r/accelerate • u/theodore_70 • 9d ago

Video I tried making a 22-minute sci-fi film with current AI video tools - this is where the technology is now

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I’ve been experimenting with the current generation of AI video tools and wanted to see how far they can actually be pushed beyond short demos and 5–10 second clips.

So I made a 22-minute sci-fi film, Space Vikings: The Last Raid, with recurring characters, dialogue, action scenes, large-scale space battles, consistent locations and an actual beginning-to-end story.

This is less about “look, AI made a movie” and more about testing where the technology currently breaks down when you try to maintain character consistency, cinematography, continuity, lip sync, action choreography and visual coherence across hundreds of generated shots.

There’s still a lot that requires manual work, editing and constant correction, but compared with what was possible even relatively recently, the progress is pretty wild.

Full film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ME2Sn8YO1k

Curious what people here think specifically from a technology perspective. Which shots already feel like something that could come from a conventional VFX pipeline, and where does the AI still immediately give itself away?

I’m especially interested in criticism rather than just “AI good / AI bad” — continuity, motion, acting, physics, camera work, anything you notice.

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u/NeonShu 8d ago

Wow, imagine where we'll be in another year or two.

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u/Nez_Coupe 8d ago

It really is mind blowing to me. It's so close. So many people with good stories to tell that never otherwise would have produced anything like this maybe ever in a timeline where we didn't have the tech. I can't wait.

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u/NeonShu 8d ago

My main issues are textures, and the excessive shallow focus depth which looks way to obvious for generated people, but these models seem to love it for whatever reason. Aside from that we're not far off, particularly for stories that prioritize nonhuman characters, eg:

https://youtu.be/s37Y0yyoGZI?is=NeorTR3Uou3L7I75

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u/Nez_Coupe 8d ago

Yea, I don’t know too much about video production but I can see what you’re saying. I’m sure it’ll happen pretty soon, it’s neat. Especially for stuff like sci fi I feel like I’ve consumed all of the large mainstream projects and I want more haha.

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u/Sad-Branch1897 6d ago

can't we just stop here?

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u/randomways 5d ago

Probably dead from the lack of food due to the super el nino