Your Forever Dunk video is back. This guide is for checking it, not making it: what to look at in each stretch of the 20 seconds, which photo choice can sit behind a flaw, and the one change to try next. The clip is one long following shot with a jump, a foreground occlusion and a close-up at the end, so those are where identities slip. How to make it in the first place is in the how-to guide.
Not made it yet?
Add one photo of the player, review your credit quote and make the 20-second clip with the original song.
How to watch your result
Watch it three times. First with the sound off, looking only at the player's face and outfit. Then once looking only at the ball and the hands. Then once more ignoring the player and looking at everyone and everything else in the arena. Keep the reference reel from the trend page open next to yours. It is an AI reel by @downey.ai, not an Oakgen output, so it shows what the scene should do, not the quality to expect. Times below are rounded from the reference.
What to check at each timestamp
0 to about 5 s: the catch and the run
The player reaches up and catches the ball near centre court, then dribbles at speed along the sideline. They are small in the frame here.
Look for your outfit from top to shoes, a hair shape that matches your photo, and one ball that bounces back into the hand instead of sticking to it. The large logo on the floor in the reference should be a plain painted circle in yours.
About 5 to 9.5 s: the drive
A referee runs behind the player, the ball goes low at about 6 seconds, then the player gathers it in both hands and squares up toward the camera. This is the first time the face is easy to read; it should already be clearly you.
About 9.5 to 12 s: the take-off and the dunk
The take-off at about ten and a half seconds, in the reference reel. This is not an Oakgen output.
The camera tilts up as the player rises with the ball high in one hand and throws it through the rim. Check that the ball stays in the hand until the rim, goes through the net once and drops away, that the arm has a normal elbow and the right number of fingers, and that the sleeve matches your photo.
About 12 to 16 s: the landing and the foot
The player lands and starts to roar while a courtside fan's foot in a white sock swings up into the lower foreground and covers part of the frame. The foot is a separate object in front of the player. Check that the player's face does not show through it, that the foot does not turn into a hand or a second ball, and that the face is still yours when the foot drops away.
About 15.5 s to the end: the close-up scream
The roar started behind the foot at about 14 seconds; now it is the closest shot of the clip: waist up, mouth wide open, a pro player behind, and the ball arcing overhead at about 17 seconds. A young fan's head fills the bottom edge and a staff member in blue walks across the frame in the last second and a half.
Look for a mouth that stays wide in a roar rather than forming words, teeth and jaw that stay steady, and no flicker between faces when the staff member passes in front. Nobody in the crowd or on the floor should have your face.
Photo-choice mistakes to look for
These are the problems we would expect from the way the template works. We have not measured how often each one happens.
| Photo choice | What it can look like | Where to look |
|---|---|---|
| Head-and-shoulders crop only | Trousers and shoes invented, outfit changing during the run | 0 to 5 s |
| Sunglasses or a hand near the mouth | A weak or changing scream | 14 s to the end |
| A sports kit in the photo | The joke lost: you look like one of the players | Whole clip |
| Heavy filter or overlay in the photo | Texture lingering on the face in the close-up | The scream |
| Another person in the photo | A second face appearing on a fan or player | Whole clip |
Fix it with one change
Change one thing, then re-run, so you learn which change helped. Each run is charged at the quote the studio shows.
| What is wrong | One change to try |
|---|---|
| The face drifts during the scream | Use a sharper, front-facing photo with the mouth and jaw clearly visible |
| The outfit changes during the run | Use a full-body photo in the outfit you want |
| The player mouths the lyrics | Re-run once; the template asks for no lip-sync |
| A logo, team name or number appears | Re-run once; plain uniforms are the template's job, not your photo's |
| A fan or player has your face | Re-run once; if it persists, use a photo with a plain background |
Before you post
Say that the video is AI-made and credit @downey.ai for the original clip. Do not present it as real game footage and do not tag real players or teams. The song contains strong language. Captions and cover for the scream ending has caption ideas and the best cover frames, and which line plays under each move helps if you want to time your text to the hook. For where the clip comes from, see the source page; for another two-player basketball result check, see checking a 1v1 Dunk result.
Checking another October trend? See checking a Studio Neutral Zone result and checking a Beer Spill Kick result.
