The makers of the Oscar-nominated film “Brutalist,” currently distributed by A24, used AI to alter actors’ lines and create images used in the film’s epilogue, the film’s editor said. David Janso revealed this in an interview with Red Shark News.
This epic drama follows a fictional Hungarian architect, played by Adrien Brody, as he struggles to create art under the capricious system of American capitalism (and the weirdos who run it). . To make Brody and co-star Felicity Jones’ Hungarian pronunciation as accurate as possible, Janso said the production used AI from a company called ReSpeaker to alter the actors’ voices.
Although Respeecher was able to adjust the actors’ vocals to match the pronunciation of native Hungarian speakers, Janso says there was nothing in the process that couldn’t be accomplished with traditional dialogue editing. Masu. “You could do this yourself in ProTools, but there was so much dialogue in Hungarian that we had to speed up the process, otherwise it would have remained in post.”
According to Jancsó, generative AI was also used to create the architectural drawings used near the end of the film. Both decisions were made due to budgetary constraints on the production. The Brutalist is a multi-star, period costumed and elaborate set spanning over three hours and reportedly cost less than $10 million to make.
A little more than a year after multiple Hollywood unions went on strike over the possibility of studios using AI to replace their employees, there are still concerns about its use, let alone openly using the technology. It’s causing a big debate. However, there is no doubt that the huge variety of ways in which AI can be used complicates matters. “The aim was to preserve the authenticity of Adrian and Felicity’s performances in another language, not to replace or alter them, but with the utmost respect for their craft.” Brutalist director Brady Corbet told The Hollywood Reporter in a statement. .
Respeecher was previously used to create Obi-Wan Kenobi’s new Darth Vader lines for Disney+, and it’s unlikely to be the last time a similar tool is used to cut costs. . Film production requires a lot of resources, and as companies strive to popularize AI, using AI tools will continue to be a strong option to save time and money.
