Case Study / Expansion Engagement

Éclat

A premium chocolate confectionery brand built to live at the intersection of desire and spectacle. Frame99 built the world. The world did the rest.

Expansion Tier Brand Imagery Spec Project
XOCI — ÉCLAT Digital Ambassador

01 — The Brief

A brand with taste.
No visual world.

ÉCLAT arrived with exceptional product — a multi-SKU premium chocolate line built around distinct flavor identities and a cult following in the making. What they didn't have was a visual language worthy of what was inside the wrapper.

Their existing assets were functional at best. Product photography. Flat backgrounds. Category-standard execution that said nothing about who ÉCLAT actually was.

The ask was total: build the world from scratch. Campaign system, social ecosystem, a persistent brand character, and a content engine that could sustain momentum across every SKU launch, every season, every platform.

Frame99 initiated a full Expansion engagement. All six service categories. World Synthesis first.

6
Service Categories Active
40F
Frames / Month
14d
World Synthesis Duration
Re-synthesis / Quarter

02 — World Synthesis

Building the
Visual DNA

PHASE 01
Brand Archaeology
We deconstructed everything ÉCLAT had — packaging, language, founder intent — to find the signal buried inside the noise. The product itself told us what the world should feel like.
PHASE 02
World Blueprint
Warm amber gold as the brand atmosphere. Dark glossy chocolate as the primary material. Joy as an explosive physical event, not a gentle smile. The visual thesis: indulgence that refuses to be polite.
PHASE 03
System Architecture
Campaign language. Character framework. Flavor-to-visual mapping. Social cadence. Every output category received its own visual ruleset while staying inside a single coherent world.
The Visual Thesis
"Chocolate doesn't melt. It becomes something alive. That's the world we built."

03 — Brand Imagery

The MELT
Campaign

Season 01. An ongoing campaign series where each flavor world erupts into its own living face. Each SKU becomes a moment of uncontrollable joy — frozen at peak intensity. Chocolate as emotion. Emotion as brand.

MELT — Season 01
Pure Dark
01 / Dark
Pure Dark
Liquid Gold
02 / Caramel
Liquid Gold
Verde Rush
03 / Pistachio
Verde Rush
Noisette
04 / Hazelnut
Noisette
The Original
05 / Classic
The Original
XOCI Pose Library — Campaign Stills

Character stills from the XOCI pose library deployed as campaign hero assets. Each pose maps to a specific format and platform — OOH, paid media, direct response, editorial.

The Lean
01
The Lean
Editorial / Paid
The Float
02
The Float
OOH / Wide Format
The Point
03
The Point
Direct Response
The Explosion
04
The Explosion
Campaign / OOH
The Reveal
05
The Reveal
Campaign Hero
Coming Soon
06
The Close-Up
Packaging / Brand

04 — Social-First Ecosystems

Season 02
& XOCI

Platform-native stills and Reels built for feed, scroll and story formats. Season 02 MELT faces produced with social-first framing. XOCI stills and short-form Reels counted as standard monthly frames.

MELT — Season 02
White Veil
M01 / White Chocolate
White Veil
Ruby Flush
M02 / Ruby
Ruby Flush
Midnight Mint
M03 / Dark Mint
Midnight Mint
XOCI Series
The Escape
F01 — XOCI
The Escape
XOCI Hero Still
DA-001 — Hero Still
XOCI
XOCI Pose Library — Social Stills
The Pour
07
The Pour
Reels / Stories
The Sneak
08
The Sneak
Social-First
Coming Soon
09
The Reveal (Hush)
Social-First
Reels
8F — Reel
The Loop — V01

05 — Product Visuals

Ingredient
World

Three ingredient world visuals in the generation queue.
I01 The Break · I02 The Pour · I03 The Constellation. Overhead flat lays, liquid chocolate macro shots and ingredient maps. Product-native, texture-forward, e-commerce and retail ready. 3F pending.
3F Pending

06 — Video Production

Cinematic
Productions

Three cinematics planned for future cycles.
Hero Film · Flavor Story · The World Film. 15–60 second cinematic productions for pre-roll, brand channels and premium paid placements. No cinematics produced this cycle — the brand world is establishing before film investment scales.
Planned

07 — Digital Ambassadors

XOCI
DA-001

XOCI
One-Time Service · Delivered to Brand Library
Persona Synthesis — XOCI
Full identity synthesis — character geometry, material properties, expression library, lighting profiles. DA-001 locked and delivered. All future stills and Reels featuring XOCI are counted as standard monthly frames.
$2,500
One-time fee

Before a character is locked, it has to be found. XOCI went through three distinct phases of exploration — testing expression, body structure, proportion and product-native detail. What follows is the unedited R&D record.

View XOCI character profile →
Phase 01 — Face First
Teardrop
Teardrop
Sphere
Sphere
Cookie Head
Cookie Head
Sprinkle Blob
Sprinkle Blob
Pool Head
Pool Head
Wafer Crown
Wafer Crown
Phase 02 — Early Body Forms
Wrapper Hat
Wrapper Hat
From Pool
From Pool
Rounded Body
Rounded Body
Ingredient Vest
Ingredient Vest
Phase 03 — Full Body Converging
Bald + Bar Vest
Bald + Bar Vest
Full Grid Suit
Full Grid Suit
Cocoa Joy
Cocoa Joy
Bar-Body Female
Bar-Body Female
Resolution — DA-001 Locked
XOCI DA-001 Locked
DA-001 / LOCKED
XOCI Model Sheet
FrontThree-Quarter LeftThree-Quarter RightBack

08 — Monthly Delivery

What ships
every month

Brand Imagery
The Image
  • MELT campaign extensions — new flavor faces
  • Seasonal hero stills for paid media
  • Launch assets for new SKU releases
  • Pose library expansions each quarter
Product Visuals
The Object
  • Ingredient explosion composites
  • Texture and material close-ups
  • E-commerce and retail-ready formats
  • Packaging hero shots
Video Production
The Motion
  • Cinematic hero films — new flavors
  • MELT campaign motion extensions
  • Character story episodes
  • Seasonal brand moments
Social-First Ecosystems
The Velocity
  • Platform-native Reels and Stories
  • XOCI character content series
  • Trend-reactive campaign moments
  • Season 02+ MELT faces
Visual R&D
The Lab
  • Next-season campaign development
  • New visual territory exploration
  • Experimental format testing
  • World Blueprint quarterly evolution

09 — Spec Outcomes

What a world
produces

8
Campaign Stills
5 MELT Season 01 faces + The Escape + Hero Still + 5 pose stills delivered.
3
Season 02 Stills
White Veil · Ruby Flush · Midnight Mint. Social-first format, platform-native framing.
1
Reel Delivered
XOCI The Loop — 5s seamless Reel. 2 more in production pending source stills.
$2,500
One-Time DA Service
XOCI DA-001. Full character synthesis, locked and delivered to brand library.