ALIZA
LIMITLESS CREATIVE
empowering storytellers to move past the limits of FILM and animation
THE POPULARITY AND PROGRESS OF AI HAS COME AND GONE SINCE THE 1950’S, BUT TODAY AI IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH IN TERMS OF ADVANCES, FUNDING, AND PUBLIC ENTHUSIASM. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU? IF YOU ARE AN IMAGE MAKER THAT MEANS THAT STARTING TODAY AI CAN DO FOR YOU WHAT EVEN YESTERDAY WOULD TAKE HUGE BUDGETS AND ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF TIME.
[ ALIZA ] MAKES DIGITAL HUMAN CREATION AND CHARACTER REPLACEMENT FASTER AND CHEAPER. GONE ARE THE DAYS OF FACIAL TRACKING HELMETS AND TEAMS OF ANIMATORS - OUR DEEP LEARNING NEURAL NETWORKS ANALYZE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF IMAGES AND GENERATE NEW ORIGINAL VERSIONS OF THESE IMAGES THAT MATCH THE POSE, EXPRESSION, LIGHTING, AND MOVEMENT OF THE DESIRED END RESULT.
CHARACTER
REPLACEMENT
BLADE RUNNER 2049 MAY BE ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF CGI DE-AGING IN A HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTION. THOUGH THIS SEQUENCE IS SEVERAL YEARS OLD, THE EXECUTION AND FINAL OUTPUT HAS NOT BEEN SURPASSED.
THE RESULTS HOWEVER, CAME WITH A STEEP COST AND TOOK MORE THAN A YEAR TO EXECUTE. USING THE GANIMATION PROCESS [ALIZA] WAS ABLE TO RECREATE A DE-AGED SEAN YOUNG (RACHAEL) WITH NO PROFESSIONAL ANIMATORS OR CGI ARTISTS IN A UNDER A WEEK.
1 SENTENCE PER PHOTO REFERENCING WHAT PART OF THE PROCESS WE ARE LOOKING AT + TIME / COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT STEP.
MPC was tasked to recreate Rachael from the original blade runner
row of 3
scanned Sean young for a base of a skull
CAN YOU TELL WHICH CLIP TOOK ONE YEAR TO CREATE, AND WHICH CLIP TOOK ONE WEEK?
THE TEAM BEHIND GEMINI MAN WAS ASKED TO CHANGE THE ENDING OF THE FILM 3 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE PREMIER. THIS WAS ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE CHARACTER OF “YOUNG WILL” NEEDED TO BE SHOWN IN THE BROAD DAYLIGHT. WHILE THE EFFORTS WERE GREAT, THE FINAL PRODUCT WAS LESS THAN. THIS SCENE ALONE REQUIRED AROUND 100 MEMBERS, COST THEM CLOSE TO $25M, AND THAT ENDING SHOT EFFECTIVELY FELL FLAT.
WE HAVE RECREATED THIS SHOT, WITH ONE ARTIST IN ONE WEEK.
STUNT DOUBLES ARE COMMONLY USED BY HOLLYWOOD IN LIEU OF COSTLY DIGITAL EDITING IN ORDER TO PORTRAY A CHARACTER'S’ LIKENESS. THIS PROCESS HOWEVER, ENTAILS MASKING THE BODY DOUBLE’S FACE.
GANIMATION ENABLES FILM MAKERS TO NO LONGER REQUIRES FILMMAKERS TO HIDE THESE FACES, OPENING UP VAST POSSIBILITIES FOR PREVIOUSLY COST-PROHIBITIVE SHOTS AND ACTION PACKED SCENES.
AFTER 200K WORTH OF DIGITAL CAMERAS, A HIGHLY PAID TEAM OF CG ARTISTS, SEVERAL MONTHS IN POST PRODUCTION AND A HEFTY PRODUCTION BUDGET THE IRISHMAN DE-AGING MAKES THE ACTORS LOOK YOUNGER, BUT NOT NECESSARILY LIKE THEIR YOUNGER SELVES.
WITH GANIMATION WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A RESULT THAT LOOKS CLOSER TO THEIR YOUNGER SELVES, WITH ONE ARTIST IN ONE WEEK.
DE-AGING IS EASIER THEN EVER, THE FOLLOWING CLIP [ FROM BLADE RUNNER 2049] WAS DYNAMICALLY DE-AGED IN 3 DAYS BY 1 ARTIST WITH A CLICK OF A BUTTON, WE WERE ABLE TO DEAGE HARRISON FORD BY 75%.
DEAGING
CURRENT STATE OF THE ART TECHNIQUES REQUIRE EXPENSIVE FACIAL TRACKING EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE TO ACHIEVE REALISTIC FACIAL ANIMATION.
