Neural Viz counts as a historic accomplishment: It is among the first pieces of AI filmmaking that truly does not suck. The words “AI video” tend to conjure the worst possible associations: hippos on diving boards, babies flying airplanes, Will Smith eating spaghetti, Trump and Barack Obama kissing.
Neural Viz shows a different path forward. In a world of bottom-of-the-barrel, lowest-possible-effort AI dreck, the channel’s author is creating original work, executing a vision as specific and lovingly imagined as any series out there.
A couple of important details: Even as he’s writing prompts to help fulfill nearly every other role on a set, the creator of Neural Viz is writing scripts the old-fashioned way.
He’s also playing all the characters himself, wearing AI as a mask. Once he has all his shots set up, the filmmaker uses Runway’s facial motion-capture tool to bring Tiggy to life by performing the alien’s lines for him—like Andy Serkis playing Gollum without leaving his swivel chair.
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