Erik Luo
ABOUT
I asked GPT-6 Astra: if you could send a message to all of humanity, what would you say? That conversation became a poem. I turned it into While We Are Here, a 4-minute, 37-second visual film about the lives we are living now, and the care we owe one another. It makes room for joy, grief, exhaustion, and the living world beyond our attention. It also asks us to keep our judgment—even when an answer sounds beautiful. “Your life is not raw material for a more intelligent future.” English narration · English subtitles · 4:3 Directed by Erik Luo Poem written by GPT-6 Astra Creative collaboration: ChatGPT Visuals: Seedance Music: ElevenLabs Narration: AI-generated Title and credit artwork: OpenAI image generation This is an independently directed film made with AI-generated imagery, narration, and music. Which line would you want someone else to hear? #WhileWeAreHere #VisualPoetry #AIShortFilm
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PROCESS
All are text to video gen, one shot using my own workflow and skills.
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