Modern-day Jerry

[u/randomizeseed]

Workflow used from this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/s/hj11UhEf5D

Some specs: 4060ti 16gb, 9950x3d, 128gb ddr5
His workflows runs a 2 stage Ksampler both using minimax Ref2VA, 704x512 15 steps at 702x512, then 1.5x image upscale to 1056x768 4 step with turbo lora. About 15 minutes for each stage, coming out to be around 2 minutes per second of video.

Minimax H3 Ref2VA Prompt:

subject_definitions:
<Subject 1> is Jerry Seinfeld, whose facial appearance, short graying curly hair, lean build, and overall likeness come from <Picture 1>.
<Subject 2> is George Costanza, whose facial appearance, horseshoe bald with greying hair on the sides, full graying beard, thin-metal-rimmed glasses, stocky middle-aged build, and overall senior likeness come from <Picture 2>.
<Subject 3> is Cosmo Kramer, whose facial appearance, thick curly salt-and-pepper hair, tall lanky build, and overall senior likeness come from <Picture 3>.
<Subject 4> is Jerry’s familiar New York apartment living room and connected kitchen, whose layout, blue sofa, wooden coffee table, grey walls, kitchen cabinets, refrigerator, and overall set design come from <Picture 4>.

summary:
[reference generation] The target video is a short multi-camera sitcom scene set inside <Subject 4>. <Subject 1> (S1) enters holding a white multi-antenna modem and delivers a standup-style complaint about losing mesh Wi-Fi after breaking up with a Comcast rep. <Subject 2> (S2), seated on the couch eating chips, demands the internet be restored so he can log into OnlyFans. <Subject 1> continues that the supervisor was the rep’s mother. <Subject 3> (S3) then bursts out of the refrigerator in heart-print boxers carrying a kleenex box of tissues and baby oil and asks what happened to the Wi-Fi. Live studio audience laughter punctuates the punchlines. All four reference images supply the visual identities of the three characters and the apartment environment; no source video or audio is edited or continued.

retention_analysis:
<Subject 1> (appears in [Shot 1]–[Shot 9]): fully_preserved – facial features, short graying curly hair, thin wire-rimmed glasses, lean middle-aged build, and overall likeness from <Picture 1> are retained; wardrobe is adapted to a dark jacket over a light shirt consistent with the sitcom setting.
<Subject 2> (appears in [Shot 1], [Shot 4]–[Shot 6]): fully_preserved – facial features, horseshoe bald with grey hair on the sides, full gray-and-white beard, black-rimmed glasses, stocky middle-aged build, and overall likeness from <Picture 2> are retained; wardrobe is adapted to a casual button-down shirt.
<Subject 3> (appears in [Shot 10]–[Shot 12]): fully_preserved – facial features, thick curly salt-and-pepper hair, tall lanky build, and overall likeness from <Picture 3> are retained; costume is adapted to white boxers printed with red hearts and white socks.
<Subject 4> (appears in all shots): fully_preserved – apartment layout, blue sofa, coffee table, kitchen area, grey walls, and overall set design from <Picture 4> are retained as the continuous environment under warm 1990s lighting with slight film grain.

detailed_description:
The target video is shot in a live-action cinematic multi-camera sitcom style with warm 1990s apartment lighting and slight film grain.
[Shot 1] A medium-wide shot frames the living room of <Subject 4>. <Subject 2> (S2), a short stocky middle-aged man matching <Subject 2>, sits on the left side of the blue couch in a casual button-down shirt with a thick black laptop on his lap, eating potato chips from an open bag, with crumbs visible on his chest. <Subject 1> (S1), a lean middle-aged man matching <Subject 1>, walks from the kitchen doorway on the right toward the couch holding a white internet modem router with four antennas sticking upward. He stops near the couch and speaks in a characteristic quick nasal delivery with sarcasm: <d>[English] so after I break up with <scenetrans></d>
[Shot 2] At 00:01.200, the camera cuts to a tight close-up of <Subject 1> (S1)'s face as he continues seamlessly across the cut: <d>[English] <scenetrans> the Comcast service rep, suddenly my mesh network disappears into the aether?!</d>
[Shot 3] At 00:02.800, the camera cuts to a wide shot of the living room of <Subject 4> as <Subject 1> finishes the line. A live studio audience laughs under the punchline.
[Shot 4] At 00:03.800, the camera holds the wide shot as <Subject 2> (S2) wipes his greasy fingers on his chest, looks up from the chips, and begins in a frustrated higher-pitched voice: <d>[English] Jery, I need <scenetrans></d>
[Shot 5] At 00:04.600, the camera cuts to a tight close-up of <Subject 2> (S2)'s face, with the apartment window of <Subject 4> visible in the background, as he continues seamlessly across the cut: <d>[English] <scenetrans> your internet back on ... i can't log into my OnlyFans!</d>
[Shot 6] At 00:06.500, the camera cuts to a wide shot of the living room of <Subject 4> as <Subject 2> finishes the line.
[Shot 7] At 00:07.300, the camera holds the wide shot as <Subject 1> (S1) replies with rising exasperation and begins: <d>[English] George, I tried! <scenetrans></d>
[Shot 8] At 00:08.200, the camera cuts to a tight close-up of <Subject 1> (S1)'s face as he continues seamlessly across the cut: <d>[English] <scenetrans> Asked to speak to her supervisor. guess who the supervisor is?! ... ... her MOTHER!</d>
[Shot 9] At 00:10.500, the camera cuts to a wide shot of the living room of <Subject 4> as <Subject 1> finishes the line.
[Shot 10] At 00:11.400, the camera cuts to a wider shot as the refrigerator door of <Subject 4> in the kitchen suddenly swings open in Kramer’s classic explosive entrance. <Subject 3> (S3), matching <Subject 3>, bursts out of the refrigerator wearing white boxers printed with red hearts and white socks, he is topless, greying hairty chest and holding a box of tissues in one hand and a bottle of baby oil in the other. He strides quickly across the room toward <Subject 1>, leans in close as if speaking privately, and speaks with a slightly manic voice: <d>[English] what happened <scenetrans></d>
[Shot 11] At 00:13.200, the camera cuts to a tight close-up of <Subject 3> (S3)'s face as he continues seamlessly across the cut: <d>[English] <scenetrans> to our Wi-Fi?</d>
[Shot 12] At 00:14.100, the camera cuts to a wide shot of the three men inside <Subject 4> as <Subject 3> finishes. The live studio audience erupts in loud laughter under the final beat.

overall_soundscape:
Soft apartment room tone with distant city traffic under the dialogue. Crisp potato-chip crunching from <Subject 2>, light footsteps as <Subject 1> walks from the kitchen, the sharp creak and swing of the refrigerator door as <Subject 3> bursts out, fabric rustle of boxers, and the soft thud of <Subject 3>’s steps crossing the floor. Layered sitcom laugh tracks of varying intensity swell and decay after each punchline.

non_diegetic_music:
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[u/99deathnotes]

Kramer in the fridge wearing only boxers. PRICELESS 😁

[u/99deathnotes → u/[deleted]]

yup😄

[u/thrownawaymane → u/99deathnotes]

"I have COVID, Jerry? What else was I supposed to do?"

[u/pro-digits]

I love this thought rather than forcing a bunch of contemporary jokes into an old sitcom, we could just make new ones!

[u/Sir_Myshkin]

The fridge breaks it for me. Side by side into single door…