# @jidenna on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMs3MACRWCi
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32808990-jidenna-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-29T18:00:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** jidenna (@Jidenna) — https://gondola.cc/Jidenna

## Caption

OGA CITY - EP1 🌒

Directed, Written, and Scored by jidenna 

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I’m really excited about this one. I’ve been experimenting around with the genre for weeks, but I feel like I’m living it now. In general, I work on these pieces for about 12-16 hours with a couple hours of video game breaks sprinkled in. Some of them, I finish in 1-2 days. Some take me 1-2 weeks of consistent work. 

I used a combination of #veo3, #midjourney, #runwayml, #flux Kontext, #klingai, and #higgsfield

1) I began with a single image on Midjourney for an initial vibe shot. I created the red coupe in Midjourney and began imagining a tropical neo noir that drew on Michael Mann’s Miami Vice, Drivr, and Knight Rider with the idea of setting it in a near-future fictional West African metropolis. 

2) If I’m not working on 2D or 2.5D, I actually don’t stay in Midjourney that long because I prefer Runway and Whisk for control and fidelity. If I do create a shot in Midjourney, I bring it into Runway or Whisk almost immediately.

3) From there I started building out the storyboard/shotlist (first frames). I studied driving sequences in all the films above as well as Taxi Driver.

4) For animation, I used Veo 3, Kling, Midjourney, and Luma Dream Machine’s reframe tool (to change my compositions).

5) For the score, I started with a progression on piano and added the horns and accoutrements via Udio. The song playing in the car at the end is an unreleased record that nanakwabena produced for his debut album, which he is finalizing visuals for right now in Accra!

6) I wrote the voiceover overlooking downtown Los Angeles. That’s probably why I’ve been obsessed with noir. I only used Chat and Claude to fill in a couple synonyms 💪🏽. Lately, I’ve fallen back in love with writing, because I’m reading cinematic prompts all day.

7) I finally dove into Da Vinci Resolve for color grading thanks to the advice and encouragement of wes_walker_ . twopointoh put me onto the Nano plugin for the haze 🤯. The intial shots were not cohesive at all. Most of the work was the non-AI parts, which are equally if not more rewarding

Anyway, hope y’all enjoy. Much more in store.

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## Tags

klingai, midjourney, flux, higgsfield, veo3, runwayml

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