Trailer created by Carl Miller for Curious Refuge's 1st Advanced AI Film Course

 

Digital Tools Used

 

 

Concept & Story Development

 

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

• Pages, Grammarly, ChatGPT: Writing and refining story prompts and scripts

 

 

Visual Planning

 

• FrameForge: Storyboard blocking and scene composition

 

 

Image Creation & Enhancement

 

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

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

• Topaz Gigapixel AI: Upscaling still images

 

 

Video Creation & Enhancement

 

• Kling AI & fl.ai’s Kling: Transforming still images into motion

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

• DaVinci Resolve: Video editing and color grading

• Topaz Video AI: Upscaling from HD to UHD

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Stock Library

 

• Envato Elements: Music, Sound FX, and VFX elements

 

Publishing & Presentation

 

• Vimeo: Hosting and embedding the final video

• Wix: Website and portfolio presentation

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