{"id":13191,"date":"2024-05-03T14:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T11:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/openais-sora-creates-music-video-for-indie-artist\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T14:32:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T11:32:02","slug":"openais-sora-creates-music-video-for-indie-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/openais-sora-creates-music-video-for-indie-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI&#8217;s Sora Creates Music Video for Indie Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Screenwriter and director Paul Trillo has showcased one of the first music videos entirely generated by OpenAI&#8217;s artificial intelligence, Sora.<\/p>\n<p>The video was created for indie chillwave musician Washed Out (Ernest Weatherly Greene Jr.) and his new single, The Hardest Part. The four-minute clip is a series of rapid shots across various scenes, seamlessly stitched together to create the illusion of a continuous zoom.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Washed Out - The Hardest Part (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Nb-M1GAOX8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AI Generates Entire Video<\/h2>\n<p>As part of the project, Sora generated over 700 clips, from which 55 individual segments were selected and edited into a complete video sequence using Adobe Premiere.<\/p>\n<p>According to the director, achieving the desired result required crafting detailed prompts for the AI, which included not only the image itself but also camera angles and character movements.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe fly through a bubble, it pops, we fly through gum and emerge onto an open football field,\u201d Trillo wrote as a prompt for one short video segment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The director noted that the video solely utilized text-to-video generation capabilities. He did not employ the increasingly popular technique of animating static frames with AI.<\/p>\n<p>Trillo conceived the idea for the video nearly a decade ago but abandoned it at the time. Now, with the help of AI, he has brought it to fruition.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First official commissioned music video made with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OpenAI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OpenAI<\/a> Sora for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realwashedout?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realwashedout<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>This was an idea I had almost 10 years ago and then abandoned. Finally was able to bring it to life.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full video here <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sGpmMLVCul\">https:\/\/t.co\/sGpmMLVCul<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J3RxRD9nzo\">pic.twitter.com\/J3RxRD9nzo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul Trillo (@paultrillo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paultrillo\/status\/1786044776745505209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Greene also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2024-05-02\/first-major-music-artist-uses-openai-sora-to-create-music-video\">shared<\/a> his eagerness to explore new technologies and assess their impact on creativity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cSo if this is pioneering, I\u2019m happy to be part of it,\u201d the musician added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A First of Its Kind?<\/h2>\n<p>OpenAI <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/openai-unveils-sora-enthusiasm-and-challenges\">unveiled<\/a> the Sora video generator in February 2024. The tool generated excitement on social media, yet it has not been released to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Developers are concerned that the generator could be used to create manipulative and misleading videos. Consequently, the startup has limited access to the tool to security experts and a small group of \u201cvisual artists, designers, and filmmakers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In early April, OpenAI released the video Air Head, created by the Canadian creative studio Shy Kids using Sora. However, it heavily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/ai\/ai-image-video\/remember-the-ballon-head-sora-video-it-wasnt-all-ai-generated-after-all\">relied<\/a> on other VFX and video editing tools, such as rotoscoping in Adobe After Effects.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"air head \u00b7 Made by shy kids with Sora\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9oryIMNVtto?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Nonetheless, the emergence of such videos indicates a desire among creatives to harness new AI tools for expression and storytelling. Meanwhile, many criticize the technology and OpenAI, particularly for infringing on copyrights by scraping and training algorithms on artists&#8217; works without their consent or compensation.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, research showed that people struggle to <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/study-reveals-difficulty-in-distinguishing-ai-generated-videos-from-real-footage\">distinguish AI-generated videos from real footage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Screenwriter and director Paul Trillo has showcased one of the first music videos entirely generated by OpenAI&#8217;s artificial intelligence, Sora. The video was created for indie chillwave musician Washed Out (Ernest Weatherly Greene Jr.) and his new single, The Hardest Part. 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