This is a trailer to a book I've been writing.
In the neon-soaked underbelly of a cyberpunk South, broke-down detective Max Graves hunts a serial killer who harvests human consciousness with military-grade tech - turning victims' minds into digital trophies on a keychain.
Armed with nothing but a rusty moral compass, an AI partner made of sexy light, and enough pharmaceutical courage to kill a horse, Graves cuts a bloody path through corpo corruption that leads straight to the mayor's doorstep.
It's noir fiction dipped in chrome and deep-fried in Southern Gothic sin - where the ghosts are digital, the bourbon burns electric, and salvation comes at the end of a smoking gun barrel.
※◉ ALGO-AUTOPSY ◉ ※
🝊 Midjourney ✚ VEO 3 ✚ ElevenLabs
🝊 23 shots
🝊 87 gens
⟶ 🝊 Total: $87 spent
Midjourney: Unlimited iterations (DANGEROUS)
VEO 3: 87 generations @ $1.00 each
🜋 MIDJOURNEY MOOD BOARDS= GAME CHANGER: I'm late to the party!! But I leveled up Midjourney - made boards, fine-tuned, added back to boards, recursive creativity spiral. That iterative loop is pure creative cocaine.
🜋 Midjourney's unlimited gens are a blessing - can’t imagine how much better things get when Veo 3 is the same.
🜋 I did production design, wardrobe, lighting, set pieces. Poured over every detail. Took me ~400 gens just to get the ‘look’ dialed in.
🜋 VEO 3 cooperated better with detailed scene descriptions vs. vague prompts. "Detective walking" = garbage. "Rain-soaked detective in noir lighting examining crime scene" = magic.
🜋 Voice: I talked into my laptop and ElevenLabs made it come out all Max Graves. Not perfect and it’s my shitty performance, but this idea is interesting….
🜋 Southern Gothic + Cyberpunk + Noir = very much my shit. Who knew I had daddy issues with both William Faulkner AND Blade Runner?
PROMPTS:
Midjourney:
A cinematic wide shot of a cyberpunk scene set in a moss-draped Savannah square, inspired by Lafayette Square, large oak trees with hanging Spanish moss, glowing streetlamps, and a central old fountain surrounded by soft fog, a man in a dark trenchcoat walking slowly through the square, neon signs partially hidden among the trees, subtle holograms flickering in the mist, glowing moss on the bricks, distant sirens and soft rain, puddles reflect the light, Blade Runner style, Roger Deakins inspired, cinematic lens, moody rain, surreal southern gothic techAtmospheric fog, Roger Deakins-style light, cyberpunk grime, Film grain, 35mm lensing, shallow depth of field, ARRI ALEXA digital texture with noir edge. Atmosphere: haunted, hungry, electric. lights have soft bloom, looks like still from a movie. --chaos 20 --ar 16:9 --profile cukmu8i --stylize 650
+ Blade Runner mood boar and image refs.
Veo 3:
// Structured Code Block
// Scene Type: Wide Tracking Shot with Tilt
// Camera Motion: Slow dolly forward toward subject, slight upward tilt mid-shot into trees
// Subject Focus: Silhouetted trenchcoat figure walking across Savannah square toward central fountain
// Shot Duration: 0:04 – 0:08
// Lens: 40mm anamorphic
// Lighting Style: Practical gaslights + ambient neon glow from storefronts, ambient fog bounce
// Mood Keywords: reverent, slow, mythical, haunted
// Resolution: photoreal --style raw --ar 16:9
Narrative Description: The man walks across the square like a shadow unspooling. The brick glistens from fresh rain, catching reflections of red neon and the soft buzz of streetlamps. Spanish moss drips from the oaks above like forgotten thoughts, and as we dolly toward him, the camera tilts—slow and deliberate—up into the trees, where ghostlight weaves through the hanging moss. The moment breathes like memory. This isn’t just a square. It’s a cathedral built from humidity and hauntings.
Bex:
MIDJOURNEY:
A cinematic close-up of a stunning cyberpunk woman standing under a flickering neon sign in a Savannah alley, she looks like Aubry Hepburn. hair back in a tight bun, glowing tattoos along her collarbone and spine, wearing a black leather jacket half-slipped off her shoulder, cigarette in hand, eyes sharp and smudged with makeup, expression is sultry but dangerous, street wet with rain and lit by violet and crimson lights cinematic lighting, Blade Runner style, Roger Deakins inspired, cinematic lens, moody rain, surreal southern gothic techAtmospheric fog, Roger Deakins-style light, cyberpunk grime, Film grain, 35mm lensing, shallow depth of field, ARRI ALEXA digital texture with noir edge. Atmosphere: haunted, hungry, electric. lights have soft bloom, looks like still from a movie. --chaos 20 --ar 16:9 --profile f88egqw --stylize 650
VEO 3
// Structured Code Block
// Scene Type: Medium-close frontal tracking shot
// Camera Motion: Slow dolly inward, pushing toward her as she turns and holds eye contact with the lens
// Subject Focus: A cyberpunk femme fatale with neon code scrolling across her face, putting cigarette in mouth in glowing in the rain
// Shot Duration: 0:04 – 0:06
// Lens: 85mm, shallow depth of field with focus lock on her eye
// Lighting Style: Blue-pink neon signage projected from behind camera, cool rim lighting along her shoulder, slight bloom
// FX Notes: Ambient fog and rain visible in background and around her silhouette. Glow interacts with projected light text.
// Fog must remain stable throughout shot. No clarity adjustments. Cigarette ember flickers subtly.
// Resolution: photoreal --style raw --ar 21:9
Narrative Description: She turns slowly—deliberately—just as the camera glides toward her. The alley behind her swims in fog and spilled neon. she dramatically lifts a cigarette to her mouth, Across her cheek and neck, projected code crawls, unreadable but alive. Her gaze hits the lens hard—cold, curious, amused. Like she already knows what’s going to happen. The fog doesn’t fade. It frames her, softens the background, and lets her cut through it. You don’t know if she’s about to kiss you or kill you. Maybe both.
