Curious Refuge
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The World's First Home for AI Filmmakers
Los Angeles, CA
Joined February 2019
HUGE NEWS. Hey friends!. As you may have seen in The Hollywood Reporter today, Curious Refuge has been acquired by @promise_ai to create the Hollywood studio (and school) of the future. We believe that technology has the ability to elevate voices from around the world and this
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Featured in our AI Film Gallery: “Exile” by @BeniniStep9801 is a stunning AI short that blends history, memory, and Marvel mythology into one powerful story. Inspired by the life of Jack Kirby, it follows echoes of survival, creativity, and heroism — from World War II to the
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Featured in our AI Film Gallery: “Gucci Bloom Intense” by Niccolò Valentino — a beautifully crafted AI spec ad that reimagines the fragrance through a surreal, cinematic lens. Set under a lunar eclipse, a group of priestesses awaits an otherworldly bloom that feels both powerful
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Cinematic portrait, striking young man with defined features, wearing a wide-brimmed black hat and dark textured coat. Warm, bold orange backdrop creates dramatic contrast, enhancing skin tones and emphasizing sharp shadows and rich textures. Editorial, moody composition with
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Cinematic close-up portrait, young person with tousled hair and intense gaze, wearing a bold red knit sweater, set against a vivid blue sky. Strong directional lighting creates dramatic shadows and highlights, emphasizing skin texture, hair details, and vibrant color contrast.
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Soft cinematic profile portrait, elegant young woman in a sheer white blouse adorned with delicate pink flowers, facing sideways against a dark green backdrop. Painterly, moody atmosphere, soft natural light, subtle vintage grain, shallow depth of field, evoking quiet beauty and
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Cinematic close-up portrait, joyful elderly man in a playful pink crocheted hat, bold yellow glasses, and vibrant patterned knit sweater, captured outdoors on a sunny day. Soft background bokeh, natural light, warm tones, expressive wrinkles and texture, a characterful,
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Cinematic black and white portrait, striking low-angle shot of a person wearing dark sunglasses and a high-collared coat, exuding power, elegance, and mystery. Dramatic lighting with deep shadows and crisp highlights, high contrast, minimal background, timeless editorial feel,
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Looking to level up your portraits in Midjourney V7? 🎬📸. We’ve pulled together a few of our favorite cinematic portrait prompt examples — from moody character studies to bold, editorial-inspired shots. Think clean lighting, vintage lenses, texture, and that timeless cinematic
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Enrollment is officially open! We are super excited for this session. This is your first chance to get your seat in our brand new course, AI VFX, and at the exclusive Pre-Sale price. We would love to have you as a part of this amazing community of creatives, and we would love to
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Two huge AI video tools just dropped—so we had to put them head to head! ⚡️. Last week saw the release of the new Hailuo 02, which seriously impressed us, along with the long-awaited Midjourney Video. Naturally, we tested them side by side using the same base images and motion
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Featured in our AI Film Gallery: “Baptized in Fear – The Weeknd” by Glytch Director 🎬. This AI unofficial music video for The Weeknd feels like a full-blown cinematic experience. Inspired by sleep paralysis and shaped by personal memories and trauma, it follows Abel as he sinks
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Featured in our AI Film Gallery: “Yamaha – Neon Noir Speed” by Eli Kotov (@evotimefilms) 🔥. This AI spec ad feels like a late-night ride through Tokyo—fast, stylish, and packed with energy. Using over 10 different AI tools, Eli built a cinematic world full of color, motion, and
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🤯🤯🤯🤯.
How well does Midjourney Video handle complex environments?. It's (almost) flawless:
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Amazing work as always @juliewdesign_ 😍👏.
lights, Midjourney, action! . to say I'm mindblown by the cinematic outputs of the video model would be an understatement! being able to extend the shots? icing on the cake 🥹 what a time. so many stories left untold – until now
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Prompt: a handheld shot of a person running on a track. They are starting in the blocks set to take off. Then they start running fast. Motion blur. realistic. cinematic. motion blur.
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Prompt: wide shot of a person walking down the street. side profile. full body shot. cinematic color grading. cinematic lighting. symmetrical shot
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.@midjourney Video is Finally Here!!! We have been testing it out a ton. Check out some of these examples below. #midjourney #aivideo #aivideotools
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Woahhhh this is crazyyy. Really strong on generating realistic, large scale action elements and scenes 🤯.
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