Lucid Lab

Work

Selected work.

A decade of films, documentaries, animation, AI video, and social-first vertical content — made for brands, organisations, and the people behind them.

Caring for Tamariki at Home 0:50

Social · Whānau Āwhina Plunket

Caring for Tamariki at Home

Plunket Nurse Keli's tips for caring for tamariki at home when cold and flu season strikes. Part of the Nurse Keli vertical series.

Joanne — Karitane Health Worker 1:29

Social · Whānau Āwhina Plunket

Joanne — Karitane Health Worker

When care speaks your language, it makes all the difference. Joanne shares how she blends her culture and expertise into the care she gives whānau.

Kotahitanga — Our Strategy 2026–2031 3:18

Film · Whānau Āwhina Plunket

Kotahitanga — Our Strategy 2026–2031

Launch film for Plunket's five-year strategy, Kotahitanga. Kaimahi and board members share what unity and togetherness mean for whānau across Aotearoa.

Sam and Tyler's Plunket Journey 2:09

Film · Whānau Āwhina Plunket

Sam and Tyler's Plunket Journey

Sam and Tyler share their experience as a two-dad family supported by Plunket as their daughter Elsie grows — warm, honest, and free of judgement.

Ilsa Plunket Ambassador 1:47

Film · Plunket

Ilsa Plunket Ambassador

An ambassador portrait for Plunket — Ilsa's story, told with warmth and restraint. Cinematic, sincere, made for the families who needed to see it.

A Chinese Mum's Plunket Journey 0:45

Social · Plunket

A Chinese Mum's Plunket Journey

First-person Plunket Short following a Chinese mum's experience with Plunket. A sensitive vertical portrait, made for community sharing.

The Four Hives 2:14

Film

The Four Hives

A short brand film exploring craft, ritual, and the small details that separate a product from a story. Cinematic, intimate, deliberate.

Whānau Āwhina Plunket — Our Whakapapa 3:54

Film · Whānau Āwhina Plunket

Whānau Āwhina Plunket — Our Whakapapa

The brand film tracing Plunket's whakapapa back to Karitane and the two wāhine who started it all — Mere Harper and Ria Tikini.

Plunket Nurse Keli on Baby Poo 0:45

Social · Plunket

Plunket Nurse Keli on Baby Poo

Nurse Keli takes a no-blush look at baby poo — a useful, gently funny Plunket Short for new parents. Vertical, plain-spoken, made to actually be watched.

Plunket Nurse Keli's Weather Report 0:20

Social · Plunket

Plunket Nurse Keli's Weather Report

A lighter-touch Short for Plunket — Nurse Keli delivering a playful 'baby weather report' for caregivers. Warm, characterful, social-native.

Safe Sleep — Smoke and Vape Free Spaces 0:30

Social · Plunket

Safe Sleep — Smoke and Vape Free Spaces

Plunket Safe Sleep Short on smoke- and vape-free spaces for pēpi. Vertical public-health video, plain-spoken, built for direct sharing.

Safe Sleep is a Shared Responsibility 0:30

Social · Plunket

Safe Sleep is a Shared Responsibility

A Plunket Safe Sleep Short reframing infant safe-sleep as a whole-whānau responsibility — vertical video designed for caregivers across an extended family.

Safe Sleep — Clear Bed, Cosy Pēpi 0:30

Social · Plunket

Safe Sleep — Clear Bed, Cosy Pēpi

The highest-viewed Short in Plunket's Safe Sleep series — a 9:16 reminder that a clear bed is a cosy bed. Soft, warm, social-native craft.

Safe Sleep — Own Bed, Same Room 0:30

Social · Plunket

Safe Sleep — Own Bed, Same Room

Plunket Safe Sleep Short on the safest sleeping setup for pēpi: their own bed, in the same room as a caregiver. Built for vertical, made for whānau.

Safe Sleep — Face Up, Face Clear 0:30

Social · Plunket

Safe Sleep — Face Up, Face Clear

Public-health Short for Plunket's Safe Sleep campaign — a vertical reminder that pēpi should sleep face up, face clear, with nothing over their face.

Chelsea Rise Apartments 1:23

AI video · Chelsea Rise

Chelsea Rise Apartments

An AI-generated architectural walkthrough of Chelsea Rise — cinematic visualisation of spaces that haven't been built yet, ready for marketing day one.

CotteeParker AI Sample 0:44

AI video · CotteeParker

CotteeParker AI Sample

An AI-generated product film for CotteeParker — hyper-real, cinematic, and built in a fraction of the time and cost of a traditional shoot.

The Naked Market 0:43

AI video · The Naked Market

The Naked Market

An AI-driven brand piece for The Naked Market — short-form, story-led ecommerce video designed to stop the scroll and sell the brand.

Lucid Lab Showreel 2024 2:01

Film · Animation · AI video

Lucid Lab Showreel 2024

A two-minute cut of the work we love most — brand films, documentary, animation, and AI video. Ten years of craft, one studio.

The Blueprint 2:00

Film

The Blueprint

A two-minute brand piece on what it takes to build something that lasts. Tight script, considered grade, polished sound — every frame earning its place.

Growing Trees For The Next Generation 4:42

Film · Philip Holt, Maraetara

Growing Trees For The Next Generation

A movement of legacy and land stewardship. Farmers sharing strategies to combat scouring and erosion — diverse methods, deep passion, a better future.

Future Proofing Our Hill Country 2:50

Film

Future Proofing Our Hill Country

A short documentary on sustainable farming and the act of planting trees — small, powerful steps that protect Aotearoa's landscapes for the next generation.

3D Aquifer Mapping Project 1:30

Animation

3D Aquifer Mapping Project

A 3D-animated explainer of aquifer mapping — making invisible groundwater systems visible, understandable, and worth caring about.

Sunny Land — After Effects 1:57

Animation

Sunny Land — After Effects

An animated character piece built in After Effects — playful, hand-crafted, and used to demo our 2D animation chops on briefs that need warmth.

TransLEDer 2:20

Animation

TransLEDer

Animated product explainer for the TransLEDer system. Motion graphics that make technical hardware feel intuitive in under two and a half minutes.

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