October 30th, 2024
Casa del Cinema di Trieste
Artificial Intelligence and Filmmaking
The day dedicated to AI: a meeting and a workshop to take a closer look at the most concrete and controversial aspects of Artificial Intelligence as applied to audiovisual production.
All events will take place in English
Info: forum@sciencefictionfestival.org
Ore 12.00 // Sci-Fi Dome, Piazza della Borsa // Discussion
Copyright in the AI era
Free entry
Can we still talk about copyright in the age of generative AI, where all intellectual property is exploited without consent? Is this a phenomenon we have to learn to live with, or is there an alternative way?
Speakers: Lorenzo LRNZ Ceccotti, founder of EGAIR – European Guild for Artificial Intelligence; Tom Paton, producer, director and CEO of Pigeon Shrine (UK).
Session chairs: Pierluigi Masai, PhD student in AI ethics, University of Trieste, and Lorenzo Carta, PhD student in AI sociology, University of Trieste
Ore 10.00-11.30 + 14.30-17.30 – Casa del Cinema di Trieste // Workshop
Artificial Intelligence as applied to audiovisual production
A hands-on introduction to AI as applied to filmmaking and to audiovisual production, scheduling a morning session focusing on theory and an afternoon session on practice.
The workshop will primarily focus on storytelling and technical aspects related to AI-driven production, specifically highlighting how AiMation Studios integrates AI into the creative and technical processes. Participants are encouraged to bring their laptops, though it is not essential. The session will focus on practical demonstrations of AI tools and techniques, with participants able to follow along if they have laptops.
Tutor: Tom Paton, producer, director and CEO of Pigeon Shrine (UK).
Registration required; maximum 15 participants.
Fees: € 40,00; partners € 20,00*.
Registration to the workshop includes the SCI-FI PRO pass with access to all the events of the Fantastic Film Forum.
* List of partners: professionals and companies of Friuli-Venezia Giulia; AGICI (Associazione Generali Industrie Cine-Audiovisive Indipendenti) members; EURASF
members
Tutor: Tom Paton
Tom Paton is a nine-time Feature Film Director and Screen International Genre Rising Star 2017 nominee. He is widely known for his technology skills as well as diverse portfolio of work in the film and commercial sector. Tom is one of the hardest working Director’s in today’s market; since 2016 he’s been directing 11 films, among them PANDORICA, REDWOOD, BLACK SITE, G-LOC, 400 BULLETS, MOONQUAKE. Recently he founded Pigeon Shrine, and has become a leading voice in the integration and use of Artificial Intelligence within the entertainment sector
