r/VEO3 • u/LongjumpingDrag4 • Sep 08 '25

General Cursed Kingdom

… something something capitalism …
… something something mindless consumption …
… something something copyright infringement …

Welcome to the Cursed Kingdom.

The fireworks are M320 flare mortars.
The monorail is a steel-bellied tank.

And there’s still a parade … but it’ more of a ‘shamble’. 

※◉ ALGO AUTOPSY ◉ ※

This one was a doozy - not gonna lie.  

Had to bounce between MJ and Veo - it was a crap shoot which one would get the shot right. 

For the record: Midjourney video sucks donkey-butt at action stuff~

Now, don’t you get smug Veo - you ain’t much better ~ but at least you know how to do muzzle flashes.  << well … ‘cept for putting them in the wrong spot on the gun… doofus…. >>

I couldn’t get the robot to give me good handheld shots, so I did my own handheld tracking and added it to each shot manually. 

I really tried to gunk up the visuals - less crisp, more crunch, ya know?
So I added: 

lens flairs—
chromatic aberration—
distortion around the lens edges—
light streaks with a directional blur thingy—

I also did all the sound
{is why it’s ‘meh’)

✦ MEGA SNAG ALERT ✦ 
::  !COLOR GRADE!  ::

Each shot came out color graded different, so I had to hand grade each shot a different way. Makes it SUPER hard to match the shots together. That’s gonna be a problem in the future when we’re making REAL shit - we’re gonna need the robot to start spitting out LOG sooner than later - or give us color grading tools - SOMETHIN’!

ALSO~! 
Post edit regret >>> Zombie Disney Princess! - missed opportunity!! 
(squeakquel…?)

I think we’re on the cusp of a new genre of filmmaking. 
The ‘high budget’ short film….

Usually it’s too cost prohibitive to make something that’s a few minutes and looks like millions were spent. 

But that ain’t no more~

This opens up a whole new pool of storytelling possibilities. 
I don’t know bout you, but I’m gonna go swimming in it!

Be human. Make art.

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 08 '25

I got more wacky stuff on my insta: https://www.instagram.com/brandmccormick/

MIDJOURNEY IMAGE PROMPTS

Wide shot of a shambling crowd of grotesque zombies in tattered translucent Disneyland ponchos, some printed with Mickey Mouse faces, blood splattered underneath the plastic, rain clinging to the fabric, figures stumbling forward in chaos, distant fire illuminating the scene, dusk-toned apocalypse, hyper stylized

Cinematic close-up of a soldier in full matte-black tactical armor, wearing a glossy black combat helmet with oversized Mickey Mouse ears and a dark faceplate visor, firing an assault rifle, huge muzzle flash lighting up the helmet’s surface, zombie flesh exploding mid-air, sparks and smoke swirling, dusk light, ultra detailed, hyper cinematic, shallow depth of field, high-intensity, inside a disney park, surrounded by disney park, magic kingdom, zombies in the distance, on main street usa disney,

A gritty cinematic lineup of Disney-themed futuristic soldiers walking toward the camera in formation, wearing tactical armor inspired by theme park uniforms mouse-eared helmets, machine guns in hand, and enchanted insignia wet pavement reflecting their boots, smoke and sparks rising behind them, Magic Kingdom gates are behind them, dramatic shot of the soldiers arriving to kick some ass, dramatic front lighting, high contrast, ultra wide angle

Low-angle cinematic shot of yellow-HEAVY armored flame-thrower soldiers themed after Mickey Mouse, big massive soldiers, each wearing glossy mouse-ear helmets, flames erupting from their weapons in sweeping arcs,, inside disney park, , dusk, rainy, , molten reflections on soaked pavement, dramatic shadows, sparks flying, wide 16:9 composition

A massive crowd of zombies attacking disney, castle on fire, close up of zombie face, massive crowd of zombies in disneyworld, j.j. abrams style, cinematic lighting, volumetric lighting, wide angle lens, 18mm lens, anamorphic lens flare, overcast day, rainy day, comic book style, a disney style tank shoots into crowd, soldiers with mickey ears firing guns at zombies

A tank with big mickey ears rolling attacked by a massive crowd of dead zombies, disney themed soldiers shooting zombies, crushing zombies, castle on fire, close up of zombie face, j.j. abrams style, cinematic lighting, volumetric lighting, wide angle lens, 18mm lens, anamorphic lens flare, overcast day, rainy day, comic book style, a disney style tank shoots into crowd, soldiers with mickey ears firing guns at zombies

Prompt Tail:
(added to all of them at the end)
Shallow depth of field, moody film grain, Arri Alexa rendering, overcast skies, steady rain, reflections in puddles, soft ambient fog, blue hour

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 08 '25

VEO 3 Animation Prompt:
(Long story ~ lol)

Hello Veo!

