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hypfer • today at 3:13 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

If I understand correctly, the use-case for this is video B-roll? Because what else am I supposed to do with 15s of videos.

So, to badly impersonate N-Gate, "Business Model: Uber for Getty Images"


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msabalau • today at 3:30 PM

The average length of a shot in full length feature film today is like three seconds. Even back in the old days, the average shot was like 12 seconds. Most movies are made up sequences and scenes made up of lots and lots of shots.

Increasing the available range of shot lengths from 10 seconds to 15 seconds gives film makers a wider pallet of options, if the longer shots have continuity, which is the other claim here.

I'm not aware of any "one-shot", one and done, use cases that are much more compelling the clip is 15s vs 10s. But that's not relevant to many people actually using AI video models like this on a daily basis.

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