David Michael Comfort

And Before

What we did - Rebuilt the scene in a simpler basement set with an orange-moon window, an oil lamp and a frosted empty tank. - Generated one master ElevenLabs dialogue for all 24 lines. - Rescripted it with the reference clip's techniques and cut it to four generations of 26 to 28 s. - Each used the black video carrying the dialogue, a timed transcript, the character sheets, the room sheet and a timestamped shot list. - Assembled a 1:42 cut with a steady room tone, three very quiet foley hits and no music. What worked - One master track kept the voices consistent: pitch within about 3 Hz of the master on nearly every line. - Putting timestamps for both lines and shots in the prompt pulled timing to within about half a second. - The black video plus transcript worked well on G1 and G3. - Prompt fixes for a duplicate Zoe, plain skin and an empty tank all landed. What didn't - The first seven-generation cut had a duplicate Zoe, cuts every 2 s, freezes after cuts, and foley that was too loud. - Using the silent acted clip as a video reference gave weak lips, a copied, stiff performance and a drifting look. - I misread a spectral measure as a voice-timbre shift. It was just s and z sounds. - The master stage was boosting the quiet opening by 35 dB, and the room-tone loop swelled. - G4's last line, "You.", is still not audible. The fix is a short extra generation for about $1.3, or a G4 re-roll for $3.60. - Seedance sets its own speech pace by a second or two, so long holds need trimming in the edit.