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Film
Liz Garbus's documentary short uses Google DeepMind generative restoration and performance-control technology to help a couple married more than 70 years reconstruct the unrecorded day they first met.
Liz Garbus's documentary short uses Google DeepMind generative restoration and performance-control technology to help a couple married more than 70 years reconstruct the unrecorded day they first met. The team used generative models to restore black-and-white photographs of Burt and Ethelle Shatz from their youth, then used performance-control technology to map present-day micro-mannerisms onto younger recreations. Ethelle actively directed details such as architecture and clothing so the reconstruction aligned with her memory.
The team used generative models to restore black-and-white photographs of Burt and Ethelle Shatz from their youth, then used performance-control technology to map present-day micro-mannerisms onto younger recreations. Ethelle actively directed details such as architecture and clothing so the reconstruction aligned with her memory.
This is an unusually strong example of AI serving a human story rather than becoming the story. The subjects helped direct the reconstruction, and the technology was used to preserve mannerisms and memories that had never been captured on camera. It offers a concrete model for AI as a filmmaking tool with emotional and editorial intent.
Andy Serkis, Josh Nelson Youssef / Imaginarium Productions / Boona / Google 100 Zeros / 3DAR
Mixed reality
Mikhail Golovin
Horror · Short
Francesco Carrozzini / OUR FILMS, A Mediawan Company / OUR AI
Documentary
Action