Transcript: The AI Film That Won MIT's Global Film Hack

Why is Chris hosting solo this week?

0:13 I love how we have that epic intro music and uh scenes by Paul and then this casual like just chilling music. Uh we're having trouble streaming to your destination for Substack. It looks like Paul, just to let you know, it's seeing something. I'm seeing some Substack issues, but it looks like we're live on LinkedIn, live on YouTube. Hey, hey, everybody. I already see Glenn, Lara, uh, California girl in the chat. Thank you so much for joining pre-bro. You guys are the best. We absolutely love you. I'm back from Google IO and uh it was a lot to travel to San Francisco and back and I'm there again in like 6 days for upscale which is even crazier. The stuff that's happening this year is absolutely wild.

1:02 You guys are all letting me know whereabouts in the world you're tuning in from before I even ask. I can see Switzerland. I can see Sweden. Uh Lara's loving the intro. Thank you so much Lara. Happy Tuesday, says Whiskey Woven. Let's go. Yes, if you're new to the show, let us know where in the world you're tuning in from. I'm going to look hot and bothered today and I'm going to look jetlagged because like I said, I just got back from San Fran and I came back to the hottest temperatures it's been in the UK since 1944. Then BBC headlines said this morning. So, I am absolutely baking as I'm sure anyone else in the UK is cuz we don't have air con and uh we're not used to this. I was saying to my friends, we're trying to keep the heat out

1:49 uh in Europe, but in the UK, our houses are keep built to keep the heat in. So, we're just not set up for this. We've got the legend Afroofutcher aka Diane Lelo tuning in. Good afternoon. Thank you so much. uh based in London tuning in. Can't wait how to hear how it went last week. It was intense. I was hoping to reminisce with Andrew about it, but Andrew's had a bit of a hectic week as well by the sounds of it. And then last minute cancellations and then rebookings of his flight meant that he couldn't join the show today. So, it's really sad that uh it it happened to be like that. Um, but yeah, it's been a wild week for me and I met some really cool people and I'm

2:39 very thankful to Google IO and uh all of the team JD Choy and all of the team over at Google that got me there and yeah, just meeting up with really cool people. Um, we made a podcast together. Uh, it was it was amazing. Like uh we got a group of about 30 of us that have met before, most of us, but a few new to the gang as well. And yeah, it was so good. Greetings from Hamburg, says money. Thanks for tuning in. If you guys are new to the show, we're going to have uh different sections of the show that I'll sort of tell you about. Now, usually I'd have a bit of banter with my co-host Andrew right about now and ask how his week's been, but like I said, unable to join us

3:28 this week. So, we are going to be going through looking at some of the news, um, what I've missed and some announcements from IO that I got to see in person and some other stuff like that. Uh, also some stuff from Runway and other things. But if you guys have seen other news, let us know in the comments what we missed. And bonus points if you find a nice video or something to go with that news cuz ideally we want to show a video cuz we're video showcase live stream. But then we're going to go through some ads, some real ads, and then we're going to go through some spec ads and then we're going to go into films and anything else that we think is cool towards the back end of the show. That's kind of like how the formats just managed over time and you guys submitting

4:13 fit into these categories so beautifully. Last week we had some of the best color grading I've ever seen in the AI space so far. And the week before that we had some of the best music choices I've ever seen and some of the best suno work that we've ever been submitted as well alongside video. Right now it's uh kind of crazy you know what you can do with sea dance and cling. Another announcement is thank you so much to cling. I got a second anniversary box from them sent over on a bank holiday of all days here in the UK. I was not expecting to receive this and it was surprises all around to receive a second anniversary cling box with uh basically I think it's just to all of their long-standing CPP members to celebrate their second anniversary.

5:02 But it was really, really cool. And uh I know Diane and others have been waiting for theirs and I can't wait for other people to receive theirs cuz it's quite an unboxing experience. It's really really cool. We got George tuning in. Hi Miriam, how's it going? Uh I am going to show you the cling gift if you want. Um, Lawrence, I actually got this lovely little placard, which is kind of like my uh, you know, I guess it's my first in the AI space. YouTubers and others get these sort of things, but not really AI companies give these out, so that's pretty cool. We got a lovely set of badges, which uh, they're in a lovely magnetic display case, and I don't currently have anywhere to put badges, so I'm really glad they came with a nice case. That's a really nice touch.

5:50 And then the box itself is uh really really interesting because it turns into an infinite mirror, but I think it may have lost some charge right now cuz it's not doing what it does. But that was the coolest discovery of all of it. And then there's this little uh customizable digital watch thing, which is also a Bluetooth speaker and a little pixel thing. Just a really thoughtful box, you know, to send somebody that's been a long-standing member of their CPP. So, really nice. I hope that you get yours if you've been in their CPP for a long time. Let's get into the show, though. Um, and I'll just stop gossiping about what's happening. Uh, if you've got questions about Google IO, or if you were there at Google IO and we met, then uh, you know, drop a

6:41 comment and, uh, let us know. Where is your YouTube channel called Miriam? We are the AI live show now. So don't just put AI show or AI live is the AI live show. That's that's our rebranded YouTube handle. The reason we did that is because then we can get the exact same handle across all of our platforms and really, you know, align the branding. Hey, Walking's tuning in. What's going on, my man? Thanks so much for tuning in. one of the most talented AI people. Loving it. Thanks so much for tuning in. Right, let's get into the news. As I said with there was a lot of announcements at Google IO. In fact, actually over a hundred. So, if you want to go and look at all of those, they've got certain press pieces from Google IO that you can go and check out all of the

What can Google's new Omni video model do?

7:34 various things that may pertain to you. So this is Google search, Gmail, and all of the other things that Google are involved in. They are just a full stack. We're going to be looking at the omni stuff cuz clearly, you know, we're art directors, we're advertisers, we're filmmakers, we're most interested in the creative suites and tools. So, this video was made by good friend of the podcast Rock and um actually the best video by far I've seen on what what the capabilities actually are of uh of Omni to show showcase its power. We're going to watch it in vertical cuz he did make it for Instagram res. But let's check it out. This is Google Omni. Most people don't realize how insane Google's new AI video model called Omni

8:22 really is. I mean, look at this. I could sit on this bed here and snap my fingers and now the lights start flickering around me. But it gets crazier because let's say you zoom into my feet here. You can see that we've got this live animal inside my hotel room. And now I'm holding this object and I can hold anything that I want. Or I could click my fingers and these blinds behind me will start opening and light will start flooding into this room. But it gets crazier on this last thing. You see, you can see my eyes through this water bottle. If I snap my fingers, we've now filled this water bottle with water. And now I can snap my fingers and we can change the material of any object.

9:08 How cool is that? So, a lot of people were, you know, wondering if we were going to see V4 announced because the trend at previous IO's was essentially they were saving a really big announcement for the Google IO event. And when Omni was announced, people were thinking, "Oh, okay. Well, this is different to the V4 announcement, but exactly how and the use cases and the best workflows. Rook is so quick that he was making these in the hotel whilst I was with him. He's just a beast. And uh I think he brought up some of the best showcases here that I've seen, especially this water physics trick and uh displacement into like a metal bottle. This is essentially video in painting at the highest level.

9:53 And we seen another tangental piece of information come out from Runway who were the originators of this with their ALF. Um if you know, if you know, you know. But um we've even shown in previous shows the ALF competitions that runway have actually had so that you had to use the best creative use case of ALF in order to enter the competition and this is essentially video in painting and it's really crazy the level of control that you can get through this particular workflow. So, imagine this teamed up with Sea Dance for your raw footage and then using Omni to be able to video and paint however you want. Uh, pretty powerful stuff. Combine that with Sunna as well for your best-in-class music and you're really off to a flyer right there.

10:44 So, we can see Paul the producer is putting some links into the chat by the way for you guys. That's our YouTube channel there um linked up. And also uh yes, let us know what you think about Omni. Have you tried it yet? It's only been out for a certain amount of time. So, you know, I don't expect for you guys to have tried it yet, but if you have tried it, let us know what you think about it. Uh we were very thankful to the Google team, like I said, for inviting us out there. Also, for giving us a behindthescenes uh tour of some of the stuff that's being built. Actually, Metabet, good friend of the show, told me that Nick, I had to go and speak to Nick at the Google team and that Nick was building some really cool custom widgets and stuff like this that are going to be ultimately remixable tools that we can share with one another.

11:32 And yeah, the level of customization I've never seen anywhere else. I let him know in person on LinkedIn um just saying really impressed. So yeah, that's about as much as we learned from all of the creative tools from the Google IO announcements. There were a lot more. Like I said, over 100 announcements in total, but those were the things that really caught my eye. Hey, we've got Eric tuning in from New York City, baby. How's it going? Thanks so much for tuning in, mate. I'm I'm sounding a bit flat, aren't I? I need a co-host. I need to up my energy levels. I'm sorry, guys. If you get the monotone Michael Owen voice from me right now, I am, like I said, I'm jetlagged. I'm trying to catch up. I'm uh yeah, doing a lot right now. And it's so hot. Oh my god, it's so hot.

12:20 Hey, Lara saying, "I'm good." Well, thank you. I appreciate it. I appreciate it. You guys are the best. Hey, we've got Can's tuning in. Let's go. Thank you so much for tuning in. It was amazing to be at the World AI Film Festival. Cans. I heard also that Dave, good friend of the show, was talking on a panel with Darren Aronovski, which is another piece of news. Uh, like just so cool. Like some of the people that have been on this show and what they're doing today is quite incredible, guys. Seriously, we live in a really special time. Um, anyway, like I said, there was a little bit of a side step when Runway announced ALF 2.0 zero because video to video was the strength of Omni and then suddenly Runway was like hold my candle you know let me show you what we've been working

Is Runway Aleph 2.0 the Nano Banana moment for video?

