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GStree wrote:pberk wrote:It's so quiet here, I thought I'd bring along something different. I did this in 2023 for Brian Hawley. Brian used it to promote his website. But the subject might hit a nerve or some memories.
Liners .. 4 min.
https://youtu.be/SqRKyVotghE
An interesting film and it's amazing what people collect ! but i do wonder how much of what people collect of memorabilia is actually genuine in this day and age ?
You mean they fake memorabilia? I should have asked Brian Hawley that question. I'm sure he would have said that he can tell a fake from the real thing because of years of experience.
It's so quiet here, I thought I'd bring along something different. I did this in 2023 for Brian Hawley. Brian used it to promote his website. But the subject might hit a nerve or some memories.
Liners .. 4 min.
https://youtu.be/SqRKyVotghE
GStree wrote:I flew my drone from the field beside our house following a footpath that we often use up to a small churchyard where both of my parents are buried. https://youtu.be/NmvZ1Ns79BU
Nice. Birds eye view. Peace on earth.
Pilotlon wrote:True enough — I suppose even making paper introduces industrial contamination. We’ll need to carve our stories into bark with ethically sourced twigs. No electricity, no tools, just pure artisanal authenticity.
Coming soon to a theater near you — "The Purity Paradox". Oh wait....that would require electricity, at the least. Absolutely forbidden! Never, I say! Never!!
Recently an A.I. was trying to pass a test. It failed to compute the answer, so it hacked into another A.I. system and retrieved the correct answer. The A.I. was not instructed or trained to “hack” other systems, yet, it did it as a logical way to solve the problem.
>> has a built in magnet on the mic
Is the mic wireless?
GStree wrote:It seems such a shame as they are not really ready for eating yet ! the tree has suffered because of the heat and these fell off in 2 days. Maybe I should start making cider ? https://youtu.be/G-ly3usGEaA
Can you do something with sound? I gather this is a VLOGGING camera and the sound would be important.
I ran across this video today. It deals with "sound" and how it can be handled even in difficult conditions if you can get your "talent" to cooperate. Forgive me if I've posted this before.
https://youtu.be/CFCfYV0-yTY
GStree wrote:Our village has been silent on a Sunday morning for ages from the church bells because they have been away being refurbished. I decided to pop down when they were being installed and filmed some of work involved. I don't think that I will ever see it happen again ! I also had a quick look at them being tested afterwards on a practice evening.
https://youtu.be/zl6rI3lwKrI
I also did a piece on a bell tower at the Denham Parish Church. This from 13 years ago now. If you watch the whole thing or skip to the last two and half minutes, we actually ring the bells.
Bells of Denham Parish Church. 10 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aniat5vLucs&t=289s
ericlnz wrote:Here it is "Colours All Around". A Botanical Excursion. https://youtu.be/G9QuXop7USE or https://vimeo.com/1187165456 Take your pick. A warning, it's 13 minutes long.
Taken over a 10 month period. The Eden Garden visit was taken with my AVCHD video camera. With the others it's 50/50 video camera/phone camera. Yes Albert I do prefer to use my "proper" video camera but my phone is usually in my pocket.
Nicely done Eric, as usual. Carry on. Your video are always so gentle and lovely and good for my health. No doubt about it, they lower my blood pressure.
Alfred wrote:William wrote:I had never thought, nor seen it suggested anywhere, that Mr Collins wanted his offer of marriage to Elizabeth to be rejected.
On the contrary, I think Mr Collins — another William, by the way — would have seen himself as a good ‘catch’ and would therefore have been puzzled at anyone rejecting a proposal of marriage issued by him.
It's a fair criticism for anyone familiar with the book. I think William is right that there is no suggestion in the book that Mr. Collins wants Elizabeth to turn him down. And Alfred is right too. In the book, Collins is all amazement that Elizabeth would refuse him. The book paints Collins as a foolish, pompous ass whose main motivation towards marriage is from the suggestion of his patron, Lady Catherine. Love does not enter into the transaction.
