Micro-Movies

Even though we're on opposite sides of the planet, I couldn't help but notice Barry Ferrier, AKA Dr. Baz, since his award-winning music videos are hard to miss.  While he hails from Down Under, Barry is no underachiever, that's for sure.  His YouTube channel boasts more than 270 of the most incredibly vibrant AI videos that I've ever seen and his resume includes everything from musician and digital film maker, to educator and a doctorate in digital music theory.   In short, he's taken music videos to a whole new level, so I had to ask him how he managed to create such visually outstanding work.  Below is my interview with him. The Doctor of Music Videos is In If you like the artwork of Max Ernst, you love Dreamscape - The Art of Max Ernst Brought to Life. Looking for the cure for the same old music videos?  This one tells a hilarious tale about cats in outer space. Here's the video that took top honors for the Best Music Video at the 2024 Seattle Filmmaker ...

  This week's guest was the result of some detective work on my part.  I first noticed Wolfe Foster's work when I found his trailer for Agartha while looking for talented AI moviemakers online.  What hit me about it was how photorealistic his scenes were.  I didn't know if Agartha was 100% AI-generated, or if Wolfe had mixed live action with AI scenes, as some creators do.  After following the trail of breadcrumbs back to his YouTube channel Jeezlaweez , I realized that the movie trailer was only the tip of the iceberg.  More importantly, I soon discovered that Wolfe was not only a talented AI moviemaker, he was also a songwriter and an animator.  Once I managed to track him down on Facebook, I asked him if he'd consent to an interview.  He not only agreed to the request, but he told me that he had more than one YouTube channel.  His second is called U-TES , the Ultimate Time Experience Simulator.  Intrigued by the name of his other chan...

  I've always said that artificial intelligence is a two-edged sword.  The same technology that can make our lives more productive and convenient, can also prove to be problematic at best and perilous at worst.  All jokes aside about SkyNet creating an army of weaponized robots that are hellbent on destroying mankind, the recent spate of fake news, AI enhanced hacking, and cyberbullying is all too real to ignore.  That's why I was pleased to meet an AI movie maker who's not afraid to point out the fact that if we're not going to have AI be mankind's last act, then we'll have to evolve as a species in order to make it work for us rather than against us.  See the interview below. I'll admit it, I love to watch documentaries.  Every topic from scientific discoveries and space travel, to historical events and future technology are sure to get me to give a documentary a look.  In the past, the cost to produce and distribute documentaries was so high that pr...

  Growing up, I can remember waiting every week with bated breath to see what adventures the crew of the Starship Enterprise was going to get into on some distant world.  Over the years, I've followed the franchise through the Next Generation, Deep Space 9, Voyager, & Enterprise, not to mention scads of movies.  So, I was pleased to discover one AI video producer who has created a deep space SciFi series that has the same kind of look and feel as such series as Star Trek, Babylon 5, or The Expanse.  I was so impressed with Doug Herring's latest work, that I decided to take the time to ask him a few questions about The Station.

If you like the surreal cinematic work of Tim Burton and Terry Gilliam, then you owe it to yourself to check out the disturbing yet strangely compelling world of Brandon Trask.  I met Brandon while checking out the Second Annual AI Horror Film Competition sponsored by Curious Refuge.  With nearly 100 AI horror flicks to choose from, you'd think it would be hard for one entry to jump out at me.  But that's what happened when I cued up Digital Flesh, one of Brandon's entries, which contained a 15-second compendium of creepy images leading to an old man in a wheel chair who pronounces, "Welcome to my nightmare, where even your screams are forgotten." By the end of this AI short, I was so hooked that I quickly hit the link that led to Brandon's YouTube channel, while hoping that Digital Flesh wasn't a one-hit wonder.  Imagine my surprise when I discovered that A Lovely Mess was check full of 20+ wonderfully weird short AI videos.  After watching them all, I kn...

  With Halloween being right around the corner, I thought I'd take a look at the spooky side of YouTube by introducing you to a video channel dedicated to things that go bump in the night.  Created by videographer Dave Bundtzen, his AI and live-action short movies can turn everything from a traffic jam to a telephone into a chamber of horrors.  What's even better is that all his micro-movies have the kind of production value that are only usually found in Hollywood.  Before I introduce you to just a few of Dave's flicks, I thought I'd take the time to introduce you to the man behind such movies as The Devil's Passenger, Window Dressing, and Tap.