I just spent two days at Amazon/MGM Studios in Culver City at AI on the Lot, the biggest AI filmmaking conference in the world, and I wrote up everything for this week's newsletter. It's a long one, on purpose. Paul Schrader got up and explained how he's writing with ChatGPT now. (Spielberg, in the same week, said there's no substitute for the soul about AI). Studios that wouldn't say "AI" out loud two years ago were on the main stage with their names on the work. And the films aren't hypothetical anymore; they're shipping, and a few are selling. I covered every session I could get to and owned up to the ones I couldn't, since I still can't be in two places at once. Read the full thing here. If you read it, I'd love your take below. What surprised you? What are you going to try?

I’d love to hear from everyone here. As this group continues to grow, I want to make sure we’re building something that is actually useful, practical, and worth your time. So here’s the question: What would you most like to get out of this community? I want your top 3. But Skool only lets you vote once. So please add a comment with your 2nd & 3rd choices. If something's missing, tell me. This community is yours as much as it's mine. I'd rather build what you'll actually use than guess. 😉 Thanks, Larry

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Six new deep dives just dropped in the Founding Members tier over the past two weeks. If you blinked, you missed a small library. Here's the what's waiting for you: 📌 Open Source AI Video Models: The Real Comparison Wan, HunyuanVideo, CogVideoX, LTX. Who actually wins when you stop reading press releases and start rendering. 📌 AI Script Coverage: What Hollywood Is Actually Doing (and What It Gets Wrong) Studios are already using AI to read scripts. The results are... instructive. 📌 Claude Inside DaVinci Resolve: An AI Agent in Your NLE Someone connected Claude directly to Resolve's scripting API. It talks to your live timeline. I have thoughts. (Made a little YT Short about this one) 📌 The WGA's AI Training Ban: What It Actually Means For Your Workflow Not what the headlines say. I read the deal so you don't have to. 📌 Morphic Workflows: What "Encode Once, Run a Hundred Times" Actually Looks Like A new tool that might change how you think about rendering pipelines. Might. 📌 OpenMontage: Turn Your AI Coding Assistant Into a Video Production Studio The open source project that turns Claude Code into an editing workflow. Full breakdown. That's what Founding Members get. Real workflows, real tools, no hype. And we're only starting to get rolling. Seriously, don't miss out on this: $29/month, locked for life — but only a few spots left. After that, it goes to $49/month or $490/year. Just saying. Support our free content by following us on social media: LinkedIn Twitter/X Instagram Facebook TikTok

State Media Just Deployed AI Animation as Geopolitical Messaging. Chinese state media CCTV released "The Eagle vs. The Persian Cat" this week — an AI-animated political allegory using animal characters to comment on Gulf tensions. Eagle = USA, Persian cat = Iran. Full AI animation pipeline. Set aside the politics for a second. Watch the craft: - Character design that carries emotional weight — anthropomorphized animals with clear personality - Narrative economy — tells a complex geopolitical story in under 3 minutes - Production polish — lighting, composition, camera movement that rival traditional animation - Emotional manipulation — you know exactly who you're supposed to root for (regardless of whether you agree) This is what happens when AI video generation stops being a creator toy and becomes a communication tool for institutions. Government propaganda offices are now using the same AI animation pipelines indie filmmakers are learning on YouTube tutorials. That's both impressive and unsettling — which is exactly why it's this week's Video of the Week in the newsletter. Questions for the community: 1. When state media can produce AI animation this polished, what does that mean for independent filmmakers competing for attention? 2. Does the source of an AI film (state media vs. indie creator) change how you evaluate the craft? 3. If you were teaching AI filmmaking ethics, would you show this as a case study? Why or why not? Watch it here: The Eagle vs. The Persian Cat on YouTube Founding Members: Head to the FM section for this week's deep-dive workshop on Adobe's new multi-model video editor — five AI video engines (Pika, Sora, Luma, Veo, Firefly) in one workspace. Link: skool.com/aiography/classroom