We invite you to a unique course that takes on a bold challenge: how to translate the practice of cinematography into the tools and language of generative artificial intelligence. It is a space for experimentation, where the traditional skills of a cinematographer meet the latest technologies, and participants will have the opportunity to understand and redefine the filmmaker’s role in the face of this groundbreaking technological revolution.
This ten-day workshop is an intensive journey into the future of cinematography. Just as digital cameras once revolutionized cinema, today generative AI opens entirely new imaging tools. It is a space of exploration where traditional sensitivity and cinematographic craft meet diffusion algorithms, and film practice gains a new field of possibilities.
The aim of the program is to equip participants with fundamental knowledge: how generative models work, how they can be consciously controlled, and how to integrate them into the classical filmmaking process in order to create a coherent cinematic narrative.
During the workshop, participants will have the chance to:
Understand the basics of image and video diffusion models.
Explore cinematographic control (light, lens, composition, movement) in the generative context.
Experiment collaboratively on dedicated computer stations, working with prompts, LoRAs, ControlNets, and hybrid pipelines.
Visit the Virtual Production stage in Kraków to explore virtual lighting, volumetric capture, and ways of combining them with generative workflows.
Collaborate with a guest VFX specialist on postproduction integration.
Conclude the course with a group presentation: a short generative-hybrid sequence showcasing the designed tools and pipelines.
Project “Mobile Education Center for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Implementations in the Audiovisual (AV) Industry”
Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage under the Creative Industries Development Center’s own program: Development of Creative Sectors.
The project “Mobile Education Center for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Implementations in the Audiovisual (AV) Industry” is carried out as part of the Ministry of Digital Affairs’ PW eSkills initiative to foster the development of digital competences.
BARTOSZ NALAZEK is a Polish cinematographer based in Los Angeles whose career spans studio features, indie films, television, and theatre. His recent credits include Meg Ryan’s What Happens Later, Robert Salerno’s Here After, Shana Feste’s Run Sweetheart Run (Sundance 2020), and Jacek Lusiński’s Śubuk(Golden Lion nominee, Polish Film Festival 2022 Best Screenplay winner). He also shot Piotr Adamski’s Eastern—praised for its “excellent cinematography” by Culture.pl—alongside Tell It to the Bees (Toronto IFF), Paul Lieberstein’s Song of Back and Neck (Tribeca), and Chris Nelson’s The Stand-In.
For television, Nalazek made his debut with The Artists (dir. Monika Strzępka), nominated for Best TV Series by the Polish Film Academy and recognized for its distinctive visual style. Most recently, he lensed Episodes 3 & 5 of Apple TV+’s The Savant starring Jessica Chastain (dir. Rachel Morrison) and shot Jan P. Matuszyński’s The Saint for Netflix.
Earlier in his career, Nalazek collaborated with Janusz Kamiński on Steven Spielberg’s War Horse, Lincoln, and Bridge of Spies, and went on to serve as 2nd Unit DP on The Post, Call of the Wild, and Boychoir.
Educated at the Polish National Film School in Łódź, he received the Emerging Cinematographer Award from the International Cinematographers Guild for his short films with the New York Times Magazine, directed by Janusz Kamiński and featuring Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, and Bradley Cooper.
In addition to film, Nalazek has designed light and video for more than thirty theatre productions with directors including Łukasz Twarkowski, Krzysztof Garbaczewski, Krystian Lupa, and Maja Kleczewska. His design for Kronos won Best Visual Design at the Divine Comedy International Theatre Festival.
Currently, Nalazek is also engaged in developing generative tools for cinematographers, exploring ways to preserve the creative authorship of Directors of Photography in the evolving landscape of AI-driven visual storytelling.
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