SkyBlade
Luxury Residences - Lifestyle Film & CGIs
Campaign Film
Skyblade is a luxury real estate campaign set against the skyline of Dubai, conceived as a film about ambition, inner conflict, and transformation. Blending live action with CGI integration, the project positions the tower not simply as architecture, but as the final expression of discipline, desire, and self-overcoming.




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.



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.



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.


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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Skyblade — [ Cinematic Architectural Visualization Film ]

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




























Martim Monteiro
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
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
Studio manager: Jose Oliveira
Catering coordinator: Luísa Marcão
BTS: Rute Leonardo
Script & VO: Charles Alexander
VFX & compositing: Arqui9
Assistant Editor: João Antunes (Filetes)
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