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AI Foundations

Everything in the school that teaches AI Foundations, across one department.

13 lessons · 4h 5m · AI Filmmaking

Lessons on AI Foundations

How to Make Your First AI Short Film (Full Tutorial) — ElevenLabs · 31m · Beginner
The problem with AI-generated art | Steven Zapata | TEDxBerkeley — TEDx Talks · 17m · Beginner
Realism Is the Wrong Test for AI Film — Saga — Tell Your Story. Make Your Movie. · 52m · Intermediate
How to Start Making AI Videos in 14 Minutes — Youri van Hofwegen · 14m · Beginner
The Arguments Against AI Art Generators Are Bad Arguments — Art Can Help · 16m · Intermediate
Every AI Video Generator Explained (for Beginners) — Youri van Hofwegen · 20m · Beginner
How to Use ComfyUI (Step-by-Step Tutorial) — Kevin Stratvert · 9m · Beginner
The ONLY 7 Prompts You Need to Create Any AI Video — Tao Prompts · 18m · Intermediate
How to Start AI Filmmaking (Beginner Guide) — Youri van Hofwegen · 10m · Beginner
🎬 How to Create AI Films Like a Real Filmmaker — AI University · 13m · Beginner
Which Node-Based AI Tools Are Actually Worth It? — Curious Refuge · 22m · Advanced
How To Create Cinematic AI Videos - AI Filmmaking Beginner Course — Dan Kieft · 15m · Beginner
What are the BEST AI tools for Independent FILMMAKERS? — AI in Film and Tv Careers · 8m · Beginner

Departments teaching this

AI Filmmaking

Science fiction to study

Books for the craft underneath

Run the models yourself

Corsair 128GB DDR5 kit — For Unreal, caches and twelve open applications
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K — Quick Sync, which some codecs still love
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X — 16 cores — the sweet spot for a cutting room
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 — The sensible half-price render card
NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada — Workstation card, single slot, 20GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 — Still the best value in used compute

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