Really appreciate your thoughts here! I share a lot of similar sentiments here.
As someone who has funded/produced/directed/written/edited actual feature films and worked in that industry, it’s been absolutely incredibly freeing to now be able to from idea in your head to viable end deliverable product entirely on your own, outside of any external investors/producers/extra meddling hands.
Makes for some very fun free flowing creations! The AI slop argument will always be there I think, and I certainly don’t intend to stop filming things with real cameras, but I’m certainly not afraid to dive into AI and use it for all it’s worth 🧡