Announcing the Winners of Our Next-Gen Filmmaking Competition 🍿🏆 Designed to showcase how technological advancements are unleashing a new wave of creativity upon the world, the competition required applicants to submit a video inspired by one of four quotes listed on our website and created using any form of next-generation technology. Amid some exceptional entries, our judging panel has landed on our three winning films. Congratulations to Milan Cucuk, Jeff Synthesized, and HawaiiFeel, who have won $5k, $2k, and $1k, respectively. Thanks also to everyone else who participated in the competition - we’re pleased to report that the future of filmmaking is looking bright! Now, sit back, put your feet up, whack out the popcorn, and enjoy our winning three films 👇👇 🍿🍿 🏅 1st Place 🏅 1,000 Miles; by Milan Cucuk (@MilanCucuk) Background: An astronaut races against time to save as many lives as possible when he learns of a global catastrophe hidden from mankind for millennia. This film was created by blending generative AI tools such as Eleven Labs, Midjourney, and RunwayML with traditional software like Adobe. Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=NKlp5n… 🥈 2nd Place 🥈 Glitch; by Jeff Synthesized (@JeffSynthesized) Background: Unexplained power outages and glitches run rampant in Surge Springs, California. A young boy discovers something in his bedroom that could be the cause: a blue furry creature named ‘Glitch.’ Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=3xka1-… 🥉 3rd Place 🥉 Invasion; by HawaiiFeel (@HawaiiFeelyt) Background: The visuals for this movie trailer were generated with Midjourney and animated using PIKALABS. Watch:youtube.com/watch?v=7m9uvD… Congratulations to our winners, and a huge thank you to the amazing OSV community and beyond who participated!
