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Cute and well made job. I suspected that the video simply took a standard Nixon televised speech and used CGI to remake just the lower half of his face (thus th
by shadowprofile77 6y ago
Cute and well made job. I suspected that the video simply took a standard Nixon televised speech and used CGI to remake just the lower half of his face (thus the odd head movements even though his words and lips synced correctly, and if you look closely you can see that the lower part of his face looks somehow "cleaner" than the upper half), what stumped me a bit though was the audio. His voice sounds odd but recognizably his own, especially since Nixon had a rather unique voice. so I thought maybe they cut together words he'd said in different recorded contexts and digitally modulated the audio to construct a speech with an even tone, but no, they actually faked his voice, which impresses me more than the face CGI.
- chrisdalke 6y agoI don't think they are using conventional CGI techniques to "remake" his mouth/lips and lower face, if that is what you are suggesting. Seems like the dialog replacement is using a technology called VDR: https://www.fxguide.com/quicktakes/cannyai-vdr-face-replacement-as-a-service/ https://www.fxguide.com/quicktakes/cannyai-vdr-face-replacem.... There's a demo video on that page and some more details about the technique.
- shadowprofile77 6y agoSorry, maybe I'm conflating terminology, but I was referring to the use of AI and digital editing to reconstruct the lower part of his face so that it looks real while moving in ways that are false and say things he didn't actually say. This is what they did in some way at least, no?
- chrisdalke 6y agoYeah, I see your point, AI-generated CGI is still CGI!