Machine Cinema GenTalks w/ Kelsey Farish & Erik Weaver
Hey everyone,
This Wednesday 10-1115am PT / 1-215pm ET is our weekly digital get together to connect on how we are all making our way through this new era for creative industries and AI among other emergent technologies, sharing ideas, tips, knowledge amongst ourselves.
Our group is an amazing mix of creators/producers/builders/some new to this stuff/ some OG/ all of us constantly learning.
This week we'll be joined by:
Kelsey Farish -
https://www.kelseyfarish.com/
Based in the UK, she’s a leading legal expert in generative AI—especially where it intersects with creativity, performance, and identity.
Back in 2019, she published one of the first peer-reviewed papers on deepfakes and their impact on the entertainment industry. Since then, she’s advised broadcasters, AI developers, public bodies, and production companies—but her favorite work is still helping individual artists protect what’s theirs.
Erik Weaver -
Head of Virtual & Adaptive Production - Entertainment Technology Center, USC
Erik Weaver is an Emmy-nominated thought leader and Unreal Fellow. He is an accomplished leader with a background in delivering next-generation solutions, creating high-performing teams, and crafting strategies for long-term business success. Weaver is a specialist focused on virtual production and ICVFX in the entertainment industry, currently running adaptive and virtual production for ETC at USC. He has fostered and achieved many accomplishments in the M&E market including executive producer of The Suitcase CAA people choice award, Tribeca 2017 and a project focused on HDR, cloud-based workflows, and live 360. Weaver was executive producer of the Emmy nominated Wonder Buffalo and focused on an HDR, cloud, and volumetric capture. The project was brought together by volumetric capture, photogrammetry, ambisonic sound, and interactivity.
We’ll also be looking at this week’s Real Creative Pick of the Week - “Prompted” by Ron Baranov.