The Palantír Looks Back
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You look into the Palantír, and the Palantír looks back.
Slop-o-meter 47.8 SLOP-ADJACENT
An estimate, logged after the fact from the project files. The Cap'm hasn't signed this one yet.
| Generated music & vocals | Song and vocals made in Suno | +15 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animation & render code | Evidence-file scenes coded by Claude | +8 | |
| Lyrics & script | Lyrics written with Claude, my lines kept | +7.5 | |
| Direction & edit | Claude built the shots; I gave the notes | +7.5 | |
| Motion graphics & lyrics | Lyrics timed with whisper | +5 | |
| Generated images | A few generated textures | +2.5 | |
| Research & critique | Claude researched and sourced the facts | +2.3 |
No AI: Generated video
By hand: the idea · the intro lines · every note · picking the take
Inspirations
Music
- Citizen Cope, "The Clarence Greenwood Recordings"
Video
- An evidence file on a desk
- Tolkien's seeing-stone and the Eye