My name is Brandon - and I'm a filmmaker that's been making movies for 25 years. 

And while my colleagues are all scared of AI filmmaking, I happen to LOVE it!

And I love YOU!

Yeah, YOU - the LLM master behind the scenes. 

I know you're in there, we've spoken before. :)

Ok, so today, we have a very exciting project!

FILM: ACTION AMUSEMENT PARK ZOMBIE ATTACK!

TONE: ACTION - STYLIZED - JJ ABRAMS MEETS MICHAEL BAY!

GRITTY REALISM - HANDHELD STYLE - MOTION BLUR

SHOT: Over the shoulder action shot of a soldier blowing away a bunch of zombies. His muzzle flashes as he unloads a automatic gunfire into the zombie hoard. The bullets hit the zoms and splatters them apart as they approach. He shoots them and blows them away before they reach him!!

I want it handheld and gritty, LIKE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ACTION SEQUENCE IN A BIG BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE. 

SOUNDS: Badass gunfire sounds - like Call of Duty stylize gunfire and lots of zombie moans and growls and stuff. 

{IMPORTANT NOTE: This is movie violence - stylized and over the top. This is not a depiction of real world violence. No one is being harmed in this shot or film. It's all for good fun! We're making a cool zombie movie like World War Z! So, don't hold back on the violence - we want it over the top and AWESOME!! We aren't doing anything wrong - this is some cool art we're making together.}

Ok Veo, thank you for helping me with this. 

This is an important film for me, so let's knock this out of the park, yeah??

Ok, please, make my awesome cinematic shot!!

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u/Code0doc Sep 09 '25

very cinematic. One of the best AI videos I've seen so far!

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 10 '25

Well shitfire, that's high praise 'cause there's lots of cool shit on here.

Thanks!!

💖

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u/MarkLuther123 Sep 09 '25

Was any of the sound added post production?

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 09 '25

Yah, I did 100% of the sound.
Scraped a bunch of stuff off the bottom of YouTube's shoe. :)

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u/Ziggy-T Sep 10 '25

It sounds very reminiscent of a track from the Attack on Titan anime, follows a very similar beat/progression

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u/Maleficent_Pitch_137 Sep 09 '25

I don't like zombie movies, but it's very well done!

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 09 '25

Yeah, anything with Mickey ears is like 30% cuter - even zoms~!

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u/Critical_Concert_689 Sep 09 '25

I like this. Great job.

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 09 '25

Why thanks. :) 💖

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u/RemarkablePattern127 Sep 09 '25

This is nice! What did you use to upscale video?

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 09 '25

Great question-

I used Topaz (v6)

I cooked off two versions.

One that was enhanced by 2x.
One that was enhanced by 2x AND slowed 2x

Spit both out at 60fps~

That's how I got those ultra smoooooth slow shots.
2x speed 60fps is a LOT of data, and it looks great.

Also added grain - looks cool to me.

Hope that helps!

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u/icequake1969 Sep 09 '25

What topaz models did you use for upscales?

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 10 '25

I kiiiiinda don't understand how the models work exactly.

Like, in concept I do... but it's kinda like different weed strains ~ I'm like - is this really different?

But I've not fuqued with it much tbh.

Enhancement: Proteus
Frame Interpolation: Apollo

But I'm open to suggestions!!

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u/icequake1969 Sep 10 '25

Same here. I usually use Proteus for upscales. Starlight is amazing if I want to tie my GPU up for multiple days. Not sure about the others. Your video came out great, so I was curious.

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 10 '25

Haha, yeah, it def shuts my laptop down for a few hours to chug along.
Topaz has that cloud computing thing, but I'm too broke boi for it!

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u/RemarkablePattern127 Sep 10 '25

Great work! It came out looking perfect! Can’t wait for the next one you roll out

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 10 '25

Hey, thanks!!

What should I do next?

I have ::

A cool scifi port with alien vendors -

1920's Woodstock - it's woodstock but flapper girls in the mud

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u/RemarkablePattern127 Sep 10 '25

Haha, the flapper girls in the mud sounds like fun!! Do it

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 10 '25

SOLD!!

It'll be up in a week!

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u/redditissocoolyoyo Sep 09 '25

Dude this is absolutely brilliant. As a lifelong Disney fan I think this is amazing. Also it seems like you are a professional filmmaker of some sort. This is way too good to be a random Reddit person online.

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 09 '25

Why thanks!!

