At the 12th Silk Road International Film Festival, Oscar-winning visual effects (VFX) maestro Anthony LaMolinara sat down with CGTN's Zhang Meng to talk about the next big thing shaking up the film world: artificial intelligence (AI). 🎥✨
LaMolinara calls AI the 'new frontier' in digital storytelling. From Bollywood dance extravaganzas to K-pop music videos, AI can whip up stunning images in seconds. But for true filmmaking – think swooping drone shots in a Bangkok street chase or a slow-motion monsoon scene in Kolkata – you need pinpoint control over movement, camera angles, and emotion. And right now, AI isn't quite there yet.
'You can prompt AI to generate visuals,' he explains, 'but directing a scene is about more than just pretty pictures. It's about feeling, pacing, timing.' To tackle this, his team is crafting a whole new 'language' that goes beyond simple text prompts. 🔤🤖 By teaching AI to understand film 'grammar' – like story beats, shot sequences, and emotional cues – they hope to get closer to what a real director does on set.
For young creators in Manila dreaming of their first indie flick, or Jakarta designers exploring VR storytelling, this means exciting times ahead. Imagine an app that not only generates background plates for your TikTok short but also suggests the perfect camera move to heighten that dramatic twist! 📱🎞️
While the tech still needs fine-tuning, LaMolinara's vision shows a future where AI helps artists spend less time on tedium and more on creative spark. The big question? Who's calling the shots when bots start rolling the cameras? 🤔
In his chat with Zhang Meng, LaMolinara shows how one VFX pioneer is mapping out filmmaking's digital frontier. 🚀
Reference(s):
cgtn.com
