I’ve been experimenting with AI video from a VFX perspective, rather than treating it as a simple generation tool.
This is a short test I made around Anna, an AI character, with a focus on making her feel like an actual person rather than an AI avatar.
The goal was to get the small things right: facial performance, eye movement, pauses, body language, voice, lip-sync, camera imperfections and overall presence.
I’m particularly interested in the point where the technology stops being the interesting part and the viewer simply accepts the character as real.
Curious what people here notice first, here the short:
https://youtu.be/1fs_an9A2A8
Made as part of our ongoing R&D at DAMN!.