Netflix senior director of production for Asia-Pacific Sung Q Lee stated that approximately 300 Netflix offerings have already been added to the streamer in recent years, whether viewers like it or not.
Key points
- Approximately 300 Netflix titles have already incorporated AI.
- AI is used in pre-visualization, production design, editing, and VFX.
- AI could reduce film financing costs by around 40 percent.
- AI streamlines shoots and reduces production time.
Lee explained that AI is being used in pre-visualization, production design, working out set-dressing concepts ahead of time, in editing and of course in VFX.
Netflix has been guarded about its AI policies, but Lee's comments indicate just how widespread the technology has become.
By the numbers
- Netflix offerings using AI
- 300
- Potential cost reduction with AI
- 40 percent
Korean director Kang Yun-sung, who is using AI in his upcoming film The Gulf Of Aden, noted that AI could reduce financing costs by around 40 percent.
This saving comes not only from replacing CG and VFX but also from streamlining the shoot itself, which cut down production time.
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