Hollywood has already been toying with generative AI video tools for film and TV production, but with varying results and an existential threat to workers in visual effects and other postproduction work especially.
So the promise and peril of Sora, Sam Altman’s newly-unveiled text-to-video technology from OpenAI that claims to create highly detailed visual scenes from simple text prompts dominated a discussion on AI and worldbuilding in film and TV at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday.
Dave Clark, a Los Angeles director and early-adopter of AI tools represented by Secret Level, argued, rather than feel threatened, creators need to embrace AI technologies for content never yet imagined or realized. “This is game changing with what we’re dealing with. You shouldn’t fear your job. You should fear the person who uses these tools,” Clark argued.
The Sora system can seemingly produce videos of complex scenes with multiple characters,...
So the promise and peril of Sora, Sam Altman’s newly-unveiled text-to-video technology from OpenAI that claims to create highly detailed visual scenes from simple text prompts dominated a discussion on AI and worldbuilding in film and TV at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday.
Dave Clark, a Los Angeles director and early-adopter of AI tools represented by Secret Level, argued, rather than feel threatened, creators need to embrace AI technologies for content never yet imagined or realized. “This is game changing with what we’re dealing with. You shouldn’t fear your job. You should fear the person who uses these tools,” Clark argued.
The Sora system can seemingly produce videos of complex scenes with multiple characters,...
- 2/17/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Billed as “the first horror festival of France,” this year’s “Bloody Week-end” event is headed to Bourgogne Franche-Comté on May 20, 2023 for the 14th annual celebration.
Festival founder Loïc Bugnon tells us, “The Bloody Week-end Festival is a unique French cultural event, bringing together a Fantastic & Horror movies convention, and an international short movies competition. Professionals from cinema are part of the jury and deliver awards for fan fictions, independent movies and animated movies.
“The Bloody Week-end is a meeting place for Fantastic cinema fans, but also for different artists: painters, sculptors, photographers, writers, novels or comic books authors, makeup artists. You will also find many animations, live shows, conferences, cosplay and make-up contests, interactive games, and more throughout the three days of the festival.”
This year’s “Bloody Week-end” will be attended by filmmaker/musician Tom McLoughlin, who will be presenting screenings of his movies including One Dark Night...
Festival founder Loïc Bugnon tells us, “The Bloody Week-end Festival is a unique French cultural event, bringing together a Fantastic & Horror movies convention, and an international short movies competition. Professionals from cinema are part of the jury and deliver awards for fan fictions, independent movies and animated movies.
“The Bloody Week-end is a meeting place for Fantastic cinema fans, but also for different artists: painters, sculptors, photographers, writers, novels or comic books authors, makeup artists. You will also find many animations, live shows, conferences, cosplay and make-up contests, interactive games, and more throughout the three days of the festival.”
This year’s “Bloody Week-end” will be attended by filmmaker/musician Tom McLoughlin, who will be presenting screenings of his movies including One Dark Night...
- 5/17/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Visual Effects Society has announced the nominations for the 13th Annual Ves awards "the prestigious yearly celebration that recognizes outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film, animation, television, commercials and video games and the VFX supervisors, VFX producers and hands-on-the-keys artists who bring this work to life."
Ves members selected the nominees and Laika's "The Boxtrolls," Disney's "Big Hero 6," and Fox's "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" topped the nominations receiving 5 nods each.
The Visual Effects Society (Ves) is a global professional honorary society and the entertainment industry's only organization representing the full breadth of visual effects practitioners including artists, technologists, model makers, educators, studio executives, supervisors, PR/marketing specialists and producers. Ves. almost 3,000 members in 33 countries worldwide contribute to all areas of entertainment . film, television, commercials, animation, music videos, games and new media. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the Ves has member Sections in Australia, Bay Area (CA), London,...
Ves members selected the nominees and Laika's "The Boxtrolls," Disney's "Big Hero 6," and Fox's "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" topped the nominations receiving 5 nods each.
The Visual Effects Society (Ves) is a global professional honorary society and the entertainment industry's only organization representing the full breadth of visual effects practitioners including artists, technologists, model makers, educators, studio executives, supervisors, PR/marketing specialists and producers. Ves. almost 3,000 members in 33 countries worldwide contribute to all areas of entertainment . film, television, commercials, animation, music videos, games and new media. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the Ves has member Sections in Australia, Bay Area (CA), London,...
- 1/14/2015
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Visual Effects Society has announced the nominees for its 13th Annual Ves Awards, which recognize outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film, animation, television, commercials and video games. Among the nominees — Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, Guardians of the Galaxy, Interstellar, Maleficent, The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies and X-Men: Days Of Future Past – for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture. The awards will be held February 4 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. See the complete list below.
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Joe Letteri
Ryan Stafford
Matt Kutcher
Dan Lemmon
Hannah Blanchini
Guardians of the Galaxy
Stephane Ceretti
Susan Pickett
Jonathan Fawkner
Nicolas Aithadi
Paul Corbould
Interstellar
Paul Franklin
Kevin Elam
Ann Podlozny
Andrew Lockley
Scott Fisher
Maleficent
Carey Villegas...
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Joe Letteri
Ryan Stafford
Matt Kutcher
Dan Lemmon
Hannah Blanchini
Guardians of the Galaxy
Stephane Ceretti
Susan Pickett
Jonathan Fawkner
Nicolas Aithadi
Paul Corbould
Interstellar
Paul Franklin
Kevin Elam
Ann Podlozny
Andrew Lockley
Scott Fisher
Maleficent
Carey Villegas...
- 1/13/2015
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
Did you know that Dougray Scott was cast to play Wolverine, in the summer blockbuster X-Men? He had to leave the project because of his work on Mission: Impossible II. Did you know that in Batman: Forever, strings can be seen on the helicopter after it explodes against the "Lady Liberty" statue? Did you know that Simon Weisse, prop-maker of Hellboy, was an uncredited model maker for Inglorious Basterds!?
Of course you did! And it's all thanks to the Internet Movie Database, IMDb.com... which turned 20 today, October 17th, 2010.
Nerds, cinemaphiles, and popular comicbook/pop culture bloggers have been turning to this amazing source of sometimes useless, sometimes shocking, always acutely specific database of movies and television information now for two whole decades. Just ask yourself, where would you be without it? How many bar fights did you prevent by using your iPhone to assure your comrades that Wil Wheaton...
Of course you did! And it's all thanks to the Internet Movie Database, IMDb.com... which turned 20 today, October 17th, 2010.
Nerds, cinemaphiles, and popular comicbook/pop culture bloggers have been turning to this amazing source of sometimes useless, sometimes shocking, always acutely specific database of movies and television information now for two whole decades. Just ask yourself, where would you be without it? How many bar fights did you prevent by using your iPhone to assure your comrades that Wil Wheaton...
- 10/18/2010
- by Marc Alan Fishman
- Comicmix.com
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