My idea was that Collins shows a great deal of common sense by making an offer to Charlotte. It may not be made explicit in the book but marriage to one of the Bennett daughters would have given the future master of Longbourne complications to his authority. Charlotte had already stated that she was "plain" and "not romantic" with as good a chance of happiness in marriage as those who were romantic. To Charlotte, happiness in marriage was "entirely a matter of chance". I think the fact is that Collins played his part very well in choosing Charlotte and that Charlotte played her part well too by accepting him. I can't imagine that Collins ever thought he could be happy with Elizabeth. But I know that this is a radical view.
William wrote:I have dipped in here and there.
Mr Collins wears glasses!
Ah!
Oh!
Who, or what, decided that Mr Collins wears glasses, and why?
I decided that Mr. Collins wears glasses. He's only five and twenty, but much more mature than his age. He is set for life. He's a serious man who knows what he wants and likes to "get his way". I thought the glasses gave him a more studious air as he "plays his part".
William wrote:The jazz number with the trumpets is great.
Thanks. I thought it a fun thing.
William wrote:I can't find it now.
[Moderator note: Edited to adjust formatting.]
GB wrote:Like Alfred, I've only watched the first few minutes so far, but it is truly excellent. It must have involved tremendous effort on your part. You have made very good use of the AI effects, which have enhanced the viewing pleasure tremendously.
One peculiarity which struck me was that 10 or so minutes in, the two gentlemen seem to be singing Elizabeth's song in her voice. AI is synchronizing the words to their mouths. Is this inevitable?
Geoff
No. I made a choice to do that. I know it's weird, but it struck me as a fun thing. I think there's more of that kind of thing later too. I liked it myself, but I can see how it might be "jarring" to some. My wife mentioned it too.
Alfred wrote:Copied from a now-closed thread:
I’m confused, Paul! If you hadn’t posted a version without something akin to book illustrations, how would anyone come to the conclusion that they wanted to see them added?
Let's skip over the book illustrations. I can't remember ever making a version like that.
What interests me is the idea of using A.I. to tell a "classic" story like Pride and Prejudice. Why would a forum that is devoted to Jane Austen, or to Pride and Prejudice in particular make a rule that anything generated by, or assisted by A.I., cannot include a link to view that type of content?
Alfred, I'm posting this twice as I'm so eager for comment. Please remove if against some rule.
I’ve just completed my Internet Musical version of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. I can’t remember if I posted the version that included the songs but no visuals. Many people liked the music but wanted, at a minimum, something to visualize the story, maybe something like book illustrations. Now, I’ve gone much further than that as the technology to do so has arrived. It’s nearly a movie version now.
This is controversial, as many believe that only humans should be doing creative work, especially on public domain classics. Many of the Jane Austen Reddit forums do not allow any A.I. generated work, even A.I./Human collaborations, like mine.
My purpose is to entertain. Hopefully this work will be judged solely on that scale.
Pride and Prejudice Internet Musical … 65 min.
https://youtu.be/iLCU1FsKy-E
I’ve just completed my Internet Musical version of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. I can’t remember if I posted the version that included the songs but no visuals. Many people liked the music but wanted, at a minimum, something to visualize the story, maybe something like book illustrations. Now, I’ve gone much further than that as the technology to do so has arrived. It’s nearly a movie version now.
This is controversial, as many believe that only humans should be doing creative work, especially on public domain classics. Many of the Jane Austen Reddit forums do not allow any A.I. generated work, even A.I./Human collaborations, like mine.
My purpose is to entertain. Hopefully this work will be judged solely on that scale.
Pride and Prejudice Internet Musical … 65 min.
https://youtu.be/iLCU1FsKy-E
GStree wrote:pberk wrote:GStree wrote:Very interesting Paul, I often have to do a fair bit of lip syncing on some of my films of bands as I record the audio seperately. OK it's easy enough to do it with the waveforms together on the timelines but it doesn't always work 100%. I dont know if I like Ai or not ? as you can now upload loads of footage to some sites and a complete video with music is sent back. So will editing at home become a thing of the past in the distant future ? but it's here to stay. Getting back to Thomas More I quite like it as we did study him back in my schooldays in the 50s. Maybe you can make another one of his trial and beheading !!!!!
Thanks Gordon for taking the time to see my opus.
The movie about Sir Thomas's trial and beheading has already been made, "A Man for All Seasons". Brilliant.
This A.I. thing is moving very fast. I'm trying to keep up but only doing a fraction of what I might be.