NO LONGER DO YOU NEED COMPLICATED RIGS AND MULTI-CAMERA SETUPS TO ACHIEVE FACIAL ANIMATION. [ALIZA'S] PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS YOU TO DO ALL OF THIS WITH NO SPECIAL EQUIPMENT OR SETUP. JUST SHOOT AS YOU NORMALLY WOULD, AND LET [ALIZA'S] DEEP LEARNING AI DO THE REST.
CHARACTER RE-AGING + VFX MAKEUP DESIGN
PROSTHETICS + VFX MAKEUP IS A TIME CONSUMING PROCESS. WETHER ITS MAKING AN ACTOR LOOK OLDER, YOUNGER, OR SUPERNATURAL IT REQUIRES SEVERAL HOURS OF MAKEUP DAILY WHILE SHOOTING.
GANIMATION MEANS YOU ONLY NEED TO RECORD MAKEUP DATA ONCE SAVING YOU HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF REAPPLICATION AND TIME WITH YOUR CAST.
STEPH'S CONCERNS :
1. THE COLORING OVERLL LOOKS A BIT GREEN / YELLOWISH INSTEAD OF PALE / WHITE...
2. THE MAKEUP LOOKS AREN'T REALLY CHANGING ALOT / COLORS CHANGE BUT NOT REALLY SHAPES ... IT FEELS VERY SUBTLE TO HAVE SHOWING VFX TYPE OF MAKEUP
VIRTUAL BEINGS
VERY FEW THINGS MOVE FASTER THAN CURRENT SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS. IN A SPACE WHERE VIRTUAL BEINGS ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE PRESENT ON VISUAL MEDIUMS LIKE INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE, GANIMATION IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF ALLOWING CREATORS TO BRING THEIR CHARACTERS TO LIFE IN A WAY THAT ACTUALLY KEEPS UP WITH THE DEMAND FOR CONTENT WITHOUT BANKRUPTING FIRST. WITHOUT THIS TECHNOLOGY VIRTUAL HUMANS WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO CREATE CONTENT FAST ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH CURRENT TRENDS.
WITHOUT THIS TECHNOLOGY VIRTUAL HUMANS WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO CREATE CONTENT FAST ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH CURRENT TRENDS.
GANIMATION ...IS AN EFFICIENT CHOICE FOR CHARACTER FACIAL ANIMATION. THE VIDEO ON THE LEFT IS DONE USING GANIMATION, THE VIDEO ON THE RIGHT IS DONE USING TRADITIONAL ANIMATION METHODS.
ACTORS AND ENTERTAINERS CAN BE BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DEAD PROVIDING MONETIZATION POTENTIAL TO CELEBRITY ESTATES AND INSURING HIGH BUDGET PRODUCTIONS FOR UNTIMELY DEATHS.
LIKE ANY OTHER CHARACTER REPLACEMENT PROCESS ITS FRAUGHT WITH BUDGETARY DRAINS AND DEADLINE RESTRAINTS.
IMAGINE A WORLD
IN THE NEAR FUTURE THE TALENT BEST SUITED FOR THE PROJECT WILL BE CAST WETHER THEY ARE ALIVE OR DEAD.
GANIMATION ALLOWS FOR LONGEVITY OF YOUR LEGACY. USING TECHNOLOGY TO
PHOTOS OF BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE IRISHMAN - if we find good photos
MLK SELMA CLIP .... SIDE BY SIDE TO SEE MLK HIMSELF ETC
TALK ABOUT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESURRECTION, AND THE WAY IT CAN CELEBRATE UNTOLD STORIES, OR CARRY ON LEGACIES IN A MEANINGFUL MOVING WAY. I THINK WE CAN FIND AN WAY TO EXPRESS THE USAGE WITHOUT ONLY FOCUSING ON HOW IT CAN MONETIZE / AS IT RELATES TO PEOPLE AFTER DEATH IT CAN FEEL SLIGHTLY UNCALIBRATED...
IDEALLY WE CAN FIND 1 MORE CLIP OF SOMEONE TO RESURRECT... THIS CAN PULL ON HEART STRINGS ... IF WE MAKE THIS SECTION SLIGHTLY STRONGER I WOULD SUGGEST ENDING THE DECK WITH THIS SECTION TO END ON AN EMOTIONAL PULL.
JOW WE CAN ALSO GO INTO YOUR IDEAS ABOUT RESURRECTION FOR MUSICAL CHARACTERS AND ESTATES ETC.
RESURRECTION
NOVELTY + SOCIAL MEDIA APPLICATIONS
IMPLEMENTATION AND INTEGRATION IMPLEMENTATION AND INTEGRATION OF COST EFFICIENT GANIMAITON TECHNOLOGY INTO EXISTING SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS MAY LEAD TO INCREASED USER GROWTH AND ENGAGEMENT.
