Television producer TCL has announced its first original short film—Next stop Paris—and excitedly confirmed that it was created using AI generation tools. They don't need to tell us that, though, because the terrible, terrible trailer makes it very clear that most of the images in the movie are the illusion of the AI generation.
On April 12, TCL released the first trailer of the movie Next stop Paris, its debut original production. TCL calls it a “short romance film” that will premiere later this summer on TCLtv+, a free streaming service launching in August 2023. According to a press release from TCL, the film is made using a “global production team” of animators, VFX experts and AI engineers. Apparently, the short film's script was not created using AI but was instead written by TCL's Chief Content Officer and Creative Director. That might explain why the writing is almost worse than the actual image…most of.
Trailer for Next stop Paris what a shame. I can't imagine looking at this thing and saying “Yeah, upload it to YouTube and keep spending money on it!” In the trailer, the main characters—a man and a woman who meet on a train to Paris—seem to constantly change faces, with their appearance changing with each shot.
We also see horrific scenes of Paris with shimmering buildings, smudges representing boats, and an Eiffel Tower that looks like someone asked a drunk person to draw it with a Sharpie.
Probably my favorite part about Shabby AI image takes the form of a clock with the numbers 3 and 2 on the face. It also has random number-like blobs around the outer edge, as if the AI thought so should got that number but gave up.
“The special program is created by a global team including artists from the US, Canada, UK and Poland, [who] is promoting innovative and enhanced storytelling by layering high-quality and technologically designed animation over traditional storytelling,” TCL said in a press release announcing the film.
According to the company, the short was made using real voice actors and motion capture, but modified and “animated” with “AI animation technology.” TCL also suggests that this is just the beginning, a test if you will. It claims that future productions will include “society writers and actors” and even “key Hollywood talent.” We all have dreams, I guess.
Here are some more unedited words from TCL that, ironically, feel like it was written by AI.
The AI technology used to create these fictional characters and worlds allows the creative team to push boundaries and energize the viewer experience, while creating new opportunities for competitors. marketing partner. The push into originals helps drive market advantage in a noisy environment filled with content options and IP that has multiple applications across the platform from interactive components to sponsorable elements, etc
Personally, I can't wait for the future where every major company decides to make a terrible movie using some AI tool in an attempt to appease its shareholders and convince them they're cool and ready to follow all the newest and hottest trends in this world. technology world. I'm waiting for the Samsung thriller and the political thriller 7-11.
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