I see a lot of AI posters, pitch decks, video. Unifying 99% of them is their similarity to each other and their mediocre aesthetic (usually technically 'right' but composed of nothing memorable).
But AI is here to stay. In fact, I have been invited on as COO at Aerith Corp which is, among other things, refining and adapting generative AI processes into a professional industry-grade application (it's not easy).
Along the way, I have had to get very familiar with some of the better AI creators. Since generative AI has become a topic of aspiring creatives here on s32, I thought I would share some of them with you.
I hope you enjoy seeing some of Kelly Boesch's work. Please share some of your own favorite creators as well!
Kelly Boesch is a professional visual artist, with work in new image tech including, in the past, IMAX. She is known widely as one of the current top generative AI video creators, among her other accomplishments. Below I link you to her professional website (maintained by her agent), and her highlight video from her showcase YouTube channel. (She's clearly highly into surrealist art). Her highlight video is less than 3 minutes long and you should enjoy it. I want to emphasize several points for the directors and producers watching:
1. While Kelly's work is visually stunning, it does exhibit the typical inherent flaws in AI generated video. You should watch for these things, and how she has managed to minimize them. I am not going to list them here. (But if you don't notice any, consider you might not be cut out to be an AI filmmaker. Just saying...)
2. While Kelly labels much or her work "short film", they are in fact music videos. She doesn't use AI actors for narrative stories - thus she avoids the Uncanny Valley effect which has been clinically proved to be experienced by people watching AI humans.
3. I see literally hundreds "look at my amazing AI movie" posts flying across my LinkedIn feed every week. Kelly Boesch's work stands among only three or four in the last month that are actually watchable. But it's also clear that her work isn't pure AI or reliant on the AI model's own ideas of the image Kelly wants created. Which leads to my exhortation:
4. If you want to create compelling work with AI, use your own source materials, and be hyper-critical about the flaws in the AI product which make it unacceptable to an audience. Just because it can create a video at hyper-speed doesn't mean it's watchable by a film audience, which in 2026 is very sophisticated and critical of the lack of effort that goes into a film when things are 'too easy" to create.
5. Above all, use AI to show what you can do well - not to highlight what you're not good at.
Kelly Boesch YouTube channel trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBiatwGD1DI
Kelly Boesch official website: https://www.kellyboesch.com/
The Uncanny Valley Effect in AI video: https://aerithai.com/papers/uncanny-valley-in-ai.html
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perfect advice
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AI is everywhere but it does have its flaws. I've come across this on YouTube content. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between what is real and what is AI. I notice in the comments section on YouTube that quite a few people get annoyed and get tired of AI content. Great advice Shadow!
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Ryan Christiansen Alex Bridge Thanks!
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Shadow, this is such an important distinction — especially the point about AI being a tool, not a substitute for taste or authorship. What really landed for me is your emphasis on using AI to amplify what you already do well, not to cover gaps.
The sameness you’re describing is exactly what happens when speed replaces intention. The work that endures still comes from human choices: composition, restraint, and a clear point of view.
I love the reminder that audiences are far more sophisticated than the tools suggest — “easy” creation doesn’t equal meaningful cinema.
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Thanks Shadow, from ultra-realism to surrealism, we feel sometimes immersed in a living painting, Pablo Picasso, Van Gogh ... What you say gives a lot of hope to artists afraid of AI. I really feel the same for Music Production, and not talking especially about AI but I see artists loosing themselves in thousands of amazing sound banks and ultra-realistic orchestral libraries (which I do use). You can produce fast but, is it acceptable by a film audience ? Does it serve a narration ? Does it really follow the Director's Artistic Vision ? We all have amazing Toolboxes, but we shall work at being talented Craftsmen.
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Julien Clément Exactly! The truth is it's being pushed everywhere so hard by retail-level platforms so the amateur and novelty user thinks even they can create a movie... Well they can't. The laptop, the digital camera, Unreal Engine, none of these turn anyone from the talent-free into professional filmmakers - and neither can ChatGPT or any of the dozens of generative AI platforms. Because the point is what you can do with it to express your art. Professionals are already using it in ways that make some of their work easier - and I would encourage all artists to do the same.