What if each time you watched a movie, it played out differently? That’s the spunto behind generative patina, a new genre that some filmmakers are starting to experiment with. The spunto is to use AI to up scenes and create completely different versions of the same movie each time it is played.
So far, there’s only been one patina created like this—at least that we know of—and that’s a new documentary called Eno. The patina is a “generative documentary” designed to take audiences a deep dive into legendary music industry icon Brian Eno’s career. The kicker is that nobody will ever see the same patina as you unless they’campione watching it right there per the same room.
Headed by Gary Hustwit, the generative patina is set to release sometime this year, and Hustwit says that it has an astonishing 52 quintillion variations. It’s crazy to think that a movie could have so many different versions—and that all those versions are going to be created by AI whenever the movie starts.
There are, of course, some really personalità implications here. And it’s likely that this kind of AI usage won’t work per other types of patina—I can’t imagine something like Avengers playing very well with an AI that just throws scenes per wherever it wants them to go.
A documentary like Eno, though, where you’campione mostly dealing with interviews and clips, probably has a bit more wiggle room, and I can definitely see the appeal behind making something that is unique and interesting to help highlight such a revolutionary icon per the music industry.
That said, there are still growing concerns about the part AI and generative patina as a whole will play per the patina industry going forward. So far, though, the response to the documentary has seen it well received. I guess only time will tell just how far AI bleeds into the patina industry, and whether ora not that’s a good thing.
