{"id":8212,"date":"2023-02-12T09:11:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T16:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=8212"},"modified":"2023-02-17T13:29:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T20:29:05","slug":"8212","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=8212","title":{"rendered":"Shrinking 4 years to 4 days with AI generated music video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Photographer and filmmaker <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nickkouros.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/nickkouros.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nicholas Kouros<\/a> spent &#8220;hundreds of hours&#8221; over 4 years creating a stop-motion meme-themed music video using paper prints and cutouts for a song called <em>Ruined <\/em>by the metal band Blame Kandinsky. He then created a new version using AI &#8211; in 4 days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The work on the original physical shoot was intense:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cCutting out all individual pieces was a serious task. Some of the setups were so labor-intensive, I had friends over for days to help out,\u201d says Kouros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvery piece was then assembled using various methods, such as connecting through rivets and hinges. We shot everything at 12fps using Dragonframe on a DIY rostrum setup with a mirrorless Sony a7S II and a Zeiss ZE f\/2 50mm Macro-Planar lens.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blame Kandinsky: Ruined (2022)\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/754363245?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a move that likely avoided copyright issues, he used freely usable images. \u201cMost of&nbsp;<em>Ruined<\/em>&nbsp;was made using public domain paintings and art found on museum websites like&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rijksmuseum.nl\/en\" target=\"_blank\">Rijks<\/a>&nbsp;or the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Met<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After everything had been shot, the RAW image sequences were imported to After Effects and later graded in DaVinci Resolve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"8213\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=8213\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/02\/image-7.png?fit=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1152\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-7\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/02\/image-7.png?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/02\/image-7.png?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/02\/image-7.png?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/02\/image-7.png?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/02\/image-7.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/02\/image-7.png?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/02\/image-7.png?resize=360%2C270&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/02\/image-7.png?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/02\/image-7.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using AI instead<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Kouros then created a second music video but this time he used AI. The video took a fraction of the time to make. \u201cIn direct contrast with my previous work for the same band,\u00a0<em>Vague<\/em>\u00a0by Blame Kandinsky, it took a little over <strong>four days <\/strong>of experimenting, used a single line of AI text prompting, and <strong>20 hours of rendering<\/strong>,\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe text prompt line used was: \u2018Occult Ritual, Rosemary\u2019s Baby Scream, Flemish renaissance, painting by Robert Crumb, Death.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dXgIdAIudqM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kouros describes his experience with AI as \u201cfun\u201d and was impressed with the results that the image synthesizer gave him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What was his final take?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIn my opinion, this specific style of animation won\u2019t stand the test of time, but it will probably be a reminder of times before this AI thing really took off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I embrace new tech as it comes along and I have already started making images with the aid of image generators. <br>I\u2019ve actually learned more about art history in this last year using AI, than in seven years of art schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2023\/02\/01\/photographer-spends-a-year-on-diy-stop-motion-music-video-but-it-takes-four-days-with-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2023\/02\/01\/photographer-spends-a-year-on-diy-stop-motion-music-video-but-it-takes-four-days-with-ai\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photographer and filmmaker Nicholas Kouros spent &#8220;hundreds of hours&#8221; over 4 years creating a stop-motion meme-themed music video using paper prints and cutouts for a song called Ruined by the metal band Blame Kandinsky. He then created a new version using AI &#8211; in 4 days. The work on the original physical shoot was intense: \u201cCutting out all individual pieces was a serious task. Some of the setups were so labor-intensive, I had friends over for days to help out,\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=8212\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[28,22,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ai","category-artdesign","category-cool"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s4WECr-8212","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8212"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8270,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8212\/revisions\/8270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}