Jump to content

That's it... no more production?


Jay Rose

Recommended Posts

A group at MIT has come up with a way to generate very real-looking motion videos, with people and objects doing what they'd normally do, based on a single still photo of the scene!

Article at http://web.mit.edu/vondrick/tinyvideo/ has before-and-after shots, along with a discussion of the algorithm and machine learning involved.

The process is in its infancy and generating only short, small-format clips. But we've all seen how quickly these things can be developed, once you throw money and programmers at them. 

For those who say, "well, what about the story? We'll always need to have writers and actors and directors..." I respond - not really tongue-in-cheek - what about reality tv? There's a heck of a lot of programming being developed where the story is tacked on in post. And there's a lot of money to be made when this process is developed well enough to fill cable tv slots. 

Not to mention all its other implications... 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...