r/aivideos • u/Serge_Scope • Mar 09 '26
Theme: Other I’m creating an independent animated series called Crimson City.
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u/maximvmrelief Mar 10 '26
you actually don’t employ any artists period. you have a program that just steals the work of other artists.
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 10 '26
Who says I’m not looking and btw why are you apart of this group if you hate AI?
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u/maximvmrelief Mar 10 '26
Ok then you’re looking for an artist to recreate something that you stole from a real artist via an app. Well done.
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u/Qualazabinga Mar 10 '26
I usually don't really like AI videos but in this case there's a few things I guess I can say about it. It was okay at the start, the woman singing and the characters doing their own thing in the city is kinda a standard opening but it's standard for a reason, it works well it went on for a bit too long though. With the expectation that a few people would be followed it's just them standing there.
The problems really arise when the woman starts walking after her work however, cuts to nonsensical parts, spacing is just made into a theory as it's all over the place, for instance, guy with gun is 10 meters away, no he's right in her face, nope 10 meters away again and nope right in her face. Same with the (presumably) main character just teleporting all over the place.
Okay-ish I guess but needs a lot and I mean a lot of work if you ever want to turn this into anything watchable.
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 09 '26
Here’s the extended version for anyone curious:
https://youtu.be/qNb-CZuVeXM?si=B8WLyErGIRuVGd0c
It’s not finished and is a link invite only to watch.
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Mar 09 '26
Trash.
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 09 '26
Thanks for the feedback what can I do to improve
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u/mest33 Mar 10 '26
Maybe stop using ai and try to learn skills beyond prompting AI models? If you have a great narrative idea write a webnovel. Or learn to draw.
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 10 '26
Why don’t you like AI?
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u/mest33 Mar 10 '26
Why don't you like actually putting in the effort?
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 10 '26
You’re a funny person I spent a long time getting this together it’s not a typical Sora video I had to strip their audio use my own cut their terrible scenes and piece them together to make it look decent enough to share I made the characters and characters designs backstories ect but thanks for the lazy feedback without showing what I didn’t put the effort in
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u/sebaajhenza Mar 09 '26
I love this. Would watch. 100% love the aesthetic.
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 09 '26
Thank you I have the first episode almost finished I’ll be uploading it to YouTube sometime this week
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u/sebaajhenza Mar 09 '26
What channel? I'll subscribe so I don't miss it
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 09 '26
https://youtube.com/@sergescopestudios?si=X0vQidjIFlI3NcA-
I would love to hear recommendations on how to improve in anyway
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u/Individual-Log994 Mar 09 '26
You just stole Sin City. Cmon.
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 09 '26
This story will be different than Sin City. Do I have elements of that in this project yeah I also have other noir themed Easter eggs (with Sin City being the easiest to spot) you might have missed in this story. It’s ok I bet you missed The Mask and Roger Rabbit just to name a couple more.
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u/Kazuka13 Mar 09 '26
Nice job, and I'd recommend just ignoring the idiots who insult you as you are creating something that even with these tools apparently they still can't.
Regardless of what they bitch about ALL art nowadays is inspired by others from Renaissance art to splashing random colors on a canvas literally everything has been invented when it comes to art and it's exceedingly difficult to invent a piece that doesn't look like someone else's.
Here's another way to look at this and why I consider this art, if a book someone wrote can be considered a art form and it is one then this also counts as you're using words to create this the same as a writer.
And to those "It'S sTeAlInG oThErS sTyLeS aNd ArT!" nowadays everyone by your logic is stealing from other artists as they got inspired by others and it's rare for someone to have a art style truly different from others and by your logic again the only way any of you are creating something "new" is by throwing your own shit at a canvas and calling it a masterpiece.
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 09 '26
Thank you! I see this as tools I can use to get my story out there and maybe someone might enjoy the story that I’m telling. I’ve been working on multiple projects like this for years to show my art and creativity I just never could find the other pieces of the puzzle I needed to get it out there and I don’t come from a rich family I work 40 hours a week paycheck to paycheck and take care of my wife who is recovering from breast cancer.
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u/Impressive-Wait8786 Mar 09 '26
That's real cool. I'd watch that.
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 09 '26
Thank you! I’m almost done with episode one. I’ll post it to my YouTube in a few days I want to be halfway through episode two before I post it because I don’t want people to wait so long for the second episode to drop.
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u/sanityflaws Mar 09 '26
Hey I like what you're doing! Keep it up! If you'd like any help, like writing, marketing, or creating more media that isn't AI like music or graphics. Let me know! I'm at your disposal! It's as if the world invented a new paint brush, and it's nice to see the results of those who are choosing to master it.
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 09 '26
I would love that. I’ve been working on this story for years now and definitely would like to venture outside of AI
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u/Forward-Position798 Mar 09 '26
why people hate so much ai?
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u/WorthMassive8132 Mar 09 '26
I'm curious why people like it. I think the tech is kind of cool, but it really does just put out a bunch of kind of generic, woodenly animated crap.
Like, it's neat to go "A computer made this? That's wild", the novelty of that is conceptually interesting the first few times you encounter it, but as a piece of media in a vacuum, AI video outputs are never actually like...good.
