Next-Gen Vertical UGC & Video Production
Client
Creative Lab
Role
AI Director & Video Editor
Year
2026
Status
● Active
Traditional vertical video production (Reels, TikToks, Shorts) requires hiring actors, coordinating lighting setups, ordering product samples, and spending hours editing. The challenge was to build highly realistic, engaging conversational UGC videos entirely powered by artificial intelligence — matching the lighting, voice synthesis, lip-syncing, and pacing of real content creators at a fraction of the cost.
By merging state-of-the-art AI content tools with professional video post-production, I established a streamlined, end-to-end UGC creation process. Here is how the stack was integrated:
✦ HeyGen: Powering the visual core of the project. Used to generate hyper-realistic, high-fidelity AI avatars displaying natural micro-expressions, gestures, head tilts, and eye contact to mimic authentic human spokespeople.
✦ ElevenLabs: Elevating the audio experience. Leveraged for voice cloning and natural voice synthesis, producing emotional, natural-sounding voiceovers that sync flawlessly with the avatar's lip movements.
✦ Flow: Managing the background assets and cinematic transitions. Used to compose seamless video-to-video transitions and aesthetic backdrops for street interview and lifestyle overlays.
✦ CapCut: Driving post-production and engagement. Used to trim clips to a high-retention vertical format (9:16), apply dynamic styling, add highlighted typography animations (captions), and layer sound design / voice matching to optimize conversion.
By removing physical barriers such as cameras, studios, and scheduling, we created a system capable of outputting high-performing conversational UGC ads in under 15 minutes.