Runway Just Changed AI Video Forever! Seriously.

Hey everyone! This video is a bit spontaneous because I was in the middle of covering another thing when Runway decided to shake things up again! 🚀 They’ve soft-launched Act One, and wow – it might be the most impressive video-to-video restyle tool I’ve seen. Let’s dive in and explore what it means for AI filmmaking, the good, the bad, and the absolutely wild results Act One is capable of!

In this video, I walk you through:

• Runway’s journey from Gen-1 to Act One
• The evolution from text-to-image to advanced video restyling
• My experiments with micro-short films and challenges I faced using video-to-video AI
• Thoughts on how Act One compares to earlier tools and where it might push the limits

We even break down a few interesting quirks, like how expressive eye movement is now handled, and I throw in a fun critique of cinematic details (hint: more wigs are always better). If you’re curious about the potential of mixing practical filmmaking with AI, you’re in the right place.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro – Stable Diffusion Interrupted!
00:36 Act One by Runway – A First Look
00:52 AI Video Evolution – Gen-1 to Act One
1:29 Current Video to Video in Runway
01:43 My Micro-Short Film Workflow (Challenges)
02:57 Video-to-Video Pitfalls and Funny Fails
03:31 Act One Example
04:50 Layering Performances with Masking
05:46 Can We Control AI-Generated Characters?
06:04 Questions and Access to Act 1?
6:41 - Input Questions about Driving Video
7:19 The State of AI Video to Video
7:39 Fresh Examples of Act-1
8:51 Final Thoughts – Hitting Refresh on Runway

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[haljordan]

The biggest issue is that all this is useless until character consistency is achieved. That's when real application can get serious.

[Mopsie]

I’m so glad he put “seriously” in the title, so I know he’s serious this time. And this time it’s not clickbait /s

[noodleify]

Headed to the Reframe conference tomorrow - Cristobal Valenzuela (Runway CEO) is one of the main speakers. I'll report back!

[emotionalsuccess]

Holly f*#&!My brain actually started telling me I was watching a TV show at about 3:53. Given this is at about 2 out of 10 evolutions of the tech to come, how is this not the beginning of the end of at least "simple" drama productions?

[MartinZanichelli]

My grandfather told me stories of him using Gen 1 in March 2023. "You kids have everything easy now. In my times in

[submergeuniversechannel]

Thanks Tim!! You keep me in the loop! I’m waiting to do my sci fi series as animation. So I’m looking for the best AI to do that with style with. We are so close!

[JayJayD]

WOW, WOW, WOW, this looks amazing and I'm definitely going to invest in a Runway subscription when its released. Looking back to about 18months ago and to where we are now is just mind blowing - imagine another 18 months further down the line. As a very small AI/3D creator - I'm excited- very excited :D

[LearnHowToEditStuff]

Always appreciate your very timely videos! I finally made it into a scene with the side by side talking fox 😂

[angryox]

Hot take. Several years from now there will be less actors and scripted movies, but much more training data models. Basically stock footage being made specifically for video to video data.

[xuqi]

As a VFX artist, i can confidently say we're 100% DOOMED! 😭🙏

[BrownHuman]

Looks like LivePortrait on steroids!! Hope you get the early access and show some sweet oscar worthy acting perfomances 😄

[RiftWarth]

Street Fighter naming convention??? LOL. Can't wait for the "Super" version.

[AILOVEAFFAIR]

I think the main reason people are so excited for this is that they are fed up with Hollywood..

[DavidJG]

Tried doing a storyboard, never get the same character on the next scene. it was the same seed.

[iDannyism]

If there's one thing I know of Runway, if they see you can do something, what you'll Actually be able to to do is like, half of that.

[MarionMicheleFilms]

Truly excited about this too! Thanks for dropping this.

[AntoineBandele]

These titles lose their luster when they say the same thing every time.

[dreamzdziner]

I saw this today and was totally blown away. All those face capture tools will go obsolete in a matter of few months. Runway is killing it!

[TheGoodContent]

Video to video IS the future of entertainment. I have been waiting for years for this. Since Ebsynth was working on it. I have a ton of scripts that I'm waiting to produce with it.

[lamsmiley]

I wasn’t impressed by AI video last year. It’s gotten a lot better this year, but I still feel it needs another year or two of development.