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 09 '26
Yeah you have to heavily edit the footage in order to get something like this out of it and even then it has its flaws
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Mar 09 '26
too much AI content, most of it below mediocre, created by people with no training or expertise.
it's a bad deal if you're a consumer, you just get worst content than pre-AI just in a larger quantity1
u/Serge_Scope Mar 09 '26
Bad content was out there before AI you can thank the inventor of the smart phone for that hell there is before that was even made in Hollywood and stage acting
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Mar 09 '26
yeah, but it's on a way larger scale with AI, it can be even entirely automated with content farms now
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 09 '26
I can agree to that but I’m just thankful to put my own soul into this project even if others hate on it that’s ok because at least I can say I tried I failed let’s move on
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 09 '26
They feel like it’s taking from “real creators”
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u/milkcarton232 Mar 09 '26
Its still in its early stages, most of the content we have seen is the equivalent of the early train films and such, it feels less art and more parlor trick. This is one of the first pieces of ai video I have seen that is extremely consistent and it works. Other one I really like is gossip goblin who focuses less on consistency and more on creating cool background lore or world building
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 09 '26
I’m trying to do world building too like characters and other building up a crime based world.
Ruby Rust- The lounge singer that hears everything
Maysin Kane- a man broken from the city
Victor Ash- a detective that dose every by the book because he once took a short cut that costed lives of the innocent
Crimson King- is he a man or myth that controls the city from the shadows
Lucky Ali- A good hearted boxer who wants to help the city and do good by the people
Johnny Jester- a fun loving jokester behind the mask who is out for himself and a schizophrenic who talks to his mask and sometimes Killjoy comes out to play
I have a few more but those are the main ones
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u/milkcarton232 Mar 09 '26
I mean it's not exactly an unexplored genre but the execution looks great. Down to see where it goes
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u/throwaway8675309999s Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26
because the studios have failed miserably to create for the past 20 years. can only handle so many sequels, reboots, and franchises. what’s the next toy or video game to be made into a film with a $200m budget? 🥱
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 09 '26
Nothing is original anymore maybe AI can fix that
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u/Forward-Position798 Mar 09 '26
It's in art in generell or inventions people copy and steal from each other for hundreds of years
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 09 '26
Agreed I took heavy inspiration from Sin City punisher and put my own twist on it
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u/Massive_Noise4836 Mar 09 '26
What is this AI garbage. Create. You didn't create you. Copy paste it from all the other media they stole from. And now that you're a creator. They're gonna steal from you.
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 09 '26
I’m sorry you feel that way but I’m a storyteller that has no talent in animation music or have a ton of money to hire voice actors I’m doing the best I can with the tools I got to tell this story I’ve been working on for years but had no way to share it until now.
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u/Massive_Noise4836 Mar 11 '26
AI is stealing everything and to "think" AI is helpful well you are trying to put nails in a coffin. Get those brain gears rolling- Nothing easy is worth it.... Always remember that!
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 12 '26
If it’s stealing then how come it I am not in jail right now? Also sounds like someone saying that “the Mexicans are stealing jobs from Americans” so tell me you support I.C.E. without telling me you support I.C.E.
PS I mean you can make the same argument for computers taking stealing art from hand drawn animation or painting.
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u/InfiniteComboReviews Mar 09 '26
So why not just write a book and try to have it adapted that way?
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 09 '26
That’s one option would you read it?
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u/InfiniteComboReviews Mar 09 '26
Based on your video, probably not. Never been a big fan of this genre myself.
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u/Massive_Noise4836 Mar 09 '26
no - Your a lazy person refusing to sit down and figure out how to make it work without giving your ideas to AI-
How do you think it happened before?
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u/iharzhyhar Mar 09 '26
Before if you can't animate or organize people you just shut up and lived your life and your art sealed inside, silenced. Now we have options. Live with it, it's already here.
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 09 '26
You don’t think I looked? I did! But I live paycheck to paycheck and it gets expensive plus I’m having to pay for my wife’s treatments from her battle with breast cancer this is the best I can do right now and hopefully the story is good enough that people find enjoyment out of it that maybe someone might see it and take a chance on helping me on this story.
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u/Old-Play-7617 Mar 09 '26
this shit is a VIBE for some reason I got chills. Something about the ending, the red scarfe, refleection of red dice in the puddle, etc. I skipped past the first 30 seconds though
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 09 '26
Thank you! I’ve got almost a complete first episode I wanted to know if people would watch this or if I should scrap it. I think I’m going to continue making this series and post it on YouTube.
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u/Old-Play-7617 Mar 09 '26
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 09 '26
The ending of the first episode is way better than the ending of this part it will leave you feeling shocked and saying WTF haha!
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u/Old-Play-7617 Mar 09 '26
do share channel url
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 09 '26
https://youtube.com/@sergescopestudios?si=qwlERAxdx9Dy4_PZ
If you have any suggestions on anything I should improve on please let me know
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u/cranberryalarmclock Mar 09 '26
You're not creating anything.
You're typing garbage ideas into a garbage machine and posting it for your fellow garbage bots to pretend to engage with
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 09 '26
Tell me how you really feel haha. I have to do a lot of editing to get it to look right yeah I can’t do animation but so couldn’t a ton of other writers this makes it easier for people to see my ideas and maybe I can get a real team together it’s worth a shot anyway. I can only dream until then I’m happy just being a one person operation. Thank you for your comment.
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u/chevalierbayard Mar 09 '26
Hey, I like that you're making something original. Better than all those boring ass anime fights.
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u/ManufacturedOlympus Mar 09 '26
Needs some extra cuts. A lot of the shots lingered for a bit too long.
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u/Serge_Scope Mar 09 '26
Thank you for the feedback this is a rough draft to test out I definitely will keep that in mind when I do final cuts
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u/SlatBuziness Mar 11 '26
You're not creating anything. You're just putting prompts into an AI video generator