It all begins with a question: What if an AI animation could start from toys in the backyard?
⏱️ 40 secs short animation
📆 Half-day production
👩🎨 4 artists
🧰 6 AI tools
🧸 Toys!!!!!!!!!!
Workflow
1. Style frames design
2. Turn photos into style frame
3. Animate style frame
⚠️ Use Video Style Transfer / Modify Video carefully
While video style transfer or video modification may appear to be powerful and promising techniques, current AI video models are primarily optimized for human performances and still struggle to handle non-human characters effectively.
Original photo
AI Video
AI Video to Video Style Transfer
Storyboard and Project Management
We use Milanote, a collaborative tool for project management and file sharing.
Sound Design
I integrate AI-generated sound effects into the traditional sound design pipeline.
Credit
A Ø Studio Production
Director: Davis Chang
Cinematographer: Kenneth Ma
AI Artists: Kiki Wu, Cyan Hsu, Davis Chang
Editor: Davis Chang
Sound Designer: Kiki Wu