Evolutionary Films’ Diane Shorthouse and Amissa Studios' Issa Sissoko say human-led creative direction is key as AI video moves from experimentation into real production workflows Kling AI hit the opening morning of the inaugural TIFF: The Market with a lively, well attended panel, “A New Creative Paradigm: Consistent, Cinematic AI Video Powered by Kling AI,” geared towards a Canadian industry audience of animation and live-action film creators eager for up-to-date insight into their roles and human skills in rapidly evolving production workflows. The panel, moderated by Tony Pu, Kling AI’s head of creator community and industry partnerships, Europe and North America, continued the discussion started at Kling AI’s Cannes Film Market session, where the company announced it had signed on as exclusive global technological brand partner on Evolutionary Films’ animated feature “Minibots.” Direct from the frontlines, “Minibots” producer and co-founder of Evolutionary Films Diane Shorthouse and AI filmmaker and founder of Amissa Studios Issa Sissoko (who has worked and consulted for the likes of Antoine Fuqua, Darren Aronofsky, and Doug Liman) discussed the practical realities of AI-assisted filmmaking with a focus on existential aspects of the work. Both panelists and their teams utilize tools from Kling AI’s AI creative productivity platform.
The fundamental job of a producer is still to serve the director’s creative vision, Shorthouse said, but the tools are different. What does the performance need to be? What does it need to cut to?
What are the elements or the assets that we need to get there? Who has the best skills [and] where could be using AI artists to do that? We’ll generate 20 shots of something, and 19 are going to be wrong.
But those 19 are important. It’s human judgment that you need to know what’s wrong.” When pre-visualizing scripts with producers and directors, Sissoko is helping producers and directors not only identify potential problems but also make smart decisions on what needs to be filmed and where money needs to be spent.
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