Story Summary: I was thinking of taking inspiration from a YouTube creator, Neural Viz, who uses AI as a tool for creativity rather than an empty crutch. Their work uses AI to enhance their comedic meta-commentaries, and I want to aim for something similar – a spoof that uses AI to make a funny observation about online video culture itself. My idea is to create a spoof YouTube reaction video. Imagine a typical, slightly messy room, the kind you see in countless reaction videos online. In this room sit two aliens, Zorp and Gleep, who are set up to film a reaction video. The main screen behind them shows a small picture-in-picture (PIP) display. This PIP is where the “content” they are reacting to will play – and that content is intentionally terrible AI-generated video. Think abstract blobs of color that are supposed to be landscapes, nonsensical AI animations, or AI-generated human figures with constantly shifting, uncanny faces. The humor will come from the aliens’ over-the-top reactions to this objectively bad AI art. One alien, perhaps Zorp, could be completely enamored with the AI video, praising its “deep artistic expression” and “groundbreaking visuals,” while the other, Gleep, is utterly repulsed, making exaggerated gagging noises and complaining about the “atrocious” and “incomprehensible” imagery. The contrast between the truly awful AI video and the aliens’ strong, often opposing, reactions will be the core comedic element.
Visual Style: The visual style will deliberately mimic the low-budget, casual aesthetic of typical YouTube reaction videos. Think of channels like MoistCr1TiKaL, Cody Ko, or Danny Gonzalez, but also even more average, everyday YouTubers. The “set” would be a normal-looking room, maybe a living room or bedroom, slightly cluttered but not intentionally styled. Lighting would be practical and unflattering – overhead lights, desk lamps, nothing cinematic. Camera work would be simple, maybe slightly grainy, with basic framing, nothing too composed. Thumbnails would also follow the reaction video style – featuring the aliens with exaggerated facial expressions of shock, disgust, or amazement, maybe with some low-resolution text overlay. The key is to create a visual style that is instantly recognizable as a YouTube reaction video but with the added comedic element of alien characters and their over-the-top reactions to the intentionally jarring and low-quality AI-generated video playing in the PIP.