This is my latest AI showreel. 100% AI-generated, and 100% handcrafted at the same time.
Generative AI is rapidly evolving into a true frontier for creative storytelling. These tools don’t replace artists; they empower our vision.
As an AI filmmaker, I meticulously guide a variety of powerful models to craft cinematic narratives that were, until now, impossible.
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Logline: Hiding his dead brother’s consciousness within his ‘Artificial Ego’ implant, a space magnate returns to the underground lunar city of their common past, reuniting with the woman they both loved.
This is a pilot teaser for the grand narrative of Hex Space, a story about the protagonists and events that defined a time when nothing was more valuable in space than space itself. Hex Space is an original work in progress, created by Greek filmmaker Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos. The project aspires to evolve into a science fiction franchise that will include books, games, a TV series (with possible spinoffs) and various forms of online content.
All characters in this video are AI generated. Any resemblance with existing persons is unintentional and coincidental. Generative AI tools used in the making of this video: Midjourney, Leonardo, Freepik (Flux 1.1), Kling, Runway, Luma Labs Dream Machine, Eleven Labs, Udio, Videoproc, Photoshop. Edited and graded in DaVinci Resolve.
“Spiritus in Machina” has been selected to participate in three international film festivals that either include a section or focus entirely on AI generated short films:
A compilation of AI generated shots created, edited and graded by Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos.
Music by Udio
Image/video tools used: Midjourney, Leonardo, Luma Labs Dream Machine, Kling, Runway Gen-3 Alpha, Magnific, Videoproc
Space related shots are from the Hex Space project.
Theia is one of the protagonists in an epic sci-fi narrative set in the near future of the ‘Solar Era’. Where nothing is more valuable in space, than space itself.
Following the parallel stories of the enigmatic Hex Space founding father and his successors, this is a work in progress, combining AI tools with CGI and more traditional methods of audiovisual storytelling. Created by filmmaker Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos. All characters and locations in this video are AI generated.
Images generated by Midjourney and Leonardo, animation by Leonardo and Runway, voice over synthesized at Eleven Labs. Google Bard and ChatGPT 3.5 assisted in the writing of the monologue. Visual ID created in Blender. Video edited and graded in Da Vinci Resolve.
Following the parallel stories of the enigmatic Hex Space founding father and his successors, the narrative is set in the near future of the ‘Solar Era’, where “nothing is more valuable in space than space itself”. Key to the colonization of our cosmic neighborhood is the limitless versatility, compatibility and scalability of Hex space architecture.
Created by filmmaker Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos, Hex Space is a work in progress, combining AI tools with CGI and more traditional methods of audiovisual storytelling. All characters and places in this video are AI generated.
Short film “The Drone” (GR, 2023, 22′), written and directed by Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos
With Marcella Giannatou, Mando Giannikou, Makis Nanos and Michalis Kanavakis
Director of Photography: Fotis Mitsis
GSC Drone Operator: Tassos Fytros
Art Direction: Anastasia Mastrappa
Sound Recordist: Stefanos Efthymiou
Make-up Artist: Niki Ovakoglou
Music: Katerina Kozadinou, EKELON
Editing: Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos
Sound Design & Mix: Vangelis Fampas
Color Grading: Manos Hamilakis
Line Producer: Manolis Melissourgos
Producer: Dimitris Spyrou
A co-production of Neaniko Plano, ERT S.A. and The Greek Film Centre
A series of video tutorials on the basics of film making, from script writing to post production. All videos are in Greek, addressed at children and young people who want to learn how to make their own movies.
Kostas Peroglou teaches percussions to unaccompanied minors in the refugee camps of Lesvos.
Filmed and edited by Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos, 2019.
The most demanding student short film I have supervised and edited, March 2020.
The Castle of Mytilene, Lesvos. The Connect by Music orchestra consists of students who came to Greece as refugees and immigrants, sometimes unaccompanied.
Israel came from Congo chose to play Rita Ritaki, a famous Greek love song. This video has reached 224K views on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/connectbymusic/videos/487844908430928/
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Knowledge and Partnership Bridges: Bridging the distance using knowledge.
https://www.knowledgebridges.gr/
Promotional video for the National Documentation Centre and the Ministry of Economy & Development.
