Emanuel

For a 20 second ad filled with 1 second or less shots this could work.
For a full-featured movie no. We are still a ways away from realism. The uncanny valley is brutal. And I'm talking purely about the visuals. The sound just comes through as very fake. So bad sound and mediocre visuals = AI fail.
On the bright side, it's really clear they used the movie Cleopatra (1963) for their AI teaching-learning. I actually wanted to see the old Hollywood mega production during one or two of those shots.

I don’t really agree with “if you can’t beat them, join them” attitude to stuff like this.
Being a right wing imbecile is very much on the rise but it doesn’t mean we should just fall into line with it.
AI should be used for taking away mundanity like doing the dishes and laundry from our lives to free us up to do the fun and creative stuff not steal that from us.
I’ve got admiration for whoever’s work was used to “train” this but only contempt for those who are facilitating and grifting on the blatant theft of original work.
Do you not see that these tools that you are espousing will only make that situation immeasurably worse ?
This will literally give these people the ability to say “yeah just make that last one again with a slight variation and set in a different location” and churn this shit out even faster and with waaayyyy more profitability than they do now ?

That guy either lives in another world and time, or he makes us all feel like we do.

That guy either lives in another world and time, or he makes us all feel like we do.

100% tariffs on American films which aren't all shot in the US.
100% tariffs on all foreign imports and Netflix production.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz01kx3yrmvo
https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-announces-100-tariff-on-non-us-movies-as-film-industry-dying-13362069
Proper details sketchy but looks bad.
But all par for the course when your public votes for a thuggish fascist dictator.

Incredible piece!

Well, I understand and even second such input (how to not praise such resistent standpoint BTW?), for some reason you don't find in the title up there "My fav" but only "Fav"... let alone the expression "out there" too -- followed by those three dots aka ellipsis ; ) however, I think these tools are just arriving to stay, I guess whether we like it or not. 
We have to admit this development (not exactly a synonym of creation or the word 'art' would have been added) is impressive, no matter how sensible we are to the presence of this controversial level of arsenal. 
Can it be a PITA? Oh, in all likelihood...
Better to see these implements as they are or can be, handy toolset for mere creative refinement when applied in good hands, no less (not everywhere and anywhere) and six hours of work for this sample, as due:
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16HdVQ9Acj/?mibextid=wwXIfr
 
IMHO the more we can juxtapose -- the right word, the more we hit the home run...
 
I simply hate the current hollywood Marvel trend and alike, they actually are destroying the art of motion picture. The remaining part left is trying to get a better idea how make it at bright side. The more many-sided we can face it as multiple layers of instruments we're able to add to the orchestra. 
A bit like distribution windows when the streaming is placing people outside the big screen and the social/aesthetic experience of the movie theatre. At a certain point, can cinema (aka the art of) be considered dead or sorta like the painting when photography popped up? ;- )
 
- EAG

Here is an impressive series of snacks:
https://www.youtube.com/@CommonHub/videos
In this case, MidJourney, Runway ML e ElevenLabs have been used according to the sources found:
 
 
 

Cool, one step closer to completely unburden us, humans, from all those unnecessary skills of ours.

My favourite AI outcome would be for it to fuck right off.

Oddly enough, I actually had a dream last night that I had a Nikon Zf.
Based on its excellent performance in that dream, I can concur with @MrSMW that it is a great camera.
Then this morning I got an alert that the Zf has been reduced to £1400 on Amazon.
This might be a sign.
Possibly a sign not to eat cheese before bed as I’ve never had such a vivid dream about a camera before.
Particularly not one where I was shooting an intimate portrait of the Loch Ness Monster with it.
 
 
 

First time back out with the Zf (late 2023 camera!) shooting stills alongside the A7RV this weekend after ditching it (the Zf) in favour of moving over to the Sony early last year.
Glad I bought one back. It’s such a great stills camera, my favourite ever now taking over from my previous faves which were the Fuji X100 series and X Pro2.
The Zf is like an X Pro2 on steroids.
I need to try it for video because that could be a little bit special…

Terrific range...
And tool by consequence BTW -- let alone 6-stops at the wide end and 4.5-stops at the telephoto end which expands the number of shots you're able to get straight from your hands as you can see here (no replacement for a gimbal when walking for sure but why should it be anyway? ; )
Follows a dead silent AF and no breathing outcome...