13:12 on so the little announcement I've got here is that now from a single edit you can get your video the preview can then change and then ALF carries through the edit access and uh across to the rest of your video sorry I absolutely butchered that but let's check out the video uh just to see what ALF 2.0 O is all about not available in any store. Butter yellow is still trending, right? What you guys looking at? A phone.

14:00 Come on, try me.

14:49 So I think the easiest est way to sum up what we're seeing here, guys. It's basically it's the nano banana moment for video. It's just the level of control that we've wanted with our video that's only really been cracked through the image generation so far. But this level of control is the type of thing where a lot of us have been screaming for this level of edit editability for our existing AI footage so that we don't have to be wasteful in truth. We don't have to regenerate so much. Hey, we've got Winston tuning in. Another legend. Another absolutely epic legend of the show that's been featured in multiple times. How's it going? Yes, guys, look. We've got controllability. This is going to really up the game. It's going to make our ability to make stuff so much higher. And already we've been remaking an animation piece that we did over a year and a half, two years ago.

15:39 And it's staggering how much more control there is before all of this just in the models that we're using today. But given this on top, it's really gonna take things to another level. So, I'm excited to see how this is used creatively. Um, bonus points if you submit something with video in painting that you can show us a behind the scenes on because that type of thing really stands out as well as a secondary video to the original video that you submit. Um, but yeah, guys, let us know what you think about video inpainting, which ones you'll be using, which ones you've tried, how excited you are about this. Overall, we don't bring a poll up for this type of video cuz it is just the news. You know, we don't really have any opinion on it other than it's really good that we've got these tools for our workflow and we're really excited about the things that they could bring to the pie

16:26 in the future. But that is Runway ALF. Right, what else do we have in the news section? So, the last bit of news is kind of an interesting thing that we've not seen many people talk about. And thank you very much to um uh the team over uh Elliot actually I should say. Uh I met him over in Cans. Speaking of cans came up in the comments earlier um he showed me some stuff that he's working with in these world models. And I think this is one of the most exciting things that's going to happen this year, truthfully, is we're going to see the release of world models with more temporal memory, with more gamification, more creative storytelling. It's going to be really, really exciting.

Reactor, a real-time world model

17:12 So, let's um give you a little bit of insight into this specific world model because like I said, it's not being talked about so much. Uh this one is a real time world model and it's called Reactor. Um react to all worlds. So today we're taking the first step towards this reality. Here's an early preview to let you experience the worlds generated in real time running on our low lat uh global low latency infrastructure. Early access was from the end of April, but no access uh no access currently available on the website. Like I said, we're going to see many of these world models drops drop in this year, and this is just one of them. But this is a little taste of what's to come later in the year. Let's watch it.

18:34 Elliot, you made it. I'm so glad that you made it so that you can fill us in on some more details about this specific world model you've used. Um, it's fascinating stuff. I've had a go walking around uh using my uh keys on my desktop and uh seeing the memory and stuff that you can create in these worlds. It's kind of interesting that it looks like PlayStation graphics or something right now. It's like the birth of a new thing starts at this lower latency level. Uh but yeah, it's going to get shocking how good and how fast it gets. So please fill us in on any details that you have about this particular piece because I'm sure lots of the audience will be curious about these world building. In fact actually um I had a chat with uh a few people that are watching including Megan and yes it is too hot to be co-hosting this on my own Megan.

19:23 Uh uh but yeah me and Megan had a good chat about world models and the future and all of that. Um so it's a very curious thing right now. Uh so that's why we've put it in the news section of today is just it's it's a future thing. It feels like this is on the cusp right now and in the next six months we'll see this mature and these are going to be incredible these world models. So we have uh greetings from Stoutgart and with the art capitalized. I love that. Uh nice little comment there. So guys that was the end of the news. If you have seen any other news, like I said, let us know in the comments if we missed any big announcements specifically with the creative AI generative AI hybrid. We're not that interested in just larger LLMs and stuff like that. Although they're great, you know, Claude and we use them a lot.

20:14 We're more interested in the creative tooling in the Genai side. So, think of your music tools, your audio tools, your image tools, your video tools, these sorts of things. If you've seen any other announcements, let us know in the comments. And it is going to be a game changer for anyone with um Yes, Mary's is like you guys chat about it, right? Like it's um it's incredible. I think the world models will be a game changer. I think they'll be unlike any experience we've had before. Truthfully, I think you'll just be able to drop into certain people's worlds and have like a whole new type of thing. That the closest equivalent I can think of is like mass multiplayer online role playing games, something like World of Warcraft or Minecraft or Runescape

Will world models feel like the next MMORPG?

21:01 or one of these worldbuing tools. But yeah, it's going to be fascinating to see how that unfolds throughout the year and who builds what worlds and where we spend our time and all of this stuff. But um the next uh piece we're going to get into, these are ads. And I actually heard from the Google team that they were not expecting this ad from Lazlo. He made it off the cuff, which is so typical of Llo cuz he's so good. And uh he's won multiple awards. He ran the runway competition that we showed a couple of weeks ago. Um and he was the one that did the Porsche behind the scenes ad and started all of that trend for behind the scenes. And we're gonna show more of those videos this week. So, it's uh kind of amazing how influential this guy has been.

pixelBento for Google Flow by László Gaál

21:48 This one was for Google Flow uh Pixel Bento ad and he teamed up with Google Flow to promote the new tool inside Google Flow called the Pixel Bento, but then made this video, like I said, off the cusp. Um he set some tools for color grading and glitch effects that push footage that extra mile. Google Flow lets you generate amazing footage. These tools just uh give you that extra possibility to finish it with a little more post-production and give it your own style. This video walks through a virtual studio showing the tools and their effects in the movie set. When the camera turns to the movie set, all the effects that you're seeing are made with pixel bento. So, with all that in mind, let's watch it.

22:36 Pixel. Pixel. Pixel. Pixel. The paint the frame into light. The turns the shadows into neon night. Bloom makes the highlights bloom and shine. Gooey softens every sparkle on the line. You breaks the picture. Glitchy little spark bends the signal. Dancing in the dark. Picosauri pulls the pixels sorting them away. Picasauri must be in digital spray. Rheto makes it chunky. Pixel shifted old with Charles the RGB

23:26 red and blue and gold. Corona photo slices time from top to ground. Corona photo stacks the moment spinning around. Temporar shakes the seconds skips the beat. Temper glitches time beneath your feet. Eco leaves an echo step by step behind. Es the motion trailing through your mind. Calori turns the red, the yellow, green and blue color shifts the magenta into something new. Tomorrow goes circ broken signal flow.

24:23 Coric out of place. Corona summer leaves a chroma shadow on the face. Come look the gain into the sky. Balances the light before your eyes. And it go rolls the film with color vintage style. And it go makes the footage dream a little wild. Wild wild. How catchy was that? And as Eric says, Lazlo never disappoints.

25:09 What a brilliant demo. That was incredible. And what a load of talent, you know, to create a song, to create the video, to make it all work together. Um, very catchy stuff and very cool to see. I'm having one of those jet lag moments, guys. Uh, oh, before I tell you about that, the poll is now open. So, if you're just casually tuning in, mash on the one, two, or three. If you uh thought that was awesome, mash the one. If you thought that was okay, mash the two. And if you thought that was not for me, mash the three. Um I'm going to run back uh to your actual piece. I'm so sorry, Elliot. Um like I said, I'm having one of those jetlag moments where we watched the world model video, but then didn't watch your actual submitted video.

25:55 So, we're going to go and watch that after this piece. But for the time being, mash the poll. I can see a lot of votes coming in now and we're going to leave it open for a little bit longer for the um LinkedIn people because we know there's a bit of a delay through LinkedIn as when compared with YouTube. I can see Damian tuning in. Um awesome intro by the way. Thanks a lot Damian. That is all the work of Paul. Uh we're doing some really fun things at the moment building things like that and uh excited to take the show to new levels. Um, so guys, we last few votes are coming in. Um, lots of people coming in from LinkedIn this week, which is really good. Uh, let's wait. Let's wait a little bit more.

26:45 Okay. Right. So, last LinkedIn votes are just coming in. Megan and Sush are coming in. Right. So, a mixed bag on that one. And yeah, I'm quite surprised honestly. I was I thought it was really catchy. I was bobbing my head to the beat in the background. But again, I'm a sucker for music, you know, with all of these it's in context, you know. Um maybe it's not your musical style, maybe you don't, you know, it's it's whatever. But yeah, I thought that was a really fun piece. Anyway, so we'll end the poll on that one and we will go back, as I said, jet lag moment to uh Elliot's actual video and we will check this out. This is in the new section. Um, let if you've got it, Paul, let's go.

Eliott Mogenet's Reactor world model demo

27:31 Let me tell you a story. A story older than memory. Forged in fire, buried in ash, swallowed by empires that fell, yet carried on sails into the unknown by those who dared the edge of the world, where worlds met other worlds. Then gilded in gold and hunger until the streets rose in flame and empires clashed on bloodied fields. Still we built. Sometimes we sank. Sometimes we soared. We dreamed in light and shadow. We split the atom. We touched the arm. We bled again. We tore down walls. And the story kept turning.

28:17 Across every flag, across every shore, through every loss, toward every horizon we can still reach. This is the story of progress. And the next chapter is ours to write. There we go then. Like I said, uh what did you think to that, guys? I'm so excited about these world models and the world uh storytelling we're going to be able to do. It's like I said a whole new thread to our bows. It's going to be fascinating. And yes, we're getting some voice over was nice. Oh, we have got a poll up for this one. So, mash on the keyboards again. One, two, or three.

