This seemed inevitable to me, but news has finally broken that a fully AI-generated movie is coming. According to a recent article from Mashable (by way of the Wall Street Journal), a new film called Critterz is backed by none other than OpenAI, alongside LA- and London-based partners Native Foreign and Vertigo Films. Their goal is to debut at the Cannes Film Festival next May. The film is being created almost entirely with artificial intelligence.Let's dive in.What is 'Critterz' and Why Should You Care?Critterz is being touted as the most ambitious attempt yet to replace some or most human filmmaking with AI. The film, which is about a group of woodland creatures on an adventure, will be largely generated by AI tools. Human artists will feed images into the system, and the AI will create the footage. The script, it's worth noting, is still human-written.The big selling point here is, of course, money and time. The creators of Critterz are hoping to prove that AI can slash production costs and speed up the filmmaking process. The whole film is reportedly being made on a budget of less than $30 million.Is This the End of Filmmaking as We Know It?I'd be interested in knowing how they use AI for the animation and to generate the actual critter images. Like, if they mined other parts of the internet for inspiration, this AI movie might be linked to lawsuits we've seen. If they used concept artists to draw all the characters and design...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 9 September