Fred & Farid: a year of experiments before launching an AI-first studio
Runway says the agency spent a year testing tools with 26 people before opening a 30-person AI studio in four cities.
What designers have done with Runway, each example linked to its source.
Runway says the agency spent a year testing tools with 26 people before opening a 30-person AI studio in four cities.
Runway says this 2025 studio uses generative AI on every project, with storyboards drawn by hand and AI used for iteration.
Runway says a Paris studio storyboarded 30 shots with AI, cast a model resembling the generated character, and shot two days on green screen.
Runway says a creative studio animated reference images to fill missing archive footage for Maison Margiela and B-roll for a Madonna film.
Runway says a three-person graphics team made a season of textbook-style animal graphics, keeping producer approval before animating.
Runway says production company Tool made an Anthony Joshua spot in four weeks without the athlete present.
Runway says a production team portrayed eleven displaced-background footballers as children without a shoot, then finished the film on 16mm.