Generative film, virtual production and the awards-season debates around AI-assisted cinema. 3 stories in the launch edition.
Inside the 18-month indie production where prompt engineers, VFX veterans and neural animation tools built a feature that is now in the awards conversation. We break down the shot pipeline, likeness clearances and the voting debate.
The fictional Cascade Film Festival will judge AI-assisted films in their own category next year. Programmers explain the rules, the disclosure forms and why they chose separation over a ban.
We designed a set of shot tests — frame consistency, lighting, multi-character blocking — to compare two fictional video generators. Here is our method and what to look for.
