An Emmy-winner's guide to AI video

A film shoot

I'm very excited to share our inaugural Innovating with AI Insights private podcast episode. Today, I'm sitting down with Erich Archer, an Emmy-winning television producer and Innovating with AI all-star, to talk about his latest AI video projects and the wild advancements we've seen in AI video generation in the past few months.

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Here's a preview of what's included in today's podcast:

  1. The Revolutionary Impact of AI on Storytelling: Erich shares his journey into the world of AI, detailing how technologies like ChatGPT and Midjourney are transforming the landscape of visual storytelling, enabling creators to weave complex narratives with unprecedented ease and creativity.
  2. From Historical Research to AI-Driven Filmmaking: Discover how Erich utilized AI tools to craft a documentary-style short film about an ancestor, showcasing the potential to breathe life into historical figures and events through AI-generated imagery, sound, and narrative.
  3. Overcoming Technical Hurdles with Creative Solutions: We delve into the challenges faced during the production of AI-generated content, such as achieving visual consistency across images, and the innovative solutions employed to surmount these obstacles, including a strategic choice to adopt black and white imagery.
  4. The Toolkit Behind the Magic: Erich breaks down the suite of software tools that played a pivotal role in his project, providing a rare glimpse into the behind-the-scenes tech that powers modern storytelling, from AI-enhanced sound effects to sophisticated image animation.
  5. Peering into the Future of AI in Video Production: We look at the exciting prospects of AI in the realm of video creation, spotlighting OpenAI Sora's capabilities to produce content that blurs the lines between reality and fiction, signaling a new era where the only limit is the creator's imagination.

And if you haven't seen Erich's incredible AI-generated video yet, check it out here. All images, video, audio and sound effects are entirely AI-generated.

[Video] How I created a short film about Rufus Archer | Erich Archer posted on the topic | LinkedIn
The fear that AI marks the end of human creativity is a failure of imagination. I have never been able to be as creative as I want to be. Client… | 219 comments on LinkedIn

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