Animated Film Pitch Treatments: Midjourney + Runway Gen 2
Imagery is used to pitch and sell film ideas to producers, funders, and production studios. With this powerful software -- Midjourney and Runway Gen 2, creatives, screenwriters, and anyone who wants to visualize and idea for their move can now do so without having to be a big budget company.
Links to Visuals: Western Film + Blade Runner Inspired Film
Summary: Mizuno, the daughter of a mayoral candidate, is desperate to escape the suffocating pressure and scrutiny of smalltown life. Chayama, the heiress of the tea company Chayama-en, is adamantly walking down the path laid out for her, despite being forced to atone for her family’s apparent misdeeds. Yet in the bubble of the school’s third floor guidance counseling room-away from rumors, watchful eyes, and their feuding families-they’re simply Mizuno and Chayama, two teenagers who find comfort and hope in each other. But when the outside world tries to tear them apart, the two must find a way to protect their relationship and, more importantly, themselves…
Review: This was such a good read!!! They live in a hell hole and basically find solace in each other and it's just so good. I recommend this a lot! Do look up the trigger warnings for this.
Status: Completed
Yuki and the Authoress by Yuu Nagori
Summary: Young cafe worker Yuki dreams of romance and a life far more wonderful than her own, but has no way to do anything but hope for the future – but a chance encounter with the beautiful, mysterious authoress Azuma Beniko, a woman who seems to know love like the back of her hand, might change the very way she looks at the world…
Review: They're so cutee!!! I genuinely wish it didn't get rushed near the end but I still liked it a lot.
Status: Completed
This Monster Wants to Eat Me by Naekawa Sai
Summary: “I’ve come to eat you.” So softly utters the mermaid Shiori as she emerges from the sea and takes high school girl Hinako by the hand. Hinako lives alone in a town by the sea and possesses an unusually delicious body that is irresistible to nearby monsters. To ensure that she matures to the best condition, Shiori seeks to protect Hinako—all so that someday, she can devour every piece of her. What will become of Hinako’s feelings as this looming unjust death closes in on her…?
Review: I have so many thoughts about this manga! It's doomed yuri and has horror elements! The characters are also very well written! I highly recommend this! However I do recommend looking up the trigger warnings before reading this.
Status: Ongoing
If We Leave on the Dot by Ayu Inui
Summary: Yukawa comes into the office and always hangs up her coat on the rack; most others just sling it over their chairs. That may be because Yukawa is proper, but maybe because she loves receiving handwritten notes from her coworker Mizuki. Until recently, Yukawa only knew Mizuki and her sweet vanilla scent from afar, but one day she was able to befriend her after a mix up with their coats. Since then, Mizuki communicates with Yukawa and asks her to go out after work via pen, paper, and coat. They never make plans ahead of time, nor do they even know each other's phone numbers. As Yukawa navigates her feelings and learns more about Mizuki, will their relationship blossom into more than whatever it is right now?
Review: This was soo adorable! It's an office GL. It's very wholesome. They communicate a whole lot and they start dating very early on so there's lots of dating content!
Status: Completed
Kurai Mori, Shiroi Michi by Chiyu Yoshida
Summary: In a small, lonely country town, a depressed young woman has a bittersweet encounter with a blind girl.
Review: This felt very incomplete. I wish it had more of a better epilogue but it was still a good read.
Status: Completed
Mizuiro Cinema by Hiyori Otsu
Status: Completed
Summary: Aqua Blue Cinema is about an actress and a girl she meets through unusual circumstances.
Filmmakers confirmed to be using A/I generated images.
Very sad, they could afford expensive actors and pay for a set but they couldn't afford an Artist.
Will this movie is off my list of too watch.
Added note:
Some people have been popping up saying "But they didn't start production until 2022 and no one knew how bad these things were until 2023".
To that I say "do you remember when all the artist on Deviantart and artstation where protesting agents A/I generated images being allowed on these sites? That was in Dec 2022 and remember that guy who won an art contest at a state fair with an A/I generated image. Artist where upset and even asked that he be disqualified. This was during Sep 2022.
Proof of events below:
So yes, during 2022 people did start to notice the issues with A/I generated images.
Setting: LA. A dark alleyway. A muscle car is parked. Enshrouded in a ghostly mist.
Ambience: Retro. Horror/thriller. Grainy film texture represents a sense of grit and realism. Tension builds under the surface of every setting and character who lives in this world.
Inspiration: Panos Cosmatos, Robert Rodrigues, Grindhouse films.