Machine Learning

When it comes to filmmaking, machine learning has become an incredibly useful tool that's allowing filmmakers to be more creative and innovative than ever before. By analysing large amounts of data, machine learning algorithms can help create concept art, visual effects and animations, as well as even predict how audiences will react to a film.

It's early days, but already it’s really exciting to think about how machine learning can help automate what has traditionally been labour-intensive vfx processes, such as rotoscoping, and how tools such as Midjourney are being used to quickly create reference art during development stages of projects.

I was chatting to my 14-year-old daughter about machine learning, and as a budding young artist, her concern was that AI might be a bad thing for creatives. While it’s quite remarkable just how fast one can create an image with nothing more than a sentence, we both agreed that the role of artists will always be relevant, and rather than be fearful of what AI can do - the better approach is to embrace these new technologies and use them as another creative tool.

So can AI write me an award-winning screenplay? While the idea of that might appeal to some, the reality is, the role of the writer is going nowhere soon. Having said that, half of this blog post was written using a free online AI tool…

If you are interested in learning more about how machine learning is already being adopted in the film industry, check out this episode of The T Stop Inn, where Ben Allan ACS CSI and Dr Mike Seymour discuss AI in Film.

Concept film poster design created in Midjourney for our upcoming film “THE HOST”.

Playing around in Midjourrney with my daughter: /imagine horror the little mermaid

If you want to see at a behind the scenes look at how The Corridor Crew, use machine learning to make a manga style animation, watch the following videos. And for a full breakdown to see how they did it, visit their website www.corridordigital.com