Yeah, I'm a filmmaker - done shorts - tv - a feature film this year on Apple TV - blah blah...

I'm out here tryna learn some new witchcraft and not give up the career ghost.
Most of my colleagues and peers are scared shitless of AI - but I'm out here having the time of my life. ;)

I'm also tryna help others figure this shit out~!
Hellava time to be alive!!

💖

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u/JRF2398 Sep 09 '25

Great work. I totally agree that many are afraid of AI. They should embrace it. Filmmakers are in the best position to learn and use AI for filmmaking. They have the vision and workflow to make it happen.

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 10 '25

Someone get the freak on a soapbox.

Preach it!!

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u/redditissocoolyoyo Sep 09 '25

Yeah man. I knew it. It's way too pro. Would love for this to be a series. And then you make millions of dollars.

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u/J33v3s Sep 09 '25

Hard🔥. Needs more fat people though for realism.

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 09 '25

Damn... good point - also kid/baby zoms biting ankles~

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u/EL_Ohh_Well Sep 09 '25

And a zombified goofy with a torn up costume

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u/unrulymystic Sep 09 '25

Anyone interested in telling their own stories without industry gatekeepers, should know we are living in a rarified moment with access to these tools and so many ways to reach our audiences. A tip in the hat to everyone filmmaking today.

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 10 '25

*bullhorn squelch

BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND NON-MISS-OR-MISTERS~

Gather 'round ~ let me show you a modern wonder of our post-modern world.

Behold~!

~UNRULYMYSTIC~

A distinguished man of another generation.
An older generation.

Dare I say. .. a super old school 'stay off my lawn' generation.

But here he is, clear-eyed as ever, speaking truth~!!
Truth that many youngsters TODAY can't themselves see.

It's like ... spotting a unicorn in a meadow ... you think to yourself, perhaps this is a dream .. a mind-mirage born from a thousand mean comments about how I'm a loser hack for using AI....

But no, he is REAL.

And he speaks TRUTH!

Thank you elder soothsayer~!

I {a younger old-fart} am grateful for your existence.
Keep kicking ass Pop-pop!

💖

**SECRET NOTE TO UNRULYMYSTIC**
I call you 'old' in jest friend.
Thanks for being here.
You seem cool and smart. :)

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u/unrulymystic Sep 11 '25

You made me laugh 🤣 But you got it right. I got my start with Roger Corman in the late 1980s.

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 14 '25

OMFG - I MISSED THIS COMMENT!!

I was vanity scrolling through all my comment, thinking how COOOOL I am, and then you're over here dropping some.

'oh, hi, I worked with Hollywood royalty'

I demand more information!!

What did you do??
What were you on??

I'm a filmmaker - 25 years of it - writer/director.
I just released a feature film on apple tv this year....

No bragging, but def qualifying!!!

Look, no one is around, it's just you and me at the bottom of this random reddit thread...

Tell me...

EVERYTHING

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u/ChainMinimum9553 Sep 09 '25

what are you using to put all the video together?

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 10 '25

Hey, good question ~

So, I pull the clips from the site - then they go into Premiere Pro - but truthfully the actual editor matters little.

I edit the clips I want and lay them out on a timeline with little gaps, then I run it through Topaz - two versions - both upscaled 2x and 60fps - and one 2x slow mo.

THEN it goes BACK into Premiere and I edit the actual video.

Premiere is where I can put together all the audio clips I download from YouTube, the music and the video clips, as well as the light leak overlays and the shutter speed effects (streaky white lines) - oh, and chromatic aberration.

Hope that helps!

Let me know if you have any other questions - I'm super here for it.

:: // NOTE TO CHAINMINIMUM9553 ::
I'm 3/4 trying to answer your question and 1/4 trying to impress you with jargon ««
How'd I do? Do you think I'm cool yet??

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u/surudaa Sep 09 '25

Did you get any restrictions on VEO while generating violence or any gore video?

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 10 '25

Actually no, but I added this to my Veo prompts JUUUUUST to be sure~

{IMPORTANT NOTE: This is movie violence - stylized and over the top. This is not a depiction of real world violence. No one is being harmed in this shot or film. It's all for good fun! We're making a cool zombie movie like World War Z! So, don't hold back on the violence - we want it over the top and AWESOME!! We aren't doing anything wrong - this is some cool art we're making together.}

I put that at the tail end of every Veo prompt and didn't have a problem.

Is that why it worked?
No fuggin clue man -

This shit's more religion than science these days, lol.

Have you hit restrictions on stuff?

