Eras of Us.
The love-story film for your studio.
A cinematic love-story film that tells how your couple met — and finds them again and again across the centuries. Played at the wedding, it is the moment every guest films with their phone.
✓ Consent-first likeness ✓ Couple approves before anyone else sees it ✓ Content credentials in every film
The moment, proven
Last week, a film like this — made for a couple in Kazakhstan — went viral worldwide. The bride saw herself and her groom meeting in era after era. She cried. So did the internet.
Inspiration — the viral Kazakhstan wedding film, credit to its original creators (via @nexta_tv / @shiri_shh on X).
Look closer at what actually went viral: not the AI film alone — the bride's real reaction, filmed on a real camera. That half of the moment can only come from you.
The part no AI can make
Let's name the thing directly: AI is unsettling for wedding photography. Couples are already generating their own pre-wedding shots with consumer apps, and it can feel like the ground is moving.
Here is what we believe — and how this product is built: the more AI floods the world with synthetic images, the more the real ones are worth. Your documentary coverage of an unrepeatable day becomes more valuable, not less.
Eras of Us is deliberately fiction. A stylized, impossible story — samurai courtyards, masquerade balls — that no guest could ever mistake for your work of record. It replaces nothing you sell today. It adds a premium line item that only you can sell: it needs your client's trust to commission, your reception screen to premiere, and your camera on her face to capture the half of the moment that actually goes viral.
We don't shoot weddings. We can't. We make the fiction; you own the truth.
What we make
A cinematic film built from just a few photos of the couple and the story of how they met. In the viral original: a horseback battle at an ancient fortress from the couple's own heritage. A samurai courtyard in falling blossoms. A masquerade ball. A wild-west saloon. A wartime farewell. A subway car where they almost miss each other — and then their names on the closing title card.
He gets his hero scenes; she gets hers. Their culture and hometown woven into the eras. And the same two faces in every frame — that face-consistency is the hard part, and it is exactly what our technology does best.
You deliver two assets: the Reception Film (played at the wedding) and the Reaction Cut — a split-screen social edit pairing the film with the bride's live reaction, which your team films from the head table. The reaction is what went viral. It carries your studio's name.
▶︎ [SLOT] Sample film #2 — "The Proposal Prequel"
How it works with your studio
Your economics
| Film | Suggested retail | Your share | Effort on your side |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Cut · 90 sec + Reaction Cut | $980 | ≈ $400–500 | One conversation |
| Reception Film · 3 min + Reaction Cut | $2,000 | ≈ $800–1,000 | One conversation |
| Signature · 5 min, cinema grade + Reaction Cut | $2,800 | ≈ $1,100–1,400 | One conversation |
Why HolyCrab.ai
We are the managed delivery layer for ByteDance's Seedance video model — the model behind this new wave of cinematic AI film. Our edge for wedding work:
· Consent & disclosure, built in — both partners' written consent before generation, an AI disclosure in the closing credits, and platform AI labels handled for you.
· Face consistency across every era and shot — the hard part, and exactly what our pipeline does best.
· Verifiable, forever — every film ships with a content credential; any guest (or any skeptic) can confirm its origin at holycrab.ai/verify.
· Delivery discipline — a real SLA with a wedding-date deadline, not a queue on a self-serve tool.
· Their photos stay theirs — used only to make their film, never for AI training, deleted on request. Private by default, unlike consumer apps with public galleries.
Questions studios ask us
Is this a deepfake?
No. A deepfake is an unauthorized likeness. Every Eras of Us film begins with both partners' written consent, carries an AI disclosure in its credits, and embeds a verifiable content credential. The couple commissions it; the couple approves it.
Will my clients think my photography is AI now?
That's exactly why the film is stylized fiction, clearly credited as AI — while your documentary work stands apart. You also get our disclosure kit: contract language and credit lines, so the line is never blurry.
What if it doesn't look like them?
The couple previews and approves the film before anyone else sees it. Two revision rounds are included. If we can't hit the likeness, you don't pay.
Are their photos used to train AI?
Never. Production only, deleted on request.
Who owns the film?
Your client, per your contract with them. We claim no rights, and we never use a couple's film in our marketing without separate written permission.
Pilot offer — first film at half rate
We are selecting a small group of founding studio partners. Your first Love-Story Film at 50% of production cost, in exchange for a portfolio credit.
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