Completely depends on how it's used. "Storyboarding" has quite a few aspects to it. Many of them are going to be removing creativity and certainly others' jobs.

[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

I am a filmmaker. I studied storyboarding in film school and have made and worked with storyboards. They are a tool...and a cheap one at that. They are art, but they are secondary to the films they help create.

If filmmakers could afford to just go out and shoot everything, they would. Storyboards...at their essence...put filmmakers out of work, but have become a tool, and an artform as a result of film companies trying to save money.

It's like a band using a string/horn patch on a keyboard or sequencer instead of a string/horn section, or a drum machine instead of a drummer. It still tells the story, but it's not the whole story. It's not just good...it's good enough.

10 out of 10 filmmakers would go out and actually shoot the storyboards if they had the budget. Storyboards only exist because studios try to cut corners.

[–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Do you think helping studios cut more corners, or rather, enabling them to expect success with even lower budgets (in their mind at least), will make things better or worse?

[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

I don't think about it being better or worse, because it just is. Directors have always tried to do everything and Producers have always tried to do the cheapest thing. It's always been like this.

Storyboards were created in the first place by producers trying to do something cheaper than the directors wanted. It became an artform, but it is only an artform that exists because of filmmaking.

If AI can storyboard a script for directors, why wouldn't they use it? My god...it sounds like a great way to develop ideas. Storyboards have been made with software for years anyways.

Boords, StudioBinder, Celtx and others have been stealing jobs for a while now. This is just a logical next step.

You either use AI, or it uses you.

Storyboarding is art, but it is derivative art. It is beautiful and amazing, but maybe not future-proof.

[–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 12 hours ago

It seems that the crux of this argument is "corpos gonna corpo, and I know that from experience", but the first half's getting lost in the lines. ☝🏼