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CXN / Image spaceForm becomes feeling

Taking shape

Ari Leavesley / Independent creative production

Creatio Ex Nihilo

From nothing.Intoa masterpiece.

Directed films. Persistent worlds.
Live action, AI, and the craft between.

Start a project

Concept / Production / FinishEnter the studio

00 / The studio

CXN is Ari Leavesley.

CXN is Creatio Ex Nihilo, the independent film and commercial studio of Ari Leavesley.

Not the theological phrase. Not CNX Player. Not a video codec. The studio is cxn.mov.

01 / The intention

Start with what
you want to make.

A film, a feeling, a world worth returning to.

We shape the idea, test what matters, and bring it through production and post. The method follows the work. Clear scope and considered review keep it connected to your original intention.

Explore how we work

02 / Find your starting point