Last year, I needed an astronaut to wave, point, and gesture for a tight-deadline event in Austin. Mixamo didn't have the moves. A traditional mocap studio? £5K minimum, two-week turnaround. So I acted it out myself in my living room using  Move.ai , applied it to Cinema 4D, and had production-ready animation in an afternoon.  • Total cost: £30.  • Time saved: 10 days.  • Equipment required: Two smartphones and questionable acting skills. 𝗛𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲 '𝗻' 𝗯𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗯𝗲�

Why this rebel is rebelling against AI slop–and how Red Rising is the perfect proving ground I’ve been in the trenches of media production for 15+ years, and since 2018, when Synthesia first whispered synthetic smiles and Adobe Neural Filters turned “impossible” into “one-click,” the way we work and tackle creative challenges has changed at an ever-accelerated pace. Yet every year the same sludge floods the feeds: AI-generated “content” that’s fast, cheap, and utterly soulles