Please arrive 15-30 minutes before the listed start time to find a seat.
No filming or recording permitted.
Bill Platt (UVA alum; Emmy-nominated Creative Lead, Warner Bros. Discovery AI ContentLab) joins Scot Safon (VAFF Board, and Former CMO at CNN) for a visual tour of AI’s impact on film craft, presented through a live conversation with integrated clips.
Safon and Platt thread short excerpts into their dialogue to surface what’s merely novel and what’s genuinely new, and to underline why human judgment continues to drive effective storytelling. The panel situates today’s breakthroughs within a century of cinematic invention—from the Lumière brothers to non-linear editing, CGI, and virtual production – and draws on science-fiction cinema as a lens for how culture absorbs technological change.
At the core is a simple discipline: in an era of near-limitless generation, taste, point of view, and intention determine the work. Expect clear, candid language about where AI accelerates process (previsualization, look-development, editorial exploration), where boundaries protect the soul of the piece, and how to steer experiments toward story rather than spectacle.
—
This panel will be presented with live captions.