That general blackout of a couple of days ago reaching two-digit millions of people for half a day was creepy enough to say the least... First time ever in half of a century of life. We are nothing without modern life or too little. 
Looked to be part of a movie. Don't want to know what genre is.
EAG :- )

I see you all lurking in the shadows, secretly reading the rumors, too afraid to hit “post”... 😇
In just a few days, the new Lumix FF is set to drop—and rumor has it, we’re talking cinema camera territory. The Canadian YouTubers? Already in Texas and Portugal, probably under NDAs thicker than a RED firmware update. So... are we talking or what?
Because let’s face it: after this one, it’s gonna be another six years—and at least one global event worthy of a disaster movie—before Panasonic releases their next cine cam.
Built-in ND? Or are we chasing DJI ghosts again?
Meanwhile, our cowboy filmmaker has the mystery box chilling on the hood of his pickup, right across from the light he’s testing:
 
 

Published by Canon (JP 2025-040484) a month ago... 
«To provide a compact imaging optical system that’s wide and fast.»
The prototype coming (or is it mere proof of concept for patent purposes?) would be for a 24mm f/0.7 from those white papers announcing they have worked out «a long-standing challenge in lens design» but according to Canon rumors, any RF f/1.0 lens is then just arriving around the corner, very likely.

Published by Canon (JP 2025-040484) a month ago... 
«To provide a compact imaging optical system that’s wide and fast.»
The prototype coming (or is it mere proof of concept for patent purposes?) would be for a 24mm f/0.7 from those white papers announcing they have worked out «a long-standing challenge in lens design» but according to Canon rumors, any RF f/1.0 lens is then just arriving around the corner, very likely.

Just waiting for the price of this AF 14-24mm f/2.8 beauty...
https://www.lksamyang.com/en/product/product-view.php
Who else?

«seems that Inst360 plans to install a larger 1/1.28-inch camera sensor with up to 133% better light performance»
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Insta360-X5-New-leaks-reveal-pricing-specs-and-early-camera-performance-ahead-of-schedule.1002234.0.html

Same, costed me lots of jobs as well. As often they request the premiere/Ae project files. Or they ask if I can take over an existing premiere edit. Been working in resolve for 10 years now, and stopped using adobe because of their subscription model. All in all I might have made more money, just paying for the subscriptions..
Sorry to get offtopic a bit here.

You are right, I kinda missed that.
Honestly, the part I don't understand is that most editors are now on Devinci, Yet no one would entertain using B-Raw, everyone is stuck on ProRes!

There is nothing wrong with Braw, one bit! however EVERY single edit house we ship footage to only accepts Prores LT or ProRes, so it would have to be a transcode, which if you have time is not an issue (but then why shoot raw and not use any of it's advantages) but in very quick turn around situations when you have to hand off a drive, Braw is not possible!
These are challenges where you are part of a much bigger production, but if you are a solo shooter and cut your own work, then it's absolutely not an issue!

2025 model is arriving... this April 22.
Updated X series version.
A few people say it is the last one of this design. Both their teaser and this beta tester hint that we'll have an interchangeable/swappable lens camera this time...
 

Same here. 16:9 is very device friendly for full screen use but isn’t as *cough* cinematic as 2.35:1, but I find that sometimes too extreme to be standard ‘style’ for all my work.
I’m still debating whether to use 2:1 this year or stick with good old 16:9…
The advantage of shooting open gate is we have options and with Lumix, multiple frame markers and conscious of my socials, one of those markers is 9:16.
Being able to produce 2.35:1 and 9:16 from the same footage is a bit tricky, even with open gate and I will probably just stick with 16:9 + 9:16 as it’s the least extreme option.
Well 1:1 is the least extreme, but no thanks as that’s for squares.

The beauty is that you can shoot whatever resolution without crop. I would never shoot above 4k. But the 12k sure does have pretty colors.