Unleashing the Power of AI in Documentary Storytelling

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a tool that is already starting to transform all kinds of work–documentary filmmaking included. 

Documentary makers are perennially under-resourced, so the ability of AI to help on a wide range of tasks is a potential game-changer. Imagine having assistance on drafting grant applications, generating preliminary interview questions, transcribing audio and video recording, synthesizing voices, even creating promotional materials. The possibilities for AI’s use keep expanding.

But using AI isn’t without tradeoffs. Does the time you gain somehow short-circuit the creative process? Because the platform learns from existing examples, do you risk losing some of your project’s uniqueness? And what are the ethical issues that arise from outsourcing work another person might have done?

Explore the promises and pitfalls of AI in this timely DOC NYC PRO webinar, led by accomplished documentary filmmaker and AI expert Philip Shane (Being Elmo), an innovator at the forefront of the intersection between AI and documentary storytelling.

Tickets for this event are $19 ($14 for IFC members) and are non-refundable.

All registrants may participate in the live session, and will also receive access to the recorded event, a written transcript, and a copy of any slides after the livestream.

If you have questions about registration, please email ticketing@docnyc.net. For questions about accommodations and accessibility, including requests for live ASL interpretation, please email accessibility@docnyc.net.