{"id":11202,"date":"2026-04-26T22:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T02:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/?p=11202"},"modified":"2026-04-26T22:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T02:29:12","slug":"its-about-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/its-about-time\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s About Time!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It&#039;s about time!\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5QFaxgeuEmY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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 \u201cPromontory\u201d from The Last of the Mohicans, which is discussed in the fair use section below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citations: Konawicz, Edward. <em>It\u2019s About Time!<\/em> 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: <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\">https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fair Use: The one asset I am claiming fair use for is the underlying copyrighted musical composition \u201cPromontory\u201d 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis: A lonely slice of pizza sits at a party hoping someone will notice it. 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