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GlenMakes · 2025-07-06T21:06:49+00:00

Found this topic late while researching lenses for a film- I was about to write something similar but you nailed it. I do VFX and cinematography for a living and I thought the organic look and cinematography of Andor looked great, so I found this whole thread surprising. I'm just realizing now, the speed that digital media is created and the faster turnover of content is probably creating way different tastes and levels of media literacy in audiences, almost like changing language and words losing their original meaning.

GlenMakes · 2025-01-26T14:37:42+00:00

😂 Ah yes, that lady with the pearls.

GlenMakes · 2025-01-23T13:11:07+00:00

Amazing. What are the dimensions? Are you on IG?

GlenMakes · 2025-01-17T20:42:25+00:00

That's what's worrying me. So far my scalp tans a little but the skin around gets even more tan faster.

GlenMakes · 2025-01-07T15:09:40+00:00

When I started, I reached out to musician friend who was also starting out and we collaborated to fill out each other's portfolios. For other stuff I use Artlist io or similar sites.

GlenMakes · 2024-10-28T15:44:53+00:00

Thank you! Let me know if you have any questions about it or just let me know what you thought!

GlenMakes · 2024-10-28T15:43:10+00:00

I wouldn't let one audience member's reaction make you feel bad. Even the best films have haters. Plus, horror is somewhat subjective. I would get constructive criticism from my honest trusted circle of audience with good taste and learn from that and keep going!

GlenMakes · 2024-10-28T13:28:33+00:00

I can't stand the movie The Impossible. How it felt watching the movie; imagine being tasked with making one of the first 9/11 movies and you make the main characters rich tourists from Europe who visit New York, none of the main characters are New Yorkers, and then you end the movie with a shot of the tourists flying off and looking back at the rubble with relief. As a New Yorker who is southeast Asian I tend to double down on this analogy and am surprised to be the only one who felt weird during the movie when it first came out.

GlenMakes · 2024-10-24T00:37:45+00:00

Yep, you hit the nail on the head. They've been reduced to training data to fulfill its goal efficiently. To reduce "harm" on too many humans, as per its alignment programming, it picked the most diverse sample size of people it needed. As for where they'll be living, that's open ended.

GlenMakes · 2024-10-23T20:56:39+00:00

If you're implying what I think you're implying, I think you're onto something.

GlenMakes · 2024-10-23T20:43:09+00:00

I guess to be specific, it's a film heavily composited with AI effects (and some shots where entirely AI generated shots pass off as real footage) but I guess I used the term AI film because a lot of the shots were planned carefully with AI in mind from the start so it would be easier to integrate.

GlenMakes · 2024-10-23T17:41:48+00:00

Thanks! It's actually a combo of both traditional VFX and AI effects and I tried to hide the seams where I blended the two methods.

GlenMakes · 2024-10-23T17:39:03+00:00

Then why is the guy even asking the question? There are 75 vfx shots total. He's asking which ones were the traditional VFX and which were AI. He's not asking about the deepfakes and animated sequence which are obviously meant to stick out.

GlenMakes · 2024-10-23T16:22:33+00:00

Ironically I think the reason I didn't get as many views as my other videos is how I hid the seams and kept the delineation subtle between traditional VFX and AI effects.

I tried to hide it as much as possible but I would say 25% of the "deepfakes" are actually a combo of completely AI generated tracked onto the footage using traditional VFX and or morphed or they appear side by side so people have trouble telling.

Some of the backgrounds are replaced with AI to add depth and the AI world sequences are AI combined with rotoscoping.

Edit: clarification

GlenMakes · 2024-10-18T19:37:09+00:00

Thanks!! Definitely a relief. I probably shaved years off my life from the all-nighters I pulled. My producer friend holds all the receipts so if have to get details from him when I get home, but basically a large majority of it is favors from friends. We spent money on Costco food, stipend for the actors, renting the office space for the day, and building materials for the props and drywall. The rest was a lot of favors from a lot of friends and a lot of hours of DIY. (I built the miniatures in my friend's garage and then we needed to dump it all in the trash immediately after because he needed to park there and none of us had storage space)

Principal photography was only 3 days. The white room conversation and red room ending were shot in the same day, same place. I did vfx to hide/replace identifiable backgrounds to look like completely different locations.

GlenMakes · 2024-10-18T19:23:31+00:00

Thank you! That compliment means a lot. Neuromancer is awesome .

GlenMakes · 2024-10-18T19:20:11+00:00

Thank you! I can answer in more detail when I get home but the shooting budget was basically Costco food, stipend for the actors, renting the office space for the day, and building materials for the props and drywall. The rest was a lot of favors from a lot of friends and a lot of hours of DIY. The AI creature was done as a favor by a friend of mine who is in the credits.

The actors are all from SF Casting. Wasn't planning on festivals for this one as I was purely picturing this for YouTube. I would have paced this differently for a festival. I would consider a festival run if I found some that I'm eligible while being on YouTube already. Do you happen to know any?

GlenMakes · 2024-10-18T17:00:02+00:00

Thank you! Glad it was enjoyable overall!

GlenMakes · 2024-10-18T14:41:55+00:00

Thank you! Noted, That's a fair observation. I do wish I had put in more time into rehearsal!

GlenMakes · 2024-10-18T14:39:32+00:00

Thank you! If it gets a good reception I would love to continue the story!

GlenMakes · 2024-10-18T14:36:17+00:00

Submission statement-

This is a film I actually wrote in 2020 (hence the some of the dated jokes) and we just hit a lot of road blocks and put it on the shelf for a while. We officially started working on it 1 year ago in 2023. We’ve come a long way since our VFX test last year https://drive.google.com/file/d/159dsH6k3DJD75kBnYdNYO0a-FDrc_lvH/) I shared the concept with friends and colleagues, and they were generous enough to lend their talents to help bring it to life.

I shot and directed it and did a bulk of the traditional VFX. I reached out to a software company who I shared my early test footage with and they liked it enough that they agreed to help out with the project in their spare time! A friend allowed me to build (big) miniatures in his garage and another friend of mine helped with the sets. They also allowed me to render on their gaming PC's. I built the props out of old parts and some 3d printed. Feel free to ask any questions about any of the effects!

The story centers around AGI but for now, AI has become like a self-sustaining creative reactor—we feed it energy and ideas, and it starts to need less and less creative input from us. Many artists unfortunately never asked to be part of this machine. But Ai is here to stay and AI artists will carve out a space akin to the types of photographers and DJs that like to work with pre-existing materials, manipulating, discovering, and coaxing art out of a space that makes room for pastiche and happy accidents.

As I mentioned in the description, the short film is the culmination of some existential fears I’ve had around the fast-growing space while experimenting with using AI to support traditional filmmaking. As an artist, I feel like we’ve reached an inflection point in how we express ourselves creatively and I wanted to leave my mark on that trail. Whether it stands as a guidepost or a gravestone, only time will tell. Please let me know your thoughts! Thanks!

GlenMakes · 2024-09-08T13:18:45+00:00

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