Thoughts on motion design, VFX, and the process behind the process, written from both sides of the freelancer/client relationship.
Who decides a video is done, and why it's never the person you'd expect.
Two quotes, one line item, and how to read what you're actually paying for.
What happens when someone on your project stops delivering, and why the fallback has to exist before you need it.
A test of Synthesia, HeyGen, Google Vids, and Veo inside KnowBe4's training pipeline. The avatar lost 90% of viewers. Later, output went from 3 videos a month to 12+.
Can five AI tools keep one outlined 3D object consistent across angles and a camera move? A test: about two hours, $5 to $8, and one flaw shipped on purpose.
Can AI take a story from script to finished film? A twenty-year-old script, about $42 in generation costs, one expensive failure, and six seconds of hand VFX.