# Creatio Ex Nihilo: For Creative Agents

> This is a private studio preview. Creative APIs have not launched. Early-access checkout uses Stripe test mode only.

Publication status: private-preview.
Catalogue version: 2026-09-19. Schema version: 1.0.0.

## Studio

CXN is Creatio Ex Nihilo, the independent film and commercial studio of Ari Leavesley. Director and cinematographer. she/her.
Not the theological phrase. Not CNX Player. Not a video codec. The studio is cxn.mov.

## Availability and boundaries

- Creative API: not-launched.
- Payments: test-only.
- Subscriptions: not-active.
- Generation: not-active.
- Use this catalogue to understand the scope and prepare an enquiry. It does not grant access or permission to act for a client.
- Production work requires an agreed brief, deliverables, budget, rights, review stages, and delivery formats.
- A reservation does not issue an API key, activate a plan, or create spendable credit. Subscription activation and recurring charging are not available in this preview.
- A person must review the offer and give consent before starting a test reservation. These discovery documents do not authorise agent purchasing.
- Confidential material needs an agreed data, retention, and provider arrangement before submission. Describe the requirement without attaching confidential assets.
- Provider-backed services are being explored. This does not announce an active integration or partnership.

## Services

### Proof / Concept Film

Service ID: `proof-film`. Availability: enquiry-only.
Category: Prove the possibility.

**Outcome:** Make the idea tangible before the larger commitment.

A focused film that tests a creative direction, a difficult sequence, or a new visual language. Give your team something specific to judge, pitch, and build on.

**Inputs:** The idea, intended audience, decision the film needs to unlock, reference material, and rights or brand restrictions.

**Deliverables:**

- A focused treatment and visual references
- Representative stills and a motion test
- A finished proof film in agreed formats

**Review:** Agree the brief, review the visual direction and motion test, then approve the finished proof.

**Scope note:** We test uncertain shots and continuity before committing to a wider production.

[Service details](/services#proof-film) | [Enquire about Proof / Concept Film](/start?interest=proof-film)

### Hero Commercial

Service ID: `hero-commercial`. Availability: enquiry-only.
Category: Give the idea a centre.

**Outcome:** One directed film with a clear audience response.

A campaign centrepiece shaped around the story your brand needs to tell. Creative development, production, and finishing sit inside one agreed brief.

**Inputs:** Brand and product information, campaign objective, audience, media plan, approved claims, and usage requirements.

**Deliverables:**

- Treatment, script, and visual direction
- Boards, production, and shot review
- Finished master and agreed campaign versions

**Review:** Approve the treatment and boards, review production selects, then sign off the final master and versions.

**Scope note:** Edit, compositing, colour, sound, titles, and delivery are scoped to the campaign.

[Service details](/services#hero-commercial) | [Enquire about Hero Commercial](/start?interest=hero-commercial)

### Campaign World

Service ID: `campaign-world`. Availability: enquiry-only.
Category: Build beyond one frame.

**Outcome:** A visual world that holds together across a campaign.

Create a consistent language for characters, environments, products, and motion. Establish the references once, then use them to guide a connected body of work.

**Inputs:** Brand direction, campaign calendar, asset and format needs, existing IP, and the elements that must stay consistent.

**Deliverables:**

- A visual world bible and approved references
- Character, environment, and continuity tests
- A planned family of films and format adaptations

**Review:** Lock the world and continuity tests, approve representative sequences, then review each release against that foundation.

**Scope note:** Future assets and releases are agreed in scope. A world bible supports consistency; it doesn’t promise unlimited output.

[Service details](/services#campaign-world) | [Enquire about Campaign World](/start?interest=campaign-world)

### Hybrid Production

Service ID: `hybrid-production`. Availability: enquiry-only.
Category: Real and imagined, together.

**Outcome:** Bring live action, generative imagery, and digital craft into one film.

Choose the production method shot by shot. Keep real performance or product capture where it matters, and develop the parts that need another approach.

**Inputs:** Script or shot brief, available footage and plates, capture plans, product accuracy requirements, and consent or usage limits.

**Deliverables:**

- A production approach and shot package
- Capture or plate requirements and feasibility tests
- Integrated edit, VFX, colour, sound, and masters

**Review:** Agree the production approach, approve representative composite and motion tests, then review the integrated finish.

