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I stumbled across this today...the first #ai music video created using #sora. It was directed by Paul Trillo for Washed Out (remember the Portlandia theme song?) Like many, I'm torn between generative ai's impressive technical achievements juxtaposed with the potential harm it could cause. But it's also important to throw all that aside and view it simply as a technique used to tell stories. From that perspective, the often chaotic and dreamlike feel of Sora fits the chillwave music style in this case. The narrative seems to be a jumbled collection of memories from a couple's life so the viewer could almost excuse the strange randomness of the renders. However, the style doesn't elicit any emotional response from me. It just feels like an interesting visual experiment. I don't see Sora replacing the nuance of live-action filmmaking. It will just be another tool to use in specific situations, just like VFX or animation. That said, stock footage DOES seem to be in the crosshairs. https://lnkd.in/g2WM9fFr

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What does Chainguard do? Here's a quick video explaining just that! https://lnkd.in/gNRh3i3h

Yesterday I had the opportunity to do one of my favorite things in my job: meet prospective students & teach a mock class with them. I chose to teach a lesson that's a preview of my First-Year Seminar about Star Wars & cultural theory, using a simple image analysis of the original Star Wars poster (see it in the link). Usually, I show the poster, ask them to imagine seeing it for the first time in 1977 without any knowledge of Star Wars, & brainstorm about what they observe in the poster & what it might tell us about the movie. Within minutes, they were talking about binaries, bodies, objectification, "the gaze"--all their doing! It was a fantastic, dynamic class, & even though we went for 40 minutes, we could have gone for another hour easily. Then I got to connect with the prospective students & parents at lunch. What a fantastic experience! Here's hoping I see some of the same faces as first-years in the fall. https://lnkd.in/drnBQVDq

Working in Series Painting the landscape can be tricky at the best of times but with a few strategies, that process can be made easier. Here’s a few tricks I use to simplify things when working from my art studio. Watch my latest YouTube video here: https://lnkd.in/ejGPY8mu . . . #art #artist #artists #videocontent #mediaproduction #youtube #youtubecontent #digitalmedia #digitalcontent #contentcreator #digitalcontentcreator #artisticprocess #creativeprocess #creativedevelopment