Making the Phantom Queen Trailer with ComfyUI, LTX and Claude

A Director with an AI Film Crew

(For the TLDR crowd: ComfyUI, LTX 2.3 are good, Fanxiang SSDs are less good, and Claude can sync lipsync clips to a song and color-grade more easily than a human can. You will however end up sending it a lot of memos to refine its editing.)

From Wizard’s Car Chase to Pride & Planetoids

Just about a year ago, I made my first music video, Wizard’s Car Chase. It started with a Midjourney image of a modern Wizard’s Battle in the style of the Hildebrandt Brothers. Then I generated a bunch of random videos in Midjourney out of curiosity. Then I saw a writer acquaintance doing music videos for one of her worlds (human lyrics, Suno songs, Midjourney footage) and I wanted to try something similar. A few attempts in Suno later, I had a song, and about six-seven hours worth of editing across two days got me a video.

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Video Thursday: Sneezing Mecha Edition

Even legendary war machines have bad days. 🤧 The Armor of Arent has waited centuries for a worthy pilot, survived countless battles, and intimidated monsters across three books. It was not, however, prepared for that sneeze. (The pauldrons came back. They always come back.)

https://youtube.com/shorts/eq4rsXCFqkI?feature=share

🎬 Created with Midjourney + Suno

📚 The Armor of Arent guest stars in the Hunter Healer King gaslamp fantasy trilogy by Mel Dunay: steampunk monster hunting, slow-burn romance, and a little dry humor that does not actually involve sneezing robots.

🎬 More chaos in the outtakes: Maxim blames a bee and Maxim’s horse Scrimshaw orders an espresso

📚 READ THE TRILOGY:

Book 1 – Wolf’s Trail

Book 2 – Undead Flight

Book 3 – Dragon’s Teeth

Video Thursday: Caffeinated Horse Edition

Maxim is a man of discernment. So is his horse. 🐴☕ This is what happens when you don’t ask Midjourney nicely. 🎬 Created with Midjourney + Suno 📚 Maxim stars in the Hunter Healer King gaslamp fantasy trilogy by Mel Dunay — steampunk monster hunting, slow-burn romance, and apparently a horse with refined taste in caffeine. 🎬 Also in the outtakes universe: https://youtu.be/XKpsAwKlKyM 📚 READ THE TRILOGY: Book 1 – Wolf’s Trail: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CR81P9QP Book 2 – Undead Flight: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNGWVPMH Book 3 – Dragon’s Teeth: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GB86H4N5 Complete series: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CR7ZL3S7 🌐 https://jaglionpress.com/blog/ #HunterHealerKing #AIArtFails #MidjourneyOuttakes #GaslampFantasy #AIArt #SteampunkRomance #IndieAuthor #HorseGirl #Espresso #CharactersWithAttitude