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Project Facts
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Campaign Specifications
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Commissioned by
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Arqui9
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Client
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Binghatti
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Project
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SkyBlade
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Filming Locations
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Lisbon (Portugal), Vigo (Spain)
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Project Type
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Luxury real estate launch film / Architectural visualization campaign
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Format
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Live action / CGI integration
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Scope
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Direction / Creative Direction / Production / Post-production
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Storyline
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WHERE AMBITION MEETS ITS REFLECTION.

Skyblade is built around a central idea: the real opponent is never external. The film follows a protagonist moving through a heightened, dreamlike world where discipline, desire, and self-confrontation collide.

The tower is revealed not as background, but as the physical culmination of transformation an architectural symbol of aspiration and inner conquest.

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Directorial Intent
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A LUXURY CAMPAIGN SHAPED BY TENSION AND CONTROL.

The direction for Skyblade was developed to feel precise, elevated, and psychologically charged. Rather than presenting the tower through descriptive imagery alone, the campaign builds desire through atmosphere, contrast, and narrative symbolism.

The result is a luxury real estate film that frames architecture as something to pursue, embody, and overcome.

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Creative References
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A VISUAL LANGUAGE BUILT FROM CINEMA, DISCIPLINE, AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIRE.

The visual system of the film draws on mirrored compositions, sculptural light, controlled movement, and ritualised confrontation. Fencing, chess, and reflection function as narrative devices tied to pressure, ambition, and identity.

As the protagonist advances through this internal landscape, the building emerges as the final object of pursuit both destination and revelation.

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Production flow
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Concept → Production → Post

From concept through post, Skyblade was designed as a cinematic brand film where narrative tension and architectural presence evolve together. Live-action material and CGI were developed as one visual language, shaped to deliver both atmosphere and impact.

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Process notes
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Behind-the-scenes material

Selected production frames from the making of Skyblade, spanning live-action direction, cinematography, and the integration of filmed performance into a cinematic architectural campaign.

Credits
Film commissioned by
Arqui9
for
Binghatti
[
Client
]
Binghatti
[
Executive Producer
]
Arqui9
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Architectural Visualization Studio
]
Arqui9
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Director / Creative Direction
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Charles Alexander
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Production Company
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CA Film Creatives
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Producer
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Chico Noras
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Cast
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Martim Monteiro

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Studio Shoot
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AD: Chico Noras

1st Assistant Pro: Claúdia Fernandes

2nd Assistant Pro: Miguel Silveira

DOP: Fran Ferreirós

Hand Model: Rubén Losada

VFX supervisor: Arqui9

1st AC / Focus Puller: Alberto Cortés

2nd AC: Daniel Saeta

Gaffer: Rodrigo Delgado

Grip: Alexandre Lourenço

Electric: Rodrigo Godinho

Best boy: Marcos Koe

Fashion & Styling Head: Monica Lafayette

Stylist 1st assistant:  Sara Peterson

Stylist 2nd assistant:  Beatriz Vidal

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Fashion & Styling
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Hair & Makeup: Rita Bertini

Hair & Makeup Assistant: Claudia Fonseca

Fencing Player 1: José Bartissol (Junior)

Fencing Player 2: José Bartissol (Senior)

Rental Fencing: Víctor Castro - Adestrador Compostela Esgrima

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Estudio da fábrica
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Studio manager: Jose Oliveira

Catering coordinator: Luísa Marcão

BTS: Rute Leonardo

Script & VO: Charles Alexander

VFX & compositing: Arqui9

Assistant Editor: João Antunes (Filetes)

[
Colorist
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CA Film Creatives

[
Music
]

WestOneMusic

[
Rental house
]

Digital Azul

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