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This showreel from Google DeepMind's new AI video generator Veo 2 was released a few weeks ago. Like other AI video apps, all the shots were generated from... Read more
This showreel from Google DeepMind's new AI video generator Veo 2 was released a few weeks ago. Like other AI video apps, all the shots were generated from simple text prompts - similar to those found in shooting scripts or briefs for graphics companies. The results are the most impressive demonstration of AI video yet.

As someone who works in documentaries, I can't help feeling that as mind-blowing as the fantasy shots are, it's the remarkably convincing depictions of the 'real world' that are the real shocker. (Who is the beekeeper? Or the researcher with the microscope? From what corner of the AI's imagination do they come from?)

Like OpenAI and others, Google has been coy about the material they've used to train the AI. Yet, from the quality of these shots, it would seem the AI has been 'watching' a lot of high-end material.

AI-generated videos are beginning to populate YouTube, but the revolution is just getting started. We haven’t seen anything yet. In the meantime, the story of how AI learned to see and understand our visual world will make for a great documentary.

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We filmed the BBC Studios / Bilibili series 'Rendezvous with the Future' during the Covid pandemic... It's been watched by 88 million viewers so far and... Read more
We filmed the BBC Studios / Bilibili series 'Rendezvous with the Future' during the Covid pandemic... It's been watched by 88 million viewers so far and amazingly is still winning awards - this time, the Grand Jury Prize at the CICSEP China Dragon Awards in Shenzhen.
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@DavidBriggs this series was brilliant David. Congratulations on the award.
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A 3-part documentary series that I series produced and directed called 'RENDEZVOUS WITH THE FUTURE' won a Golden Kapok Award at the Guangzhou International... Read more
A 3-part documentary series that I series produced and directed called 'RENDEZVOUS WITH THE FUTURE' won a Golden Kapok Award at the Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival.

Congrats to the whole team @KeatonStone @LillianChen @GeorginaBrenner @LucyLipscombe @DominicStaveacre

The series has so far been watched by a combined audience of more than 80 million in China. Hopefully it'll make it to UK screens soon...
https://gzdoc.cn/en/ListOfOutstandingFilms/list.aspx

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Exciting to see that the episode of the Chris Packham series 'EARTH' (BBC/PBS) that I directed has been shortlisted for a Grierson 🤞 The series is still... Read more
Exciting to see that the episode of the Chris Packham series 'EARTH' (BBC/PBS) that I directed has been shortlisted for a Grierson 🤞 The series is still available to watch on BBC iPlayer...

Congrats to the whole freelance team! @SophieWalsh @GraceHartley @JayBalamurugan @ThomasWelch @WilliamHornbrook @FreddieNottidge @JessicaSpringthorpe @KateJameson @JeremyParkinson

https://griersontrust.org/grierson-awards/past-awards/2024/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0fpwmkm/earth-series-1-5-human

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Stay tuned... Bilibili have announced that a project I series produced/directed called "Rendezvous into the Future" will launch in China very soon.

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