‘Without storyboards, I feel like I’m in Grand Central station in my underwear’: film’s fightback against AI
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Storyboard artists pushing back on AI in pre-production is less about nostalgia and more about control over visual language and iteration speed. Studios experimenting with generative tools should treat this as a labor and quality negotiation problem—co-design workflows with artists or expect friction and reputational drag.
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