From 523071cad77f6c5b8df677b8cfd0cbbeccbebc38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: TheRON Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 12:35:16 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Initial create --- docs/screencast/DALL-E/scenes.md | 117 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 117 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/screencast/DALL-E/scenes.md diff --git a/docs/screencast/DALL-E/scenes.md b/docs/screencast/DALL-E/scenes.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bcb29a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/screencast/DALL-E/scenes.md @@ -0,0 +1,117 @@ +## 1) Overflow = White Noise + +**Style:** Expressionist cityscape (public-domain vibe, Munch/Kirchner energy) +**Show:** A river of speech bubbles merging into static; one small ear trying to listen +**Prompt:** +“An expressionist, 16:9 painting of a nighttime city where **billions of overlapping speech bubbles** flow like a river and dissolve into TV static; a single, small human ear on a pier tries to listen; high contrast, nervous brushwork, limited palette of electric blues and sickly oranges; no logos or text; cinematic lighting.” +**Caption:** “Overflow: when everything talks, nothing is heard.” + +--- + +## 2) Pretenders (confidence ≠ competence) + +**Style:** Renaissance anatomy-chart spoof (public domain vibe) +**Show:** A figure wearing multiple badges (law, medicine, finance) that don’t fit +**Prompt:** +“An old illustrated anatomy-chart parody, 16:9, sepia ink on parchment: a single character labeled with mismatched badges (gavel, stethoscope, calculator), sleeves too long, shoes on wrong feet; cross-section callouts pointing to ‘confidence’ balloon vs ‘competence’ thimble; woodcut linework, no text.” +**Caption:** “Volume isn’t proof.” + +--- + +## 3) Context Drift + +**Style:** Surreal collage (Hannah Höch/photomontage feel, public domain textures) +**Show:** A thread unspools from “trash dispute” → “lottery math” → “3D printing ad” +**Prompt:** +“Surreal photomontage, 16:9: a red thread snakes across three vignettes—1) overflowing dumpster in a courtyard, 2) lottery tickets and calculators, 3) glossy 3D-printer ad; the thread tangles into a knot labeled by a blank tag; muted newsprint textures; no readable brand names.” +**Caption:** “From A to off-topic in 6 replies.” + +--- + +## 4) Metric Chasing (Goodhart’s Law) + +**Style:** Retro scoreboard illustration +**Show:** A scoreboard labeled “Posts” towering over tiny “Truth” scale +**Prompt:** +“Graphic illustration, 16:9: a colossal retro stadium scoreboard with a glowing counter ‘POSTS: 10,000’ overshadowing a tiny balance scale labeled by a blank plaque; confetti, people tossing paper to feed the counter; bold shapes, limited palette reds/blacks/cream; no text in scene.” +**Caption:** “What you measure becomes the goal.” + +--- + +## 5) Format Sabotage + +**Style:** Ukiyo-e woodblock parody (public domain style) +**Show:** A messenger carrying a stack of screenshots of screenshots +**Prompt:** +“Ukiyo-e style woodblock, 16:9: a frantic courier runs with a teetering stack of **blurred screenshots of screenshots**, edges misaligned; a bridge over waves of exclamation marks; pastel inks, visible woodgrain; historical yet playful; no modern logos.” +**Caption:** “Evidence you can’t check.” + +--- + +## 6) No Memory, No Ledger + +**Style:** Minimalist info-design +**Show:** Meeting table with chairs; decisions float away as paper birds +**Prompt:** +“Minimalist vector illustration, 16:9: an empty meeting table with scattered minutes turning into origami birds that fly out a window; a simple wall clock with hands spinning; calm color palette, lots of negative space, soft shadows.” +**Caption:** “No record, no progress.” + +--- + +## 7) Incentive Misalignment + +**Style:** Constructivist poster (public domain aesthetic) +**Show:** Three pulleys pulling in different directions: platform, crowd, resolution +**Prompt:** +“Constructivist poster-style graphic, 16:9: three bold pulleys labeled by blank nameplates pulling a central weight in different directions; arrows for ‘engagement’, ‘attention’, ‘resolution’ (no words in image); red/black/cream palette, grainy print texture.” +**Caption:** “Different goals, same thread.” + +--- + +## 8) Bad-Faith Shielding + +**Style:** Baroque theatre set (public domain vibe) +**Show:** Comedians’ masks deflecting arrows labeled by blank tags +**Prompt:** +“Baroque theatre scene, 16:9: two oversized comedy masks on sticks deflect incoming arrows; the arrows’ flag tips are blank for later overlay; rich velvet curtain, spotlight, dust motes; painterly, dramatic chiaroscuro.” +**Caption:** “‘Just joking’ isn’t a shield.” + +--- + +## 9) Bots & Astroturf + +**Style:** Noir graphic with halftone +**Show:** A garden of identical hands ‘liking’ a single sprout +**Prompt:** +“Noir halftone illustration, 16:9: a dark greenhouse where identical mechanical hands press ‘like’ on a lone sprout under an industrial lamp; subtle cables, repeating patterns; teal/black palette; moody and ambiguous.” +**Caption:** “Synthetic momentum.” + +--- + +## 10) No Exit Criteria + +**Style:** Escher-ish staircase (public domain geometry vibe) +**Show:** Debate podiums on an endless loop staircase +**Prompt:** +“Surreal architectural drawing, 16:9: an impossible loop staircase with small debate podiums on each landing; speakers face different directions, arrows in circles on the floor; pen-and-ink precision, cool greys.” +**Caption:** “No definition of ‘done’.” + +--- + +## 11) The Method: Read, Extract, Stop + +**Style:** Clean diagrammatic poster +**Show:** Three panels: What’s said → What’s shown → What’s missing +**Prompt:** +“Crisp, modern diagram poster, 16:9: three side-by-side panels with icons—1) mouth/speech lines (what’s said), 2) document with checkmarks (what’s shown), 3) empty frame with dashed outline (what’s missing); flat design, high contrast, accessible colors.” +**Caption:** “What’s said | shown | missing.” + +--- + +## 12) Claims vs Proof (Alphabet letter beat) + +**Style:** Engraving-style split screen +**Show:** Left—hand writing promises; Right—scale weighing numbers/audit stamp +**Prompt:** +“Engraving-style illustration, 16:9 split screen: left panel shows a graceful hand writing ornate promises on fine paper; right panel shows a scale weighing numbers, charts, an audit stamp; dense crosshatching, sepia ink, museum-plate feel.” +**Caption:** “Claims on the left, proof on the right.”