Chung Nguyen

Documentary director and soul gangster making films that capture the poetic and profound. 👉

[Chung Nguyen @chungwinner]

Very honored to have my latest short film featured in Short of the Week. 👇🏆

[Short of the Week @ShortoftheWeek]

Filmmakers Dan and Rhiannon Humes craft their fans' dreams and fantasies into personalized, custom videos. Watch the short doc 'Dream World' from @chungwinner --> https://t.co/nwjNPKiLE8

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@craftcapitallab Thanks!

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@techhalla AI creators like Matt spend too much trying to justify AI usage by tearing down the film industry.

I like your content bc you just stick to delivering useful knowledge.

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@aimikoda @MartiniArt_ How much of the individual shot choices and directions per per shot is your direction and how much do you leave to an LLM?

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@lexx_aura People have been getting millions of views on YouTube, making their own content without the need of any studio for 2 decades now. Storytelling ability is the real gatekeeper.

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@CharaspowerAI You're the king of epic shit happening in one shot lol.

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@jerrod_lew This is awesome!

What if I want the same character for different locations?

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@Lucas_Shaw At what interest rate would studios be more likely to start borrowing again for slate financing deals? And in the current market, what criteria are banks using to evaluate which film slates are worth financing?

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@bstuartTI @c_valenzuelab @PsyopAnime Y did you need to do that all nighters? Was there a deadline?

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@TheCinesthetic I agree the series lost steam, but it also kept the same people employed for ten years, in front and behind the camera.

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@astro_jaz 3/5. The beginning and the battle sequence on the moon was sick AF. Great cinematography.

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@DarthDaddio @TheCinesthetic Way better than the movie.

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@higgsfield How true is the statement that you did it in 4 days? You wrote, rendered, and edited everything in 4 days?

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@ngahpham @SheenaGreitens @nytimes @dhpierson Why Laos?

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@techhalla That's a handsome fella.

How do you denoise and reduce HDR effect. And what the heck is HDR effect. =)

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@newstart_2024 @grok is this true?

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@kevinvdahlgren The truth is nobody really knows although many claim to be certain. As regular people who don’t have the power to shape the arc of history, we are forced to wait and see.

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@plantmath1 Jesus what happened to crwd?

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@TheRabbitHole Now do another graph…Hollywood production jobs vs interest rates. Why is this important? Because film production is funded with debt.

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Most #AI video ads lose me in the first few seconds. They either throw flashy visuals at you or look polished but feel generic. I wanted to try something different.

I made an AI video ad for My Rental Spot built around a simple idea: by using their app to automate property management, you get your time back for the things you actually love. So instead of leaning on visuals alone, I focused on characters and hobbies.

I built this using @freepik , which lets you work across different AI models. I created images first in Nano Banana, then turned those images into video using AI video models. I used @Kling_ai and Veo to animate most of the shots. But I ran into a problem trying to animate a grandma skateboarding. As I animated her doing tricks, the motion would break or the image quality would fall apart as the shot moved away from the first frame.

Switching to @grok fixed that. It handled action much better, with stronger physics, and held image quality as the shot evolved. The only limitation was its 720 resolution cap, so I used @topazlabs to upscale the footage.

For voiceover and music, I used @ElevenLabs. It’s known for VO, but what really surprised me was how good the music was. It’s hands down the best AI music tool I've used.

Part way through making the video, I ran into a different problem. It just felt kind of generic. I realized I was letting the AI make too many of the creative decisions.

What this project really reinforced is that the "secret sauce" isn't just knowing the tools; it’s understanding the filmmaking choices you’d make on a real set. If you let the AI choose the cinematography, set design, character, and tone, it will give you "generic" by default. It doesn't have your taste or personality unless you manually bring those elements to the table.

I had a great time building this. Take a watch and tell me what you think.