We saw from Chinese State Media yesterday. Here’s from Higgsfield today: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWHPG1BiF8L/?igsh=MXV1M3V0NHdtN24zYw==

State Media Just Deployed AI Animation as Geopolitical Messaging. Chinese state media CCTV released "The Eagle vs. The Persian Cat" this week — an AI-animated political allegory using animal characters to comment on Gulf tensions. Eagle = USA, Persian cat = Iran. Full AI animation pipeline. Set aside the politics for a second. Watch the craft: - Character design that carries emotional weight — anthropomorphized animals with clear personality - Narrative economy — tells a complex geopolitical story in under 3 minutes - Production polish — lighting, composition, camera movement that rival traditional animation - Emotional manipulation — you know exactly who you're supposed to root for (regardless of whether you agree) This is what happens when AI video generation stops being a creator toy and becomes a communication tool for institutions. Government propaganda offices are now using the same AI animation pipelines indie filmmakers are learning on YouTube tutorials. That's both impressive and unsettling — which is exactly why it's this week's Video of the Week in the newsletter. Questions for the community: 1. When state media can produce AI animation this polished, what does that mean for independent filmmakers competing for attention? 2. Does the source of an AI film (state media vs. indie creator) change how you evaluate the craft? 3. If you were teaching AI filmmaking ethics, would you show this as a case study? Why or why not? Watch it here: The Eagle vs. The Persian Cat on YouTube Founding Members: Head to the FM section for this week's deep-dive workshop on Adobe's new multi-model video editor — five AI video engines (Pika, Sora, Luma, Veo, Firefly) in one workspace. Link: skool.com/aiography/classroom

Stop Fighting Your AI Video Tool — Use Structured Controls Instead If you've ever spent 20 minutes rewriting a prompt to get a dolly-in shot, this one's for you. Kling 3.0 dropped this week with an AI Director mode — and it's a different philosophy than what you're used to. Instead of describing camera moves in text and hoping the model interprets it correctly, you specify the shot: • Camera movement: Dolly, pan, tilt, crane (pick from a menu, not a paragraph) • Shot type: CU, MCU, wide, OTS (cinematographer language, not prompt engineering) • Scene transitions: Cut, dissolve, match cut (built-in storyboarding) • Character consistency: Plan a multi-shot sequence, lock the character across clips This isn't better or worse than Sora/Runway/Veo — it's built for a different workflow. If you're pre-visualizing a scene or prototyping a sequence, structured controls are faster. If you're exploring or generating B-roll, natural language prompts are more flexible. The lesson: stop forcing one tool to do everything. Match the tool to the task. Discussion question: Are you a "structured controls" filmmaker or a "natural language" filmmaker — and does your current tool match that? Founding Members get the full tool comparison breakdown (Kling vs Sora vs Runway vs Veo) with workflow decision trees and when to use which approach — skool.com/aiography/classroom

This caught my eye today by David Lerech on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7439332637028208640-H-mN?utm_medium=ios_app&rcm=ACoAAAKJZ_4BVEo30jrn5CjSvRt6xoz0dpEhANg&utm_source=social_share_send&utm_campaign=copy_link https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcast-international/amazons-ai-studio-in-hiring-mode-as-chief-outlines-strategy/5213429.article The broadcast article referenced is behind a paywall but this article backs it up : https://www.pressreader.com/israel/jerusalem-post/20260208/281956024225783 If you’ve been following the industry trends (Spotify, Apple, Amazon, YouTube) media is increasingly becoming top of funnel for something else ie live concerts/ Apple Merch/ anything to buy on Amazon/ everything else not on Amazon! And with GenAi lowering the cost to produce media to zero, or atleast the cost of compute which will decrease as time advances (like the internet did the same to distribution) there could be a Seismic disruption coming our way as media becomes free. Free to make and free to consume. I’m glad to see how Hollywood appears to be gearing up, but is it enough? We shall see.

This Video I have created 2 month ago for Client pitch after that client did not reply and yesterday client call me and I got the project. A man sits in silence… waiting. “THE LAST WAIT” is a cinematic AI motion poster that captures the quiet weight of struggle, hunger, and human resilience. Set inside a rustic Indian room, this story unfolds without words — through light, atmosphere, and emotion. Tools : Prompt : Chatgpt Image : Nano Banana Pro Video : Veo3.1