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Filmmakers @DougRoland JC Bond from @TheAcademy discuss tech for good: more eco-friendly filmmaking at @HWClimateSummit
Digital scripts, apps, reduce paper
Zoom mtgs and VFX can reduce travel / gas / carbon footprint
Editing: no film!
iPhones let more people tell stories
Climate Games tell stories @erikaishii at @HWClimateSummit
🦊 Alaskan tribe + @ELineMedia created Never Alone game about Eskimo girl and fox to solve puzzles. Game $ supports tribe
🦀 Another Crab's Treasure: you are a crab exploring microplastic polluted ocean @NRDC
AI is following typical Hollywood reaction to new technology, said speaker at AI on the Lot:
Fear,
strikes,
protests,
lawsuits
....
then it's ok.
@aionthelot
AI Investors panel at Stage 15 volume at Culver Studios @aionthelot
Trends: new problems being solved
Founders should have domain expertise
What is distribution for AI gen content beyond social media?
How can AI creators beat algorithm, get seen, monetize and engage fans?
Director Gareth Edwards at @aionthelot
- AI is good for iteration and discovery
- AI is like giving people an electric guitar: anyone can strum, but only a few will make a hit song
- Tough to beat algorithm now to get your content seen
'If I was in this era I'd be f'd!'
Director Gareth Edwards (Rogue One, Creator) said filmmakers can use AI to suggest edit shots, experiment, explore new ideas at @aionthelot
'I view it as having a second unit director who is a billionaire on acid.' - May be batshit crazy
It will help you enter but not win
AI and Fandom: AI tools can let fans create AI gen content for toys, games and new IP
However, most Hollywood studios film/TV IP owners currently don't want fans to use gen AI with their characters/ IP.
@aionthelot@BITKRAFTVC@candiceafia@wideworlds_
AI Film Studios show their work @aionthelot
Most use AI for ads, and short films, vertical videos, micro dramas
Gen AI used for backgrounds, VFX (fire, flood, explosions), action sequences, realistic / talking animals etc, would otherwise be $$$$
#aionthelot
Tools to create AI influencers:
@TheBlurStudio started w Google Veo 3, now uses Seedance 2.0, Kling 2.6. Google NanoBanana (so char looks same).
Made Granny Spills, 2M followers in a year
@DollyDoesVlogs: NanoBanana for images, GPT image 2.0 gen, Seedance 2.0
@aionthelot
AI influencers like @DollyDoesVlogs are on rise, less expensive at @aionthelot
Measure response via social engagement
People know it's AI; don't care if humor relates, and not trying to be real
Indie, CPG brands experimenting
@TheBlurStudio creates AI chars to reach demos
At @aionthelot opening keynote with Amazon Studios Albert Cheng mod by @datashogun
- 3 new animation series approved from GenAI Creator fund by AWS @AmazonMGMStudio using Project Nara AI platform
- Even haters need to try AI
- AI can help keep jobs in LA
Kristen Bell, Adam Brody, cast and crew at Nobody Wants This, S2 panel
Kristen wanted to film in LA to be with family, spoke up, so it's in LA. Cast / crew get to stay in LA. Their happiness shows on screen
LA is a character
On S2, easier to get music and celeb guests
Jason Bateman talks about Black Rabbit series at Netflix FYSEE in Hollywood.
Black Rabbit is a gritty look at a NYC restaurant, based on the real Spotted Pig restaurant founded by indie musicians.
Jason Bateman and Jude Law play struggling brothers who founded the restaurant
Oscar Isaac at Beef cast FYSEE panel at a country club - like in show
Origin: Writer / director heard a neighbor argument, that became kickoff scene
Show is about 2 couples, class, and hapa Korean-American
Charles Melton was cast first
The @artofcostume Design panel Netflix FYSEE
Stranger Things: Eleven wore 20 custom wetsuits by @bodyglove
Beef: country club +relaxed beachside look. Burberry dog costumes match Lindsay's
Nobody Wants This: Noah adds more color. Purim costumes like Madonna made in 2 days
Neonika museum opened up in DTLA. Walk thru several neon immersive rooms:
Disconnect: maze
Reflection: mirrors w light volume
Resonance: sound columns
Synthesis: jellyfish garden
Lullaby: teddy bears
Overflow: ball pit
Pink: shag