29:02 What you thought about that piece? Uh I thought it was a really nice demonstration of the early world modules that we're playing with right now. And yeah, it's um a lot more to come in this respect. Uh so they're just going to get faster and faster and better and better and have more and more memory and have more and more smoothness of the graphics. The insane thing about it is that there's no game engine behind this. You know, think of the worlds that we're going to build with no game engine in the near future. It's pretty damn crazy. Also, I see Damian saying that he loves the interaction of this show. Why not, mate? if we're live, you know, I should be looking at the comments and doing all of that stuff. I I hate when live shows are live and they don't use a live element of the show.

29:48 So, that's why we do it in the way that we do it. It's not pre-recorded. It's all live. And uh yes, you can see my goodie bag of uh Cling stuff in the background. That is indeed it. So, yes, the video quality isn't as mint as you'd expect right now as Jimmy's saying, but again, like I said, it's really early days for these type of world models. And they are a new way to do things. You can interact with them by mashing on your keyboard. And oh god, we've got the ice cream van. God, if you know from previous shows, guys, the uh the ice cream man is an opportune guy around where I live and it's hot out there. So, he's going to be he's going to be blaring his tune. I wish I could get an ice cream right now, to be honest with you. Uh, should we pause the show and we'll go and get an ice cream together?

30:38 If you're in the hot country right now, we do need an ice cream graphic, Paul's telling me in the uh in the thing. Uh, everyone's saying, "I'll have a 99 with a flake." Yes, let's go. He he he almost comes up exactly when you don't want him to in this live show. It's hilarious. But he started when it was about I mean 10 degrees outside and it's about 30 plus degrees right now. So at least he's got an excuses done. Go get it. Everyone's saying no guys. Come on for the show. I'm not going to be here next week. I'm in California again. I've got to uh I've got to plow on with the show. The show must go on, you know, and all of that jazz. But I it's good to see that you guys would have some 99s because yeah, I think I'd be grabbing a double right now.

31:26 A double 99 with two flakes. Please ice cream or ice lolly. Oh my god, the poll came up from Paul. What are you guys? Oh my god, this is the first I'm a real YouTuber moment. Are you an ice cream or an ice lolly person? Mash one for ice cream or mash two for ice lolly. Oh my god, I was not expecting that. Oh, that's funny. Oh, we're seeing a lot of uh ice cream uh coming in coming in coming in ice cream. Yeah, I have to agree to be honest with you. Although in the right situation and Ice Lolly is amazing, too.

Ice cream or ice lolly? The show's most controversial poll

32:11 So, it's all about context, you know. That's a tough one. Maybe the most controversial poll we've ever had on the show today. There he goes. Is he going to blare again? Oh, maybe, maybe not. No. Right, let's close off this poll and move on with the show, shall we? Hey, ice cream. Oh, you guys make me laugh. Oh, screw ball. I haven't had a screw ball in so long, Damian. Oh my god, that's such a moment to even think about a screw ball. Oh, there he goes. Do you know my favorite one was always a mango salero? Uh I don't know if you guys have had one of those. I guess you have cuz they're ubiquitous, but um

33:02 yeah, that was one of my last lollies of choice. It's kind of a a cheap one because it's actually ice cream in an ice lolly. That's one of the ones that's like a hybrid, you know, again. Oh my god, Mr. Whippy and Zap lollies. God, you guys just stop it, please. Let's move on with the show. I'm just I'm going to start drooling here. Bring the ice cream man onto the show. Imagine that. Tell him about AI and film making and all that jazz. All right, let's go. Let's go. Right, so we just watched llo girls piece. I'm going to go back to my producer notes now. Thanks again, Paul. The next one we're going to watch, again, remember guys, we're in the ad section here. So, with your polling and your judging, contextualize this. These are ads. So, this one is actually one of the most interesting ones that we've seen in a while because it is actually already

OMODA JAECOO's French car ad starring Jean Reno

33:51 the most successful in French automotive history. At least that's what the claim of the LinkedIn post that we found was. And it's a French automotive ad and it's by the creative agency Darion. I don't know if I'm pronouncing that right or not. I've got no other notes than that. It's a 30-cond piece. Let's watch it. As women classic.

34:43 Right. So, as I said, context always matters when it comes to advertising. That did wasn't in English. It wasn't anything, you know, spectacular visually, but as and when we watched um previous ones which are aiming at Gen Z and it was K-pop in Austria, I believe it was, and it was a Samsung ad or something like this. Take all of those things into account. Now straight away Elliot is saying Jean Reno. So again if you know who this is you may be like wow that was somebody very famous but again I wasn't aware of I I am sort of aware like you know I recognize his face and I know that he's probably been in a lot of famous movies I've maybe watched but again I'm not the target

35:31 viewer of something like this let's say. Um but let's put a poll up. What did you guys think? With all of the context of this uh being an ad that's an official ad that's currently running um like I said, the most successful in French automotive history is pretty insane and they're using AI as part of this project as well. Maybe just to get some of the establishing shots. Um obviously there was a real actor in there. Uh but it's not going to be for everyone. So the poll is open. Vote one, two, or three on what whether you think that one was great, okay, or not for you. This is usually where I'd ask Andrew, you know, what he thinks of it so that I can keep the poll open and keep a little bit of banter going.

36:16 But I'm just going to talk a little bit more about this one as to what I thought about it. Um, I think I'd be in the two camp for this one. you know, um, doing this type of work as an agency ourselves, I can appreciate how difficult it can be. And, uh, it's always good when you don't really spot where the AI was used. In this case, it wasn't so obvious where it was used. So, um, you know, shots like this, you're like, okay, well, CGI AI, you know, it's all sort of the same boat. Uh as long as the car is exactly to specification and uh the actors fit nicely with the AI background or the scenery or something like this. If if that's the brief or gig, it's probably a big hybrid production.

37:01 What was AI in the video, Damian? I'm guessing some of the establishing shots, like I said, um it's hard to know exactly, but um this shot here, for example, I could imagine that to be AI. or this shot here. I could imagine uh there's certain shots where you're just like, well, CGI, AI, uh you know, VFX, it's it's all blending together in truth, and AI pipelines are able to provide this at a lot cheaper rate, I'm imagining, than traditional. The car's tires moved weird, says one comment. And again, little discrepancies like that will point to the AI stuff that could have been maybe tidied up. Yes, they aren't moving particularly great. I I agree actually. So again, um last minutes to uh last minute, let's say, or 30 seconds for the LinkedIn.

37:51 I can see a few more votes coming in from LinkedIn now. Okay guys, right, let's uh round up that one then. Um, the next one we are going to watch is by someone who's probably been one of the most watched people in all of LinkedIn and on this show specifically, Simon Mayor. He has launched the 2.0 version of his app called Crafter, spelled C R A F TR 2.0. And this is the ad that he made for his own app. Crafter is a browser plug-in made specifically for filmmakers and by by AI filmmakers and for AI filmmakers. He uses it himself every day to write, structure, and edit and reuse his prompts.

CRAFTR 2.0 ad by Simon Meyer

38:40 And uh this is available now to the public. So let's check out his ad for it. The prompt windows are always so tiny. When I prompt huge explosions or car chase scenes for big brands, it's difficult for me to put everything in these tiny boxes. I switch between chat GPT and Higsfield to adjust my prompts back and forth every time. I sequentially generate images in Nano Banana, and I wait on slow Google servers. I am 96. I do not have forever to iterate on assets. My characters were always so generic, a little bit like my husband.

39:27 I went and bought 400 of those little Mac mini computers to set up Clawbots because, well, I've got these tight Hollywood deadlines. It is a nightmare. Is the He's maybe the funniest man in Germany, huh? He's always got this like sense of humor about everything that he does. And like I said, it's um it's a trait of his that you can already start watching a video and know that it's made by this guy because of his tonality in all of his video with a bit of tongue and cheek, a bit of fun. Uh the polling is open for that guys. Um hop in and let us know one, two, and three. What did you think of that one? Um I'm just going to quickly grab a link for some people that want to join the show.

40:16 I'm seeing them in WhatsApp groups right now asking for the links. Ooh. So guys, uh like I said, it's uh it's so fun to do these things. You know, his tone of voice, it's really established. It's kind of rare, like I said, to have this ability to have a tone of voice like this. Um and it just translate. You don't need to see Simon Mayer. You just uh you just basically have it, you know, like you you're starting to watch it and then suddenly you're like, "Oh, another Simon May piece." Brilliant. Uh it's just brilliant. Like, and so few people actually have this in the space right now. Like a lot of people's video differ to uh you know, every time they upload, you can't really tell. There's no underlying like character traits that are bleeding through on every video.

41:03 Anyway, last polls are coming in, guys. Um, right. Let's see. So, lots and lots of ones coming through on that one, as you'd expect. Uh, he's one of the people's favorites for sure. Again, I think we all sort of gel with this tone of voice, you know, like it is fun. It's funny, too. Like, and it's watchable and it doesn't need to be action. This is what we saw in the early days of Sea Dancing Cling coming out. Everyone was just like, "Right, what action scenes can we make and what what can we do here?" and what can we do there? It's like, no, why don't we use it for human emotion and funny and you know, finally we're starting to see that mature. Like and subscribe for the next one, guys. If you're watching for the first time, we're live on YouTube.

Why is AI video finally getting funny?

