Le Petit Chemin

We all carry in our hearts the path we once took to school, every corner, every shortcut, every stretch that felt endless when we were small. Returning to it as adults, we find it shrunken, swallowed up by new buildings and wider roads, progress laying its heavy hand over memory.

We set out to see if AI could recreate the ordinary setup of small-town India: streets, uniforms, gestures that feel instantly familiar to Indian viewers. With AI it is easy to generate the fantastic, the surreal, or the futuristic. The harder test is the mundane: the everyday details that make something believable. This project became an exercise in consistency across characters, clothing, and location, pushing AI to hold the thread of reality from frame to frame.

References and Moodboard

Young boy in a school uniform with crossed arms smiling, wearing a blue shirt, striped tie, and a school ID badge, standing against a plain light background.
A snake coiled on green leaves in a forest setting.
Four boys in school uniforms sitting outdoors on a concrete barrier under a blue sky.
Man with a high fade haircut with a textured top, sitting in a barber shop.
A yellow multi-story building with red accents, identified as Regina Martyrum High School in Assolna. A red motorcycle is parked outside, and there are trees and a clear sky in the background.
A man with short black hair, a goatee, wearing a gray button-up shirt, standing outdoors with a blurred background of trees and buildings.
An owl with a barn owl face sitting on a wooden post.
A school ID badge from Shree J. D. Jain English Medium School in Kudacharam City, Raj. The badge shows a photo of a young boy, his details including name, father's and mother's names, date of birth, class, and mobile number, along with a signature line and a lanyard with the school name.

A few of the references we collected

Take a closer look, there are fresh details hidden in almost every shot