AI film experiment

A while back, I stepped into AI out of pure curiosity.
With a mix of excitement about discovering what’s possible… and the frustration that inevitably comes with it.

No masterplan. No roadmap. Just testing, breaking things, rebuilding.
Fast forward… that curiosity turned into real work, a new client, The Sting (more on that in the near future), and a completely new way of thinking about AI-directed film.

Things that felt impossible three months ago are now… normal.
I tested over 20 tools along the way, but one stuck. Weavy.ai became my go-to. Not because it “does everything”, but because it lets you think in scenes, logic and intention.

For this 36 second test, I treated the Weavy workflow as a director’s board.
Each node a shot.
Each branch a camera decision.
Each variation a creative choice.

And that’s where the real challenge kicked in.
AI is great at perfection.
But perfection isn’t believable.

The hardest part isn’t just realism.
Realism is already tough… AI gravitates towards polished perfection. Plastic. Biased.

But even when it looks real, the real challenge starts after that.
Consistency.
And imperfections.

Those tiny irregularities that make something feel human.
Lived-in.
The art is translating a vision into prompts.
Artificial. Directed by human intelligence.

Tools used: Claude, Gemeni, Weavy.ai, Midjourney, Nano Banana Pro, Photoshop, Higgsfield video, Runway Gen-4, Kling 2.6, Magnific, DaVinci Resolve