1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: Right, There's a lot going on in the world this week, 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: which is a bit of an understatement, isn't it. This Friday, 3 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:08,880 Speaker 1: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences provide some 4 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: lighthearted relief from the world's challenges by announcing the Oscar 5 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: nominees for the twenty twenty five Academy Awards. Now, the 6 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: nominees were due to be announced on January eighteen, then 7 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: January twenty, before being delayed again, giving those impacted by 8 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: the fires still raging in southern California more time to vote. 9 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: But as filmmakers, actors, and the masterful crafts people responsible 10 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: for making some of the best films of the year 11 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 1: wait patiently to see whether they will get the nomination 12 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: nod from their peers, a prickly conversation is brewing about AI. 13 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: The latest controversy in film was around the use of 14 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 1: AI and two potential nominees, The Brutalist and Amelia Peris, 15 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 1: which both won big at the Golden Globes. These two 16 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: Oscar front runners are dealing with the backlash after it 17 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: was revealed they use voice cloning to enhance actors' performances. 18 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: So in The Brutalist, Adrian Brody Felicity Jones play Jewish 19 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 1: Hungarians who survived the Nazi camps and escaped to the US. 20 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: The actor is spent two months working with a dialect 21 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: coach to perfect their accents, but the filmmakers wanted their 22 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: Hungarian to sound perfect, so added individual sounds and letters 23 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 1: to both Brody and Jones's Hungarian language dialogue to perfect it. 24 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 1: This has caused quite an uproar, and the brutalist director 25 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: Brady Corbett was forced to issue a statement to Hollywood 26 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: Trade Publication saying Adrian and Felicity's performance is completely their own, 27 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:34,960 Speaker 1: who went on to say the aim was to preserve 28 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: the authenticity of Adrian and Felicity's performance in another language, 29 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: not to replace or alter them, and done with the 30 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:45,320 Speaker 1: utmost respect for the craft. Their performances in this film, 31 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: which I have seen, are extraordinary. The film is stunning, ambitious, audacious, 32 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: and if a tool was used to tweak their Hungarian 33 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: along the way, well, Hungarians are probably grateful with Amelia Pairs. 34 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: It has emerged a cloning was used to an hants 35 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: the singing voice of Amelia Perez's Carla Sophia Garson to 36 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: increase the range of Garson's vocal register. Their singing was 37 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,920 Speaker 1: then blended with that of Camille, the French pop star 38 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: who co wrote the film's score. People are upset really 39 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: in the film Elvis Austin Butler's voices mixed with Elvis's. 40 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:22,079 Speaker 1: Marilyn Monroe did not hit her own high notes. Zac 41 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: Efron has a ghost singer in high school Musical films 42 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: have been tricking us for years, but suddenly because it's AI, 43 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: everyone is up in arms about it. And it's not 44 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 1: just correcting accents and singing voices. Where AI is used, 45 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: it's already embedded in everything from production to writing to 46 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: visual effects. Just don't expect anyone to shout it from 47 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: the rooftops. Some say it's more of a pr problem 48 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: than a tech problem, and that it's just another tool 49 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: like CGI to be used to make better films. Obviously, 50 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 1: there are concerns about the prolific use of AI. No 51 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: one wants to see whole sectors of the industry replaced, 52 00:02:56,600 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: such as writers or graphic artists or background it's often 53 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 1: the lowest paid on the call sheet who suffer. So 54 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: it is up to the industry to draw the line 55 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: and work towards safeguards and regulation so the industry can 56 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,959 Speaker 1: find a way to use AI for good and love 57 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,360 Speaker 1: or hate it. AI is going to be part of 58 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: our lives in ways we can already see, in ways 59 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 1: we can't imagine. Just don't let the controversy ruin a 60 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: good film for you. For more from Early Edition with 61 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: Ryan Bridge, listen live to News Talks at B from 62 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: five am weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.