His Son Wanted a Zombie Film About Blasian Kids. His Dad Made It With AI.

01 · breaking news · ▶ on the show at 4:13

ChatGPT Images 2.0

By OpenAI

OpenAI's new image model, pitched as the Renaissance after DALL-E's cave drawings: native 2K resolution, accurate text, multilingual visuals, several distinct images in one go, and a model that thinks, researches and can search the web before it generates. Chris tested it with a Victorian-era version of his Cannes catch-up and said it held his likeness better than anything before. Andrew has always preferred ChatGPT's images and called this one better than Nano Banana. It landed in the same week as Midjourney 8.1 and Claude Design.

“It kept my face really, really accurately. It's probably the best one ever in terms of my actual likeness being an AI image.”Chris Branch · ▶ 4:47

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02 · breaking news · ▶ on the show at 14:48

Innovative Dreams: Luma and Wonder Project's new production company

By Luma AI, Wonder Project

Luma and Wonder Project announced Innovative Dreams, a production company built by filmmakers for filmmakers. In the launch video, House of David creator Jon Erwin explains real-time hybrid filmmaking: performance capture as in Avatar meets virtual production as in The Mandalorian, with no mocap suits, no dots on the face, and LED wall assets built in minutes rather than 10 to 12 weeks. Luma's agents and boards give the team a shared space, with Magnific and Topaz Astra taking shots to 4K HDR. For Chris it felt like AI coming of age.

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03 · breaking news · ▶ on the show at 20:37

Kling 4K: native 4K AI video

By Kling AI

Two days old when we went live: Kling's native 4K rendering, which Chris believes is the first true 4K video generation, with no Magnific or Topaz upscaling needed afterwards. When he tried it through Freepik it was very token heavy, as new launches usually are. Chris had just watched AI films on one of the biggest cinema screens in Cannes, and his point was simple: cinema screens, outdoor projections and big digital displays will need 4K, so this matters even in its early days.

“When we're thinking about cinema screens and other venues, outside projections and other things, they're gonna have to be 4K.”Chris Branch · ▶ 24:31

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04 · ▶ on the show at 27:09

Kling 4K Ad

By Simon Meyer

Kling commissioned Simon Meyer, with his studio PROMPTR, to launch its 4K model. Kevin has lived his whole life in 720p: the doctor thought the machine was broken, school photos were rough and passport control can never verify him, until Kling 4K arrives and he realises he could just upgrade. Chris loved how a brief for what is really a higher-definition version of the same model got baked into the story itself. The chat filled with 1s the moment it ended: 18 straight 1s, the top score of the night.

“So to then bake it so much into the actual story was really, really clever.”Chris Branch · ▶ 30:33

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05 · ▶ on the show at 33:53

Mazda (Real Client Work)

By Boundless

Not a spec ad: a real, paid Mazda commercial from Boundless, a Johannesburg-based independent creative agency, which Luma says went from concept to final approval in under two weeks with Luma Agents. Chris set the context of a car with legendary status in South Africa, and reminded everyone that a real ad has a real call to action to meet. The chat asked why it took two weeks, which opened a conversation about approvals, legal teams and boardrooms. The vote leaned to 2s, with feedback that it could have been more story-led.

“This literally does have to meet a call to action. It had a real budget.”Chris Branch · ▶ 36:00

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06 · ▶ on the show at 40:17

Spadel Bottled Water Ad

By Simon Meyer, PROMPTR, Happiness

Fifteen seconds of real client work that took two months: Simon Meyer as AI director, his studio PROMPTR and the agency Happiness, for the water company Spadel. His post makes the point that spec films can be made in days, but client work needs boards, revisions and an agency mindset. Vines and greenery burst from a lift, the kind of shot that would once have needed a CGI budget. Andrew found it a typical water ad, and Chris noted it was a client's brief, not Simon's own idea. The vote leaned to 2s.

“It didn't try to be anything too flashy. It just almost was like a typical advert that I've seen many, many times before.”Andrew Davis · ▶ 42:56

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07 · ▶ on the show at 45:30

Indeed Ad (Ingrid)

By Serviceplan Cologne, Andy Wyeth

The first in a new series of German-language Indeed films from Serviceplan Cologne, starring Indeed's long-running character Ingrid. It is a hybrid production: real human performances, with AI taking the role CGI would traditionally play. Neither host speaks German, but the visual gag of a career ladder up a castle wall landed anyway, and viewer MetalApe translated the closing line: trust Ingrid, trust Indeed. A behind-the-scenes film showed the real actors, props and sets, and both the hosts and the chat saw it as a model for big brands. Mostly 1s.

