‘Without storyboards, I feel like I’m in Grand Central station in my underwear’: film’s fightback against AI
Summary
Generative AI tools can create illustrations from text prompts, raising concerns that they may replace storyboard artists in film production. Artists and directors describe storyboarding as a collaborative creative process that helps shape a film’s visual language, not just a way to produce finished drawings.Key Facts
- Storyboard artists draw panels and notes to map scenes before filming and communicate a director’s vision to the cast and crew.
- The article says AI tools that generate illustrations from text prompts appear to target storyboard work.
- Storyboard artists often work with directors, cinematographers, editors, production designers and stunt coordinators.
- Artist Alex Clark says storyboarding involves developing ideas collaboratively and deciding how best to tell a scene visually.
- Denis Villeneuve has described frequent storyboard collaborator Sam Hudecki as an extension of his brain.
- Martin Scorsese announced a partnership with an AI firm in June and used its text-to-image model in storyboarding for his next film.
- James Cameron, Steven Soderbergh and Christopher Nolan have also engaged with AI tools in film-making.
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