After having done all the groundwork in Part 1 and Part 2, we’re finally ready to tackle what’s arguably the most powerful feature of Saga: the Script section.
Another great review of Saga, thanks! We build to where the puck is going (as they say) so while I understand your critique of where the screenwriter's job ends, in the future they can (and will easily on Saga) direct scenes and cinematography. Why not write a scene and then produce it in Saga with one click of a button? Now you are writer/director/producer all in one! The ultimate "slashie" in Hollywood.
In this particular issue I focused on the script, and as Flawlessly Human is, before anything else, an educational resource, I needed to teach the fundamentals of screenwriting for those who are coming to AI filmmaking without that background knowledge.
And let me tell you that Saga is such an incredible educational tool for that!
But YES, if we take the full experience of Saga into consideration, including the rapidly evolving Storyboarding feature I'll cover in the next issue, I can see how Saga can do most of what AI filmmakers need in their workflow.
In my opinion, there is only one major feature/section that, if implemented, would make Saga the ultimate tool for AI filmmakers (if that's your main market)... But we can talk about that in private ;-)
Absolutely. It takes a lot of time to document every step of my thought process along the way, but I feel this is one the most valuable things I can do for subscribers. It also helps a lot to demystify what the creative process looks like in reality.
In a world dominated by influencers who like to show the polished results but hide what actually went into getting to those results, a lot of people is mislead to believe that producing art –or anything, for that matter– with AI is just writing a quick prompt and hitting a button.
Which, incidentally, also takes away a lot of the merit!
Most people don't understand that even if we're using AI as a collaborator, we, humans, still must make a thousand creative decisions along the way... (to produce something good, anyway).
This is specially true for movies: people tend to think every scene in a movie was shot the way it appears in the final product; not many people understand that each performance has a dozen takes, plus coverage, and the thousands of decisions the director and the crew must make along the way... just for the editor to invest 3-6 months after the the movie is shot to, basically, rewrite the full movie for the third time.
There is lot people who don't really get what's involved in a movie production to start with, and when you combine that with the fact that most people don't understand what GenAI is and how it works under the hood, it's easy to suppose you can just click a button and get a movie spit out!
Another great review of Saga, thanks! We build to where the puck is going (as they say) so while I understand your critique of where the screenwriter's job ends, in the future they can (and will easily on Saga) direct scenes and cinematography. Why not write a scene and then produce it in Saga with one click of a button? Now you are writer/director/producer all in one! The ultimate "slashie" in Hollywood.
Wholeheartedly agree with that vision Russell!
In this particular issue I focused on the script, and as Flawlessly Human is, before anything else, an educational resource, I needed to teach the fundamentals of screenwriting for those who are coming to AI filmmaking without that background knowledge.
And let me tell you that Saga is such an incredible educational tool for that!
But YES, if we take the full experience of Saga into consideration, including the rapidly evolving Storyboarding feature I'll cover in the next issue, I can see how Saga can do most of what AI filmmakers need in their workflow.
In my opinion, there is only one major feature/section that, if implemented, would make Saga the ultimate tool for AI filmmakers (if that's your main market)... But we can talk about that in private ;-)
Great stuff - thanks again for this fantastic and detailed review (love the screenshots as you go, a picture is worth 1000 words as they say)
Absolutely. It takes a lot of time to document every step of my thought process along the way, but I feel this is one the most valuable things I can do for subscribers. It also helps a lot to demystify what the creative process looks like in reality.
In a world dominated by influencers who like to show the polished results but hide what actually went into getting to those results, a lot of people is mislead to believe that producing art –or anything, for that matter– with AI is just writing a quick prompt and hitting a button.
Which, incidentally, also takes away a lot of the merit!
Most people don't understand that even if we're using AI as a collaborator, we, humans, still must make a thousand creative decisions along the way... (to produce something good, anyway).
This is specially true for movies: people tend to think every scene in a movie was shot the way it appears in the final product; not many people understand that each performance has a dozen takes, plus coverage, and the thousands of decisions the director and the crew must make along the way... just for the editor to invest 3-6 months after the the movie is shot to, basically, rewrite the full movie for the third time.
There is lot people who don't really get what's involved in a movie production to start with, and when you combine that with the fact that most people don't understand what GenAI is and how it works under the hood, it's easy to suppose you can just click a button and get a movie spit out!