Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan restored by AI: China takes out heavy artillery on artificial intelligence
Bruce Lee. © Concord/Warner Bros/Kobal/Rex/SH
China is not afraid to put the package on artificial intelligence in the film industry. Indeed, the China Film Foundation announced during the 27th Shanghai International Film Festival its intention to restore 100 emblematic martial films with the help of the AI, but also presented the first animated feature film in the world to be fully produced with this technology.
Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li repaired by AI
The goal of the Kung Fu Film Heritage Project is to digitize 100 famous kung-fu films digitally, making Call to AI To improve the image, sound and overall quality of production, while preserving the narrative and aesthetics of the originals.
According to Varietythe organizers have described this project as a long -term commitment to revive the cultural and cinematographic heritage of Chinese martial arts cinema. The films concerned thus include The fury of defeating With Bruce Lee, Once upon a time in China with jet li or even The Chinese Master With Jackie Chan.
Bruce Lee in The fury of defeating. © Golden Harvest
But that’s not all: the Chinese festival was also an opportunity to reveal a futuristic reinterpretation of John Woo’s film, A BETTER TOMORROWin the form of an animated film generated by AI.
The feature is called A Better Tomorrow: Cyber Border And was produced with technology developed by Quantum Animation. This is therefore a completely created film with artificial intelligence, from the animation script.
“This animated feature was fully directed by only 30 people,” said producer Zhang Qing. “The AI has dropped the barrier between creativity and execution. The production cycle has gone from several years to a few months.”
All this is done according to Chinese regulatory measures around the content generated by AI but according to He Tao, of the National Radio and Television Administration Research Center, “AI is not a tool, it is a new infrastructure.”
“It transforms scenario writing, special effects, dubbing and distribution. In the world of short film and micro-dramas, AI has already become a standard,” Add he.
So we haven’t finished seeing AI invite ourselves into the Chinese and global audiovisual industry.
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