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Shafqat Abidi

A film-first portfolio for an AI filmmaker.

Shafqat Abidi has two decades in broadcast, live graphics and immersive storytelling, and now directs AI-assisted films. The site needed to let the work speak first—and make clear that the creative direction is human.

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Shafqat Abidi project details
ClientShafqat Abidi
RoleCreative Direction & Front-End Development
Timeline5 weeks
Year2026
Shafqat Abidi website on desktop
Shafqat Abidi website on mobile
Shafqat Abidi page section on desktop
Further down the homepage, desktop
Shafqat Abidi homepage on mobile
Homepage on a 390px phone
Delivery / 5 weeks

From first call to launch

  1. 01 · Discovery0.5 wks

    Reel review, audience and positioning.

  2. 02 · Design1.5 wks

    Cinematic art direction, type scale and motion rules.

  3. 03 · Build2.5 wks

    Next.js build, video pipeline and film library.

  4. 04 · Launch0.5 wks

    Media optimization, QA and Vercel deploy.

01 / Challenge

What stood in the way

Heavy video content had to feel instant on every device, and an audience of broadcasters and brands needed to grasp range—broadcast identities, illustrated national-day films, narrative AI stories—in one visit.

02 / Approach

How we moved forward

We built a cinematic hero with a muted autoplay reel, three chaptered showcase slides, and a selected-work grid that leads into a full film library. A four-step “Idea → Context → Create → Refine” section explains the method, and media loads progressively to keep the first paint fast.

03 / Shipped

Delivered features

  • Autoplay hero reel with chaptered slides
  • Filterable film library
  • Four-step creative process story
  • Progressive media loading on Vercel
04 / Outcomes

What the launch delivered.

Outcomes come from the Nuoxsoft project record and the live site. They are not independently measured metrics.

  1. 01Featured reel playing within the first screen
  2. 02Full library of 11 films, grouped by discipline
  3. 03Method section positions AI as a tool, not the author
  4. 04Fast first paint despite video-heavy pages