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Veo 3 and Imagen 4, and a new tool for filmmaking called Flow

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Re: Veo 3 and Imagen 4, and a new tool for filmmaking called Flow

#11

Like most AI image or video generation tools, they produce results that look good at first glance, but the more you watch, the more flaws and sloppiness you notice, and they really lack storytelling

You don’t even have to look close for some of these. The owl suddenly flipping direction in the first video was jarring

Yeah the owl ""animation"" is terrible, I bet they could have found better examples? If it wasn't the case I don't know what to think

Re: Veo 3 and Imagen 4, and a new tool for filmmaking called Flow

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post #5

Of course they had to name a film making proprietary tool with the name of an award winning film made using open-source tools released less than a year ago...

"Flow" is one of the most generic names in tech. I can think of 10+ products called that off the top of my head.

Re: Veo 3 and Imagen 4, and a new tool for filmmaking called Flow

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post #3

The ad for Flow would be much better if they laid off the swirly and wavy effects, and focused on realism. Soon, you should be able to put in a screenplay and a cast, and get a movie out. Then, "Google Sequels" - generates a sequel for any movie.

The swirly effects are probably used to distract from the problems of getting realism right.

Re: Veo 3 and Imagen 4, and a new tool for filmmaking called Flow

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post #3

The ad for Flow would be much better if they laid off the swirly and wavy effects, and focused on realism. Soon, you should be able to put in a screenplay and a cast, and get a movie out. Then, "Google Sequels" - generates a sequel for any movie.

>Soon, you should be able to put in a screenplay and a cast, and get a movie out. This "fixes" Hollywood's biggest "issues". No more highly paid actors demanding 50 million to appear in your movie, no more pretentious movie stars causing dramas and controversies, no more workers' unions or strikes, but all gains being funneled directly to shareholders. The VFX industry being turned into a gig meatgrinder was already…

> Hollywood's wet dream.

Except it bankrupts Hollywood, they are no longer needed. Of people can generate full movies at home, there is no more Hollywood.

The end game is endless ultra personalized content beamed into people's heads every free waking hour of the day. Hollywood is irrelevant in that future.

Re: Veo 3 and Imagen 4, and a new tool for filmmaking called Flow

#20

Like most AI image or video generation tools, they produce results that look good at first glance, but the more you watch, the more flaws and sloppiness you notice, and they really lack storytelling

You don’t even have to look close for some of these. The owl suddenly flipping direction in the first video was jarring

It looked to me like the owl was turning around to land.
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