Still -- For me, the story is still the thing -- what's the point of all this technology if you don't have anything to say?
Still Searching for that next idea.
thanks again. Hope you were entertained.
Paul harping back to my schooldays, we have a lot of local history of Henry VIII and Thomas More as I live and have lived very close to Hever Castle in Kent for the best part of 75 plus years. Henry lived there when he was married to Anne Boleyn and Thomas More is down in the records as visiting there several times. There is even the famous picture of him on show in the castle.
I just checked Co-Pilot A.I. which did research on this and could not find any evidence that Sir Thomas was ever at Hever Castle, let alone when Anne Boleyn was there. But your version gives my story some credence. Possibly Sir Thomas was there? It makes a good story to think it possible. I wasn't going for historical fact but rather, historical fiction.
GStree wrote:pberk wrote:I've been working on this one for a while. The idea was to take advantage of the latest technology. Here's hoping it's not too long for someone here to see and comment on. I consider this version as a "fine" cut but I can still make changes or corrections as I want to get things as right as I can.
Sir Thomas More in a Looney Land Adventure. 17 min.
https://youtu.be/V8aEa0mi4x8
Very interesting Paul, I often have to do a fair bit of lip syncing on some of my films of bands as I record the audio seperately. OK it's easy enough to do it with the waveforms together on the timelines but it doesn't always work 100%. I dont know if I like Ai or not ? as you can now upload loads of footage to some sites and a complete video with music is sent back. So will editing at home become a thing of the past in the distant future ? but it's here to stay. Getting back to Thomas More I quite like it as we did study him back in my schooldays in the 50s. Maybe you can make another one of his trial and beheading !!!!!
Thanks Gordon for taking the time to see my opus.
The movie about Sir Thomas's trial and beheading has already been made, "A Man for All Seasons". Brilliant.
This A.I. thing is moving very fast. I'm trying to keep up but only doing a fraction of what I might be.
Still -- For me, the story is still the thing -- what's the point of all this technology if you don't have anything to say?
Still Searching for that next idea.
thanks again. Hope you were entertained.
Alfred wrote:pberk wrote:the Hedra.com lip sync that turns a single image into a lip sync video
Pretty impressive, especially given that it’s available for free if you only need it for modest amounts of non-commercial use.
https://www.hedra.com/pricing
I was amused to note that the cost of the Free plan is specified as “$0 / month BILLED MONTHLY”.
pberk wrote:The trick is to get the lip sync video to show the correct emotion at the right time. There, I think I succeeded.
I think you succeeded admirably, Paul! Thanks for sharing the results of your hard work.
I had to upgrade to the $30 plan to get enough credits to finish. It's tricky getting the emotions you want.
ericlnz wrote:Very clever Paul. What next in history will you rewrite?
Thanks Eric. The hardest part of these little adventures is coming up with a story idea that includes a satisfying ending.
Got one?
GB wrote:Hi Paul,
Good to see you back. Interesting video, well done. But I was constantly distracted by what Sir Thomas was doing with his hands. Various objects kept appearing and disappearing. What is that all about?
It bothers me too. But it comes with the Hedra.com lip sync that turns a single image into a lip sync video. I'm sure they will improve it so that hand and arm movements can be minimized.
In the painting, he is holding a small piece of paper. The A.I. made much use of that. They call it a hallucination.
The trick is to get the lip sync video to show the correct emotion at the right time. There, I think I succeeded.
Thanks for the comment ! .. I think I can use more close ups to rid myself of the worst of the unwanted hand motion.
I've been working on this one for a while. The idea was to take advantage of the latest technology. Here's hoping it's not too long for someone here to see and comment on. I consider this version as a "fine" cut but I can still make changes or corrections as I want to get things as right as I can.
Sir Thomas More in a Looney Land Adventure. 17 min.
https://youtu.be/V8aEa0mi4x8
I did this one about 15 years ago.
Bananas Foster low fat. I wish I had the energy I had 15 years ago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf9QuxuDWeI
Why did the golfer bring an extra pair of pants?
In case he got a hole in one.
Alfred wrote:“Tomorrow never comes.”
Tomorrow -- and tomorrow --- creeps in this petty pace from day to day.
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