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Joanna Stern (tech columnist at the Wall Street Journal) wrote a great column about how she and Jarrard Cole created an amazing film using AI
We Made a Film With AI. You’ll Be Blown Away—and Freaked Out
We tried to direct an AI film with Veo and Runway. The tools are magic. The process is madness
Read the entire article here as well as watch the video.
AI tools like Google’s Veo 3 and Runway can now create strikingly realistic video. WSJ’s Joanna Stern and Jarrard Cole put them to the test in a film made almost entirely with AI. Watch the film and then see how they did it. Photo: AI Generated
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You can make anything!
Just a few years ago, an AI-generated clip of Will Smith eating spaghetti went viral because it was terrifyingly bad. Now, these tools can pop out scenes that look nearly flawless—at least at first glance.
After testing a bunch of options, we landed on Google’s Veo and a tool from startup Runway AI. They gave us the best mix of quality and control. OpenAI’s Sora was nowhere near as good. On May 20, Google dropped Veo 3, which adds AI-powered audio, including dialogue and sound effects. Check out Will Smith now!
Yep, if you can think it, you can generate it. A podcasting baby, a SWAT team storming a bounce house, a futuristic Mayan metropolis. But we weren’t going for sight gags—we wanted to tell a story, something with characters, humor and meaning. That proved to be a lot harder.
Read the entire article here as well as watch the video.
