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Martin Scorsese Is Embracing A.I.

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Re: Martin Scorsese Is Embracing A.I.

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Post by john_strinlai »

firefoxd wrote: post #28

That's right. All their computers will have grammarly installed by default now. /jk Ai is too broad a term even when it comes to movies. Which part of the pipeline will include an AI tool? Or are we saying he is going to prompt Seedance to generate an entire movie?

he specifically mentions generative ai for storyboarding in the article

Mr. Scorsese declined an interview request. But it was clear that his A.I. endorsement had limits. His statement and accompanying video were entirely related to storyboarding, which is the process of visually mapping out a film before cameras roll.

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Post by bazoom42 »

hackyhacky wrote: post #12
maplethorpe wrote: post #5

Scorcese understands that Hollywood's ultimate limiting factor is the number of available actors. A finite pool of actors means a finite pool of movies. Removing this limitation means that, just like an AI image generator can generate any image imaginable, a future movie generator will be able to generate every movie imaginable, at the click of a button.

Instead of using AI actors, couldn't we address Hollywood's actor shortage some other way? For example, we could tap the federal Strategic Actor Reserve, or import actors from actor-rich countries such as France and Belgium.

There is no actor shortage.

Re: Martin Scorsese Is Embracing A.I.

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Post by hdndjsbbs »

TFA says he's using it for storyboarding. This doesn't seem like a huge deal, but film is a visual medium! The closer your pre-viz and storyboarding looks to reality, the more you're going to tend to stick to it when you're actually filming.

You want your rough drafts to have a roughness that conveys your level of confidence. If your AI first draft looks polished people may feel more pressure not to deviate.

I find these hand-drawn Taxi Drivers storyboards very charming even though they obviously don't map cleanly to shots in the film. This is what you're giving up if you just tell an AI "give me a close up of Travis Bickle's face"

https://boords.com/blog/martin-scorseses-hand-drawn-taxi-dri...

Re: Martin Scorsese Is Embracing A.I.

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Post by hackyhacky »

bazoom42 wrote: post #32
hackyhacky wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Instead of using AI actors, couldn't we address Hollywood's actor shortage some other way? For example, we could tap the federal Strategic Actor Reserve, or import actors from actor-rich countries such as France and Belgium.

There is no actor shortage.

There is, however, a large shortage of sense of humor.

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Post by thatmf »

> Martin Scorsese, the living embodiment of cinema as high art and a conscience for modern Hollywood

That's some ChatGPT-level glazing. No one thinks this. Unless they also think that, like, Bob Dylan is the voice of Gen Z.

Re: Martin Scorsese Is Embracing A.I.

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Post by voidfunc »

coinfused wrote: post #9
maplethorpe wrote: post #5

Scorcese understands that Hollywood's ultimate limiting factor is the number of available actors. A finite pool of actors means a finite pool of movies. Removing this limitation means that, just like an AI image generator can generate any image imaginable, a future movie generator will be able to generate every movie imaginable, at the click of a button.

Why would anyone want that? I don't want infinite movies, I don't have infinite time. I'd rather have intent over quantity. There is already an abundance of content, a century of cinema. Who actually wants this and why?

But what if you could have the movie you want exactly with the story and characters as you envision them. You may not want that still, but I guarantee you there are people that will.

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Post by onlyrealcuzzo »

maplethorpe wrote: post #5

Scorcese understands that Hollywood's ultimate limiting factor is the number of available actors. A finite pool of actors means a finite pool of movies. Removing this limitation means that, just like an AI image generator can generate any image imaginable, a future movie generator will be able to generate every movie imaginable, at the click of a button.

There is absolutely not a shortage of actors.

There's a shortage of actors that you can star in movies to sell enough tickets to justify making $200m movies that have traditionally been the backbone of studio profits.

The studios probably killed themselves going all-in balls-to-the wall on making the exact same blockbuster movie 12 times a year, every year, for 25 years straight.

It is a refreshing breath of relief to see all the Indie stuff absolutely killing it as of late, and the Action Hero movies consistently underperforming studio expectations by a mile.

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Post by kahrl »

thatmf wrote: post #35

> Martin Scorsese, the living embodiment of cinema as high art and a conscience for modern Hollywood That's some ChatGPT-level glazing. No one thinks this. Unless they also think that, like, Bob Dylan is the voice of Gen Z.

What’s that? Closer to the hole sir???

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Post by kgwxd »

olivierestsage wrote: post #7

I've noticed a tendency among people who have built careers known for visionary, forward-thinking work that they hesitate to make the natural move into more "conservative" positions/approaches as they age. This leads to missteps, because as one ages, one inevitably becomes further removed from the zeitgeist. On paper, embracing AI might seem like a great idea if you don't want to become an old fogey, but not all chan…

Money is also a huge factor in becoming removed from the zeitgeist.
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