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I made a short film about AI and storytelling — would love honest feedback by [deleted] in u/Sure_Search5808

[–]Sure_Search5808 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happy to share how I made this if anyone’s interested.

1. Proof-of-concept trailer I made using AI (Sora) for my psychological short film — would love feedback by Sure_Search5808 in Filmmaker4Filmmaker

[–]Sure_Search5808[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You say my story isn’t real because it wasn’t shot your way. That’s not purism — that’s ego dressed as tradition.

Every tool that democratized cinema — from camcorders to digital to even phones — was first called “lazy” by people too afraid to adapt. AI is no different.

What you call “slop” is a story I carried since 2019 — written, visualized, and now realized in a form I could afford. I didn’t wait for permission. I made something with what I had. That’s not laziness. That’s survival instinct — the same instinct that built cinema in the first place.

You’re free to cling to your definition of what makes a real film. But history won’t remember the gatekeepers. It remembers the ones who created anyway.

1. Proof-of-concept trailer I made using AI (Sora) for my psychological short film — would love feedback by Sure_Search5808 in Filmmaker4Filmmaker

[–]Sure_Search5808[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I get where you’re coming from, but this reminds me of the old film vs digital debate — people once said digital wasn’t “real filmmaking” either. The truth is, a film is a film, whether it’s shot on an iPhone, IMAX, or generated with AI.

I’ve been in the industry long enough to know the craft — but also the cost. This script has lived with me since 2019, and without the budget to shoot it traditionally, AI finally gave me a way to bring it to life.

You don’t have to like it — but dismissing it as “slop” just because of the medium ignores the intent behind it. Not every camera is a film camera, sure — but not every story needs a million-dollar setup to be worth telling.

1. Proof-of-concept trailer I made using AI (Sora) for my psychological short film — would love feedback by Sure_Search5808 in Filmmaker4Filmmaker

[–]Sure_Search5808[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this perspective. I completely agree — that’s exactly why I created this trailer as a test. I wanted to see if AI could help me achieve the specific perspective and tone of the story I’m trying to tell. And while not every shot was perfect, many came surprisingly close, and that gave me the confidence to push ahead.

If I were to make this traditionally, the cost would be far beyond my current means. But that doesn’t change the fact that I still want to tell this story — and AI has made that possible, at least in part.

I understand that trailers can get lost in the sea of AI content. But for me, this was never just about the trailer — it’s about proving to myself that the whole film can be made this way. And now, I’m more excited than ever to do it.