The making of Attention
Is All I Need.

HANLEY LEUNG · HONG KONG · 2026
Hello
I'm Hanley
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San Francisco ↔ Hong Kong ↔ Shanghai 😂
US Citizen · HK Permanent Resident · 12 Years in Shanghai
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yo bro

As a tech reviewer,
AIGC video…

FREAKS
ME OUT!
Hanley freaking out, Home Alone style
because now…

Anyone can "review" a product they never touched.

No product. No hands. No opinion. 100% AI.
the experiment

Can AI put me
in a movie trailer?

idea #1

Spider-Man?

Hong Kong's in great shape. It doesn't need a superhero.
Spider-Man Hanley
idea #2

A black-hat
hacker?

Fighting the big corporations… the police might not love that.
Hacker Hanley
idea #3

A romcom!

Attention Is All I Need
the process
✍️ Brief / ScriptClaude Code → Castinggpt-image-2 → Storyboardinggpt-image-2 → $0 AnimaticClaude Code → Shot GenerationSeedance 2 → 🍿 Final EditCapCut
The entire workflow was built in — and run from — Claude Code.
the workflow the production workflow site
the budget

Under $30.

Stills — gpt-image-2~80 generations · ~$0.05 ea≈ $4 / HK$30
Video — Seedance 2 (HolyCrab)28 clips · 480p · ~$0.80 ea≈ $22 / HK$175
Direction — Claude Codescript · storyboard · animatic · pipelinesubscription
Edit & voiceCapCut · scratch VOfree
Total≈ $26 / HK$200
The whole project: one night — about 6 hours.
the bad cuts 🎬

Five tries for one frame.

take 1
take 2
take 3
take 4
✓ take 5
Too fake. Wrong expression. Looking in the wrong direction. $0.06 / HK$0.50 a try.
the bad cuts 🎬

Same shot. Five more tries.

take 1
take 2
take 3
take 4
✓ take 5
Looking in the wrong direction. Doesn't match the story. Wrong staging. Zombie expression.
the bad cuts 🎬
✕ The reveal · polite golf-clapno energy, dead room
✓ Re-prompted · standing ovationarms up, phones, flashes
Crowd looked bored. Not enough energy. $1 / HK$8 every wasted shot.
the bad cuts 🎬
✕ "Stay still, stay calm"a frozen zombie in the crowd
✓ Re-prompted · she's alivewalk · gaze drift · push-in
Super creepy, inhuman movement.
the bad cuts 🎬
✕ Take 1 · to the wallyou just stare at her hair
✕ Take 2 · to cameraway too weird
✓ Combined in postestablish the tear → she turns to ADA
Neither take worked alone. Fixed in the edit.
the bad cuts 🎬

The demonic thumbnail era.

✕ orangetoo far apart
✕ demonicface distorted
✕ films the foodwrong action
✕ too closeaimed at his jaw
✓ finalshe films him
Poor composition for a thumbnail. Looks like a demon. Awkward, not funny. Impossible staging.
my take, as a youtuber

Authenticity is all I need.

🤷
I don't know
what's going to happen.
🃏
Clean-up & comedy
That's where I'll use it.
🚫
Never for "authentic"
Not in content that promises authenticity.
…for now
Hanley at the mic
thank you 🙏 · now, your turn
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