Cinema Meowdiso
AI-generated Films, Generative Film System
2024
Collaboration with Xiaoyun Zhong
“Cinema Meowdiso” is a system that ingeniously combines everyday pet life with artificial intelligence technology, transforming ordinary pet videos into imaginative short films. This system explores the potential of non-human entities as narrative subjects while investigating how AI can autonomously create cinematic imagery from a cat's perspective under minimal human guidance.
At the heart of the project is an automated visual storytelling system based on a pet's point of view. It aims to create a fictional narrative experience that resonates and interacts with real-life imagery in intriguing ways.
Our protagonist and 'cinematographer' is a cat named Whisker. Equipped with a portable camera, Whisker captures precious moments of its daily home life. Our AI system then intelligently filters and processes these raw images, transforming them into scene elements of various film genres. We've carefully selected science fiction, detective, gangster, kung fu, western, and horror as reference bases for AI learning and content generation.
Daily, the system generates and pushes a random genre short film to pet owners. This element of surprise adds to the viewing experience, as owners never know what style of 'cat blockbuster' they'll receive.
The name 'Cinema Meowdiso' pays homage to the classic film 'Cinema Paradiso'. While in 'Cinema Paradiso', films become a reflection and solace for the protagonist's life, in 'Cinema Meowdiso', we assign this role to our cat. This creates a unique intertextuality: the cat's real-life experiences intertwine with AI-generated film narratives, forming an intriguing and profound dialogue.
It not only explores the possibilities of pets and AI as co-creators but also challenges our traditional understanding of narrative subjects and creative processes. It further prompts reflection on human-machine collaboration, non-human perspectives, and the boundaries between fiction and reality.
Credits:
Nolan Huang Xuanyang (Director) Xiaoyun Zhong (Technical Development)
Cengceng (The Cat)
Wei Huang
Kedouh (Graphics Design)
Support by
Computational Media and Arts Lab, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
AI-generated Films, Generative Film System
2024
Collaboration with Xiaoyun Zhong
“Cinema Meowdiso” is a system that ingeniously combines everyday pet life with artificial intelligence technology, transforming ordinary pet videos into imaginative short films. This system explores the potential of non-human entities as narrative subjects while investigating how AI can autonomously create cinematic imagery from a cat's perspective under minimal human guidance.
At the heart of the project is an automated visual storytelling system based on a pet's point of view. It aims to create a fictional narrative experience that resonates and interacts with real-life imagery in intriguing ways.
Our protagonist and 'cinematographer' is a cat named Whisker. Equipped with a portable camera, Whisker captures precious moments of its daily home life. Our AI system then intelligently filters and processes these raw images, transforming them into scene elements of various film genres. We've carefully selected science fiction, detective, gangster, kung fu, western, and horror as reference bases for AI learning and content generation.
Daily, the system generates and pushes a random genre short film to pet owners. This element of surprise adds to the viewing experience, as owners never know what style of 'cat blockbuster' they'll receive.
The name 'Cinema Meowdiso' pays homage to the classic film 'Cinema Paradiso'. While in 'Cinema Paradiso', films become a reflection and solace for the protagonist's life, in 'Cinema Meowdiso', we assign this role to our cat. This creates a unique intertextuality: the cat's real-life experiences intertwine with AI-generated film narratives, forming an intriguing and profound dialogue.
It not only explores the possibilities of pets and AI as co-creators but also challenges our traditional understanding of narrative subjects and creative processes. It further prompts reflection on human-machine collaboration, non-human perspectives, and the boundaries between fiction and reality.
Credits:
Nolan Huang Xuanyang (Director) Xiaoyun Zhong (Technical Development)
Cengceng (The Cat)
Wei Huang
Kedouh (Graphics Design)
Support by
Computational Media and Arts Lab, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
