I just beat the case: walk out of court free, starring you

How to make an I Just Beat The Case video yourself

You do not need this page to make one. This is how the video is put together, with the prompts for every shot, so you can build it with any picture model and image-to-video model you like.

1. Step 1

   Draw the opening at the doors from a full-body photo

   Use a picture model that takes a reference photo and draw the opening still from one full-body photo: close up, in the doorway of a big stone courthouse, one hand on the glass door, grinning. Ask for exactly the clothes in the photo, every layer of them: told less, one of our test stills this close swapped a suit jacket for a T-shirt. Describe the doors, the brick walkway and the pillars in full, and say there is no sign, lettering, seal or flag anywhere.

2. Step 2

   Draw the other four from the first one

   For the finger point, the flex, the skips and the bounce back, give the picture model your photo and the opening still as a second reference, and ask it to keep the clothes and the courthouse from that still but draw the framing and the pose you describe. Name the clothes every time, every layer down to the collar: our close stills of the point and the flex took a suit jacket off, or swapped the shirt under it for a T-shirt, until they did. Drawn on their own, each still makes up a different building and different shoes.

3. Step 3

   Animate each still and cut on the sound

   Give each still to an image-to-video model with the move spelt out at the start of the prompt. Trim the doors to 2.7 seconds, the finger point to 1.4, the flex to 1.3, the skips to 4.1 and the bounce back to 4.3, lay them end to end at 9:16 with hard cuts, and add the trend sound from its start on TikTok: the beat lands on the cut to the skips.

The shots, second by second

The prompts, shot by shot

Each shot is made in two steps. Give its still prompt to a picture model with your photo as the reference, then give the picture it draws to an image-to-video model with the motion prompt. Add these endings to every prompt: they set the look and keep the faces the same from shot to shot.

1. 0–2.7sOut the doors

   Still prompt

   Copy

   A close shot from the chest up: the head and shoulders of the person in the reference photo, wearing exactly the clothes they wear in the photo, every layer of them down to the collar, fill the frame as they stand in the doorway of the front of a big modern stone courthouse on a bright, sunny afternoon: tall glass doors in dark metal frames, a wide covered walkway paved with red brick, a row of tall square pale stone pillars holding up its flat roof, trees beyond. Nothing anywhere has a sign, lettering, seal, flag or logo on it, and the glass has nothing printed on it. One hand is flat on the edge of the tall glass door beside them at shoulder height, pushing it wide open, as they are about to step out toward the camera. Their face is in full view, their eyes about a third of the way down the picture, chin up, with a huge, cocky, triumphant grin, teeth showing. Nobody else is on the walkway.

   Motion prompt

   Copy

   They shove the glass door wide open, stride out through it toward the camera with a swagger, arms swinging, and call out a few words to the camera, grinning. The camera backs away in front of them at the same pace, a little shaky. It stays the same sunny afternoon at the same building throughout: the light does not change.

2. 2.7–4.1sThe finger point

   Still prompt

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   A close shot from the chest up: the head and shoulders of the person in the reference photo fill the frame, wearing exactly the clothes they wear in the photo and in the other frame, every layer of them down to the collar, just outside the open glass doors of the front of a big modern stone courthouse on a bright, sunny afternoon: tall glass doors in dark metal frames, a wide covered walkway paved with red brick, a row of tall square pale stone pillars holding up its flat roof, trees beyond. Nothing anywhere has a sign, lettering, seal, flag or logo on it, and the glass has nothing printed on it. One hand is raised beside their face, index finger pointed straight at the lens and thumb cocked up, elbow out, their face in full view, their eyes about a third of the way down the picture, with a huge, cocky, triumphant grin, teeth showing. Nobody else is on the walkway.

   Motion prompt

   Copy

   Immediately they jab the pointed index finger straight at the lens three times, flicking the thumb down with each jab, the finger aimed at the lens the whole time, never up or away, and say a few words, grinning. The camera keeps backing away slowly, a little shaky. It stays the same sunny afternoon at the same building throughout: the light does not change.