“I bet it saves some CGI costs, but all the actors, all the props, all the scenes, all the sets, all the cameras, that's still all there.”Chris Branch · ▶ 54:37

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08 · ▶ on the show at 1:00:29

Zero Chill

By Billy Boman

A minute and a half of Billy's Originals: mini-episodes where each one is a different brief and a different world, from a bowling alley and a beach to Billy as captain of a flight hitting serious AI turbulence. His post says it was made in Dreamina with Seedance 2.0. Billy recently had his handle put up Hollywood sign style for Fiverr's AI showcase in LA, and Chris wants him on for a full episode. Silly, fun and very shareable, with ideas any brand could borrow. Seven 1s and a single 2.

“Just a bunch of different crazy scenes that are just silly, fun, engaging, great social media content.”Chris Branch · ▶ 1:03:19

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09 · ▶ on the show at 1:06:47

Life Is About the Ride

By things.paris

The first spec ad of the night, from the Paris collective things.paris, and a World AI Film Festival finalist that started life as a showreel. Sofas, beds, make-up and a piano float through dreamy scenes, and it could be selling headphones, furniture or a car until the final frames reveal Uber. Andrew was hooked by the piano, Chris by the clean payoff, and the chat loved being kept guessing. Eight 1s and one 2.

“Clean payoff at the end there, huh, because you think, oh, it could be a headphones ad.”Chris Branch · ▶ 1:08:08

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10 · ▶ on the show at 1:09:58

Luma Cola

By Monder Jiyawi, Sebastian Kollat, Matthias Wilde

A 45-second entry for the Luma Dream Brief, written and directed by Monder Jiyawi and Sebastian Kollat, from an original AI series created by Matthias Wilde. Two characters with broken arms help each other drink a cola while the song sings that together we can make it through. Matthias's post explains the real challenge: keeping two characters, one oddly shaped bottle and one location consistent for 45 seconds. Chris called it one of his favourites of the show, and Andrew wondered why no drinks brand had thought of it first. Ten straight 1s.

“If I work for Coca-Cola or Pepsi or any drink company, I'd be thinking, why didn't we think of this before?”Andrew Davis · ▶ 1:12:27

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11 · ▶ on the show at 1:13:28

Pizza (Concept Ad)

By Runway

A one-minute spec ad from Runway itself, cut to an Italian song made of pizza ingredients, with dominoes falling, flying slices and a muted moment as someone peers in, which Andrew and the chat singled out. It ends on a simple line: make your own ads. Chris saw an ad your local pizzeria could now afford, but used it to call out a trend he dislikes: companies posting work without naming the creatives. He found out who made it and tagged them in his own post. Mostly 1s.

“I don't like this new trend of companies not mentioning who made this stuff.”Chris Branch · ▶ 1:15:57

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12 · ▶ on the show at 1:19:19

Racing Grannies

By Ingi Erlingsson

A quick one picked by our producer as an example of how a brand like Red Bull could repurpose footage it already owns. Ingi Erlingsson used video to video to swap a real rally car for a grandma on a motor scooter, set to a famous punk track. The hosts imagined a brand doing the same with a viral F1 spin-out, and Chris argued video to video is badly underused. It wasn't put to the poll, since it was shown as inspiration rather than a finished ad.

“Video to video is highly underrated, I would argue. Not many people are using it like that.”Chris Branch · ▶ 1:21:18

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13 · ▶ on the show at 1:21:25

St George's Day Special

By Jimmy Woolley, 404 Films

A news parody from regular submitter Jimmy Woolley of 404 Films: anti-English protesters have turned St George's flags upside down across the country, because England lost 1-0 to Japan in a friendly, and Scotland answers with a Buckfast wine cannon. The British references came thick and fast, and Andrew explained to the chat why it's the St George's Cross rather than the Union Jack. The humour carried even for viewers who missed the references. Nine 1s and one 2.

