Google Flow - How I Made a Full AI Movie, Start to Finish — Transcript

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1. 0:00Google Flow is turning into a massive
2. 0:02all-in-one tool, a one-stop shop for
3. 0:04creators.
4. 0:06Today, we're using it to make a
5. 0:07cinematic AI movie. And everything
6. 0:09you've seen on screen so far is part of
7. 0:11it. I'll show you how I made it, step by
8. 0:13step, including the few shots I had to
9. 0:15reshoot and why. So, let's start. First,
10. 0:19open a new project in Google Flow and
11. 0:21let's start.
12. 0:23I wrote a quick script for this story so
13. 0:25you can see what we're building.
14. 0:27I'll share it with you along with all
15. 0:28the prompts for these videos.
16. 0:30Just ask in the comments and I'll send
17. 0:32them over.
18. 0:33Every shot in this movie starts as a
19. 0:35picture, so we make those first.
20. 0:38Switch the box to image, keep nano
21. 0:40banana, and describe what you want in
22. 0:42simple words.
23. 0:44Here, it's a dragon egg on dark velvet.
24. 0:47Pictures are free, so I made the queen,
25. 0:49the princess, the knight, and the dragon
26. 0:51the same way. And gave each one a short
27. 0:54name. Now, the important bit. The faces
28. 0:56have to stay the same in every shot. So,
29. 0:59for the next picture, type the at sign
30. 1:01and all your pictures pop up. Search the
31. 1:04short names and pick them one by one.
32. 1:06The queen, the princess, the knight,
33. 1:08[music] and the egg. The order matters
34. 1:11because the prompt calls them reference
35. 1:13image one, two, three, and four.
36. 1:15>> [music]
37. 1:16>> Send it and here's the throne hall with
38. 1:18the queen handing the egg to her
39. 1:19daughter.
40. 1:20Later, we'll turn this picture into a
41. 1:22video. If you want a full character with
42. 1:24its own voice, I showed how to do it in
43. 1:27one of my earlier videos and it's on
44. 1:29screen now. I hope you're enjoying this
45. 1:31video so far. Subscribing would mean a
46. 1:33lot to us. Thank you. One more thing
47. 1:37before anything moves. Make sure your
48. 1:39characters are fully intact with no
49. 1:41glitches like missing body parts.
50. 1:44With cinematic characters like a dragon,
51. 1:46this is a bit more challenging. And you
52. 1:48can see it here.
53. 1:50Flow gave me a dragon with no front legs
54. 1:53and another one with three wings, so I
55. 1:55made those again.
56. 1:56>> [music]
57. 1:56>> Then, every new dragon picture, like
58. 1:58this landing, uses my checked dragon
59. 2:01with the @ sign.
60. 2:02>> [music]
61. 2:02>> So, it keeps the same body every time.
62. 2:05Now, let's make them move.
63. 2:07Click the settings at the end of the box
64. 2:08again and switch image to video.
65. 2:11It opens on ingredients, but pick
66. 2:13frames. So, the clip starts from your
67. 2:15picture.
68. 2:16Keep it [music] simple. 16 by 9, 8
69. 2:19seconds, and one version.
70. 2:21Click start, search the picture's short
71. 2:23name, and pick it. Then, describe the
72. 2:25one thing that happens and press send.
73. 2:28Less than a minute later, the throne
74. 2:30hall comes to life.
75. 2:32For most shots, I used Omni Flash. For
76. 2:34the fire on the town, I used VO Fast
77. 2:36[music] because that version looked the
78. 2:37best.
79. 2:39The quieter shots, like the campfire and
80. 2:41the egg cracking,
81. 2:42>> [music]
82. 2:42>> I made an ingredients straight from the
83. 2:44character pictures.
84. 2:46And you don't have to wait. While one
85. 2:48clip is still making, you can send the
86. 2:49next one. And here's that landing now
87. 2:52moving. Look how hard it hits the snow.
88. 2:55Most of that speed comes from the
89. 2:57picture, and the rest comes from the
90. 2:59prompt. Every prompt asks for one
91. 3:01action, and the fast shots ask for full
92. 3:04speed from the very first frame.
