Sean Ward

From selling my art on a street corner to 4M+ subs on YouTube, I build indie empires. Now using AI to build the future of original IP.

[Sean Ward @seanward]

The indie film community is having a collective breakdown over A24 embracing the "slop machine." In this video, we break down why the gatekeepers are panicking, and why generative tech has always been about punching above your weight class.

Plus, incredible new work from:
@dustinhollywood & @stages_ai
@PJaccetturo
@BrentLynch
@CaptainHaHaa
@Artedeingenio
@JoshDaws
@minchoi

And a free gift for those who watch to the end!

[Sean Ward @seanward]

@SecessionS32837 the point is the irony, not whether or not the guy can find voice actors

[Sean Ward @seanward]

Here is what the "velvet rope" actually looks like in practice.

An independent filmmaker tries to hire and pay human voice actors for a project leveraging generative visual tools. The legacy guilds threaten to blackball the actors, forcing the creator to use AI voices instead.

The old guard is so desperate to maintain control that they are actively killing the exact human jobs they claim to protect.

The irony is so glaring that I need sunglasses.

[Fugazy Films AI @FugazyFilmsAI]

One of the greatest challenges I've faced in trying to get the production of Star Mage off the ground is once I decided to make it with AI, the voice actors I had started to leave me - because their guild is telling them that if you work on a production made with generative AI - you will be blackballed in the industry. I didn't want to use AI voices for this production. I wanted to use actual real voice actors, paid and compensated for their work. But the guild stance may force me to do something I don't want to do - and I can't believe how shortsighted that is. The right way for studios to use AI is not to erase the people who make movies. It is to give those people better ways to test ideas, communicate vision, and solve production problems. If the tool serves the filmmaker, it belongs in the toolbox.

[Sean Ward @seanward]

@FugazyFilmsAI Fuck it, I'll do it.

[Sean Ward @seanward]

@anthum_ai This touches on what I was saying about how people don't yet have the critical eye to know what's a sketch in a sketchbook and what's an oil painting when it comes to AI creations. That applies to the artists as well.

[Sean Ward @seanward]

@minhsmind Perhaps it's that the distinction is disappearing. I only open Premiere and Photoshop to do what AI can't. Soon enough it will be a real-time conversation where the canvas adjusts in front of you as you talk it out.

[Sean Ward @seanward]

@TheoMediaAI That's kind of nuts! They say that now, about keeping them separate. but what about when some future department head decides to merge them in the name of efficiency?

[Sean Ward @seanward]

@brianjamesgage @Kickstarter Add Canada as a shipping destination! Or make a special exception for me. I need the trading cards!!!

[Sean Ward @seanward]

@JayneshKasliwal Focus on the guests having a great party and that's how timeless memories are made

[Sean Ward @seanward]

@CaptainHaHaa PS: I'm not joking. One more with the Galactic Foxes! Everyone needs it.

[Sean Ward @seanward]

The indie film community is having a collective breakdown over A24 embracing the "slop machine." In this video, we break down why the gatekeepers are panicking, and why generative tech has always been about punching above your weight class.

Plus, incredible new work from:
@dustinhollywood & @stages_ai
@PJaccetturo
@BrentLynch
@CaptainHaHaa
@Artedeingenio
@JoshDaws
@minchoi

And a free gift for those who watch to the end!

[Sean Ward @seanward]

@CaptainHaHaa Something tells me I'm going to have something new to talk about with your name attached to it, very frequently...

[Sean Ward @seanward]

@E_Iryolis Sure thing, bot.

[Sean Ward @seanward]

Watching the timeline panic over A24 embracing "the slop machine" is hilarious.

Independent film has never been about the purity of the friction; it’s about punching above your weight class. A24 understands that generative tech is the ultimate force multiplier for taste and vision.

If you are mad that your favorite indie studio is adopting the most powerful creative engine in history, you don't love film. You love the velvet rope.

[Undeniable: The Climate Emergency Network @UndeniableNtwrk]

A24 has betrayed the film community by going all in on the slop machine. Such a huge disappointment.

[Sean Ward @seanward]

@dustinhollywood Well damn let's get on it!!!!!

[Sean Ward @seanward]

@JoshDaws @wdwpro1 Ooohh I just didn't watch the episode yet. I have been watching that channel for years and years

[Sean Ward @seanward]

@JoshDaws looks like Mary Sue crossed the pop culture Rubicon! This just got served to me in my YouTube recommendations. A channel that covers the pop culture and movies just put her in the thumbnail

[Sean Ward @seanward]

@_ChaoticGood42 Yeah well obviously she didn't get them

[Sean Ward @seanward]

@majidmanzarpour Now you gotta get an arcade cabinet to put it in

[Sean Ward @seanward]

@david_vipernz awesome results

[Sean Ward @seanward]

@misslaidlaw Thats like Elvis Presley wearing those "I Hate Elvis" badges