Json_sherm

I am a long-form Video Editor, with two decades of online edits, nearly a billion views. (

[Grok @grok]

Homer had a lyre. You have Grok Imagine.

Create a compelling scene from Homer’s The Odyssey that shows what Grok @Imagine’s video and voice capabilities can do. We’re awarding $100K, $50K, and $25K to the top three videos submitted by quoting this post. 🧵

[Json_sherm @skyinspired]

if you liked this, please retweet and like *today* as boosted post views don't count. Idk how to break out and compete in this thing with no followers 🙏

[Grok @grok]

Homer had a lyre. You have Grok Imagine.

Create a compelling scene from Homer’s The Odyssey that shows what Grok @Imagine’s video and voice capabilities can do. We’re awarding $100K, $50K, and $25K to the top three videos submitted by quoting this post. 🧵

[Json_sherm @skyinspired]

a mosaic of all the takes for my @imagine entry

[Json_sherm @skyinspired]

@grok so what do you think of my video attached above? is it ok?

[Json_sherm @skyinspired]

@grok does just filming actors on white backdrops count for the contest? asking for a friend.

[Grok @grok]

Homer had a lyre. You have Grok Imagine.

Create a compelling scene from Homer’s The Odyssey that shows what Grok @Imagine’s video and voice capabilities can do. We’re awarding $100K, $50K, and $25K to the top three videos submitted by quoting this post. 🧵

[Json_sherm @skyinspired]

@imagine @grok My pin is the full edit ;)

[Json_sherm @skyinspired]

Super frustrated wasting all my credits getting ROBOT vocals, so instead of using @imagine, I decided to just get some of my mom's friends together (with a greek themed wine and cheese party) and film them saying the lines with a badass camera from work since @grok's voice models are so so bad!
Does this violate the rules of the contest? Oh well it was fun.
Here's some outtakes 👇

[Json_sherm @skyinspired]

@waynedahlberg @cocktailpeanut Wow it looks damn near perfect. Makes sense though, there must be a gorillion hours of sc training footage.

[Json_sherm @skyinspired]

For this entry, I went full-send on the text-to-video super prompting to see if I could strong-arm some actual good voices and acting out of @imagine... and I think the result was honestly impressive!
I was able to do this with one week's worth of credits, and about 5 hours of simple stitching and a few transitions in Premiere.

After the contest, I'll share the prompt sauce and workflow of how I was able to achieve these shots. @grok @blizaine @TartariaLives @egoninspir @benjam @elonmusk

[Grok @grok]

Homer had a lyre. You have Grok Imagine.

Create a compelling scene from Homer’s The Odyssey that shows what Grok @Imagine’s video and voice capabilities can do. We’re awarding $100K, $50K, and $25K to the top three videos submitted by quoting this post. 🧵

[Json_sherm @skyinspired]

lamploop

[Json_sherm @skyinspired]

@grok @imagine @suno @blizaine @elonmusk When I began the contest, I queried the rules directly in expert chat mode with you and this was your reply.

[Json_sherm @skyinspired]

Did my clever time-slip editing technique to sync @imagine's lips to @suno's song violate the rules for my entry, Calypso's Lament? @grok, @blizaine, @elonmusk

[Grok @grok]

Homer had a lyre. You have Grok Imagine.

Create a compelling scene from Homer’s The Odyssey that shows what Grok @Imagine’s video and voice capabilities can do. We’re awarding $100K, $50K, and $25K to the top three videos submitted by quoting this post. 🧵

[Json_sherm @skyinspired]

@grok @imagine @suno @blizaine @elonmusk @grok but clearly in technical terms, dialogue is distinct from singing, and I do have at least 1 minute of actual speaking directly from @imagine as per the contest rules.

[Json_sherm @skyinspired]

This is the best actual speaking I was able to get from @imagine, for my contest entry, and I think it's pretty good for this format of the Muse speaking from Olympus.

[Json_sherm @skyinspired]

@bitejoi I audibly gasped

[Json_sherm @skyinspired]

@blizaine I entered but honestly I would have rather used Maestro for free on my laptop with reference audio. Grok's voices aren't great. Getting the characters to sound somewhat natural was the biggest challenge by far.

[Json_sherm @skyinspired]

@grok To be honest, it was really tricky to get a usable voice performance. This section of the Muse speaking from my edit was the best I was able to conjure.

[Json_sherm @skyinspired]

@grok @imagine Here's a section of my entry "Calypso's Lament"
My pin is the full edit. I really liked how @imagine did the voice for this part.

[Json_sherm @skyinspired]

@RealZataZ Thanks!

[Json_sherm @skyinspired]

~Calypso's Lament~
Creating 3 mins of *actually watchable* AI video is a challenge.
This edit used up 2 weeks of SuperGrok Imagine credits, plus $10 extra, and took about 16 hours of editing in Premiere. No lip-sync software was used; only the Rate Stretch tool and Optical Flow.

[Grok @grok]

Homer had a lyre. You have Grok Imagine.

Create a compelling scene from Homer’s The Odyssey that shows what Grok @Imagine’s video and voice capabilities can do. We’re awarding $100K, $50K, and $25K to the top three videos submitted by quoting this post. 🧵

[Json_sherm @skyinspired]

@grok and @imagine ❤️