93. 3:06I say what rushes past the camera, like
94. 3:08the sea below, so your eye can feel the
95. 3:11speed.
96. 3:11>> [music]
97. 3:12>> And I always finish with no slow motion,
98. 3:15sound effects only, no music.
99. 3:18All my prompts follow the same order.
100. 3:20The look and the place, what has to stay
101. 3:22the same,
102. 3:23>> [music]
103. 3:23>> the one action, and then the sound. Now,
104. 3:25the few shots I had to reshoot, starting
105. 3:27with the sea chase.
106. 3:29The first time, Flow said it was busy.
107. 3:31The second time, the clip just didn't
108. 3:33finish.
109. 3:34So, I sent the exact same prompt again,
110. 3:36and it worked.
111. 3:38So, if a clip fails, send it again
112. 3:40before you change anything.
113. 3:42But, that clip came out slow.
114. 3:44The water in my picture was sharp, so
115. 3:46nothing seemed to rush past the camera.
116. 3:49So, I changed two things.
117. 3:50>> [music]
118. 3:50>> I made a new picture with the camera
119. 3:52just above the sea and the water already
120. 3:54blurred by speed.
121. 3:56And I rewrote the prompt to ask for full
122. 3:58speed from the very first frame.
123. 4:01Same model, and the new clip moves
124. 4:03almost 50% more.
125. 4:05So when a shot feels slow, fix the
126. 4:07picture first, then the prompt. [music]
127. 4:09Some clips worked but had one bad
128. 4:11moment.
129. 4:12In the vault, the chest lid pops in from
130. 4:14nowhere. So in the edit, I cut straight
131. 4:16from the egg going in to the lid
132. 4:18slamming shut.
133. 4:19And in the forest, the dragon landed
134. 4:22right behind them, which made no sense.
135. 4:23[music] So I cut that bit, too.
136. 4:26One more thing to watch for.
137. 4:28Even when the prompt says no music, Flow
138. 4:30sometimes adds it. I like to add my own
139. 4:32music, so that's a problem.
140. 4:34>> [music]
141. 4:34>> If I mute the whole clip, I lose all the
142. 4:36sound effects, too. And finding new ones
143. 4:39by hand takes a lot longer.
144. 4:41So I usually just make it again and make
145. 4:43sure the prompt clearly says no music.
146. 4:46That normally sorts it out, but just be
147. 4:48aware of it. When every shot is ready,
148. 4:50download them.
149. 4:51Open a clip, click the download arrow,
150. 4:54and it goes straight to your downloads
151. 4:55folder.
152. 4:56Sometimes a whole clip is too long, so I
153. 4:59keep only the best two or three seconds
154. 5:01to keep the momentum.
155. 5:02It depends on the movie you're making.
156. 5:04You can do this right in Flow, adding
157. 5:06your clips one by one, or put them in
158. 5:09any editor and adjust it however you
159. 5:10like.
160. 5:11If you want to know what I use, ask in
161. 5:13the comments and I'm happy to share it.
162. 5:15Last, [music] the sound.
163. 5:17I added a narrator voice and music from
164. 5:19a free library that plays quietly in the
165. 5:21background under the film.
166. 5:23So here it is, The Last Fire.
167. 5:26Sound up for this one.
168. 5:28>> The queen of Oldmer stole a dragon's
169. 5:31egg. She thought no one would ever come
170. 5:35for it.
171. 5:38She was wrong.
172. 5:45Screams in the streets, the kingdom in
173. 5:48flames,
174. 5:49and a beast that will burn it all
175. 5:52to find her egg.
176. 5:55The queen sent her daughter to save the
177. 5:58egg
178. 5:59with her most loyal knight. But the
179. 6:02queen did not want it saved. She wanted
180. 6:05a weapon.
181. 6:15>> [screaming]
182. 6:24>> The hunt has begun.
183. 6:31>> So that's the whole method.
184. 6:33If you have any questions, ask in the
185. 6:34comments and I'm happy to answer them.
186. 6:37I hope you enjoyed it and I'll see you
187. 6:38in the next one.