41:50 We're live on LinkedIn. It looks like we're live on X as well. We tried to be live to Substack, but it failed out for us. But subscribe over on our Luma. Um, you don't need to see the poll on LinkedIn, by the way. Wherever you're interacting with the show, whether it be uh LinkedIn, YouTube X or Substack, wherever you mash your buttons, one, two, or three, they will come through. Actually, the poll is hosted here in StreamYard, which none of you guys are in Streamyard right now. It's just the broadcasting tool that we use to the various platforms that we're going to. So, yeah, we should be able to Hey, we got PJ just dropping in. Man, this is why I love this show, man. It's like I can send a like WhatsApp link to someone absolutely influential in the space and they just drop in like that. We had the Door Brothers crash our party a few weeks ago and man it was good to uh catch up with you in in IO briefly PJ and yeah

42:45 going to be back again for upscale in five days. It's uh it's a hectic pace at the moment traveling back and forth from Europe to um to San Fran, but so much is happening guys. is uh is crazy. And in between that, like I said, we had CAH and we had so much other stuff going on. Uh AI is reaching new heights, guys. And the world models and stuff that we see later on in this year are just going to take it to a whole new level, I believe. So, we've got some people voting late in the poll. I'm sorry for you LinkedIn guys. There is a bit of a delay. I think like a minute and a half to two minutes on the LinkedIn. So, we'll try and keep the poll open a bit longer for those uh tuning in from LinkedIn. Let's keep going to us. Now, we're into the submitted to us section of the show.

Claude spec ad by Jagger Waters

43:34 And uh there are some ads in this section as well, but we specifically have have them under the submitted to us section. We will add the link to submit to the show as soon as this video is up for those that don't know exactly how to submit to the show so that you can get featured on a future episode. Um, this one is by Jagger Waters and it was uh a Claude Spec ad. The notes I've got for this one is, "I wanted to visually show people what Agentic Workflows will do in our daily tasks. I'm a writer above all else and really wanted to focus on how every shot matters for storytelling. So, with all that in mind, let's check it out.

44:46 A fun little pizza. And uh isn't it incredible that like agents that's another thing that we haven't really talked about that much yet because there's a lot of people trying to do them right now but they are becoming more and more interesting by the week it turns out um in terms of creating mass shots for your story boards we do in loomer agents and yeah just so much is going on the poll is now open for this one so mash your buttons one two and three wherever you're tuning in LinkedIn YouTube x Substack we can get your votes. So, mash those buttons. Also, the link to submit uh your work has just now appeared on the show. So, use this link um and send us your videos. We're not going to be live again next week, sadly, cuz I'm back in San Francisco

45:33 at Upscale, but um we're going to be back again from the week after that. And hopefully, you know, every single Tuesday so far as, you know, I can do, excuse me. So, I thought that was a really fun piece and uh I'm glad to see that these briefs are coming out truthfully like uh Claude Invido, Luma, a lot of other agents are working right now and people are just getting budgets to make videos using these agents to showcase how they can work in the creative workflow and this is really good to see for the community and everyone. Okay, last votes are coming in from LinkedIn. See you at Upscale.

46:20 Exactly. Come and find me. Please come and find me. Um I'm not going to be speaking or on a panel at this one. So, it's quite nice. It's the first time I get to actually relax other than Google IO. Um a lot of them you'll see me hosting or I'm a judge or am I this or am I that this time I just actually get to attend and uh watch a lot of my friends do a lot of the hard work. Lionus is hosting the show. Chris Vers is hosting the live stream. It's a lot of us uh in the gang as speakers and panelists and stuff like that. But I'm just attending this year and very thankful to Magnific uh having me without the responsibility of having to do a panel or a talk or anything. I just get to hang out in this one and do some good networking you guys. So, make sure you come and say hello. Rightyo.

Gucci Bloom spec ad by Ilan Bouni

47:10 Continuing on with the show. This one we're going to watch next. And we're going to get into a bit of rapid fire here cuz um you know some of these spec ads are short and sweet. So this one is another just 30 second uh ad. I think it's a spec ad. Definitely it's a spec ad this one for Gucci. It's made by Illen Boon. That's all I know about this one. Um I haven't got any other further notes about how it was made or anything like that. We can maybe hazard a guess when we watch it. So let's take a watch. Okay. Date flower. Easy. Easy. I just need one flower. One perfect, emotionally littered flower. What says charming, devoted, not terrifying? She has to feel chosen, but casually chosen. Rose says passion, but what if passion is too much for a first date? Maybe it's not about the flower.

47:56 Maybe it's about the message. Sunflower says joy, warmth, light. I can do warmth. Can I do warmth? Daisy says sweet, honest, easy. But what if easy feels lazy? What if sweet feels weak? I'M BEING JUDGED BY PEDALS. NO. NO. NO, NONE OF THEM GET ME. This is why people stay single. Oh, you didn't see any of that. I'm cute though, right? I love the smell of flowers. Good. I brought you the whole shop. All the flowers. Much less damage. Gucci Bloom. Don't tickle me. Wow, that was a bit all over the place. Truthfully, I love the characters and I love the world, but the voices threw me off a bit.

48:48 Just truthfully, um if the voices had been a little bit better, then for me that would have been really really nice. Uh about a complete spec ad for Gucci and kind of almost like a reveal at the end there where it's like for Gucci. It was more about the storytelling and the characters for me. I just really like the style of this overall. Um, again, world building, right? I'd love to drop into this world and just be around these characters. It's pretty damn cool. But the poll is now open for this one. Mash your ones, twos, and threes. Was that awesome? Was that okay? Was that not for you? Uh, that is one, two, and three. Character design and world was nice, says Jimmy. Um, yes, Tim Burton. I definitely saw some Tim Burton references there in the sort of character aesthetic that was going on.

49:36 I do like that, you know, uh the flowers and the overall sort of feeling and it being for the perfume side of Gucci, that made sense. Uh the fact that he's collecting flowers in vasees like this as well, that made sense uh to the story line. So, it had its pros. Like I said, I liked it, but there was things that could have really improved it, like the voice uh and just the general feeling of the voices feeling quite robotic. And you know, it really just broke broke the immersion of the being in the world, let's say, with the characters and everything like this. Everything else was really really nice, but the voices and uh I'm such an audio guy, you know. You just have to get the audio right in order to really get like a one from me.

50:25 Didn't expect it to be Gucci, says Damian. That's always a nice twist, isn't it? you know, it didn't feel that on brand, but then maybe it's because it's a spec ad building a new world for this brand. Um, again, uh, it doesn't have to be on brand when it comes to a spec ad. This is why spec ads are so much easier to create, guys, than real ads. Cuz when it's a real ad, it has to be on brand. It has to follow the brand guidelines. You get a lot of feedback. When it's a spec ad, you can do whatever the hell you like and just make it relate to the brand or the world somehow. So, it's a lot easier of a brief. Better music would have helped, says Eric. I very much agree. Right, let's move on. The next one is a one minute Adidas spec ad. This one is by Josh Chaitton and it was submitted on behalf of his director, Bam Bam.

Why are spec ads easier to make than real ads?

51:11 Cool name. Primarily, it was using Nano Banana to create the images and cling 3.0 to create the motion. Again, thank you very much for letting us know. We always try to let people know if we do know or just add it to the slides at the end of your piece if you are willing to. So, let's go. No to the young soul. Those who use it so they don't lose it. The walkers, the lifters, the aquarobic fitness, and those on the go,

52:01 and those that namaste. Whatever floats your boat. That old man strength. Those who know you don't quit cuz you grow older. You grow older cuz you quit. SLOW DOWN, YOU SPEED DEMON. The early bird gets the worm, Gary. And there's no bird earlier. Dinner time. Wisdom may come with age, but sweat never expires. Nice. This elevator music, although it's muted now, in the beginning, was a great intro. And then the drop into the beat and the overall pacing with the editing with the beat in mind.

52:48 I thought that was really really nicely done. Um the polling is now open for this one guys. They were wearing Adidas track suits the whole time. So this was a nice bit of like product placement. But I did think certain little elements and I know Andrew would have called this out had he have been here could have been more subtly hinting towards the three stripes Adidas stuff. For example, when the guy's stretching the bar out like this, I noticed four individual bars on the thing here, this scene, or maybe five even. But if this had been three, and again, little subtle hints towards the Adidas branding of the three stripes and all of that, then I think little touches like that could have made like this piece just extra special. But the editing was really nice. The pacing was really nice. The uh the transition shots were really nice, the close-ups here on the watch and stuff, and the uh the overlaid text and the music

53:39 and the integration of all of that. Um again, we'll keep the voting and polling open for a little bit more for this one, just because LinkedIn is on a little bit of a delay on that one. Um and they're rapid fire. These ads are like 30 seconds to 1 minute. But that's why they're so good for the show cuz we can watch a piece, talk about it, vote on it, move on, you know, and get through a lot more content this way. Later on in the show, we're going to be watching some epicness, you know, stuff that's made in the 20 plus minute mark, and we're going to be maybe watching five or six minute chunks of this, but there are people aiming a lot bigger than this. But this the goal with spec ads to me is did you convey the brand message? Did you, you know, pace it correctly?

What makes a good spec ad?

