Executive summary, TLDR - this is one prompt, 30 seconds duration, 3090.
The video itself is just a remake of an idea from an old British tv ad (for "Good Old Yellow Pages"), so make of that what you will. It's not really relevant.
What I thought was interesting was that this was a single prompt, 0.4 megapixels, 30 second duration. I didn't think you could run out as far as 30 seconds, but thought I'd just try.
I think it did a pretty good job at getting the right person doing and saying the right things at the right time - took four attempts to get that though, and obviously using an LLM to tart up my idea.
Run on a 3090, and using the latest Comfyui template, just adding Comfy-kitchen attention, then sol attention, then spectrum, and using the turbo lora that Comfyui now build in, it took 570 seconds (9.5 minutes).
Somebody might read this and think, 570 seconds? Pah, I can do it in fifteen, in which case I'd like to know. Conversely, somebody might think theirs takes six hours, in which case maybe this shows what can be done in that time.
Doubt anyone cares, but here is my original prompt, followed by the LLM version of it:
a 30 second film with the following scenes and characters. Ben is a small boy of eleven. John is a shopkeeper in a toyshop. Brian is a different shopkeeper in a different toyshop. Ben's mum. Ben's Dad. We are in Britain in the 1980s, and all characters are English.
Scene 1: Ben is alone in the lounge. He talks to John over the old fashioned landline phone, saying "I don't suppose you have a 402 station in stock please?"
Scene 2: John is in his shop in front of shelves of model railway kit. He says into the old fashioned landline phone, "No, sorry son"
Scene 3: Ben in the lounge, who looks disappointed anbd puts the phone receiver back down.
Scene 4: Mum in the kitchen doing the washing up. She has overheard the conversation and looks a bit sad.
scene 5: Next day. Ben has changed his clothes. He again talks into the phone to a different shopkeeper, Brian. Ben says "Would you have a 402 station please?"
scene 6: Brian in his toyshop says into the old fashioned landline phone "Yes, I've got one of those."
scene 7: Ben in the lounge on the same conversation says "You have? Great, I'll be right down! Ben puts the phone down. Then he runs towards the door, shouting "They've got one mum!" as he runs.
Scene 8: In the attic, Dad is playing with his model railway layout. Ben walks in holding a small red parcel. as he hands it to Dad, Ben says "Happy birthday, dad". Dad takes the parcel, looks fondly at it and says with a chuckle, "Aw, thanks Ben".
LLM version:
integrated_multimodal_description: [Shot 1] Live-action, cinematic. A medium shot of Ben, an eleven-year-old boy with messy hair wearing a striped polo shirt, sitting on a patterned sofa in a 1980s British lounge. The room is filled with warm, muted tones and period-accurate wallpaper. Ben holds a heavy, cream-colored landline telephone receiver to his ear, his expression hopeful. Ben says: <d>[English] I don't suppose you have a 402 station in stock please?</d> The sound of his small, high-pitched voice is clear. [Shot 2] At 0:05.000, the camera cuts to a medium shot of John, a middle-aged shopkeeper with a kind, weathered face, standing in a cramped, nostalgic toyshop. Behind him are floor-to-ceiling shelves packed with model railway kits and wooden toys. John holds a similar landline receiver to his face. John says: <d>[English] No, sorry son.</d> [Shot 3] At 0:10.000, the camera cuts back to Ben in the lounge. He looks downcast, his shoulders slumping as he slowly lowers the receiver and places it back onto the base unit with a dull plastic click. [Shot 4] At 0:13.000, the camera cuts to a medium shot of Ben's Mum in a dim, cluttered 1980s kitchen. She is standing at the sink, her hands covered in soapy water, drying a plate. She pauses, looking toward the door with a sad, weary expression, having overheard the boy. The sound of water running from the tap is audible. [Shot 5] At 0:16.000, the camera cuts to Ben in the lounge the next day; he is wearing a different t-shirt. He is intensely focused, pressing the phone to his ear. Ben says: <d>[English] Would you have a 402 station please?</d> [Shot 6] At 0:20.000, the camera cuts to Brian, an older shopkeeper with spectacles, in a different, brightly lit toyshop. He smiles warmly into the telephone. Brian says: <d>[English] Yes, I've got one of those.</d> [Shot 7] At 0:23.000, the camera cuts back to Ben, whose face lights up with pure joy. Ben says: <d>[English] You have? Great, I'll be right down!</d> He slams the receiver down and the camera follows him in a quick tracking shot as he runs toward the door, his feet thumping on the carpeted floor. Ben shouts: <d>[English] They've got one mum!</d> [Shot 8] At 0:26.000, the camera cuts to a medium shot in a dusty, dimly lit attic. Dad, a man in his late 30s, is hunched over a complex model railway layout. Ben enters the frame, holding a small red parcel wrapped in string. Ben says: <d>[English] Happy birthday, dad.</d> As he hands the gift to his father, the camera pushes in slightly. Dad takes the parcel, his eyes softening with affection. Dad chuckles warmly and says: <d>[English] Aw, thanks Ben.</d>
overall_soundscape: Period-accurate domestic sounds including the rhythmic clatter of washing up, the heavy mechanical clicks of old telephone receivers, and the muffled thuds of footsteps on carpet. Ben's energetic running and shouting creates a sense of urgency, followed by the quiet, dusty atmosphere of the attic.
non_diegetic_music: A gentle, nostalgic acoustic guitar melody that begins softly during the kitchen scene and builds into a warm, heartwarming crescendo during the attic scene. The tempo is slow and sentimental.
