AI is killing Hollywood..
the same guy who shot the iconic Sydney Sweeney x American Eagle campaign just made a full Jack Daniels commercial using Higgsfield Seedance Pro
it used to cost 1 million, now $20 with AI
let's break it down: https://t.co/OKzJgnwfV4
in traditional filmmaking
one actor can cost $100M for a single movie
VFX can burn another $200M like it’s pocket change
meanwhile, indie filmmakers are told their ideas are “too risky” https://t.co/Vsvq5uzKtA
Tom Cruise walked away from Top Gun: Maverick with more than the combined budgets of hundreds of indie films
Bruce Willis made 250% of The Sixth Sense’s budget from backend deals
that’s not talent pricing, it’s a broken system https://t.co/3PE7GHJgaV
VFX is no better
three seconds of alien footage can cost $30k
one big CGI battle can cost Half a million
studios bleed money just to render explosions you could do on your phone now
check out here: https://t.co/xXrlXvOiZ1 https://t.co/yC8PrblupV
here's why AI changes everything
a photoreal digital actor costs under $50 to make now
change their age, style, or even species in minutes
no agents, no contracts, no ego, just any character for any film https://t.co/nAgwM9Vsmk
VFX is basically free with AI
explosions, city destruction, car chases, entire planets, done in hours, not months
it used to take 200 artists now fits in a single prompt
do you know Christopher Nolan spent 1M on practical effect for the atomic bomb explosion in Oppenheimer? https://t.co/dva6ygtiXc
it means indie filmmakers can make sci-fi epics from a laptop
Space stations, dragons, A-list-looking cast, all without mortgaging the house https://t.co/1PPVsMi3cN
the gatekeepers hate this shift
because when indie filmmakers can make studio-quality films for the cost of coffee
Hollywood’s $300M blockbusters start looking like a bad business decision https://t.co/Yzfseuy3Ya
The industry has gone from “you need $100M to tell a story”
to “you need $100 and a decent GPU” https://t.co/aru2kdCo6H
the future of filmmaking isn’t “cutting costs.”
it’s about blowing them up
no more begging for funding
no more killing scenes because they’re “too expensive”
no more compromise on the story https://t.co/4iZ89QDDGy
AI is democratising filmmaking
it hands billion dollar tools to anyone with passion to create
the next Avengers level film could come from someone’s bedroom
Hollywood knows it, that’s why it’s scared https://t.co/MEF2kiw6RS
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