1.9M views · Apr 3, 2023 · 6:42 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2023–2025
A step-by-step tutorial on making a Harry Potter by Balenciaga style AI video, using tools such as ChatGPT, Midjourney and Eleven Labs for script, images and voices.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN cites it as a process example of how such AI-generated videos are made, including on a phone.
“Some time after it came a "making of" video which outlined how they used ChatGPT to prompt Midjourney to create the images”HN comment, 2025
“was kind of blown away by that thought, having had the pleasure of using Premiere-type suites on a desktop computer”
Shows making AI Harry Potter Balenciaga video entirely on a phone
Without even leaving the phone: > "I'm more comfortable doing this on my phone" this video was kind of blown away by that thought, having had the pleasure of using Premiere-type suites on a desktop computer just to edit a simple timelapse
“Here's a process example for that type of content that looks quite automateable”
Process example of a mostly manual AI video workflow
Patrick here. Yeah there's a lot of AI video out there. There are also plenty that are more story-driven better ones nowadays. link None of these are end-to-end automated though. Even for a video without a story like the Harry Potter Balenciaga style ones, there's a lot of manual cherry-picking and manual editing going on. Here's a process example for that type of content that looks quite automateable this video - but both 1. No one _has_ automated this and 2. It's much more difficult than it looks because of the manual cherry-picking part, and the story, character/enivornment consistency, etc. I am really looking for another instance of "type text, get story video". I do think it's a bold claim that we're first but I haven't seen a counterexample yet.
“Some time after it came a "making of" video which outlined how they used ChatGPT to prompt Midjourney to create the images”
Making-of showing ChatGPT used to prompt Midjourney for images
One of the original AI-whoah moments was that italian fashion/harry potter mashup [0]. Some time after it came a "making of" video which outlined how they used ChatGPT to prompt Midjourney to create the images [1]. To me, this established using generative systems to create prompts for other generative as an effective pattern for using such systems. 0. link 1. this video
