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There are still some issues to be worked out, such as how the head shape distorts in some examples, but overall, this is very, very impressive work. Back in th
by ansible 4y ago
There are still some issues to be worked out, such as how the head shape distorts in some examples, but overall, this is very, very impressive work.
Back in the old days, Disney and other animation studios rotoscoped actors performances by drawing over the original image (by hand) each frame. It won't be long now before you just have an artist create a few examples of concept art, and just video the performances of the actors without much / any special setup other than maybe wearing a tracking suit.
How many years away are we from the point where you can just type in a script (or just put in some writing prompts and have an AI generate a script), describe the direction for the actors ("bend over and pick up the bucket", "exit stage left"), and then just churn out a movie?
If you pick up just a little bit of skill with animation, compositing, and such you're a one-person movie studio. Crazy times. This is not what I imagined the future was going to look like, but it will be entertaining.
- keawade 4y agoWe've got AI assisted rotoscoping already and while it looks a bit janky at times its still a whole lot faster than doing it all by hand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq_KOmXyVDo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq_KOmXyVDo
- IntrepidWorm 4y agoInteresting - is it still faster when the artist endeavors to correct the AI jankiness where it occurs? Or at the present day is it more trouble than it's worth?
- anigbrowl 4y agodescribe the direction for the actors What actors? There are a lot of writers who will jump at the opportunity to skip all the translation and re-interpretation by others and directly build the visuals as they go. Some of this will be extremely cringeworthy, but a lot of it will be astonishingly good.
- go_prodev 4y agoWhy stop there? How long until AI can measure my brain response and adjust the script in real time to make the film less predictable, more exciting, relaxing, humorous or engaging based on how I'm feeling? It's not a massive leap from what you described.
- grumbel 4y agoThat's going to get interesting. What makes movies 'great' is not just the movie itself, but the shared experience of others having watched that same movie too. That gets lost when you start doing movies completely customized to the viewer. And once AI is capable of replacing the "social experience" of movie viewing, humanity might not be far away from having rendered itself obsolete.
- nine_k 4y agoA movie controlled by your reactions, with plot development unique for you is a good videogame.
- go_prodev 4y agoWhat if AI could respond to everyone sharing the experience in the room? A group of friends all contributing in some way. Afterwards discussing the parts of the film that they might have been responsible for willing into existence.
- dboon 4y agoNeal Stephenson in The Diamond Age describes precisely this. It’s a lovely read.
- go_prodev 4y agoThanks for the recommendation!
- selfhoster11 4y agoNo, thank you. I would rather not have the film playback software gaslight me in real-time. While I think this idea has a lot of potential, it bugs me too.
- mdonahoe 4y agoJust think of the memes. You'll be able to convert from video into a screenplay, edit some text, then render to video again.