June 9, 2012 - According to foreign media outlet TechXplore, a new website by the AI Video Technologies, Inc. Runway The annual AI hosted film festivalKicking off in New York on June 5, ten short films from around the world made their big screen debut.
Runway CEO Cristobal Valenzuela said, "Three years ago this sounded like a pipe dream. Now, millions of people around the world are using a tool that we only dreamed of back then.Billions of videos created. "
He said that the festival has grown significantly since its debut in 2023, with only 300 submissions in the first edition and this year receivingAbout 6000 works.
This year's program of approximately 90 minutes includes a wide range of boldly conceived short films -- including Jacob Adler's Total Pixel Space, which won Best Film. The 9-minute, 28-second film explores how many images are possible in digital space and mathematically estimates the astronomical number. The film presents an impressive array of images, ranging from real life to complete fiction.
Andrew Salter's "Jailbird," depicting a chicken's experience of entering a British prison and participating in a joint rehabilitation program for humans and animals, took second place. Third place went to Ricardo Biavicencio's "One," co-written with Edward Sage, about an interstellar journey set in the future.
The ten shorts were selected as finalists from thousands of submissions and will continue to be screened next week in Los Angeles and Paris.
When scoring, judges willFocus on how AI is used and how wellThe work is not entirely AI-generated, however. However, not all entries were generated entirely by AI. The entry threshold requires the use of AI video technology in the movie, but does not specify the percentage, so many entries were generated with AI.Real life photography mixed with AI elementsThe way it is presented.
In an interview before the screening, Valenzuela said that they want to encourage creators to try and explore the possibilities of AI tools.
According to 1AI, making a logically complete movie with generative AI is no easy task. Even a clip of just a few seconds can requireRepeated debugging, dozens of detailed instructionsIt's the only way to make a coherent picture.
But the technology has come a long way since the inaugural AI Film Festival in 2023. These changes are clearly reflected in this year's entries, Valenzuela said. While there are still limitations, the AI VideoThe realism and expressiveness is rapidly increasing.
Runway encourages participants to use their own tools to make their films and allows creators to leverage other platforms. The industry as a whole is now accelerating the development of AI video tools, with a plethora of generators ranging from text- and image- to audio-driven, with the technology evolving and becoming more accessible.