3. 4.1–5.4sThe flex

   Still prompt

   Copy

   A close shot from the waist up: their head, chest and raised arms fill the frame, and everything below their belt is out of the picture. The person in the reference photo, wearing exactly the clothes they wear in the photo and in the other frame, every layer of them down to the collar, stands just outside the open glass doors of the front of a big modern stone courthouse on a bright, sunny afternoon: tall glass doors in dark metal frames, a wide covered walkway paved with red brick, a row of tall square pale stone pillars holding up its flat roof, trees beyond. Nothing anywhere has a sign, lettering, seal, flag or logo on it, and the glass has nothing printed on it. Both arms are raised in a double-bicep flex, elbows out at shoulder height and hands up beside their head, chest puffed out, leaning toward the camera, face in full view, mouth wide open in a triumphant roar. Nobody else is on the walkway.

   Motion prompt

   Copy

   Immediately they roar at the camera with their mouth wide open, holding the double-bicep flex and shaking it hard, leaning in toward the lens. The camera shakes a little. It stays the same sunny afternoon at the same building throughout: the light does not change.

4. 5.4–9.5sThe skips

   Still prompt

   Copy

   A full-body shot on the covered walkway of the front of a big modern stone courthouse on a bright, sunny afternoon: tall glass doors in dark metal frames, a wide covered walkway paved with red brick, a row of tall square pale stone pillars holding up its flat roof, trees beyond. Nothing anywhere has a sign, lettering, seal, flag or logo on it, and the glass has nothing printed on it. The row of pillars runs behind them. The person in the reference photo, in their own clothes from the photo, is mid-skip: up on one foot on the brick paving, the other knee kicked up high in front, arms swinging, their body turned three-quarters toward the camera, face in full view, with a huge, cocky, triumphant grin, teeth showing. Seen head to toe about four metres away, shoes on the bricks. Nobody else is on the walkway.

   Motion prompt

   Copy

   They skip sideways along the walkway past the pillars, kicking one leg up high in front on every beat and then the other, about two skips a second, bouncing hard, arms pumping, face toward the camera, never turning their back to it. The camera tracks alongside them, keeping them head to toe in the frame. It stays the same sunny afternoon at the same building throughout: the light does not change.

5. 9.5–13.8sThe bounce back

   Still prompt

   Copy

   A full-body shot looking down the covered walkway of the front of a big modern stone courthouse on a bright, sunny afternoon: tall glass doors in dark metal frames, a wide covered walkway paved with red brick, a row of tall square pale stone pillars holding up its flat roof, trees beyond. Nothing anywhere has a sign, lettering, seal, flag or logo on it, and the glass has nothing printed on it. The pillars run along one side. The person in the reference photo, in their own clothes from the photo, faces the camera about five metres away, one arm thrust straight up overhead in celebration, knees bent in a bounce, face in full view, with a huge, cocky, triumphant grin, teeth showing. Seen head to toe, shoes on the bricks. Nobody else is on the walkway.

   Motion prompt

   Copy

   Immediately they pump one arm up at the sky three times and bounce toward the camera on bent knees, a hop on every beat, then stop close in front of it and drop into a wide, low squat, both arms spread out wide, grinning into the lens. The camera holds still as they come to it. It stays the same sunny afternoon at the same building throughout: the light does not change.

Where it goes wrong

• Use a full-body photo, not a selfie

  Most of the walkout is seen head to toe: the skips and the bounce back are all legs. From a head-and-shoulders photo the model has to make up your trousers and shoes, and it makes them up differently in every still. One photo with your whole body in it, in good light, keeps the outfit the same throughout.

• Put the move first in the short shots

  The finger point and the flex are on screen for less than a second and a half each. A video model takes its time getting into a move, so draw the still already in the pose, start the motion prompt with the move, and trim from the start of the clip, or the part you keep is someone getting ready.

• Keep the face to the camera on the skips

  In the original he turns his back on the way down the walkway. Ask a video model for that and the face often comes round changed. Have the skips travel sideways with the body turned toward the camera, and start the bounce back already facing it.

• Keep words off the building

  Say courthouse and a picture model carves a name over the door, prints words on the glass and puts up flags and seals. Say in every still that there is no sign, lettering, seal, flag or logo anywhere, and that nothing is printed on the glass.

• Only people who said yes

  Use your own photo or one of someone who agreed. Do not use celebrities, the man from the original clip, or anyone who has not agreed to be in the video: a realistic video of a real person walking out of court, made without their consent, can hurt them, and platforms take it down.

• Label it as AI-generated

  Switch on TikTok's AI-generated content label before you post. A realistic clip of someone walking out of a courthouse is exactly the kind people take at face value, and viewers trust a post that says so.