is an apocalyptic reality TV short film looking at the disastrous lives of two friends and their alien pet called Carl that was entirely generated by artificial intelligence and made in just 48 hours.took home the inaugural Gen:48 AI film competition, the first contest of its kind, which saw creators make a short film using the
The video still leaves a lot to be desired as not every scene is made up of coherent images and classic AI artifacts such as, was written, directed, and produced by Dan Hammill and Jeff Wood, and used Runway to storyboard the film and input video outputs through Gen 1,” says a spokesperson. “It’s a great example of how Runway’s tools can be used throughout the creative/editing process to tell stories with ease and speed.”Congratulations to Dan Hammill and Jeff Wood for winning the 1st edition of GEN:48 with their film, "2026."Runway describes itself as an AI research company and has created multiple tools that aim to either create images and video from nothing but text descriptions or enhance still photos by giving them motion.
One of the problems that has plagued AI-generated video — including Runway’s early attempts — is a “creepy crawly” look to footage since generators appear to have a problem understanding what part of video needs to remain constant and what part can move. The result looks like every piece of a video is somehow in motion, which is incredibly off-putting.