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How AI Is Transforming Hollywood’s Visual Effects Industry

2024/11/15
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Jon Dudkowski是一位在《星际迷航：发现号》、《伞学院》和《吸血鬼猎人巴菲》等电视剧中担任过剪辑师、导演和制片人的资深从业者。他认为AI技术正在改变好莱坞的视觉特效行业，既带来了机遇，也带来了挑战。AI可以快速生成概念性的视觉效果，例如怪兽摧毁城市，这在过去需要大量艺术家和技术人员协同工作才能完成。AI还可以加速一些繁琐的任务，例如设计灯光方案和制作故事板，从而提高效率和降低成本。然而，AI目前难以精细控制细节，生成的单一镜头无法构成完整的叙事。此外，AI 擅长创造视觉奇观，但在展现人物情感方面仍有不足。Dudkowski 认为，好莱坞的电影工作室正在探索如何利用AI技术提高效率、质量或降低成本，如何在速度、质量和低成本之间取得最佳平衡是关键。他也表达了对过度依赖AI可能导致影片缺乏情感内核的担忧。

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The podcast explores the rapid evolution of technology in visual effects and how AI is poised to change the industry, making movie magic cheaper and more efficient.
  • AI can produce raw concepts like a monster walking on the street quickly.
  • Companies like Lionsgate are partnering with AI startups to develop new tools.
  • AI is speeding up mundane tasks but not yet capable of high-level, context-aware work.

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Hollywood studios are making big bets that artificial-intelligence models could help make movie magic cheaper than ever, including in the visual effects industry. And after Lions Gate Entertainment announced a new partnership with Runway to develop new tools trained on its catalog, AI may be even more integrated in the production process. Host Danny Lewis speaks with editor, director and producer Jon Dudkowski), who has worked on shows including “Star Trek: Discovery,” “The Umbrella Academy” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” He gives us a peek behind the scenes at how movies and TV are made, and how AI could change the industry.

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