The Oscar-winning film “The Brutalist” used artificial intelligence during production

Filmmakers are behind Brutala potential Oscar contender currently distributed by A24, used artificial intelligence to alter an actor’s dialogue and create images used in the film’s finale, film editor David Ganso shared in Interview with Red Shark News.

The epic drama follows a fictional Hungarian architect (as played by Adrien Brody) struggling to make art within the volatile system of American capitalism (and the outsiders who run it). To make Brody and his star Felicity Jones’ Hungarian pronunciation as accurate as possible, Janso says the production used artificial intelligence from a company called speaker To change the actor’s speech.

Respeecher was able to adjust the actor’s voices to make them match the pronunciation of a native Hungarian speaker, though Jancsó says the process didn’t do anything you couldn’t achieve with traditional dialogue editing. “You can do it in ProTools yourself, but we had so much dialogue in Hungarian that we really needed to speed up the process, otherwise we would still be stuck in post.”

Generative AI was also used to help create architectural drawings that were used near the end of the film, according to Janso. Both decisions were made due to the budget constraints the production was under. Brutal It is a film over three hours long that reportedly features multiple stars, period-appropriate costumes, and elaborate sets Made for less than $10 million.

After a little more than a year from multiple Hollywood unions He went on strike Regarding the possibility of studios using AI to replace workers, the use of the technology is still largely controversial, let alone open about it. But the problem is undeniably complex when there are so many different ways in which AI can be used. “The goal was to maintain the authenticity of Adrian and Felicity’s performances in another language, not to replace or change them, and to do so with the utmost respect for the craft,” said Brady Corbett, the film’s director. Brutal, He said Hollywood Reporter In a statement.

The speaker was previously used To create new Darth Vader dialogue For Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi, This is likely not the last time similar cost-cutting tools will be used. Making movies requires a lot of resources, and as companies try to get AI to catch up, using AI tools will likely remain a viable option to save time and money.