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Professor Vex and Gearhaven

A mythic steampunk-adventure world where forgotten machines still breathe and invention itself feels magical. The sky-city of Gearhaven — colossal, layered, steam-soaked, mechanically alive — hides an ancient Heart Engine that may not be mechanical at all. Pitch clockwork city concepts, airship cinematics, mechanical creature designs, and the atmospheric industrial sequences that bring Gearhaven to life.

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  • clockwork city concept
  • airship cinematic
  • mechanical creature design
  • atmospheric industrial sound design
  • animated machine system
  • cinematic steam / fog environment
  • underground machine cathedral
  • character pitch

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  2. Keep proposed runtime inside challenge caps — short films only.
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Professor Vex and Gearhaven

In the colossal sky-city of Gearhaven, eccentric inventor Professor Elias Vex discovers the city's ancient Heart Engine — believed to have powered the metropolis for centuries — is beginning to fail. As he descends through layers of steam towers, mechanical railways, and hidden underground machine cathedrals, he uncovers a truth that shatters everything he knows about invention: the engine may not be mechanical at all. It may be alive.

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