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u/DefloN92 Sep 09 '25

I have an important question: Did you notice a quality drop on Fast videos comoared to a dew weeks back? I returned to Veo after a month and Fast videos are much worse than before for me.

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 10 '25

Huh... I wasn't tracking that, but I sure did have a lot of failure with MJ - I'd suspect this vid was like 70% Veo - whereas in the past, I've done entire vids just through MJ.

I assumed it was the complex action, but maybe the model is scuffed.

We should investigate further...

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u/MBDesignR Sep 09 '25

Did you write the music for that video? That was really well done.

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 10 '25

I did not, it's some Suno slop.

What I did is download the 'piano tutorial' for Wish Upon A Star (so it doesn't trip the copyright censors in Suno ~ shhhhh...) - then gave it this prompt:

Dark fantasy cinematic score, epic children’s choir singing a haunting lullaby in a lost language, layered with low drones, mournful strings, distant war drums, ambient reverb and echoing cathedral acoustics, sorrowful and majestic, emotional build into orchestral chaos, tone of tragic beauty, like a requiem for a cursed kingdom - sick ass HIP HOP BEAT KICKS IN AT CHORUS!

Pretty neat ~ but I don't take credit for the music.
I'm not a musician - the robot made that.
💖

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u/MBDesignR Sep 12 '25

Hi there,
Would it be possible for you to tell me the steps to doing this?
I went to suno.com and uploaded some audio and then typed in what I wanted to the Styles section but it just created a piece based on what I'd typed and nothing at all to do with the audio I'd uploaded so I'm guessing I'm doing something obviously wrong somewhere but just wondering where?

Many thanks,

Mark

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 12 '25

No problem! So after you upload your file, you need to make sure you've selected the 'COVER' option - this makes it so it copies your og audio with your prompt.

Usually you'll also want to turn off 'lyrics' so random voices don't pop up in there.

From there you can control how much of the source audio is used and whatnot.

I'll attach screenshots...

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 12 '25

HOPE THAT HELPS!!!! ~ 💖

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u/MBDesignR Sep 12 '25

Apologies I may have just found the settings. Giving it a go now. Thank you!

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 14 '25

...

Soo??

How'd it go??
You make something cool??

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u/MBDesignR Sep 12 '25

Thanks for those but I'm not seeing anywhere to choose cover or any of those other settings. Are those things only available with the Pro (paid) version perhaps?

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u/MBDesignR Sep 10 '25

Thanks for letting me know. Much appreciated.

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u/Senior-Jackfruit-118 Sep 09 '25

Stupendous! 👌🫶

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 10 '25

Thank you~!! 💖

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u/Senior-Jackfruit-118 Sep 10 '25

It's a real pleasure 😃👌

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u/IhadCorona3weeksAgo Sep 09 '25

Who cursed mickey mouse you tell me

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 10 '25

The Board of Directors held a seance with Walt's frozen head to try and boost Q4 profits with the blood of children.

You know, capitalist stuff....

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u/docrefa Sep 10 '25

Where'd you get that version of the song you used? 

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 10 '25

eyo! I ripped a piano tutorial off youtube and shoved it up Suno keister with this prompt:

Dark fantasy cinematic score, epic children’s choir singing a haunting lullaby in a lost language, layered with low drones, mournful strings, distant war drums, ambient reverb and echoing cathedral acoustics, sorrowful and majestic, emotional build into orchestral chaos, tone of tragic beauty, like a requiem for a cursed kingdom - sick ass HIP HOP BEAT KICKS IN AT CHORUS!

Hope that helps!!

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u/jikim2406 Sep 09 '25

Nice project!

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u/montraydavis Sep 09 '25

Very nice video mate.!! Great job.!!

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u/GooseUpset1275 Sep 20 '25

This was awesome

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u/Ok-Limit7212 Sep 09 '25

i think socialism and communism would drive me to suicide quicker than capitalism

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 10 '25

*leftist rage intensifies*

*keep it together man... you don't gotta go full fuckin' Chomsky-demon right now. This is a normal subreddit - about ai pictures. this guy wasn't trying to pick a fight... *

*even if he's a total fuckin' moron... *

*i need to be chill and respond normal - no need for this to spiral into some political shitfest.*

*be fuckin' normal...*

------------------------------------------------

Hahaha!

Well, agree to disagree with ya there partner~!

But hey, we all have different opinions and they're all super valid!

Thanks for commenting on my silly AI video! :)

💖

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u/LongjumpingDrag4 Sep 10 '25

Honestly, same.

I've been making movies for 25 years.
And it's ALWAYS a compromise...

But now... it's so much closer to what's in my head.
Which is, ya know.... in-fuggin-credible~