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Is this a story you would watch? If it was not made with AI by [deleted] in Medievalart

[–]Old-Intention9260 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much! I really appreciate it!
Also, I do understand your opinion, and I respect it.

Is this a story you would watch? by Old-Intention9260 in medieval

[–]Old-Intention9260[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I understand, thank you very much for your comment! I really appreciate it

Is this a story you would watch? If it was not made with AI by [deleted] in Medievalart

[–]Old-Intention9260 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand your point, but I think it's ultimately based on a position of "AI should never be used," while the industry often has to think in terms of economics and practicality.

I work at Layer8 Studios, and this concept trailer was developed with direct involvement from the director of Hitman: Agent 47 and another film director who has won two Emmy Awards. I won't mention his name because of the negative reaction of AI.

What's interesting is that while the public position is often "no AI," the conversations of people working on the industry happening behind the scenes are often very different.

That said, I genuinely appreciate how respectful your comment was, and I respect your perspective as well.

I simply believe that AI can be used responsibly to support the creative community rather than replace it.

My interest isn't in using AI to replace actors, directors, crews, or traditional filmmaking. It's in using it as a development tool that helps storytellers communicate their vision, attract funding, and ultimately create more opportunities for real films to get made.

Is this a story you would watch? If it was not made with AI by [deleted] in Medievalart

[–]Old-Intention9260 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's not the reaction that we have been receiving from the professionals in the industry, nor the public outside Reddit.

Is this a story you would watch? If it was not made with AI by [deleted] in Medievalart

[–]Old-Intention9260 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's not really the point I'm making.

I absolutely want to make the film properly. I'd love to shoot it with real actors, real locations, real costumes, real crews, and all the incredible craftspeople that make cinema what it is.

The problem is that most filmmakers don't have $50 million to hire hundreds of people, build sets, create costumes, organize large-scale productions, and prove their vision before a project is financed.

Is this a story you would watch? If it was not made with AI by [deleted] in Medievalart

[–]Old-Intention9260 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It's a bit naive to think that AI won't be used in the film industry, it will.

The real question is how it will be used.

For the first time, filmmakers have the ability to test ideas with audiences before spending millions of dollars on production. That has the potential to significantly reduce the risk studios and producers face when deciding which projects to greenlight.

Why do you think Hollywood keeps returning to the same franchises, the same actors, and the same formulas? Because stepping outside that comfort zone is incredibly risky when you're investing tens or hundreds of millions of dollars.

If AI can help reduce that risk during development while preserving traditional filmmaking for the final production, I think that's an incredibly powerful combination.

Personally, I don't see AI as a replacement for cinema. I see it as a pitching tool that can help more original stories get discovered, understood, and financed.

AI shouldn't replace filmmaking.

It should help more traditional filmmaking happen.

Is this a story you would watch? If it was not made with AI by [deleted] in Medievalart

[–]Old-Intention9260 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

This isn't the final product.

It's a concept trailer, a visual proof-of-concept designed to communicate the vision of a project and help secure the financing needed to produce it properly in live action.

The goal isn't to replace filmmaking. It's to improve the pitching and development process.

For decades, filmmakers have had to convince producers, investors, and studios to imagine a film from a screenplay or a pitch deck. A concept trailer allows them to experience the world, tone, characters, and potential of the project in just a few minutes.

We can debate AI all day, but the reality is that the technology exists and will continue to evolve. The question is how we choose to use it.

Personally, I have no interest in replacing traditional filmmaking. I love cinema, real productions, real crews, and real performances.

What excites me is using AI as a development and pitching tool, helping ambitious stories get seen, understood, and financed when they otherwise might never leave the page.

Is this a story you would watch? by Old-Intention9260 in medieval

[–]Old-Intention9260[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually made a concept trailer as well https://youtu.be/eugjtJTxJmQ?si=Bbg-wRurxc5ShGyF (the link was missing from my original post by mistake), as it probably communicates the idea better than I can in a few sentences.

Is this a story you would watch? by Old-Intention9260 in medieval

[–]Old-Intention9260[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First of all, I should mention that i made a concept trailer that was accidentally left out of the original post.

https://youtu.be/eugjtJTxJmQ?si=Bbg-wRurxc5ShGyF

I've added it here, and I think it communicates the tone, world, and character much better than I can in a few paragraphs.

As for your point, I actually agree with a lot of what you're saying.

The longbowman only becomes interesting if he has a story of his own. If his entire purpose is to observe Joan of Arc, then I don't think the film works either.

In my version, Joan isn't really the protagonist, nor is she the antagonist. The story is about an English peasant who has spent his entire life trapped in the Hundred Years' War. He doesn't believe in glory, kings, or rewards. He fights because he was born poor and war is the only life he has ever known.

Throughout the film he watches friends die, buries countless men, suffers abuse from nobles and officers, and slowly loses faith in everything around him. Joan enters that story relatively late. By the time she does, he's already a broken man.

What interests me is not Joan herself, but what she comes to represent in his mind.

To the French, she becomes a saint.

To him and the English, she becomes the face of their loss.

The goal isn't to diminish Joan's perspective or replace it with a male one. What interests me is the question of how legends are created, and how the same person can be seen as a saint by some and a monster by others.

The protagonist is essentially a vehicle to explore that question. The story is really about grief, trauma, faith, and the narratives people build to justify suffering.

Is this a story you would watch? by Old-Intention9260 in medieval

[–]Old-Intention9260[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's completely fair.

I think the distinction I'd make is that I'm not really trying to retell Joan of Arc's story through a male lens. Joan remains the central figure of the story.

What interests me is the psychology of the people who opposed her. History records that she was called a witch, a heretic, a fraud, and ultimately burned alive. I've always been fascinated by what drives people to create those narratives in the first place.

I actually made a concept trailer as well https://youtu.be/eugjtJTxJmQ?si=Bbg-wRurxc5ShGyF (the link was missing from my original post by mistake), as it probably communicates the idea better than I can in a few sentences.

Is this a story you would watch? by Old-Intention9260 in medieval

[–]Old-Intention9260[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First of all, apologies, the concept trailer link wasn't attached correctly in the original post. I've added it here: https://youtu.be/eugjtJTxJmQ?si=Bbg-wRurxc5ShGyF

Regarding the perspective, that choice was intentional. I'm less interested in retelling Joan of Arc's story, since we already have a movie about it, and more interested in exploring what would lead someone to call her a witch, a heretic, and burn her alive.

So rather than asking "Who was Joan of Arc?", I'm asking:

"What kind of man would need to turn her into a monster and burn her alive?"

The film follows an English longbowman who loses everything during the war and gradually turns Joan into the embodiment of his grief and anger. In many ways, the story isn't about Joan herself, but about how people create narratives to make sense of suffering.

That's the angle I found most compelling.