Seth Graves, AI Filmmaking

I am sure there is no shortage of filmmakers and creatives out there documenting their experiences using various AI tools like Runway, Midjourney, Veo, and all the rest. For me, it's fascinating to read about everyone's unique experiences with these tools and to see not only the results they create but the conclusions they come to about the toolsets. The former is always interesting, the latter is always confirming that there's not much to be scared of yet.

Seth's Substack is the documentation of filmmaker Seth Graves, an ex-Nashvillian living in LA who has always dabbled in the DIY scene of music and film. He is an excellent candidate for playing with these tools because he is quite familiar with the real world equivalents, for both larger productions and smaller scale undertakings.

He's making his way through the Tarot deck, making 22 episodes of 60-second explorations, all loosely based on the individual cards. It's a framing concept that helps reveal the path but it's not a rigid structure. The results of The Magician and The Wheel of Fortunre are surreal and outlandish but also not too far off from very solid indie filmmaking.