: the glowing digital district, chips, the R&D center, the drone over the city.
A few “old and new in one frame” shots bridge the two halves. The image prompts specifically called for a contrast between historic buildings and high-rises: the old pavilion in front, glass towers behind; historic pavilions lit up as a light-rail train runs on the elevated track beside them. Viewers see two Longgangs in a single image, so the transition doesn’t feel abrupt.
A bullet train races along the platform, then a light-rail train passes historic buildings; the images keep charging forward, moving from culture into development.
04
Locals recognize the landmarks in a city promo at a glance. Before starting, the team gathered photos and aerial videos of Longgang’s main landmarks as references for image generation.
Places like Tian An Cloud Park, the Galaxy Twin Towers and Huawei headquarters were reimagined with AI under a golden sunset, with their names in green-bordered labels beside them. For The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, real aerial footage served as the base and was restyled with AI to match the rest of the film; for historic buildings like Hehu New Residence, a tech style was tried, didn’t fit, and gave way to a more realistic look.
CUHK-Shenzhen’s building lights up with cyan lines, followed by the towers of MSU-BIT University, both restyled from real aerial footage.
05
The first voiceover was recorded line by line, and once cut into the film, the lines didn’t flow into each other. We marked where each line starts in the picture and had the voice artist re-record while watching the film, timing it to the images and music, with specific notes on how to land the endings of “Longgang’s name runs long” and “dazzling intangible heritage.”
Captions work on two layers: voiceover subtitles at the bottom follow the sound; green-bordered labels beside the image carry place names and data and follow the shots. At the end, every shot in the film shrinks into an image wall, paired with the last line, “toward a perfect-ten future,” bringing all of the Longgang seen earlier back into one frame.
The dragon, walled houses, chips, cycling… every shot in the film comes together, with the caption “Toward a perfect-ten future.”
06
This is a 1 min 28 s, 1920×1080 creative city short that took less than two weeks from kickoff on September 10 to submission on September 22.
For clients planning a city promo, it offers a structure that works:use one simple thread (here, the numbers one to ten) to put many kinds of information in order, pair each voiceover line with a set of images, put the data into on-screen labels, and build landmarks on real footage.AI makes images fast, but what makes a film memorable is the thread.
For people learning AI video, this project breaks down into steps you can follow directly: settle the script’s thread first, write image prompts line by line, use color tone to separate sections, transition with “old and new in one frame” shots, and finally have the voiceover re-recorded to the finished cut.
FAQ
Before production, we gathered photos and aerial videos of Longgang’s main landmarks as references. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Shenzhen MSU-BIT University were built on real aerial footage and restyled with AI into a consistent look; landmarks such as Tian An Cloud Park, the Galaxy Twin Towers, Huawei headquarters and the Universiade Center are all named in green-bordered labels beside them.
This film uses the numbers one to ten as its thread: one dragon lineage, 22 degrees north, three hundred years of Hakka heritage, four million residents… all the way to “toward a perfect-ten future.” Each voiceover line carries one number and a set of images; finer data goes into labels beside the image, and the voiceover keeps only the memorable line.
This film kicked off on September 10, starting with research on existing Longgang promos, scriptwriting and gathering landmark references; from September 17, image generation, video generation, editing and voiceover ran in one concentrated push, and the film was completed and submitted on September 22, less than two weeks in all.
The film runs 1 min 28 s, 16:9 landscape, 1920×1080. It was submitted on Bilibili to the Global AI Visual Competition (VACAT Awards) and also published on WeChat Channels.
Approach
The final script first puts the city’s information in order by the numbers one to ten; the voiceover script then marks the stress and closing tone of each short line, with captions and voiceover set to appear at roughly the same time. On-screen place labels and the main captions each handle one job, so key numbers and place names appear with the matching shots.
Scene descriptions for landscapes, Hakka architecture, transport, industry, campuses and events were written section by section for image generation. The film presents them in AI imagery: golden light and traditional architecture up front, blue tech spaces later, and a final look back at the landscape and the city. As the colors and scenes change, culture, development and daily life build layer by layer.
More Work
Ideal for brand launches · public-sector communications · cultural-tourism campaigns · IP transformation · event openers · earnings visualization · social campaigns · AI workflow development
