If you saw the new Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga film in theaters and also thought to yourself, “Man, they did a great job of casting the child actor playing the younger version of Anya Taylor-Joy’s character Furiosa because she looks almost just like her.” Well, we have some interesting news to share with you.Alyla Browne plays the younger Furiosa in the film and we actually see her at what is supposed to be a couple of different ages, and while Browne does resemble Taylor-Joy quite a bit indeed, Taylor-Joy has revealed in an interview on The Kelly Clarkson Show that George Miller and the Furiosa team used AI to blend Taylor-Joy’s face with Browne’s own to make the resemblance even more pronounced.Taylor-Joy goes on to share that AI was also used in Fury Road and her thoughts on the use of AI in film which can be “frightening” when not consensual. Let’s explore.AI in Furiosa: A Mad Max SagaIn a film, and with a filmmaker, so highly regarded for its use of practical effects and stunts, it’s a bit odd to hear that Furiosa (and Fury Road even) used AI as part of its process. Of course, though it would make sense that everything you see on the screen wasn’t shot in-camera as that’s incredibly rare and hard to do these days.Furiosa most certainly used plenty of visual effects and other digital VFX for large parts of its productions. Which, when done as well as in Furiosa and Fury...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 30 May, 2024