Artificial Intelligence and Audiovisual Media/Film. Incorporating AI into the production process - by Maarten Francq

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Based on the theory in Villém Flusser’s “Ins Universum der technischen Bilder” where the author predicts a new societymodel, caused by the possibilities with synthetic images – we see the first real-world implementations and effects of this theory in the wild. Maarten Francq brings an overview of the current state of the art and technology with realtime demo’s, examples from the world of cinema, live entertainment and the music industry and opens the discussion about the thin line between AI being a tool, a co-author or an independent artist.

About Maarten Francq:

Seasoned in developing technical solutions for some of the largest live events in Broadcast and Entertainment, Maarten has developed a real taste for all things new and complicated. His groundbreaking work in the field of Live Entertainment, Virtual Production and lately AI, make Maarten one of the very few who can find their way with ease in the complex matter that is Audiovisual Innovation. He loves to share his findings and knowledge with the creative minds of tomorrow as a researcher and teacher at the Royal Institute of Theatre, Cinema and Sound in Brussels and as a guestlecturer at AFDA Filmschool Capetown.