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Double Shots Produces Music Videos for Pop Idol, Ivy, with Cinema Studio

2026-09-19 · other · Higgsfield, a guest · original

Topic: Productions (case studies) (also: Studio work & business, Pre-production & story) · mode: Case study · tags: one creator's experience

Higgsfield's case study (19 September 2026) says the Taipei studio Double Shots planned AI shots into the shot lists of two 2026 music videos for 郁欣 Ivy, directed by Henry Tao: the crew photographed the artist and props on set as source material, the team generated with Nano Banana Pro and Seedance 2.0 on Higgsfield, wrote prompts with Claude, and spent about US$1,500–2,000 per video.

What is said

  • Cost per video, the economics of AI production and the releases

What is said

★ — how much it matters to the source.

  • ★★ Double Shots, a Taipei studio founded in 2020, has a team of 14 and delivers roughly 100 campaigns a year for consumer brands in tech, F&B, beauty and crypto.
  • ★★ Before Higgsfield, pre-production was often the longest or most expensive part of a Double Shots campaign. · Higgsfield AI
  • ★★ A typical Double Shots project used to open with reference hunts, mood boards assembled from stock footage and hand-drawn storyboards, much of it before the team had anything tangible to test.
  • ★★ Taipei offers Double Shots limited access to foreign-looking architecture, sweeping city vistas or studio space large enough for its sets, and when a shot list ran into those limits the studio often had to change the idea.
  • ★★★ In spring 2026 Double Shots produced two music videos for 郁欣 Ivy, directed by Henry Tao, whose shot lists held scenes impractical to shoot because of time, weather, location and budget; this time the studio kept those shots in.
  • ★★★ Double Shots planned AI into the original shot list, designating certain scenes as AI-generated from the start, and on the shoot photographed the artist and key props as source material so the generated shots carry the same faces, wardrobe and objects as the live footage around them.
  • ★★ For each music video Double Shots spent at least a full week generating and refining on Higgsfield, testing several creative directions in image and video generation before locking the final look, then cut the selected shots in with the live-action footage.
  • ★★★ Double Shots used Nano Banana Pro for images and Seedance 2.0 for video, both on Higgsfield, and finished selected outputs with Topaz Labs Upscaling, which the case study calls Higgsfield's integrated upscaling and enhancement tool. · Nano Banana Pro, Seedance 2.0, Topaz Labs
  • ★★ Double Shots used Claude to develop and refine its prompts for the music videos. · Claude
  • ★★ At Double Shots the budget used to decide which ideas survived the pitch; now an idea can be tested on Higgsfield before a single set day is booked.
  • ★★★ By Double Shots' own accounting each music video took about US$1,500–2,000 in AI generation; the same shots made traditionally would have needed more VFX artists, drone operations, set time and post-production. · Nano Banana Pro, Seedance 2.0

  • ★★★ a guest: Double Shots says that for small-budget work a fun AI production is often no cheaper than shooting it, but with the right idea it can look like a mega-budget production for very little, which it calls the real economics.

    “with the right idea, we can make something that looks like a mega-budget production for very little”

  • ★★ 郁欣 Ivy's debut single "Want Me Back" came out on 24 April 2026 with its official video on YouTube; "你現在一樣快樂嗎" followed in June. · YouTube

  • ★★ Both Ivy music videos were released with generated shots that Double Shots says it probably would not have attempted traditionally. (hedged)
  • ★★ Across the Double Shots pipeline hand-drawn shot lists are giving way to shot lists generated with Claude and produced on Higgsfield. · Claude
  • ★★ a guest: Double Shots says it no longer pitches to the budget: it pitches the craziest idea it loves because it thinks it can produce it on Higgsfield.

Threads in this video

  • refine · How do you keep a character the same across shots? — Double Shots planned AI into the original shot list, designating certain scenes as AI-generated from the start, and on the shoot photographed the artist and key props as source material so the generated shots carry the same faces, wardrobe and objects as the live footage around them.
  • refine · How do you add AI VFX to your own footage? — Double Shots planned AI into the original shot list, designating certain scenes as AI-generated from the start, and on the shoot photographed the artist and key props as source material so the generated shots carry the same faces, wardrobe and objects as the live footage around them.
  • restate · Which LLM should be used to write video prompts? — Double Shots used Claude to develop and refine its prompts for the music videos.
  • refine · What does an AI clip, shot or film cost? — By Double Shots' own accounting each music video took about US$1,500–2,000 in AI generation; the same shots made traditionally would have needed more VFX artists, drone operations, set time and post-production.
  • restate · What does an AI clip, shot or film cost? — Double Shots says that for small-budget work a fun AI production is often no cheaper than shooting it, but with the right idea it can look like a mega-budget production for very little, which it calls the real economics.
  • refine · How should a generated video be upscaled? — Double Shots used Nano Banana Pro for images and Seedance 2.0 for video, both on Higgsfield, and finished selected outputs with Topaz Labs Upscaling, which the case study calls Higgsfield's integrated upscaling and enhancement tool.
  • restate · Which video model should be used for realistic people and film shots? — Double Shots used Nano Banana Pro for images and Seedance 2.0 for video, both on Higgsfield, and finished selected outputs with Topaz Labs Upscaling, which the case study calls Higgsfield's integrated upscaling and enhancement tool.
  • restate · Which image model should be used for keyframes, edits, text and outfits? — Double Shots used Nano Banana Pro for images and Seedance 2.0 for video, both on Higgsfield, and finished selected outputs with Topaz Labs Upscaling, which the case study calls Higgsfield's integrated upscaling and enhancement tool.

Mentioned

Central: Double Shots · shot list · 郁欣 Ivy

Also: Claude · Taipei · Want Me Back · YouTube · 你現在一樣快樂嗎

Only in the description or credits: Cinema Studio · Henry Tao · Nano Banana Pro · Seedance 2.0 · Topaz Labs

Also centred on shot list: How to Make an AI Video from a Script in 2026 (Step-by-Step Guide) · How to Turn a Script into an AI Storyboard and Shot List

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