Overview
"The influence of the future on the past," said Morel, almost inaudibly.
Twenty years ago, my thermodynamics professor handed us an unusual extra credit assignment: read The Invention of Morel, a 1940 Argentine novel by Adolfo Bioy Casares. The book connected my scientific and creative thinking in ways I didn't fully understand then. The second law of thermodynamics, the arrow of time, the irreversibility of all things, became deeply poetic. The science of impermanence colliding with the most human desire: to make a moment last forever.
Two decades later, with AI tools that didn't exist when I first read the novel, I finally made the film. One Week in Eternity is a 5-minute meditation on consciousness, permanence, and the price of immortality.
​​​The Challenge
Translating a complex philosophical novel into a 5-minute visual meditation required distilling Casares' exploration of consciousness and permanence into essential moments. The adaptation needed to honor the source material's depth while creating a cinematic experience that stands on its own. The technical challenge involved maintaining character consistency across 100+ shots, developing a visual language for eternal repetition, and creating the atmosphere of an abandoned island with an art deco mansion where time has collapsed. This included crafting "The Machine" inspired by Raymond Loewy's streamline moderne design. The narrative had to convey "impermanent flesh for permanent memory" as the cost of making a moment last forever.
The Approach
Used Claude for script development and prompt engineering. MidJourney for initial character concepts, refined through Nano Banana Pro (Freepik) contact sheet workflows to establish consistent looks for Faustine, Morel, and the Narrator. Developed keyframes, then generated video sequences using Google Veo 3.1, Runway Gen-4.5, and Kling 3.0. Recorded and trained voiceover in ElevenLabs. Composed original score in Suno. Final compositing and editorial in After Effects at 2.39:1 anamorphic aspect ratio. The workflow required synthesizing multiple AI platforms into a unified cinematic vision while making deliberate creative choices about pacing, composition, and atmosphere that served the film's meditation on time and memory.​​​​​​​
The Result
A 5-minute AI-assisted adaptation demonstrating that generative tools can serve deep philosophical inquiry when guided by clear creative vision and proper technical execution.
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Credits
Director & Creator: Felipe Posada
Production Entity: The Invisible Realm / LusciousLabs.ai
Script Development: Claude (Anthropic)
Image Generation: MidJourney, Nano Banana Pro (Freepik)
Video Generation: Google Veo 3, Runway Gen-4.5, Kling 3.0
Voice: ElevenLabs
Music: Suno
Post-Production: After Effects
Based on: The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares (1940)
Year: 2026
Production Entity: The Invisible Realm / LusciousLabs.ai
Script Development: Claude (Anthropic)
Image Generation: MidJourney, Nano Banana Pro (Freepik)
Video Generation: Google Veo 3, Runway Gen-4.5, Kling 3.0
Voice: ElevenLabs
Music: Suno
Post-Production: After Effects
Based on: The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares (1940)
Year: 2026