This video is for demo purposes only. None of its shots has been used in a real TV commercial, since their overall quality is not fit for broadcast. It’s only a matter of months until it becomes feasible to generate shots that will be indistinguishable from professionally made live action footage (or top level CGI). Meaning that advertising costs will be reduced dramatically, with dire repercussions on the industry’s job market.
Aftermath – Theia’s Monologue
Theia is one of the protagonists in an epic sci-fi narrative set in the near future of the ‘Solar Era’. Where nothing is more valuable in space, than space itself.
Following the parallel stories of the enigmatic Hex Space founding father and his successors, this is a work in progress, combining AI tools with CGI and more traditional methods of audiovisual storytelling. Created by filmmaker Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos. All characters and locations in this video are AI generated.
Images generated by Midjourney and Leonardo, animation by Leonardo and Runway, voice over synthesized at Eleven Labs. Google Bard and ChatGPT 3.5 assisted in the writing of the monologue. Visual ID created in Blender. Video edited and graded in Da Vinci Resolve.
Hex Space – project trailer
Following the parallel stories of the enigmatic Hex Space founding father and his successors, the narrative is set in the near future of the ‘Solar Era’, where “nothing is more valuable in space than space itself”. Key to the colonization of our cosmic neighborhood is the limitless versatility, compatibility and scalability of Hex space architecture.
Created by filmmaker Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos, Hex Space is a work in progress, combining AI tools with CGI and more traditional methods of audiovisual storytelling. All characters and places in this video are AI generated.
The Drone
Short film “The Drone” (GR, 2023, 22′), written and directed by Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos
With Marcella Giannatou, Mando Giannikou, Makis Nanos and Michalis Kanavakis
Director of Photography: Fotis Mitsis
GSC Drone Operator: Tassos Fytros
Art Direction: Anastasia Mastrappa
Sound Recordist: Stefanos Efthymiou
Make-up Artist: Niki Ovakoglou
Music: Katerina Kozadinou, EKELON
Editing: Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos
Sound Design & Mix: Vangelis Fampas
Color Grading: Manos Hamilakis
Line Producer: Manolis Melissourgos
Producer: Dimitris Spyrou
A co-production of Neaniko Plano, ERT S.A. and The Greek Film Centre
Film Language tutorials
A series of video tutorials on the basics of film making, from script writing to post production. All videos are in Greek, addressed at children and young people who want to learn how to make their own movies.
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Kostas Peroglou teaches percussions to unaccompanied minors in the refugee camps of Lesvos.
Filmed and edited by Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos, 2019.
Ashes
The most demanding student short film I have supervised and edited, March 2020.
Connect By Music: Israel
A Greek Love Song
The Castle of Mytilene, Lesvos. The Connect by Music orchestra consists of students who came to Greece as refugees and immigrants, sometimes unaccompanied.
Israel came from Congo chose to play Rita Ritaki, a famous Greek love song. This video has reached 224K views on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/connectbymusic/videos/487844908430928/
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Knowledge Bridges
Knowledge and Partnership Bridges: Bridging the distance using knowledge.
https://www.knowledgebridges.gr/
Promotional video for the National Documentation Centre and the Ministry of Economy & Development.
¡Olé!
A student short film I’m particularly proud for supervising, filming and editing.
This sci-fi musical was made by high school students in Pyrgos, the city that for the last 21 years has been hosting Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People. https://olympiafestival.gr/
Bridges Awards
Promotional video for a competition by the National Documentation Centre and the Ministry of Economy & Development.