What can AI do in Cinema today?

[Robert Brown (RLBrown)]

To understand the current (October 2026) capabilities of AI in professional cinema production, a good starting point is this BBC Documentary, featuring Dr. Imogen Ashby, Mathematician. She gives herself a subtitle of "professional sceptic", so go into this one not expecting immediate acceptance of AI. 

Note I use the word cinema in the broadest sense: “moving pictures."

But there is a twist. But not this one.

The documentary was produced by Gavin Purcell. He has more than twenty years experience as a creative director and producer. He obtained a Bachelor's degree in creative writing from the University of Washington, attending the school from 1992 to 1997. One of his more public jobs was being the showrunner for the "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" for about a year in 2019-2020, to help during the COVID-19 lockdown, by, directing the transition to The Tonight Show: At Home Edition, establishing new formats and remote production workflows. He led a 200 person creative team. His own production company is named "MadHarp”.

The documentary is 27 minutes, 38 seconds long. But I think it is well worth your attention.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyeTIEy2qus&t=26s

Robert Brown (RLBrown)

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