MIXING AI WITH NARRATIVE 🖤 Another experiment with artificial intelligence! I wanted to try something different and find a way to incorporate my current favorite tools into a small short I wrote a while ago. The idea is to push how I already shoot and tell stories even further—not to replace it by any means! I have no interest in simply generating art. My emotional connection to what I do runs too deep. I’m just curious to see how far I can take it with what’s possible today! . Written & Directed by: Mateo Mejia DP & Gaffed🎥: Logan Key grip: Limbo Cast: @starletfrancis @currentlystuck_ @mateocaptures . Breakdown: We shot this project on the @blackmagicnewsofficial URSA Mini 12K and the Full-Frame 6K, using a set of @meike_global and a few @intellytech and @aputure.lighting lights! For the voice of the narrated therapist, I used a voice generator tool called @elevenlabsio . I trained it on a random clip of a 90s news reporter and fed it the script I wrote! The rest of the dialogue was performed by me, and the voice of the girl was done by @starletfrancis . For this project, I experimented with how well AI could generate water in a frame I had already shot. I used various stills and manipulated them with tools like @hailuoai_official , @luma_ai and @runwayapp . It took so many attempts to get it right, but I feel the results turned out even better because of the lighting setup we created. To achieve the slow-to-fast effect, I rescaled and adjusted the frame rate using @topazlabs . Toward the end, in the wide shot of me holding the actress, I expanded the frame using @runwayapp new video expansion tool! ^ A new era of sampling—this time, for film. :)
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Another experiment with artificial intelligence! I wanted to try something different and find a way to incorporate my current favorite tools into a small short I wrote a while ago. The idea is to push how I already shoot and tell stories even further—not to replace it by any means!
I have no interest in simply generating art. My emotional connection to what I do runs too deep. I’m just curious to see how far I can take it with what’s possible today!
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Written & Directed by: Mateo Mejia
DP & Gaffed🎥: Logan
Key grip: Limbo
Cast:
@starletfrancis
@currentlystuck_ @mateocaptures
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Breakdown:
We shot this project on the @blackmagicnewsofficial URSA Mini 12K and the Full-Frame 6K, using a set of @meike_global and a few @intellytech and @aputure.lighting lights! For the voice of the narrated therapist, I used a voice generator tool called @elevenlabsio . I trained it on a random clip of a 90s news reporter and fed it the script I wrote!
The rest of the dialogue was performed by me, and the voice of the girl was done by @starletfrancis . For this project, I experimented with how well AI could generate water in a frame I had already shot. I used various stills and manipulated them with tools like @hailuoai_official , @luma_ai and @runwayapp . It took so many attempts to get it right, but I feel the results turned out even better because of the lighting setup we created.
To achieve the slow-to-fast effect, I rescaled and adjusted the frame rate using @topazlabs . Toward the end, in the wide shot of me holding the actress, I expanded the frame using @runwayapp new video expansion tool!
^ A new era of sampling—this time, for film. :)