With the help of ChatGPT of OpenAI, we were able to not only get it to write us a full script, but also have it direct us in the production of this short film. We were able to ask ChatGPT to give us a full shot list, suggest specific instructions for the Director of Photography and camera operators (choice of camera lenses, camera movements and lighting requirements), recommend wardrobe preferences, and even give us specific prompts to let Dall-E 2 create a full storyboard. The future of filmmaking will be changed forever! *Made available in late November 2022, ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI which specializes in dialogue. The chatbot is a large language model fine-tuned with both supervised and reinforcement learning techniques. It is arguable that it currently has the knowledge and capabilities of a college student. The Safe Zone is produced by 28 Squared Studios in association with Moon Ventures.
This Film Was Written and Directed by AI—Here’s the How and What You Can Learn
Artificial intelligence can finally create a sense of drama, even if we do have to give it a hand.
So, it finally happened. An AI finally wrote and directed a film. Is it good? You can be the judge of that. But how AI was used in the workflow is an interesting case study on how these types of tools can help you create.
Filmmakers used a chatbot AI called ChatGPT to not only generate some ideas for a short film, but to also write the script, create a shot list, and direct the film. Is Hollywood about to be taken over by an algorithm? Well, maybe not just yet, but it will have a prominent place in the overall workflow. Let’s take a look and see what it can do.
It All Began on Twitter
“We used OpenAI ChatGPT to WRITE and DIRECT a film in a weekend,” said AI entrepreneur and literal rocket scientist Aaron Kemmer on Twitter. “My co-producer, who writes scripts for a living, was blown away when ChatGPT produced nearly ~50 scripts for us in 1 hour. This took months of work down to 1 hour.”
ChatGPT attempts a script
It was only about two years ago when a similar experiment was created using AI, and the results were so unreadable that the script couldn’t really be understood, much less shot. It was essentially a word salad with a moving image. Now, a few years later, AI has gotten so sophisticated, that it can not only create a viable story idea but also direct it.
Creating a Logline
Using an AI chatbot, Kemmer and his cohorts were able to come up with over 100 ideas and then 50 scripts for a short film in under an hour. The chatbot used artificial intelligence to further refine each idea when asked for more details until the complete idea had been hatched.
That first one might sound a lot like Stranger Things but is also generic enough to feel similar to The Goonies. A quick takeaway here is while these ideas won't get your script sold right out the gate, but can definitely give you a great start to figuring out what you what to write.
Taking the Next Step to Virtual Pre-Production
From there, Kemmer and the company wondered just how creative the AI could get, so they requested a shot list which meant that they were going to let the AI be the de facto director of the short film. The bot created 18 different camera shots, which Kemmer sent to his cinematographer for review.
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This Film Was Written and Directed by AI—Here’s the How and What You Can Learn (nofilmschool.com)
This Film Was Written and Directed by AI—Here’s the How and What You Can Learn
Artificial intelligence can finally create a sense of drama, even if we do have to give it a hand.
So, it finally happened. An AI finally wrote and directed a film. Is it good? You can be the judge of that. But how AI was used in the workflow is an interesting case study on how these types of tools can help you create.
Filmmakers used a chatbot AI called ChatGPT to not only generate some ideas for a short film, but to also write the script, create a shot list, and direct the film. Is Hollywood about to be taken over by an algorithm? Well, maybe not just yet, but it will have a prominent place in the overall workflow. Let’s take a look and see what it can do.
It All Began on Twitter
“We used OpenAI ChatGPT to WRITE and DIRECT a film in a weekend,” said AI entrepreneur and literal rocket scientist Aaron Kemmer on Twitter. “My co-producer, who writes scripts for a living, was blown away when ChatGPT produced nearly ~50 scripts for us in 1 hour. This took months of work down to 1 hour.”
ChatGPT attempts a script
It was only about two years ago when a similar experiment was created using AI, and the results were so unreadable that the script couldn’t really be understood, much less shot. It was essentially a word salad with a moving image. Now, a few years later, AI has gotten so sophisticated, that it can not only create a viable story idea but also direct it.
Creating a Logline
Using an AI chatbot, Kemmer and his cohorts were able to come up with over 100 ideas and then 50 scripts for a short film in under an hour. The chatbot used artificial intelligence to further refine each idea when asked for more details until the complete idea had been hatched.
That first one might sound a lot like Stranger Things but is also generic enough to feel similar to The Goonies. A quick takeaway here is while these ideas won't get your script sold right out the gate, but can definitely give you a great start to figuring out what you what to write.
Taking the Next Step to Virtual Pre-Production
From there, Kemmer and the company wondered just how creative the AI could get, so they requested a shot list which meant that they were going to let the AI be the de facto director of the short film. The bot created 18 different camera shots, which Kemmer sent to his cinematographer for review.
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This Film Was Written and Directed by AI—Here’s the How and What You Can Learn (nofilmschool.com)
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