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Incredibly fast vibe directing.
This dark thriller short was created with the help of the new Director tool from OpenArt AI - starting with character reference, location stills, a script, and the vision for the scene. Then give director notes every step of the way.
For this one, I then brought it all into Premiere to give it some extra edit/sound love.
@openart_ai
'All One'
Pilot
Written & Directed by
@gen_ericai
Co-created & edited by
@jordandchesney
Music: Amarcor
First real collaboration for me in this space with Jordan, to whom I'm very grateful. It was so easy to keep him onboard with me in this first short adventure, that said with no doubt 'All One' and Chiara will live further more unusual stories.
We both trully hope you'll enjoy it!
❤️
Eric
If you’re not following @jordandchesney at this point then I don’t know what’s wrong with you 😂 Constantly sharing knowledge…no gatekeeping here. Also please watch the regular uncensored version since X is being lame!
Anyone can get a 90+ second shot with AI, right? Yes!
The first 90 seconds of "The Alliance" are a clear cut example.
HOW you achieve this a pretty straight forward.
But WHY you should do a long shot is the bigger question. After all, storytelling is about communicating very specific things for very specific reasons, and not just doing stuff because it "looks cool".
If you're just flying your camera through an exploding city because it looks cool eventually you're gonna bore your audience.
To me, good blocking and cinematography is all about motivating the audience to genuinely want what I'm withholding.
I want the audience to beg for it!
I want the audience to desire what I'm withholding, so that when I give it to them they are satisfied. And if I want to tell a tragedy, I'll betray that trust and withhold what I've motivated them to desire.
None of this is about tech.
This is all about motivation.
To me, this is what creates a good shot, especially a long shot, because long shots typically ask more of the audience. If you ask for more, you want to give more.
Anyways, most of the conversations surrounding AI filmmaking are about tech, so I wanted to talk a little about the reason behind the tech, the storytelling. I really do hope this helps.
If you want me to breakdown how I got this 90 second shot, just let me know and I'll tell all, but I really do hope "The Alliance" is helpful for more than just the tech. I hope it helps your storytelling.
And I hope you enjoy the ride.
P.S. This is the CENSORED VERSION. See my Highlights for the uncensored version.
Anyone can get a 90+ second shot with AI, right? Yes!
The first 90 seconds of "The Alliance" are a clear cut example.
HOW you achieve this a pretty straight forward.
But WHY you should do a long shot is the bigger question. After all, storytelling is about communicating very specific things for very specific reasons, and not just doing stuff because it "looks cool".
If you're just flying your camera through an exploding city because it looks cool eventually you're gonna bore your audience.
To me, good blocking and cinematography is all about motivating the audience to genuinely want what I'm withholding.
I want the audience to beg for it!
I want the audience to desire what I'm withholding, so that when I give it to them they are satisfied. And if I want to tell a tragedy, I'll betray that trust and withhold what I've motivated them to desire.
None of this is about tech.
This is all about motivation.
To me, this is what creates a good shot, especially a long shot, because long shots typically ask more of the audience. If you ask for more, you want to give more.
Anyways, most of the conversations surrounding AI filmmaking are about tech, so I wanted to talk a little about the reason behind the tech, the storytelling. I really do hope this helps.
If you want me to breakdown how I got this 90 second shot, just let me know and I'll tell all, but I really do hope "The Alliance" is helpful for more than just the tech. I hope it helps your storytelling.
And I hope you enjoy the ride.
P.S. This is the CENSORED VERSION. See my Highlights for the uncensored version.
Someone needs to hear this...
Stop trying to "perfect" your short film.
Give yourself a window of time (let's say 1 week) and see what you can create in that window, and then release it and rinse and repeat.
Because the truth is that once studios and financers start funding your films, these deadlines will only become more demanding. Put your reps in now.
Learn how to create under pressure.
Creating a great film eventually and creating a great film under hard to hit time constraints are two separate skills. Which type of filmmaker is more appealing to studios and financiers?
AI has given us the opportunity to create faster than ever before. Your problem may be insecurity and/or indecisiveness, so push through it as best you can and wrap it up.
I never participated in 48-hour film competitions before AI because I thought all I could create would be crap, but now? Now we can create very cool short films in a very short period of time, so now we should.
Do I wish my short film, "91" was better, more polished? Of course. I made this in 2 days with nothing more than the @runwayml Gen-3 image and video model. I would safely consider that a huge constraint. But now it's on @WonderStudiosX new Wonder TV platform, and financiers are interested in developing it.
I say this to encourage you.
Embrace the pressure. Tie your hands behind your back and see how far you can run in a short period of time.
You won't regret it.
You know that super annoying overlay texture pattern you get on AI images, particularly with Nano Banana Pro and GPT 2.0?
Here's how to get rid of it.
Toss your image into @magnific as a reference, select the Nano Banana Pro model, and prompt:
Recreate this image exactly, detail for detail and restore fidelity, making it high resolution, and crisp, and clear. Exactly maintain the original colors.
Credit to @DavidLaChanceJr for figuring this out.
Hope this helps.