Boundary-stretching filmmaker and visual artist Alan Warburton calculates that 99% of his new documentary The Wizard of AI, which was commissioned by the Open Data Institute, was made using generative AI tools. Of course, it’s nowhere near as easy as it might sound. “People have this idea that you can instantly convert your thoughts into […]
Starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe, Poor Things is the latest high profile production to take advantage of virtual production and in-camera visual effects to achieve its desired look. Synposis “Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. […]
It’s been a week and a bit of speaking and hosting engagements for Mondatum, racking up the miles as we went. Z by HP UK Channel Conference – Mercedes-Benz World, Weybridge Wacom North with Scan Computers – Impossible Theatre, Manchester UK Screen Alliance session on AI in VFX in animation – FOCUS 2023, London Sandwiched […]
“Step into a world of creative filmmaking, driven by human talent, and enhanced by AI technologies“ The AI Film Festival (AIFFF) takes place at Expo City Dubai next February. The competition to submit films for consideration is now closed and the judges have begun deliberating. The finalists will be announced in late January, giving us the chance to vote for our Audience Choice award favourite. The awards ceremony itself […]
Stability AI‘s latest, early, experimental “open-weights” image-to-video synthesis tool, Stable Video Diffusion, consists of two models: one, “SVD”, can produce image-to-video synthesis at 14 frames of length another, “SVD-XT”, generates 25 frames They can operate at varying speeds from 3 to 30 frames per second, and output short (typically 2-4 second-long) MP4 video clips at […]
During a panel discussion at the recent Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, former Dreamworks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg told moderator Timothy L O’Brien that three years from now, thanks to AI (machine learning), completing a world-class animated film will require 90% less time and labour than when he was making them. “I don’t know […]