Short films and music videos
Clayton Jacobson made Kenny, a box office hit, and Brothers' Nest before turning to AI. He is the founder and chief creator of Gunshy Cowboys, an AI VFX solutions company in Melbourne. His AI work runs from comedy shorts and an animated short documentary to music videos for Melbourne Ska Orchestra and Sunny Coast Rude Boys.
Jeff Alu came to AI film from photography, and before that from hunting asteroids and comets at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Mike Lee Thomas's slow, observational films include the Huawei Exploration Series trailers, Skipping Down the Road for The Dawdler, and a music video for Oh Wonder.
Films
17 films
Liminal Memories
All We Do
Cédric Villani (Exploration Series Trailer)
Jay Harman (Exploration Series Trailer)
Ron Garan (Exploration Series Trailer)
Skipping Down the Road
Concrete Master
Echoes of Home
Oil Fields
The Ballad of Monte Loco
Throw Me a Rope
Zombie Tennis
Biscuit
Halloween Stream of Unconsciousness
Parade on Europa
The Dream
The Magic of the Everyday
How we work
AI short film
Comedy, animation and documentary made with generative AI, by directors who made features, television and photography first.
Branded documentary
The Huawei Exploration Series trailers are portraits of explorers and scientists, shot in live action for a brand.
Music video
Music videos in AI and live action, from Clayton Jacobson, Jeff Alu and Mike Lee Thomas.
Questions
- Do you make branded short films?
- Yes. The Huawei Exploration Series trailers on this page are branded documentary, and GORO produce branded content in hybrid and full AI workflows.
- Can a music video be made with AI?
- Yes. The Ballad of Monte Loco and Throw Me a Rope were both made with generative AI by Clayton Jacobson.
- Where does Ruse produce?
- Ruse has studios in Sydney and Bangkok and a presence in Shanghai, with a post-production network across all three: edit, colour, VFX and CGI, generative AI, sound and music, in studio or fully remote.