Welcome to Latent Land
a StoryMe short film on Augmented Imagination, combining storytelling, filmmaking, animation and AI.
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagine encircles the world."
- Albert Einstein
In the past few months, here at StoryMe we have seen amazing new stories and mediums of thought unfold from AI's Latent Space. Video-2-video, text-2-video, NERFs, AnimateDiff... when it comes to tools to express ourselves, we couldn't have been more spoiled.
But as much as we've been enjoying experimenting with synthetic storytelling through all these fantastic tools, we did feel the Generative AI space needed a narrative built around a tangible, human core instead of the other way around. This is why we set out to create "Welcome to Latent Land", an homage to both human creativity and the capabilities of artificial intelligence.
We've always seen AI as a calculator for the creative mind, and thanks to tools like Midjourney, Runway, WarpFusion, Kaiber, ... we have been able to express ideas that have been in our collective minds for years. And while the Generative Video AI tools used in this video may not be perfect yet, the creative process did give us a glimpse of the future of video content and storytelling.
Before AI, the creative output was often the end of the creative process. Now, it's just the beginning, marking a profound shift in how content will be produced going forward.
Yet, the impact of Generative AI on our industry goes further than just giving us new tools to play with. Its disruption is unparalleled, reshaping the very nature and workflows of art directors, copywriters, motion designers, and 3D artists.
Cast
Lenka / Marleen Verschroeven
Crew
Creative Director / Tone De Cooman
AI Captain / Vince Buyssens
Art Director / Koen De Gussem
Art Director / Aäron Beyers
Script / Kobe Viaene
Executive producer / Tatijana Culumarevic
Producer / Eline De Moor
Production / Emma Keymeulen
Set Production / Emiel Gallet
DOP / Matthias Van Sele
1ste AC / Evert Rogiers
Props & Grip / Wino Hoogerwijs
Make up artist / Joy Brabant
Edit / Ibram Uytterschaut
Animation & Compositing / Bavo Croes
3D animator / Frederik Mertens
Sound Design / Thomas Lambrechts
Studio
Moose-Stache
Thanks To
Louis Gheyssens
Thierry Willer
Dimitri Van Hoe
AI Tools
Midjourney
Warpfusion
Kaiber
Runway
Stable Diffusion
Evenlabs
ChatGPT
AnimateDiff
Pikalabs
Adobe Firefly
Topaz Labs
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All AI elements in this film (prompted, curated, and tweaked by humans) will most likely be outdated by the time of its launch.
Creators, consider this your canvas to augment your imagination and let your creativity flourish; feel free to update your version.
This license requires that reusers give credit to the original creator. It allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, for noncommercial purposes only. If others modify or adapt the material, they must license the modified material under identical terms.
Behind The Scenes video / Blueprint for an AI Manifesto: storyme.com/welcome-to-latent-land