54:25 Is there a twist? Um, what, you know, what are you trying to do? Has it got a call to action that I actually remember? Uh, is it on brand? All of these things are things I take into account with all of these spec ads. And really, you want to cut the fat. You don't want it to be long. You want it to be short. And you want to get over your message in as few scenes as possible. Whereas, you know, the long form story making and film making that we'll watch later has got a very opposite goal in mind. Could have gone harder on the jogging suits for the mortal walkers. Uh I like the drop of the beat when this came in, Mary. But yeah, I think it could have gone harder actually. Maybe if they were doing some crazy like uh PJ knows this actually and others, you know, do a kick flip or Simon Mayers doing a kick flip and doing like a back flip, you know, uh

55:14 uh with an older person. Yeah, just take it to another level, right? But yeah, I like the overall transitions in this one specifically. I think the up from the water shot, the going down below the water shot, then you get to the swimmers and you know, it's nice. It's is nice. But again, just little details in the video could have turned up it extra nice. But let's keep going with the show. God, I'm getting hot, guys. It's so hot in the UK. I need to turn on another fan and we need to watch some longer stuff so that I can have a a fan break. Where's that ice cream van gone? E, come back here. Well, luckily enough, it's a hilarious segue cuz we're about to watch a spec ad for an air conditioner, which is hilarious. Uh this one was submitted to us by Amit Bimrot.

Shilajit AC air conditioner spec ad by Amit Bimrot

56:02 Uh the producer note here is we showed his energy drink spec the other week. It was part of the runway competitions. Um after the response to the shah hit energy drink, uh we pushed the idea further with a speculative concept, an air conditioner that doesn't just cool spaces but transforms environments turning jalma into snowfall. with all of those notes. Let's check it out.

56:49 Cool. Super cool. Cool. Banana cool. Oh shi. Oh Air conditioner never lets you down.

57:42 That beat got really nice towards the end. So, the polling is now open for this one. We may have a cheeky little behind the scenes to watch on this video as well that we'll watch back to back with this piece. But, let's open the poll for this one as a piece on its own before we watch the behind the scenes and then we can have a separate poll for that one. Um, that beat got really fire towards the end of that. Like when the extra drums were coming in, I was like, "Whoa, this is good. I'm bobbing my head. This is cool. This is fun." So, good integrated music, guys, is going to win me over when you're submitting to the show. If you really do make really nice, fun, good edits and to a good beat like that is going to really, really help. What did you guys think? Uh, super cool. Yeah, kind of an ironic com comment about uh the air conditioning ad.

58:32 Right. So, one of the favorites says Lewis also says that it's hot in France as well. It's hot everywhere at the moment. Google IO was roasting and it was outdoors as well. We were sitting in the heat and it was a lot to take on a seat and then come back to the UK where it's like record temperatures since 1944. I don't know what's going on, guys. So yeah, if you're suffering with the heat, slam the one. But yeah, that was a fun one. A really fun one. Let's watch the uh behind the scenes of this one if we've got it. Camera rolling. Action. Okay, cut starts on first.

Shilajit AC behind the scenes

59:31 Uncle Last time bus driver a village head. What's next? I don't know. Ask director. Ma'am, can you sing the jingle? Okay, let's go. Action. Nah, sorry. Not good with singing. Chef Ali ma'am is ready.

1:00:23 Brain. How funny was that, guys? Like I said, llo G started this uh fake behind the scenes thing for an AI video, which in all irony is hilarious. And I always like it when someone either makes a real behind the scenes to show us their AI workflow or something like this where it's a fake mockumentary sort of behind the scenes thing. Uh so mash the button for the polls. We're going to have a separate poll for this one. In fact, there were even separate categories in judging recently, and someone won the best behind the scenes video that wasn't even in the top 10 of the real video. So, this is an entirely new category of AI stuff, and it's interesting and can be as interesting, if not funnier, than the piece

1:01:13 itself if done well like this. So, getting some ones coming in. Um, yes, love of fake behind the scenes. Uh, I think this is a really smart, clever way to sort of do like a a follow-up video, if you like, of something that was popular, and we've seen more and more of this happening. And, uh, yeah, we're here for it. So, we'll leave the poll open. I realized a few of the votes came in um after we started showing already the behind the scenes. Sorry, guys. It's hard with you guys on catch up. Thanks so much for tuning in, Megan. And um it looks like Megan is hosting a MidJourney event ser uh hosting an event over at Midjourney on the server. Yes. Uh thanks so much and we will see you again in future episodes

1:02:03 and and for all the insights on Mid Journey as well. It's really appreciated. Right guys, let's keep moving on. So nice when we've got a little backtoback like that where we can show something and then a fun little behind the scenes to go along with it. Um now we're into the section of the show which we just call films and everything else cool and uh so this can be a lot of different stuff that we're about to watch. Um with the polling and the voting, you know, taken take that into context. If we have some notes on who it was made for, who it was made by, and all of the context like that. Always take those things into account. Um, yes, let's keep going. So, this one is called Stan, and it is actually the second place in the Renway Big Pitch Contest, and it was by Oliver Finel.

Stan, second place in Runway's Big Pitch

1:02:55 Um, we watched some of these big pitch contests in previous weeks, but I don't believe we've watched this one yet on the show. So, let's give it a watch. Satan. Satan. Ma'am, please. It's Stan now. S T A N. Stan. I always thought I was cool with being the bad guy. That was my stickick. But turns out it just made me lonely. So I came up to Florida to find the one thing I've never had.

1:03:44 A friend. I've been doing my homework. I've got a plan. And I even put myself out there. Let myself be vulnerable. Tried to lend a hand in my own special way. I ain't going to lie, it's been rough. It feels like whatever I do, it just ends up evil. Like I was just meant to end up alone.

1:04:35 But I've come too far to quit now. I think a change is coming. I can feel it in my horns. Poor old Stan, guys. So, the polling is now open for that one. Some hilarious comments already coming in. Uh, love the yellow bum bag.

1:05:23 I came for Stan and stayed for his funny pack. This is You guys are flipping hilarious, honestly. So, Mash one, two, or three, uh, on what you thought about that piece. Clearly, Runway thought it was good enough to put in the second position, and I believe the top 10 are getting something. So, this is uh, appreciated by many people already. It's a bit of a cheat in that, you know, we're picking from already winners of a competition, but like I said, we've watched these in previous weeks. It's just that this one happened to slip our radar and uh it was surfaced by Runway, so that's really good. So, last minute times for the votes. Um, yes, lots and lots of ones coming in. In fact, this may be our first unanimous, so that it's going to get all the ones. Uh, I may have just jinxed it by saying that, but let's see.

1:06:15 Let's give another 30 seconds for people back tuning in through LinkedIn. Make sure that you like and subscribe to our Luma, guys. That's where you're going to get the newsletter round up. By the way, in previous weeks that people are new to the show, they ask, "Where can I find the links to all of this stuff?" And they get distributed through our Luma newsletter about 24 to 48 hours after the show. Okay. So, links on screen there to sign up to the newsletter. Last minute polls, it looks like unanimous ones across the board. Anyone else that wants to give a final vote, you may be not counted, but I will see it visually anyway. A really, really fun piece. Really, really fun piece. So, let's keep going.

In Dreams Awake, third place in Runway's Big Pitch

1:07:04 The next one we're going to watch is called In Dreams Awake, and it was the third place in the runway big pitch contest. And this one was by Katherine Gloria. Um, this one is a twominut 48 piece. I'm not going to say anything more about it. Let's watch it and comment on it afterwards. I keep dreaming about a place I've never been. It's always the same. Same forest, same air. But it's not the way it should be. Hey, where'd you go? Some things out there don't want to be found.

1:07:55 Some do. You girls camping out by the lake? They've been telling people not to lately. Officials are advising residents to avoid wooded areas. The cause remains unknown. I've seen him before. Who in the dream? Har.

1:08:47 If I find him, what are they going to do to him? You don't understand what this is. We're establishing a perimeter. We don't have to go back. I don't think I have a choice. Flight 417. Final boarding.

1:09:44 I'm sorry. I have to do this. Move now. Heat. Heat. Heat. Wow, guys, that was a lot of stuff going on. So many styles. And I'm already seeing too many styles, maybe. Or was it an interesting blend of styles? You know, let us know in the opinion. The polling is now open. One, two, or three. One is awesome, two is okay, three is not for me. It was a lot of good stuff going on there.

1:10:34 Um, lots of different styles. somewhat hard to follow just because of the like intermingling of different styles, but the overall level of storytelling was really really nice and quality does speak and there was a lot of craft in there. You could really see it. So, um, some passionate stuff going on there. As I said, it came third in the runway competition as voted by those guys. Uh, but let us know what you thought about that one. Um, keep the polling open for a minute or two longer for this one, just for the LinkedIn ones. Um, someone asked about whether you can download the show. Well, the show will be actually rewatchable on the very same YouTube link that you're tuning in from as soon as I finish the live streaming. The whole thing will be a re-watchable uh 2hour long thing, but also make sure that you sign up to the newsletter so that you get all of the links to

1:11:24 all of the stuff that we watched in the show. And this will get you to future events as well. This is the link there for Luma. So, as well as YouTube re-watching, make sure you sign up there. I love that someone voted 1.5. We don't actually have a category for 1.5 right now, but that is a note in the future. Maybe we should have like a 1.5 uh in the or if we can have like a midway point between awesome and okay essentially is what I'm say I'm seeing from that piece of feedback from LG 1 198322 this handle let us know your real name in LinkedIn we always see people's uh you know real names and then obviously through YouTube we see Eric as dad and uh CL there's other things so

1:12:17 let us know. Ah well guys thanks so much. Okay so two then yes exactly right if if you if you have to pick in the polling that we have right now it it would be a two but it is good to know that it would have got a 1.5 for you should we have had more options and that's how interactive the show is. You know, we can literally call out a comment as it's made in real time, maybe make a change in the poll. We've got people dropping in live, dropping in cool videos. We have the Door brothers crashing into the show. This is what live show should be about, right guys? Like an ongoing experience that's evolving just like AI, right? Let's keep going with the show. What have we got next?

