Studio notes / The gondola
Two characters.
One workflow.
The old guard and the new machine, sharing a cable car. A studio experiment in character consistency, physical comedy and AI direction.
Accepted Comfy assembly · 28 seconds. The film currently used on the website.
01 / Character direction
Give the model a cast.
Turnaround sheets establish the wardrobe, proportions, face and props before the scene is generated. The same references stay attached to the shot.
02 / The actual Comfy workflow
References in. Direction through.
The original accepted film used three reference images. The new fight adds a fourth: the matching interior. Separate cast, exterior and interior references feed one Seedance generation node, then Save Video. A muted first/last-frame branch remains in the working canvas for comparison.
Reference images + shot direction
12 seconds · 720p · 16:9 · generated audio
Review the take, select the cut, prepare the web film.
03 / Assembly inside Comfy
Close the loop.
The accepted edit combines five timed sources: 5.5 seconds of the original fight, the six-second corrected ejection, 2.5 seconds of aftermath, a four-second sitting bridge and the ten-second delayed return. Five trims feed four joins and Save Video inside Comfy.
Compare the 24-, 26- and 28-second loop tests ↗
The accepted 28-second film above passed dense join review, technical audio checks and repeated normal-speed playback before promotion. Earlier 24- and 26-second cuts remain available for comparison.
Field note / What the test taught us
A matching frame is only half a loop. In the 26-second test, the cameraman returned while the robot was still sitting down. The accepted edit separates the beats: sit, enjoy a moment alone, then reveal the hand at the doorway.
We review the cast and props, the physical action, then the timing and sound. Shared first and last frames help preserve the composition; they cannot guarantee all four.
04 / What we’re improving
Make the movement read.
The new take restores the comic fight and doorway ejection. The next beat makes the loop part of the joke: the robot settles down, then the cameraman returns to start the rivalry again.
- Establish the hanging cabin travelling along its cable.
- Fight for the filming angle; the robot sends the cameraman through the doorway.
- Give the robot a beat of false peace. Reveal the cameraman clinging to the outside rail, then returning to the cabin.
The earlier twelve-second draft remains above for comparison. The accepted 28-second film preserves the opening camera position, props and cabin geometry while turning the restart into the final joke.
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