Visual intelligence for cinema

Martin Scorsese × Black Forest Labs

Martin Scorsese has spent six decades bringing stories to life. Now, he’s helping us shape visual intelligence as an advisor.

We sat down with Martin Scorsese for a working storyboarding session with FLUX.

There’s always been this problem of, how do you communicate what you see in your head to your cast and crew? There are some things you have to see and feel.

MARTIN SCORSESE

Martin Scorsese reviewing FLUX storyboard outputs on a laptop

Now, with this tool, I can share what I’m visualizing more clearly and efficiently to my creative team—the production designer, art designer, and cinematographer.

MARTIN SCORSESE

Visual Intelligencefor every craft

Black Forest Labs is pushing the frontier of visual intelligence: models that can reason in the physical and digital worlds. The same foundation can support everyone from storytellers to architects, designers, and engineers—and power tools from animation to robotics.

That’s why we’re working with Martin Scorsese—a master storyteller who cares deeply about the craft of cinema. He wants to use FLUX to help bring his ideas to life, while keeping human taste, values, and judgment at the center.

Now, he’s helping us shape visual intelligence as an advisor.

For 70 years, I’ve been creating my own storyboards. There’s always been this problem of how do you communicate what you see in your head to your cast and crew. There are some things you have to see and feel. I’m interested in the intersection of technology and storytelling, and seeing how that can push the bounds of creativity to create deeper and richer experiences for audiences. Remember, cinema is a young medium, only around 125 years old, so we have to be open to how it can evolve. I utilized 3D with Hugo and de-aging technology for The Irishman. Now, with this tool, I can share what I’m visualizing more clearly and efficiently to my creative team—the production designer, art designer, and cinematographer—for them to build on to enrich cinematic intelligence. I recently tested this out on a scene and the ability to visualize and immediately share the storyboard was creatively freeing. During the pre-production process, time costs money, and this allowed us to move faster without sacrificing quality or craft.

MARTIN SCORSESE ON USING FLUX IN FILMMAKING

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