Photo credit: László Gaál via PetaPixel
‘Random Access Memories’ isn’t a typical short film because it was completely made by AI and put onto actual film. Turning an AI-generated video into analog film, as László Gaál did, means changing a digital video file into a physical film format, which is tricky but doable.
Gaál made the video using Runway’s Gen-3, a tool that creates realistic video from text instructions. For example, he made a Volvo ad with Gen-3 in less than 24 hours, combining several short clips since the tool can only make 10-second videos. The AI video starts as a digital file, and after modifying the colors to look like analog film, the video is adjusted to match the film stock’s resolution (like 35mm or 16mm) and frame rate (usually 24 frames per second for movie film).
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The prepared digital file is transferred to physical film using specialized tools, possibly like an ArriLaser or a modern film recorder. This equipment scans the digital frames and places them onto unexposed film stock, frame by frame, producing a negative that mimics the look of classic film.
Why is this AI-generated video project a big deal? It’s the first known instance of an AI-made video being transferred to analog film, combining modern technology with a format that’s gaining popularity again among photographers and filmmakers, while showing how AI can work with traditional filmmaking, though it prompts questions about what’s “real” in film since AI content blurs the line between authentic and artificial.
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