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CHIMERA

AI Short Film

Created by Carl Miller

Coming Soon 

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Notice: CHIMERA is currently in development. The clip above represents Act I only. 

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Short Synopsis 

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  • The compulsion for a future of endless possibility blinds an entrepreneur, only for him to suffer at the hand of his own creation. 

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Tagline 

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  • He Sparked the Future. Then Inherited its Aftermath. Made with AI. 

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Running Time 

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  • Act I preview: 3:40

  • Final film: approximately 15 minutes 

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Digital Tools Used in the Creation of the Film 

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Concept / Story Development / Prompting:

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  • Pages, Grammarly, Final Draft, ChatGPT, and Gemini for script formatting, development, and refinement

  • ChatGPT, Gemini, and Pages for prompt development and organization

  • StudioBinder for script tagging, breakdowns, and asset lists 

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Visual Planning:

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  • Nano Banana Pro for concept art creation

  • ChatGPT Images / GPT Image models for concept art creation

  • Midjourney for concept art and style exploration

  • Flux AI for early character design and concept art

  • ShotDeck for lighting reference and visual research 

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Storyboarding:

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  • Unreal Engine for extensive storyboards and depth maps

  • Virtual sets and characters developed using FAB assets and MetaHuman

  • 3D Cryogenic Chamber interior and exterior modeled by Simon Miller

  • Meshy image-to-GLB tools used for select 3D assets

  • Character, costume, set, set dressing, chamber, and vehicle LoRAs / panels created using Nano Banana, ChatGPT, and Adobe Photoshop 

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Key Image Creation:

 

  • Nano Banana Pro for text-to-image generation

  • ChatGPT Images / GPT Image models for text-to-image generation and image refinement

  • Enhancor for select character face enhancements

  • Magnific Skin Enhancer for select character face enhancements

  • Adobe Photoshop Beta for image editing, content-aware fill, compositing, and image enhancements

  • Topaz Gigapixel AI 8 for still-image upscaling

  • Magnific for select creative upscaling and image enhancement 

  • Adobe Lightroom Classic for key image colorization

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Video Creation & Enhancement:

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  • Seedance 2.0 Pro for transforming key images into motion

  • VEO 3.1 for transforming key images into motion

  • Kling Omni and Kling 1.6- 3.0 Pro for transforming key images into motion

  • Envato Elements for select VFX video elements and templates

  • After Effects 2026 for compositing, animation prep, and video polishing

  • DaVinci Resolve 20+ for video editing, sound editing, and color grading

  • Topaz Video AI 7+ for upscaling from to UHD 

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Primary AI Platforms / Aggregators:

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  • Magnific, formerly Freepik

  • FAL.ai 

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Sound & Music Creation:

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  • ElevenLabs for text-to-speech, voice changing, sound effects, and music creation

  • Envato Elements for additional sound effects

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Publishing & Presentation:

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THE WHITE DEATH

AI Short Film created by Carl Miller

in conjunction with

Curious Refuge's 1st Advanced AI Film Course.

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WARNING: Contains Violence.This film features AI-generated fictional characters depicting stylized Old West graphic violence and the consumption of alcohol. Minors should seek parental guidance before watching. Intended for mature audiences only. Viewer discretion advised.

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Synopsis:

 

  • A special deputy rides into a dead frontier town, chasing whispers of a ghostly legend known only as the White Death. But as the silence thickens and the day bleeds into night, he realizes he’s stepped into something older—and far darker—than a duel. This isn’t a fight for justice—it’s a reckoning between pride and grief, blood and memory, and a force beyond anything he’s faced before.

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Catch Phrase:

 

  • Duty draws the gun. Vengeance pulls the trigger.

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Running Time:

 

  • 7 Min.

 

Digital Tools Used in the Creation of Film::

 

Concept & Story Development

 

  • Flux AI (fl.ai): Early character design and concept art

  • Pages, Grammarly, Final Draft, ChatGPT: Writing and refining AI prompts and script

 

Visual Planning

 

  • FrameForge: Storyboard blocking and shot compositions

 

Image Creation & Enhancement

 

  • ChatGPT + DALL·E: Text-to-image generation

  • Photoshop (Beta): Image editing, content-aware fill, and enhancements

  • Topaz Gigapixel AI 8: Upscaling still images

 

Video Creation & Enhancement

 

  • Kling 1.6 Pro (Head Montage & Act IV): Transforming still images into motion

  • VEO3 & VEO2 Fast (Acts I, II, III): Transforming still images into motion

  • Seedance 1.0 Pro (few shots, Act III): Transforming still images into motion

  • After Effects 2025: Compositing, animation prep, and video polishing

  • DaVinci Resolve 20: Video editing, sound editing, and color grading

  • Topaz Video AI 7: Upscaling from HD to UHD​

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Sound & Music Creation

 

  • 11ElevenLabs: Text to Speech, Voice Changer, Sound Effects, Music (Acts I, II, III, IV, & Credits)

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Stock Library

 

  • Envato Elements: Sound FX, VFX video elements​​, and templates

    • Music (Opening Montage): "Wild West Trailer" by Ollmah

 

Publishing & Presentation

 

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