Roll Develops Generative AI to Replicate Iconic Shots from Cinema

Key Points:

• Fazian Buzdar, former VP of product management at Box has developed a generative AI platform called Roll.
• The platform is aimed to recreate the camera work from iconic films using AI, starting with replicating the dolly shot.
• The team is training the AI platform by feeding it with thousands of frames from various films to understand camera movements and composition necessary for recreating dolly shot.
• Roll also has broader capabilities to automatically generate video with visual effects from still images and clipart, in just a few minutes.

Précis:

Former VP of product management, Fazian Buzdar, has come up with a new generative AI platform called Roll which uses artificial intelligence to replicate camera work from iconic films. Its initial focus is to recreate the highly regarded dolly shot using thousands of frames from various films to create a much quicker turnaround. Roll is equipped with a broader range of capabilities from still images and clipart to automatically generate videos with visual effects within minutes.

Original Article: https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/31/roll-wants-to-recreate-dolly-shots-and-more-using-generative-ai/