The Most Perfect Perfect Person by Paul Trillo

1:13:03 So, I got to catch up with my buddy Paul Trillo in Google IO and he's one of my favorite creators from the early early days of AI. We saw his cloud people music video and this just blew my mind truthfully. And this one he made um we're going to watch both a clip of the original video and then we're going to watch a much more recent behindthescenes piece for it. So, uh, we're going to watch them sort of back to back, but we'll leave a little bit of, uh, voting for the initial clip, but like I said, it is just a 20 second clip that we're going to watch initially, and then we're going to watch the full behind-the-scenes video. This was actually his first AI film based on a true story. So, this is the premise to this video. The most perfect person, it's called, is by Fable Studios, Artclass Films, and Asteria, which

1:13:54 is Paul Trillo. And a lot of people are wondering what part of the most perfect person person was synthetic and what was actually real. Some might disappoint uh be disappointed that 98.6% of the film was shot liveaction with real actors, a real great crew. So let's watch this clip as I said and then we'll watch the much more recent behind the scenes. But it was great to catch up with Paul again and see what he's doing. Let's go. So, Poppy, how are you feeling? We understand that you're under a lot of pressure. The fans, press, the constant need to be on. Perhaps this is an opportunity to uh give their anxious minds some rest. Hi, I'm Poppy.

1:14:46 So, a little teaser to the behind the scenes that we're about to watch. Um yeah, Paul is just pushing the boat. The thing that Paul does that no one else does is he invents workflows and um he is uh a problem solver. And this type of brief is the exact type of brief that I thought Paul would nail. And so um actually let's just watch the uh behind the scenes straight away for this and then we'll open a poll cuz it was just a teaser clip and it's not really much to vote on yet. So let's go ahead and watch the BTS Heat. Heat.

How much of The Most Perfect Perfect Person was AI?

1:15:50 Hey. Heat. Heat. Heat.

1:16:42 Heat. Hey, I think this week might be the week of behind the scenes. Guys, what do you think? How interesting is that?

1:17:28 For any of the AI doubters that are like, where's the skill in this? Uh, look at that. Just look at all the ways that Paul is problem solving to use AI in these workflows. And yeah, it's incredible. Honestly, the voting is now open for that one. Um, I always forget to announce that the poll is now open. One, two, or three. Is that for you? For me, it is just incredible to see behind the scenes like that. Um, especially because like I said, Paul is just such an innovator when it comes to workflows and he's thinking so ahead of what other people are doing and uh, yeah, it's really, really remarkable stuff. So, one, two, or three. Like I said, that's not going to be for everyone, but yeah, the most perfect person behind the scenes. Guys, if you have a behind-the-scenes video, make sure you submit it alongside the original video that you submit to the show because

1:18:21 it's again more likely to get into the show. It seems that this week has been the week of behind thescenes stuff to come out. Few more votes coming in now. Keep the poll open for a little bit longer. Like I said, I usually have Andrew to have some banter with in this part and ask him what he thinks about it. And then we have a little bit of back and forth, but I'm soloing it in the heat, guys. Not a fan of the music. Distracting on that one. Fair enough. Again, like that can just totally throw you out, can't it? You know, it's always the thing with these things is if the music gels you again, I like that music personally. It's exactly to my taste, but it's not going to be for everyone. And uh these are these are the considerations, especially when you're putting it out in the public domain.

1:19:12 Right, guys. Okay, let's wrap it up for that one. Some final votes coming in. Okie dokie. Um, right. So, the next one, absolute legend, the man himself, real name Ryan Phillips, handle Uncanny Harry. This this piece that he's made, I don't know how he makes them so prolifically, honestly. He is just so good at this stuff. It's called clickbait. And Neil deGrasse Tyson said there's a 50-50 chance that we're living in a simulation. Elon Musk said that the same chance of us living in base reality rather than a simulated world is one in a billion. So what are the odds against us? Watch my latest AI short clickbait.

Clickbait by Uncanny Harry

1:20:01 So with all that, let's check it out. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat.

1:20:49 So, if we create a simulated reality on a computer that's so comprehensive its inhabitants believe it's a real universe, if that's possible, and remember, I'm someone who's witnessed video games going from Pong to Grand Theft Auto, so it seems entirely possible to me. If it's possible, then there would be a vast amount of simulated realities and only one base reality. I think we need to come to terms with the fact that the overwhelming probability is that we ourselves are inside one of the simulations. Now, I am not alone in thinking this. Neil deGrass is says there's a 5050 chance and Elon Musk says the odds of us living in base reality are a billion to one. Oh, that's clear. Now, if we are in a situation,

1:21:36 there are big questions like who is Have you seen this? Do you know about this? Yes, Darren. Will they switch us? It's called the internet. Are there glitches and viruses that could harm us? No. Wait, wait. We could be returning to a world view like in the age of the old gods. I'm going to bed. Stop being so bloody weird. With our programmers torturing us, toying with our very existence. That was Ryan Ro speaking who died today at the age of 42. You certainly did.

1:22:44 Somewhere alithm is learning how to replicate the way lon In server farms beneath the corn fields, metal lungs breathe binary prayers. And every search becomes a confession to machines that pretend they care. This outro song considering the uh the genre of the piece we watched. So, the poll is now open for this piece. If you know, you know, watch out for Ryan himself there, right there.

1:23:34 Look, he's there with the bloody eyes. That's actually him, the director. What a legendary put to put yourself in the thumbnail like this. And uh it also looked like he uh the presenter of the TV show is based on his own face as well. This is he is so good man. He is so flipping good. It's hilarious as well. Once you know you know and you're looking for these little things and uh clever stuff. Clever stuff. Really clever. And it's about to get spooky. uh the rest of the stuff for the show has got a bit of a an edge to it, let's say. So, if you're in your seat and you're like, "Oh my god, what's this?" is compared to the spec ads and stuff we're watching, it's going to get more like this, guys.

1:24:20 So, we're seeing lots of ones come in for this one, make sure you get the uh last poll votes in. I knew we were in a simulation, says Guy. Uncanny Harry poster. Love the details. Uncanny Harriet poster. I didn't even see this. Where is this? Oh my god. I I know the uncanny Harriet character he's made in the past as well. The little things, guys. You know what a legend? There he is on the TV screen. It kind of doesn't look as much like him as the little YouTube thumbnail with his eyes bleeding in the start, but hilarious guys. When uh the 321 countdown happened and then the iPad just went off and all the lights clicked on and it looked like code on his computer as well, I was like, "Yes,

1:25:12 come on." It was on the girls' bedroom wall. Good spot there, Anita. Uh Andrew would have definitely seen these little details as well. This little countdown where you see the reflection of the two and the one in his eyeballs. That's brilliant. And then this timing for the got you and then the lights flickering out and uh yeah really really nice stuff h and the way his face lights up and this code just comes onto the computer or his TV I guess. Brilliant stuff e and now they're straight ones guys. Straight ones right let's keep going. So, um let's see what we've got up next.

1:26:02 So, this now is into uh the section of the show which is submitted to us. So, not only is this uh in the films and anything cool uh section, but it's also submitted as part of this section. The first one we're going to watch is called the interview and it is by Vinu Josh and Hash Tiwari. It follows a man in a government program that pays people to interview for jobs they'll never get. In a future where AI has automated almost every human job, even blank participants in HAP, a government scheme that pays people to interview for jobs they'll never get. When his radically when his radical honesty accidentally lands him in an actual position, his attempts to expose the meaningless

The Interview: what if AI took every job?

1:26:48 meaninglessness of the system gets co-opted into a trillion dollar brand called nothing matters. So with all of that in mind, let's watch it. In 2042, they automated the last human job. Accounting, I think it was, or poetry, one of the two. 14 million people out of work overnight, which was a problem. Not for the economy. The economy was fine. The problem was us.

1:27:33 So, someone had an idea. If humans could not have jobs, they could at least apply for them. Wake up. Dress up. Chin up. Smile. Walk another hopeful mile. Shake a hand. Take a seat. isn't losing kind of sleep. Every day is a brand new HAP human applicant program. Show up, interview, lose, get paid. Everyone stays busy. Everyone stays calm. Everyone pretends. The ones who suffer are the ones who still think it is real. I know it does not matter. I know the AI gets it. So why am I still nervous? First year. Yeah.

1:28:22 First year you think you're the exception. Second year you keep performing. Muscle memory. One morning you wake up and you're not nervous and then you realize you're not anything. Part of me still thinks what if. You know, I know that is the part that goes away. Next candidate, unit 7 alpha. I repeat, unit 7 alpha. Good luck everyone. Did it just wish us luck? They are programmed to be polite. It is one of their better qualities. Evan Blank, that's me.

1:29:08 Just another Tuesday. Evan, welcome. Please sit. Let us start with an easy one. Tell us about yourself. I am a professional with a consistent track record of not having a track record. I thrive in environments where my contributions are immediately overlooked. My greatest strength is appearing competent for exactly the length of an interview. That is refreshingly honest. What would you say is your greatest weakness? I care too much about appearing to care while actually feeling nothing. It is exhausting, but I have gotten very good at it. Why do you want this job?

1:29:55 I do not, but I want to want it. And in this economy, is that not the same thing? One final question. What makes you unique? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. I am average in every measurable way. No distinguishing features, no special skills. If you put me in a lineup, witnesses would describe me as one of them. In a world where AI can do everything, I offer you something rare. A human who does nothing exceptionally. We would like to offer you the job. Sorry. The position, chief innovation officer. It is yours. Congratulations.

1:30:45 You think it's funny? You start Monday. Look, this is a mistake. I'm not even qualified for this job. Here and here and initial here. What the? You know what? I'm just going to leave. Thank you for wasting my Hi, good morning, Chief. Based on your biometrics, you are giving early stage dread. Coffee? Um, sure. And can you please turn that off? Okay, so the board wants your vision for the company. I do not know what this company does. No. Yeah, totally. That is valid. Honestly, fresh perspective is kind of a serve right now. Just go in there, say some words, give them a vibe. You have 6 minutes.

