Original concept · AI-generated illustration
One mandarin.
Thirty seconds.
You have probably seen one today. You have probably not looked at one.
I make one-page story websites for independent brands — landing pages people actually read to the end.
Scrolling down here is not going down. It is going closer.
02Skin
A little closer and it stops being skin. It becomes ground.
03Membrane
With the light coming through it from behind, it looks like a cathedral.
04Further in
By here it is unrecognisable. It has always looked like this.
05Looking
Someone has been looking this whole time. You.
06Back out
The same picture. It has not changed.
You just spent
thirty seconds
on a mandarin.
Good things are not rare. Looking properly at them is. I’m Elio, and my work is making people willing to spend thirty more seconds on yours.
Original concept · AI-generated illustration and footage, made from my own storyboard and prompts.
Where is the thing you make getting stuck?
01Story page · A one-page story website for one product
People arrive, and leave after one glance
They stopped at the first beat and never went closer. A page has to give people a reason to go in, with a next step at every scroll — the page you have just scrolled through is built exactly that way.
Founding clients: US$399 to build, then US$89 a month (standard price US$599 and US$129 a month). First 10 clients only, and the monthly price never rises while you stay.
What it covers, and what it does not
- Included
- One story page, around six scenes, one language, desktop and mobile, linked to the checkout or form you already use, and basic tracking. Then hosting, one content update a month and a short monthly report on how the page is doing.
- Quoted separately
- A second language, more pages, accounts, carts, new payment methods, complex back ends.
Original concept · AI-generated illustration
02Custom story site · Made from scratch, like this page
I want a story that is only mine, and one thing from start to finish
One peel, taken off from start to finish without a break. The film and the page share one idea and one set of pictures, so watching leads straight on. This page is one: the film and the page are the same thing.
Priced to the scope, once the scope is agreed.
What it covers, and what it does not
- Included
- A story interview, a storyboard, scenes and transitions made for you, desktop and mobile, with the film and the page sharing one idea and one set of assets.
- Quoted separately
- Pages beyond the scope, other languages, live-action shoots.
03Story & film · Story-led ads / Brand films
I just need a film people stop for
That is the first beat: seen, not looked at. I look for long enough to find the thing worth saying, then make it into a film people stop for. This storyboard is the film you have just watched.
Priced to the scope, once the scope is agreed.
What it covers, and what it does not
- Included
- One product, one story, the main film, a few alternative openings sharing the same footage, and two focused rounds of revisions.
- Quoted separately
- Several products, voiceover in other languages, extensive re-edits.
How it gets made
Look for longer
than anyone else would.
The thing worth saying does not present itself. Most products do not speak for themselves, not because they are poor but because nobody has looked long enough.
See the full process- 01Look firstBefore anything is drawn, the thing gets looked at until it is boring. What is worth saying is found by looking, not by thinking.
- 02Lock the keyframesThe first and last frame of every beat is settled as a still, each built from the one before, so the thing stays the same thing throughout.
- 03Join themEvery join is checked frame by frame. Where it holds, you cannot see the cut. Where it does not, it is cut honestly.
A little about Elio
I look at things for a long time.
Stories, films, interactive pages, products. The form changes. What comes first does not: look for long enough.
Based in Taiwan, I make bilingual (English and Chinese) one-page story websites for independent brands worldwide — from the UK, the US and Australia to Hong Kong and across Asia.
I don’t take on every project. I choose brands with a real story, real quality behind it and something they genuinely believe — because a story only moves people when it’s true.
Let’s make something matter
Would the thing you make
repay a proper look?
Send me a link to what you make, and I will reply with one frame of how I would tell its story — free.
Or write directly to
elio@eliopoon.comThis link opens the email app on your device with a subject line ready.
- 01You writeTell me what you make and who you want to reach. Add a link to it and my reply comes with one frame of how I would tell its story — free.
- 02I replyUsually within two or three working days. If I am not the right person, I will say so and try to point you somewhere better.
- 03We agree the planThe story page has a fixed price, so we start once the story is agreed. For anything custom we settle what is in, how many rounds and roughly how long, and then I quote.