the Prince of Marqueness

a cautionary tale to which I hope my children take heed. I sometimes make drawings, music & theatre. he/him

[the Prince of Marqueness @basest]

The wait in the drive thru shouldn't be so long that the shame sets in BEFORE you eat the food. #longjohnsilvers #dontjudgeme #fb

[Reid Southen @Rahll]

I've said this from the beginning about using AI for storyboards.

They're meant to support the filmmaking process and present a target for a scene's action, camera, blocking, etc. They're meant help direct the story, not be a photoreal or literal representation what will end up on screen, that's a different part of the process.

By using AI for storyboards, you're inadvertently designing everything else about the film at the exact same time you're boarding, whether you intend to or not. Because of the literal representation that ends up on screen, you also end up crafting the look and feel of the film rather then crafting than just the action.

Keeping these tasks separate ensures flexibility and maximum creativity and allows deep focus on each thing. The nature of storyboards allows the viewer to interpret and fill in those visuals without the risk of becoming married to what the boards are showing them. It allows everyone to be maximally creative without being constrained by all the other moving parts, and that includes the storyboard artists.

When you're doing concept design, visual look development, cinematography, blocking, etc. simultaneously, it's taking a multitude of highly specialized jobs from skilled individuals and compressing them into prompts that one person is running and evaluating.

Some would argue, "That's efficiency!" but no, it's a loss of control and focus. By doing 10 jobs at once, you're handing off a lot of the 'decision making' to the AI.

Even if you intend to change a lot of it, letting AI be an early entry point in the process will almost certainly influence the overall direction and look of the film. And the worst part is that so much of the creativity and decision making is just a feedback loop on what the AI is presenting to you. The more someone relies on such a thing, the more its inherent biases and weights will influence what makes it into the work.

Martin Scorsese has never been average, but he's engaging with a technology that is literally and mathematically... average. He hasn't needed it in 83 years, he doesn't need it now.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Can we make a reality show where boomers have to apply for jobs in 2026 using their own advice and see how quickly they have a mental breakdown?

[Frank Rundatz @FrankRundatz]

“Penetration pricing” is the term used when a company burns through Venture Capital money selling a product under its cost to build market share.

Remember how cheap Uber and Lyft used to be? VCs subsidized the drivers and the riders for years. Then they went public and now it costs me $20 for a 3 minute ride down the road.

DoorDash, Uber Eats, Instacart.

MoviePass, Netflix, Hulu.

All of these companies sold below cost to get market share then massively raised their prices, added ads, diminished their products, etc.

AI today is no different. OpenAI and Anthropic are giving us all cheap rides. To do that, they’re selling $1.00 for 10 cents.

Get it while you can before a different kind of penetration begins.

[the Prince of Marqueness @basest]

An opinion written by a guy who exclusively reads James Patterson

[Anon Opin. @anon_opin]

Only lazy, talentless hacks get gigs "writing" books under a more famous dead author's byline. If their own named work was any good, it'd be published on its own merit. And shame on the author's estate for allowing these hacks to besmirch the reputation of the late author.

[Boots Riley @BootsRiley]

We know I Love Boosters is doing well in Bay Area, LA, NYC, Atlanta and Chicago-

But theater workers Reddit saying I Love Boosters is packing them in in Cincinnati, Baltimore, and I've even heard about Orlando

Unfortunately, we have low awareness overall & less so in many areas

[the Prince of Marqueness @basest]

@squidthekid234 @hausofdecline Lol. I do.

[sami @samspainteacup]

Don't use AI to write your posts. Use your 3am psychotic breaks like a true artist

[the Prince of Marqueness @basest]

@Variety fuck that bullshit. The old guard is taking a paycheck and losing respect

[the Prince of Marqueness @basest]

@WhiteHouse so... an erect building vs a flaccid pool?

[the Prince of Marqueness @basest]

lol…my shitty typing + Apple’s shitty autocorrect turned “demonstrated” into “demons” and even so, I was retweeted by Boots…but also, I think @BootsRiley has Intention Demons, so it probably made sense to him. Love that guy and his vision.

[the Prince of Marqueness @basest]

If you’ve seen I Love Boosters, you’ll understand the intention demons in every shot. Boots Riley started with some pretty tough storyboards. You NEVER needed an AI to decide what they look like for you.

[the Prince of Marqueness @basest]

@WhiteHouse support from whom? Just like everybody else and your fucking administration nobody has the experience the knowledge or the integrity do the job right

[the Prince of Marqueness @basest]

If you’ve seen I Love Boosters, you’ll understand the intention demons in every shot. Boots Riley started with some pretty tough storyboards. You NEVER needed an AI to decide what they look like for you.

[Boots Riley @BootsRiley]

Some of my TERRIBLY DRAWN storyboards for I Love Boosters. Later- we did have an amazing artist re-do them, but planned through most of prep using these. It worked. You don't have to use AI to do this shit.

[mary @elaine_stritch]

i saw goody proctor using ai

[the Prince of Marqueness @basest]

@pants there's currently something wrong with the store... not sure if it's a shopify outage, or if it's your site specifically

[the Prince of Marqueness @basest]

Clearly Scorsese has been frustrated throughout his career, and has never been able to achieve his vision until now. Finally, through the power of AI, we’ll get to see a good film from this man!

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Martin Scorsese has joined a generative AI startup as a partner and advisor.

He adds that he has used AI during pre-production to help with storyboarding — “with this tool, I can share what I’m visualizing more clearly & efficiently to my creative team — the production designer, art designer and cinematographer.”

(Source: https://t.co/LJlx5ylxvr)

[scha·den·freu·de  @BlisterPearl]

"Trickle down economics doesn't work, so let's try piñata economics. That's the one where we beat the billionaires until the hoarded wealth falls out."

[the Prince of Marqueness @basest]

It stinks!

[CONSEQUENCE @consequence]

The Critic appears poised for a comeback.

Al Jean, who co-created the short-lived but still beloved animated series, is already on board for the revival and series star Jon Lovitz also has a deal in the works to return.

https://t.co/FfaCFdoWlS

[Todd Spence @Todd_Spence]

In 1980, Richard Pryor agreed to an interview with a Mormon high school public access station while on his lunch break from filming STIR CRAZY in Arizona, but literally none of the footage was usable for tv because Pryor was high on cocaine and let it all loose