It’s crazy to think about how far AI technology has advanced in the past year. Looking at generative AI video specifically, it was only one year ago that we all watched that one Wes Anderson Lord of the Rings video go viral. Created by Curious Refuge, the video spawned a series of different Wes Anderson-inspired franchise trailers—and eventually a full-blown AI filmmaking course. Yet, when we look back at the original videos, they feel like they were from a lifetime ago at this point.As we’ve seen with recent advanced AI video models like Luma’s Dream Machine, Runway’s Gen-3 Alpha, and the yet-to-be-released Sora from OpenAI, it once again feels like we’re on the verge of yet another major AI wave that’s going to push the technology even closer to what many have predicted will be replacement-level for creatives.While we’re still not sure when (perhaps not if) that day will come, let’s take a moment to look at how far the technology has evolved in the past year by comparing the first Wes Anderson LOTR video to one just released from Curious Refuge.A Look Back at AI Video One Year AgoAs you can see in the video above, which was uploaded on May 9, 2023 (which YouTube still calls “one year ago”), you can see why the trailer went so viral when first released. It’s not perfect, but it’s still very much a clear representation of what simple text prompts can create when strung together in a concise, directed manner.In an...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - 7 days ago