Video: The animated film 'Journey to the West' created by AI amazed the audience

The first animated video about "Journey to the West" made by AI surprised viewers with the image.

According to Yangtse Evening Post , the film The Monkey King Prevails , nearly four minutes long, was posted by a Douyin account on February 14, attracting the attention of the audience. The artist's last name is Phung, and he has worked in the art field for 15 years.

Phung believes that this video would take at least half a year if made by a human. With the help of AI, he completed it in a week. The animated film talks about the birth of Sun Wukong, according to the story Journey to the West by Ngo Thua An.

Excerpt from the animated movie "Journey to the West" created from AI. (Video: Ifeng).

The video depicts rows of palaces, lapis lazuli tile roofs or Hoa Qua Mountain - Sun Wukong's domain. The author also recreates the scene where Sun Wukong crossed the sea and met the Buddha. Phung did not reveal which company's AI technology he used to make the video.

Thousands of people said they were amazed by the visual effects in the cartoon. The audience wrote : "Perhaps the animation industry is about to die, but for movie enthusiasts, this is a sign of a boom, because many scenes in novels are difficult to make into movies, but with AI technology, this is no longer a possibility. difficult", "Waiting for the appearance of virtual idols, idols now easily collapse". But there are also some opinions that artificial intelligence cannot replace humans: "Watching the video lacks emotion, the animation is still awkward, and cannot be compared to human labor."

Many people asked Phung to make the next episodes of Journey to the West , asking the author how to make the videos. He said the film was made in four steps : Coming up with ideas, creating still images with text, making animations, editing and editing . The author revealed that he used ChatGPT to analyze the words in the original work, let the AI ​​map out the scenes, and then he himself chose the appropriate option for the film.

Thousands of people said they were amazed by the visual effects in the cartoon.

Once the scenes are ready, Phung uses AI drawing software to sketch the desired images, and uses another software to make these images move. As for the lyrics, Phung wrote it himself and then used AI to dub it. With some characters, the author voices them himself.

Many viewers hope to see action scenes performed by AI, but Phung said there are still many limitations with AI-generated videos so it cannot satisfy fans' requests.

Journey to the West is a famous Chinese mythological novel, with many scenes of riding clouds, flying, and great battles in heaven, on earth, and under the sea. The work has been made into television series, movies, and animations many times.