Sora has received one of the first AI generated short films from Canada’s shykids_:
“Based in Toronto, shy kids are a multimedia production company who utilized Sora for their short film about a balloon man. ‘We now have the ability to expand on stories we once thought impossible,’ shares the trio made up of Walter Woodman, Sidney Leeder and Patrick Cederberg. Walter, who directed Air Head, remarks that ‘as great as Sora is at generating things that appear real, what excites us is its ability to make things that are totally surreal. A new era of abstract expressionism.’ Speaking to the wider industry, ‘people from all over the world with stories ready to burst out of their chests finally have the opportunity to show the world what’s inside.'”
The BTS video is quite illustrative, as it does look like some post work was done on at least one clip:
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I love this quote: “Sora is very much a slot machine as to what you get back.”
By the way, these are the folks behind 2013’s brilliant, genre-launching Noah (nsfw):
My take: sure, it’s not prime time yet, but Sora will only get better. Check out these other “text to video” tools on Future Tools. Oh, and I think the contrast in “air head” is too flat.