Ryan Houchin

Here’s my submission for the @grok @imagine Odyssey contest. It’s called “The Bed,” adapted from Book 23 of Homer’s Odyssey. Hope you enjoy it.

A few production notes on, “The Twentieth Year.” • Edited in Final Cut Pro • Every reference image was generated with Grok • Every video shot was generated with Grok • All character voices were generated with Grok • The opening title was generated with Grok • Most of the sound effects were generated with Grok • I supplemented a few sounds and sourced the copyright-free music separately • The only visual effects I added were subtle film grain and motion blur I chose this part of The Odyssey because I wanted to make a full scene with two people in a room talking, not a trailer or a montage of unrelated shots. The hardest part, by far, was generating the reverse coverage. Going from a two-shot to a matching over-the-shoulder, or from one over-the-shoulder to the reverse, while keeping the actors, eyelines, room, lighting, and physical geography intact was extremely difficult. For some shots, I generated close to 100 images just to find one where everything actually held together. There were plenty of other challenges, but that was the big one.

Tiny correction: the film is titled THE TWENTIETH YEAR. “The Bed” was the working title for the scene, and I accidentally used it in the post.

I pushed ol' Grok about as far as she’d go for this Odyssey competition. Really happy with how it came together, would love to know what you all think. teapawt.net/RyanHouchin/status/209…

Watch with sound. It starts quietly, but once it gets going, it really gets going.

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