zeal.is|directing|dylan-patel-hype-video
How to restyle hype videos with Claude
A viral 30-second LeBron hype video, rebuilt with Dylan Patel of SemiAnalysis in LeBron's place. Zeal made it with Claude over the weekend. The image and video models and the GPU time cost $33.49.
The hype video as posted on X.
Watch it on X
This whole process is distilled into a Claude skill, restyle-reference-video. Link it a video and say "make this, but about X".
The prompt
Zeal's prompt, exactly as typed. "v2v" means video to video, where a model redraws a real clip. The rest of the message covered how to test the models, which comes up below.
Storyboard
The original and the remake, side by side, slot by slot. Each slot is one stretch between the original's cuts, and a take is one generated attempt at a slot. Scroll the slots or press play.
How long it took
Try the Arcmira searches yourself
Out of scope: brain-response scans
Why we remix
Run it yourself
The code, prompts, guide and a storyboard with every take are in this repo: github.com/zealous1/dylan-patel-hype-video
No media ships there, so the commands fetch and generate their own.
To recreate your own hype videos, get the skill.