Neill Blomkamp Releases AI Short "Nightborne"
The 13-minute experimental film uses Seedance 2.0 AI technology and reportedly incorporates the likenesses of 32 individuals.
- Famed sci-fi director Neill Blomkamp released his first full AI-generated test film, "Nightborne," to YouTube on July 19, facing immediate, brutal backlash from audiences across social media.
- Using Seedance 2.0, Blomkamp produced the short as the inaugural project for his new AI-focused enterprise, Barley Studios.
- Set in the world of Peter Watts' 2014 novel Echopraxia, the 13-minute film features the "Project Nightborne" implant and utilized concept art from human artists alongside voices from 32 real people.
- Critics and social media users blasted the film for jarring camerawork and visual inaccuracies, mocking stilted dialogue including the line, "Oh s**t, well, I think she's going to make it, so that's good."
- This release follows the similarly criticized AI-generated film Odysseus: The Fall; while Blomkamp has not responded to public outrage, he offered further insight on his Instagram account.
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Neill Blomkamp Releases AI Short "Nightborne"
“District 9” and “Elysium” filmmaker Neill Blomkamp has revealed “Nightborne,” a new 13-minute sci-fi horror short created entirely by the generative AI video crafter Seedance 2.0. The clip, released on YouTube, is said to be a ‘full test’ of a product workflow and the first step towards him making a full-length feature film using the same approach. Blomkamp says in a post the clip “was made with real concept artists, and features the faces and …
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