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How a new Amazon-backed Hollywood production startup deploys AI for speed and cost-cutting
A new AI-powered hybrid Hollywood startup backed by AWS is betting that cutting-edge production tech can cut costs, speed up filming and bring jobs back to LA.
TL;DR
- Innovative Dreams is a new hybrid production studio using AI tools from pre-production to post-production.
- The company combines virtual production, motion capture, and AI tools (Luma, Google's Nano Banana, Bytedance's SeeDream) to cut costs and time.
- CEO Jon Erwin emphasizes a fusion of traditional filmmaking with digital worlds, not replacement of human roles.
- The approach was developed after successfully using AI for historical scenes in the show 'House of David'.
- The first project, 'The Old Stories: Moses', starring Ben Kingsley, was shot in one week on a virtual soundstage, depicting 40 locations.
- AWS provides cloud and AI infrastructure, while Luma offers a collaborative workspace for AI generation services.
- Concerns exist about AI's impact on jobs in an industry already facing challenges from the pandemic and strikes.
- Erwin believes this AI-powered method can help bring production jobs back to Los Angeles.