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AI video technology is evolving rapidly, so even creative professionals have a lot to experiment with. Darryl Anselmo, a creative director turned digital artist, has been experimenting with the technology since its early days and has been posting AI-generated videos every day since 2021. He says the technology uses a wide range of tools, including Kling, Luma and Midjourney, and is constantly iterating. For him, testing the limits of these AI tools can be a reward in itself. “I'd like to think there are impossible things that haven't been discovered yet that weren't possible before, and that's exciting to me,” he says.
Anselmo has compiled his daily creations over the past four years into an art project. AI slophas been exhibited in multiple galleries including the Grand Palais Immersif in Paris. Clearly care has been taken to atmosphere and composition. Some clips feel more like arthouse vignettes than throwaway memes. Over time, Anselmo's projects took a darker turn, with subject matter shifting from landscapes and interior design to the body horror that drew Garibay.
his career work, feel the agishows a surreal bot decapitating itself. Another video he recently shared features a midnight diner featuring anthropomorphic tater tots. It's very troublesome;With its vintage palette and slow, mysterious soundtrack, this production feels like a late-night fever dream.
An added benefit of these AI systems is that creators can easily build recurring spaces and casts of characters that function like unofficial series. For example, Lim is the creator of a popular AI video account called Niceaunties, which is inspired by the “aunty culture” of her native Singapore.
“In Singaporean culture, the word 'aunty' often has a somewhat negative connotation. Aunties are portrayed as old-fashioned, clingy and without boundaries. But they are also very witty, funny and at ease with themselves,” she says. “We want to create a different world for them.”
Her cheeky and playful videos feature older Asian women merging with fruit, other objects, architecture, or simply living their best lives in fantasy worlds. A viral video called AntlantisIn the piece, which has garnered 13.5 million views on Instagram, a silver-haired lady imagines an industrial mermaid working in an underwater garbage processing plant.
There's also Granny Spills, an AI video account in which a charming, sassy old lady spouts vitriol and life advice to street interviewers. Within three months of its launch, it had amassed 1.8 million followers on Instagram, with new videos posted almost every day. Grandma's face looks a little different in each video, but her pink color scheme and clothing remain pretty consistent. Creators Eric Suerez and Adam Waserstein said the entire workflow, from script writing to scene construction, is powered by AI. As a result, their role is closer to creative direction.
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These projects are often derived from collectibles, miniseries, and branded universes. For example, the creators of Granny Spills expanded their network to include black grannies and Asian grannies to cater to different audiences. Grandmas now appear in crossover videos as if they share the same fictional world, driving traffic between channels.
