Synopsis: A lonely slice of pizza sits at a party hoping someone will notice it. Several people almost pick it up, but it keeps getting passed over until one final person arrives with a plate and finally gives the slice the happy ending it has been waiting for.
Media Creation: I created the visual story using still photographs I took myself and then transformed them into a cartoon-style sequence for the video. I also recorded the dialogue/narration myself. The music includes an original piece I created, along with my own piano cover/performance of “Promontory” from The Last of the Mohicans, which is discussed in the fair use section below.
Software used: I edited the final video in Final Cut Pro. The still images were prepared as cartoon-style images from my original photos using ChatGPT, then placed in sequence and timed with the music. I recorded dialogue and credits. I used the images almost like a simple stop-motion sequence, with the emotion of the pizza slice changing as different people came and went. I used Ken Burns effect at the start and at the ending to enhance imagery. I show three of the original images I took that were used for the conversion within ChatGPT during the end credits scene.
Citations: Konawicz, Edward. It’s About Time! 2026. Digital video, 1:48. Created using original photographs, cartoon-style image edits, original narration/dialogue, original music for slow dance, and a short self-performed piano cover used under fair use. Licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Fair Use: The one asset I am claiming fair use for is the underlying copyrighted musical composition “Promontory” from The Last of the Mohicans. I used my own short piano cover/performance, not the original commercial recording. The use is limited and is included for a new purpose within my original story. In my video, the dramatic music becomes part of the joke because the couple forgets about the pizza and turns the moment into a slow dance. That changes the context from the original dramatic film use into a humorous story beat about a rejected slice of pizza.