1:31:35 Chief Blank, share with us your vision. Right. My vision. What if we did less? Less. Say it again. Less. It feels like letting something go. Mate, everyone pitches more. You walked in and said less like it was nothing. That took balls. Metaphorical balls. Do you have those? Not sure how humans work. I have those. Yes. Sick. Continue. I don't know why I'm in this room. I didn't prepare anything. I'm just describing what I've been doing for 3 years and it accidentally got me here. Do you know what we see when we look at you? A clean slate. No ambition to corrupt. You are not trying to be something. You are simply here taking up space. That is rarer than you know.

1:32:25 I can't tell if I'm being insulted. You are being seen. Stagnation. Right, guys. So, like I said, this is a longer piece and we're just watching a section of it. The polling is now open for this one. I thought it was hilarious that one had an Australian accent and it was the one talking straight as a robot. But what did you think overall the premise, the editing, the lighting, the pacing, the everything, you know, let us know. If you leave a comment about why you voted for the number that you voted, uh, this really helps and I will not attach your name to it if I read it out loud on the show because I've made that mistake in the past. You know, I don't want anyone to be offended uh by things they need to work on or something like that. Uh, we're getting lots of ones coming in. I can tell you that straight away.

1:33:13 So, this is uh really really good. A bit frightening, although uh getting a one from guy, which again, I really appreciate this extra note. You really liked it. But also the premise is frightening and it is frightening. It is like a potential Black Mirror future that we're all going to experience is this mass displacement of jobs and the robots and all of this, you know. So although it can be quite um you know provocative, it was also really well pulled off, I thought. uh these characters, the lip sync, the lighting, the the premise, the the sound design, and then running through, you know, like Wall-E and like different things like this. The editing here worked really really well. So, overall, I thought this was a really really strong piece.

1:33:58 That's my personal opinions on it, though. Um, this is a show for you guys as voted by you guys, and we're watching much of your guys' content. So, a bit of uncanniness with the speech. Um, yes, I saw some of this and this was teetering on like uh going down to two for some of that. However, I gave it the benefit of the doubt just cuz they nailed so much other things. I would have definitely been a one in this one as well as all of you guys clearly. So, high standards though, right? Like we're really expecting a lot now. And as I said, this is a much longer piece and we just watched a certain section of it in this show. Anyway, we have more sections of longer pieces to continue watching cuz this part of the show I always need to remember the pacing, you know.

1:34:46 Um, this next one is actually a 31 minute piece and we're going to watch five minutes vits on the show. We actually saw them tuning in earlier, the zero team. So, it's by um let me just get this uh exactly right. Oh, no. Sorry. We're um I missed one. We are next watching Caroline Keysling, but know that Zero AI Studio. We saw you commenting. We are going to have your piece up uh shortly after this next one by Caroline. So, this one is called The Department of Good Memories, and it's a 5 and a half minute piece as well by Carolene Caroline Keysling, and it was awarded the best film at the 2026

Department of Good Memories, best film at the MIT Global AI Film Hack

1:35:32 MIT Global AI Film Hack, which is pretty cool. Um, in a department that stores good memories, an archivist finds one that refuses to be simply good. Pearl's job is simple. Receive visitors, retrieve their memories, return them to the shelf after they leave. But when a memory arrives that doesn't fit in with her system, tarnished where it should glow, painful where it should comfort, her orderly world cracks open. So, that's a little uh dialogue I've got for this. Let's check it out. And that's all there is to it. Any questions? Good. archives yours. Don't touch the visitors. Don't talk to them either. Everything's got a place. Your job is to keep it that way.

1:37:05 One last look at the ocean. We don't have

1:38:45 Department of Lost Thoughts. Hi Diana, this is Pearl. Happy memories. Congrats on the promotion, Pearl. All going well, thanks. Yeah. Well, no, not really. Have you ever handled a file that felt like it doesn't belong? Um, doesn't belong? As you know, here in Lost Thoughts, these things pop up every couple seconds. We had to move to a more flexible system many cycles ago. But what about the rules? You're in charge now. If something doesn't fit, maybe it's time to look at it from another angle. Yeah, maybe. A place for everything and everything in it.

1:39:38 Thanks, Diana. Don't touch that. I think it's broken. The last person who requested this, she she had a bad reaction. Of course, she was here. How do you I had to learn to look at it differently.

1:40:24 She shouldn't have to look differently at what? It's okay, sweetheart. You've been so brave. It's okay. Hey, we love you. I can't take away her pain, but I found peace knowing that her mother, my wife, that she doesn't have to endure any more of it.

1:41:11 Nothing's ever just one thing. And just because something looks different doesn't mean it's broken. Now that guys is welldeveloped storytelling as Anita says that is a really really nice piece. One of the standouts of the show for me personally. The poll is now open for that one. Mash your ones, twos, and threes whichever platform you're tuning in. We know a lot of you guys are working whilst watching the show, but if you can just mash on the keyboard just to

1:41:58 vote. We don't need to see your comments. Uh just mash a one, two, or three if you were watching that piece and what you thought about it. Oh my god, this story was so nice for me personally. And it looks like uh Paul, who is a lot more versed up with references than me, saw many interesting like sort of references there like the Harry Potter universe. He also uh saw other things in there. So yeah, let let us know um what you saw. Um he saw the uh the big friendly giant with dreams in the bottles. But those were memories. Um, he also saw some TVR like uh Marvel Loki TV show references in there.

1:42:45 So again, it's really deep this one in terms of like the things that you've watched that you you may have been um, you know, seen there. The BFG exactly says Lara. What a reference, huh? like as children. Uh the big friendly giant James and the Giant Peach. Remember all these things, you know, like uh oh gosh, I named my daughter after uh Philip Pullman's trilogy as well, which was my personal childhood favorite, his Dark Materials. If you know this series of books, oh my god, it's just absolutely incredible. Yes. Was this all done in runway? Garrett asks. Um, not entirely sure on that one. Let me just check my producer notes to see if we've got any other information about that.

1:43:31 No, I don't believe we got any like behind the scenes. Oh, yes. Actually, we know that it was made with Claude, Nano Banana, VO3.1, and Cling 0.3. So, I don't think Claude is available in Runway, but Nano Banana, VO3.1, and Cling certainly are. So, it's a possibility. Um, right. So, yes, last votes coming in for this one, guys. Getting a lots of ones and a few scattered twos on that one. Um, right. And she said her brain as well was one of the tools, which was quite a funny little comment. Um, as one of the tools that she used VO3.1 and her brain nice little comment and a human in the loop telling storytelling like that, guys.

1:44:21 Doesn't it show? Doesn't it show? Right, let's keep going with the show. So, as I alluded to earlier, if you're still watching Zero AI Studio, we saw some comments coming in from you earlier. Thanks so much for submitting to the show and you made the show. Congratulations. This is a 31minute piece, guys. So, we're going to be watching the first 5 minutes of it. It's kind of crazy just how ambitious people are making these like long format YouTube videos. This one is called, and I'm going to butcher this, so don't judge my pronunciations. Alukard uh Bathie Manor Mana Bathie Manor Chapter 2 and it's by Andrea Ditus and it is Zero AI Studio.

ALUCARD: Bathory Manor, Chapter II by ZeroAIStudio

1:45:11 Um, what else do I know about this one? It is a cinematic AI horror and dark fantasy film. It creates atmospheric worlds inspired by classic cinema, gothic horror, and psychological tensions. Hey, we got Zero AI Studio tuning in saying, "Here I am." Congratulations for making the show. If you want to let us know any other further details about this piece that you submit to us, thanks again for doing so. And yes, let's watch it.

1:46:35 Wow. Oh. Oh,

1:47:30 Please. Wait there.

1:48:21 Come now, look at me. It will be well. You'll see. It is the right place.

1:49:28 Good afternoon. I am Anna Derulia. I serve Lady Elizabeth's household for a very long time. It is very beautiful here. Thank you, madam. You are very kind. They all sit like that at first. Do not worry. She will be a lady soon enough.

1:50:16 In truth, there is a fine young man as well, you know. Oh, little princes come to the gate often enough. Poor things. There is no hope for them. Not before the girls are made into proper ladies. The weather holds. It is a fine day to wait. Yes, it will be better to wait.

1:51:03 My god. Well, the polling is open for this one. this opening scene, guys. I should have maybe given some uh little uh warning about this, but in truth, I think it shocked both me and Paul enough to just go straight in with it and not her, you know, but it sets the scene and the pacing and all of it very interestingly. The world that was developed here felt very real and the characters and the pacing was all, you know, true to that world and this type of story. Um, numbers are coming in. Remember, it's one, two, or three. Vote one for this was awesome, two for that was okay, and three for not for me. Wherever you are, it doesn't matter. We can count your votes.

1:51:50 And if you want to leave a comment about what you thought specifically as to why you voted the way that you voted, feel free to do so. And I won't read out your name. I will just uh if I think it's interesting, you know, comment about it. Especially because there's no Andrew here. Like I said, this part of the roundups and the polls is usually my uh take on things and then throwing the ball over to him, seeing what he's taking things in. Then we see you guys and the public polling and then we have a little bit of chat about that and then continue on. I have no Andrew and no other co-host this week and I'm sweating my ass off. So, um, yes, lots of votes coming in now. LinkedIn seen a few last votes coming in, lots of ones here, but again, it's not for everyone, you know. I, um, absolutely fine to be that way as well.