“Even though it's without the British context, the humour carries.”Chris Branch · ▶ 1:24:36

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14 · ▶ on the show at 1:25:09

Star Rifter (Sample Shots)

By Colin Brady

Sample shots from Star Rifter, directed by former Pixar and ILM director Colin Brady and built with Floyo: a space cargo crew, a crash landing and a stolen ship. A short behind-the-scenes set out the aim of creating a rift in the Hollywood system, so spectacle-driven stories can be told at a fraction of the cost. Andrew liked the visuals but not the song, and Chris agreed the music pulled his score down, before Paul reminded them these were sample clips, not a finished story. Mostly 1s.

“I thought it was well put together, but I just didn't like the song.”Andrew Davis · ▶ 1:29:00

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15 · ▶ on the show at 1:31:22

Junkyard King, Episode 0

By Henry Daubrez

Set in the 1980s, Junkyard King follows Artie, a geeky teenager obsessed with VHS tapes and samurai movies who plays detective by night, tracing red yarn across town maps after three kids go missing. Henry Daubrez, who worked with the team on Coca-Cola, posted it over a month earlier, so it was made with older models, which made the texture and world-building even more impressive. The chat saw Gorillaz meets Spider-Verse, and Mary wanted it as an online role-playing game. Nothing but 1s: 14 of them.

“I was watching it thinking to myself, that could easily just be on YouTube or on the Netflix or something like that.”Andrew Davis · ▶ 1:39:54

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16 · ▶ on the show at 1:42:17

Bird Short Film (Uncredited)

An animated short we found on X with no credit, which would normally keep a piece off the show, but this little bird character was too much fun to leave out. Rather than one story, it drops the same consistent bird into scene after scene, and the chat reached for Angry Birds. Andrew loved it for the moment you forget you're watching AI and just want to know what happens. Nine straight 1s. If you know who made it, tell us and we'll credit them.

“Once you start watching it and then you've gone beyond AI and you're just watching it wondering what happens, that's when you know you're onto something.”Andrew Davis · ▶ 1:46:58

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17 · ▶ on the show at 1:48:00

PAPERCUT

By Dave Clark

The story behind this episode's title. Dave Clark's son said he wished there was a movie about a Blasian kid surviving a zombie apocalypse, so Dave made one: a three-and-a-half-minute animated concept in which a paper cut from a zombie comic brings the zombies to life. Dave is a classically trained, script-first Hollywood director, and his post says the idea is being explored in development at Promise. Both hosts, as parents of young boys, were moved by where it came from, and the Suno 5.5 score won praise. Nine 1s and one 2.

“As we are both parents of very, very young boys, if we could do something like that, it's amazing.”Andrew Davis · ▶ 1:52:22

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18 · ▶ on the show at 1:55:07

Death Lane (Preview)

By The Dor Brothers

A four-minute preview of a 20-minute film commissioned by MiniMax, which Chris watched on the big screen in Cannes. A couple on a desert road trip stop for fuel, the gas station feels wrong, a strange car with a strange symbol sits outside, and then the engine cuts out. Chris described visible gasps in the cinema: next to everything else shown, it felt like the AI of right now, with consistent characters, natural acting and voices that fit. The full film is due around the end of May. Twelve straight 1s.

“This stood out like a sore thumb. It was insane on the big screen.”Chris Branch · ▶ 2:01:30

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19 · ▶ on the show at 2:06:02

Untitled Midjourney Image Short

By Uncanny Harry

A heartfelt short with no title from Uncanny Harry, real name Ryan Phillips, made in partnership with BytePlus from a single Midjourney image, with everything else in Seedance apart from a Suno music track. A father and his son Leo look up at the stars and decide nothing matters unless you make it matter, before heading home for dinner. Chris loved the cinematic crop and, rarely for AI film, a convincing British lead voice, and called it his overall winner of the night. Ten straight 1s.

“Nailing the character voice made that 10 out of 10 for me.”Chris Branch · ▶ 2:08:19

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20 · ▶ on the show at 2:09:25

PI HARD

By AI OR DIE

The closer: a Die Hard parody from the trio AI OR DIE in which the laws of physics are being rewritten and someone has built a back door into the universe, starring lookalikes of Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sam Bankman-Fried, Elon Musk and Bill Gates. The show notes list Grok, Freepik, Kling, Fish Audio for voice cloning, ElevenLabs and Seedance 2.0. Pure absurd pop-culture satire, with plenty of questions about guardrails. It drew the night's only 3, from a viewer uneasy about using real faces without permission.

“Mostly it's just a showcase of their creative abilities.”Chris Branch · ▶ 2:12:59

GrokFreepikKlingFish AudioElevenLabsSeedance 2.0

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