**Scope note:** The brief decides what we capture, what we create, and what the finished image must prove.

[Service details](/services#hybrid-production) | [Enquire about Hybrid Production](/start?interest=hybrid-production)

### Film Development

Service ID: `film-development`. Availability: enquiry-only.
Category: Give the story a form.

**Outcome:** Build a visual case for the film you want to make.

A development package for producers and filmmakers testing tone, world, character, or a pivotal sequence. Make the next creative or financing conversation more concrete.

**Inputs:** Synopsis or script, development objective, intended audience, existing materials, and the rights position of the project.

**Deliverables:**

- Treatment and visual development
- Character, environment, and look studies
- A scoped test sequence or proof package

**Review:** Align the development question, approve the visual territory, then review the package against its intended use.

**Scope note:** The package supports a development decision. Financing, distribution, and a full production remain separate commitments.

[Service details](/services#film-development) | [Enquire about Film Development](/start?interest=film-development)

## Proposed API access

Status: not-launched.

Proposed access to creative capabilities and project, review, and delivery workflows. Launch plan pricing and usage allowances are still to be agreed.

[API access overview](/api-access)

### Developer

Tier ID: `developer`.
Audience: Prove an integration.

For a person exploring how CXN could connect to their product or workflow.

[Enquire about Developer API access](/start?interest=api-developer)

### Studio

Tier ID: `studio`.
Audience: Connect the production.

For a team joining creative work, project context, client review, and delivery.

[Enquire about Studio API access](/start?interest=api-studio)

### Partner

Tier ID: `partner`.
Audience: Build a service together.

For an agency or product team exploring a creative service with CXN.

[Enquire about Partner API access](/start?interest=api-partner)

## Early access: Test-only

Status: test-only. Currency: GBP. Merchant: Pushing Squares_.

Your first month after launch is free. Monthly subscription billing starts in month two.
We’ll confirm your monthly plan price before you activate your subscription.

Refund policy: Fully refundable before launch.
Bonus window: The bonus is usable in the first launch month.
Offer version: `2026-09-18-v1`. Terms version: `2026-09-18-v2`.

### Developer test reservation

Tier ID: `developer`.

- Prepayment principal: £25.00 (2500 pence).
- Bonus credit: £50.00 (5000 pence).
- Total credit at launch: £75.00 (7500 pence).
- Monthly plan price: unconfirmed.

[Review Developer test reservation](/early-access?tier=developer) | [Enquire about Developer](/start?interest=api-developer)

### Studio test reservation

Tier ID: `studio`.

- Prepayment principal: £100.00 (10000 pence).
- Bonus credit: £50.00 (5000 pence).
- Total credit at launch: £150.00 (15000 pence).
- Monthly plan price: unconfirmed.

[Review Studio test reservation](/early-access?tier=studio) | [Enquire about Studio](/start?interest=api-studio)

### Partner test reservation

Tier ID: `partner`.

- Prepayment principal: £250.00 (25000 pence).
- Bonus credit: £50.00 (5000 pence).
- Total credit at launch: £300.00 (30000 pence).
- Monthly plan price: unconfirmed.

[Review Partner test reservation](/early-access?tier=partner) | [Enquire about Partner](/start?interest=api-partner)

## Imaginary Tools

Status: enquiry-only.

A creative technology direction for people who want to direct their own process. Explore the relationship or discuss whether a tool, a finished production, or an integration fits your outcome.

Direct product access is not offered here. Craft agents remain a future direction.

[Explore Imaginary Tools](/imaginary-tools) | [Enquire about Imaginary Tools](/start?interest=imaginary-tools)

## Catalogue formats

- [HTML](/agents): The catalogue for creative agents in a browser.
- [Markdown](/agents.md): The full public catalogue as Markdown.
- [JSON](/catalog.json): The structured public catalogue, including availability and offer terms.
- [llms.txt](/llms.txt): A concise linked index with availability boundaries.
- [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt): The full public catalogue as plain-text Markdown.
- [OpenAPI](/openapi.json): The contract for these read-only discovery documents.

## Audiences

- [For Creatives](/)
- [For Creative Agents](/agents)
