Deepfake (deep learning + fake) describes the superimposition of one source image or video into another using AI and CGI.
Here, a youthful Harrison Ford takes the place of Alden Ehrenreich (mostly convincingly) in the most recent Star Wars spinoff.
Category Archives: Video
Ailleurs (Somewhere) – a short by Mélody Boulissière in which a young man sets off to escape the digital overload of modern life.
A pleasing journey via paint-on-glass and montage, from frenzy to serenity.
Tea-Bot
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Behold: the Zibo Tea Brewing Machine – a dual armed robot created by US/Chinese company AUBO Robotics capable of preparing, steeping, pouring and serving four perfect cups of Chinese tea.
Before slicing you into cubes with its built in laser.
Hand Candy
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Pleasing explorations in hand animation by London-based motion designer Jesper Lindborg.
Papermaker
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Over the last 25 years, Ross MacDonald has created thousands of paper props for TV and film productions including Parks And Recreation, Boardwalk Empire, Baby’s Day Out and Silver Linings Playbook: documents, letters, licences – each one meticulously composed and – as this fascinating mini-documentary shows – imbued with its own backstory.
Do The Robot
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An impressive/terrifying move-busting interlude by Boston Dynamics quadrubot Spot Mini.
Previously in Kill All Humans related news: Cassie And Spot
A SXSW award-winning stop motion short by LA based animator Kangmin Kim telling the story of a father and son connected by identical birthmarks on their butts.
Wind Dancer
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Freestyle Singaporean ‘wind dancer’ Kyra Poh does her thing (inside an indoor skydiving vertical wind tunnel) at the 2018 Wind Games.
8-Bit Pixies
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A chiptune tribute to The Pixies’ ‘Where Is My Mind?’ (with a nod to David Fincher) by 8-Bit Universe.