1:52:42 So, very, very nice. Thank you so much for submitting that to us. Uh, you guys are so talented that watch this show. It's absolutely insane. the bunch of people that we have. It's a small club for now, but it's going to expand throughout the year. And we're excited to bring this to new faces and new people and be partnered with new people and all sorts of stuff is going to be coming later on this year. But we will remember you guys, you know, the OGs in the early club. Some some guys have been watching us for two years, three years even. We had a audio podcast that we did before this which was just a weekly LinkedIn chat room that I hosted and had uh voices like Big Al and Megan and many other people that is still watching. Eric, David, all of you guys we remember.

Three Bells at Blackwood Hall trailer

1:53:30 Okay, let's keep going with the show. I'm so happy that the next one was at this part of the show cuz uh my good buddy John Bowden who I've been speaking to a lot since Spionic Awards is uh finished up his call and so able to watch his piece. I believe we actually have Johnny Lavity as well who is responsible for this one watching the show. If you guys are there let us know. Three Bells at Blackwood Hall and it's a trailer of 1 minute and 13 seconds. So me and my lead producer Johnny Lavity from Belfast created this trailer in two weekends. Johnny created the concept and did all of the visuals while I wrote the dialogue, the song, and did all of the editing and sound design.

1:54:18 All of it was done with Nano Banana and Cling. Seance doesn't well work well currently in Art List. So bearing all of that in mind, and this was done with Art List studio, let's check it out. One for the door. Hello. One for the stairs. Can anyone tell me where I am? And one for him that was already there. What is this place? Welcome to Blackwood Hall. A place that draws out all our past regrets. Makes us remember and look upon what lies in shadow.

1:55:17 Ah ah ah. Who are you? What a common little question. I'm the only one here willing to help. The music says Lara. So, the polling is now open on this one. So, I've got a little bit of uh extra information about this music. It was by no accident that that music was so epic, Lara, because John is uh telling me that he's using Suno and other LLMs to mash together several variations of the pacing that he needs.

1:56:07 So, the bell happening and the other stuff, it's all by design. This song was made specifically for this as an amalgamation of many other different songs that he's prompted together and uses audio engineering skills to mash them together. We talk about this a lot. You know, I'm an audio guy as well. So proud of his team. Exactly. Like to turn this around in a couple of weekends and make it so epic and the soundsscape was so nice. And yes, without sea dance as well, like it doesn't really matter, guys. Like the storytelling and the style matter so much more nowadays than the tools themselves cuz we're getting to a level where the tools are just now so capable. You know, whether you're using Cling or whether you're using any of these guys tools, they are pretty damn awesome. Getting lots of ones coming in now on the poll for you guys on LinkedIn.

Do the tools still matter?

1:56:56 I know you're on a bit of a delay, so we'll keep it open. That was just a short trailer compared to the 5 minutes or so uh stuff. We've watched lots of John's stuff in previous weeks, which I'm really happy. And so many different genres as well. He's like, "It's crazy that you guys are just able to pitch stuff like this in so many different genres and be true to the genre and yeah, it's awesome." Oh, look at the ones flooding in. Sean, doesn't that make you feel good, mate? Doesn't that make you feel good? And the hard work pays off, guys. And it it truly shows. It's like a real cinematic trailer. Exactly as California Girl says, "Agreed." And to that end, let's keep moving on. We're literally at the 2hour mark already, guys. So, I appreciate you guys that are working. May have to drop off now. We're seeing a few people drop off the stream.

1:57:46 I'm not going to be back next week because I'm again in California at Upscale, but like I said, come and talk to me in person. If you're at that event, I would love to meet you guys. But then we'll be back from the week afterwards. We do have a bunch more videos to show actually. Um, well, two closing videos if you would have me. There are a little bit of like a a tear away from some of the Gothic horror stuff that we just, you know, sort of closed out the last bit of the film making of the show. And they are a couple of music videos. Actually, I was going to be having onto the show uh to replace Andrew is my co-host, Alex Pel, who is the organizer of the Bionic Awards, but it turns out he's actually interviewing Toby Hyder, who is the maker of the music video that we're about

Bang Bang by Toby Hyder for Paul Oakenfold

1:58:34 to watch. So neither of them are able to join the show this week because they're literally recording a podcast as we speak. But we love Toby's work. He's the bones of you. If you don't remember, this is like a classic great series he made about the hundred years war. And this one is a totally different left field thing for him. It's a music video that he made called Bang Bang for Paul Oakenfold. And it is a glimpse into the occult Mecca universe. There are the notes I've got for that. Let's check it out.

2:00:13 Sugar.

2:01:10 I was five and he were six. We rode on our horses made of sticks. He were black and I were white. He would always win the fight. Bang bang. Yeah. Heat. My baby.

2:02:10 I was fine and he was s. We rode on our horses made of sticks. He were black and I were white. He would always win the fight. Bang. Bang. He shot me down. Bang. Bang. I hit the ground. Bang bang. That awful sound. Bang bang. My baby. Heat. Heat.

2:03:00 Heat. Heat. Down. My baby is falling down.

2:04:11 Yes, California said in all capitals as we're closing out the show with Toby's slick music video. And that was a catchy little remix. say, "My baby shut me down." Nice visuals. The polling is now open for that one, guys. Uh, like I said, just a little bit of a different note to finish on. Obviously, we watched a lot of dark stuff towards the end there. Uh, the song was a banger, wasn't it? And the visuals went really nicely with it. The editing, the pacing, really, really cool stuff. Uh, just to my taste, you know. Um, he actually said this when he first uh posted it. He goes, "Chris, I've got something that I think you're going to like." And he was not wrong. So, um, yes, get your last votes in, guys.

2:04:57 Uh, as those that are coming through LinkedIn, we'll give you an extra minute or so. Oh gosh, what a show. Hey guys, another amazing show. Great use of music, but the behind the scenes really stood out for me this week. Um, it's crazy how week to week they sort of go into their own little categories. We had great music, then we had color grading, then we had behind the scenes. But the music this week was also really nice. It's not going to be for everyone though, as Lara's, you know, pointing out like this is definitely for me. You know, this is like I'm I'm the target audience of this type of EDM uh like AI visual stuff. But yes, more about the uh behind the scenes and world models says guy.

Wrap-up: the week of the behind the scenes

2:05:46 Let's see, you know, like more and more people are making those BTS videos and more and more world models are being produced guys. So then more worlds will be uh created and then we'll get showcase videos for these worlds. Okay guys, right, let's close out the poll. As I said earlier, I'm not going to be available next week sadly enough. So, um, it's going to be the week after that that you're going to see the next live stream, but tune in to the Luma to get all of the show notes from this week and all of those uh, bits. Also, subscribe to our YouTube so that you can um, see the stuff afterwards. And if you would be so kind as to do so, go and leave us a comment on the YouTube video after this is actually done with the live cuz this really helps us in the algorithm.

2:06:36 We noticed that you guys are all in YouTube chat which comes on up on the screen but then the actual YouTube video itself to leave some comments on there and he is saying thanks to Chris and Paul. Uh Paul's doing such a good job in the background guys if you don't know. He's uh been commenting throughout the show actually. So as well you guys you're the best. We really appreciate you. I'm getting ones in the chat now. There's no poll here, but um yeah, we'll take a one. We'll take a one. Thank you so much, Lara. Really appreciate it. Spread the word, guys. You know, get us out to more faces, people interested in AI. Doesn't really matter what sort of AI they're interested in. If it's creative, we do everything as you see.

2:07:23 Advertising, music, videos, film making, the whole stuff. How did we do? We've got a poll coming up. Oh, I almost forgot to round up the most hilarious poll we've ever run earlier between ice cream and ice lollies. This is uh this is going to be some controversy on the internet when we do a clip of that one. Getting some uh votes going in here. Uh we really take your feedback on board, guys. Jimmy's giving it a 1.5. You cheeky cheeky. Love it. We honestly take your feedback on. We've changed the day multiple times. We've changed the time multiple times. We know you're in California, for example, so we make it in the later in the UK time zone.

2:08:10 Even though this actually puts a bit of a wrench in both of our school pickups and stuff just we know, you know, so we really do listen to you guys and know when it's best for you to tune in and when it is possible, when it's not possible. We know that some weeks you'll be working and that you won't be able to comment and that you'll just be passively watching. Other weeks we have people tuning in from airports and stuff like this. You know, Bigal saying, "Happy travels." Thank you, Bigal. It's uh it's a lot, my man. Um I'm struggling in truth just with how much traveling I've been doing. I've been in Can and Lisbon and California twice and it's going to be it's a lot. But there's a lot of cool people going to these events that I'm excited to meet with face to face.

2:08:56 And as I said at the top of the show, if you are at Upscale or any of these events that I'm also going to be at, come and say hello. Like I've met some of you in person. I've met Eric. I've met Glenn. I've met others. But I want to meet more of you. So with all of that in mind, we didn't get a single two on the how we did poll. That's nice. E, uh, I thought that we may get a cheeky two, but we got a 1.5. Oh, we got a three. Oh, man. We got a lower than two. Oh, someone Paul's voting in the twos now. We're getting self-sabotage. What's going on? A very nice way to have an update. Thank you, says Vignash. Yes, thank you. Thank you for tuning in. All with a do just to throw a spanner in the works.

2:09:47 Say, Mary, for the lols, bro. For the lols. All right, guys. I'm going to chew out. I'm going to go get me some more water. I'm going to Yeah, maybe even try and catch up to that ice cream van that I missed out on earlier, but seems unlikely. All right, guys. Catch you on a future episode. Uh, Vignash, if you were late, the next live is going to be two weeks from now. Two weeks from now. I'm away next week.