Martin Scorsese Advises Black Forest Labs on AI Storyboards

Acclaimed director Martin Scorsese has partnered with the artificial intelligence company Black Forest Labs, where he will serve as an adviser. He is using the firm's technology to assist in creating storyboards, a pre-production tool that helps visualize scenes before filming begins.

Scorsese said the AI tool allows him to communicate his vision to his creative team more clearly and efficiently. In a statement, he noted that for 70 years he has created his own storyboards, but this technology helps solve the persistent problem of conveying the images in his head to cinematographers and production designers. He described recently testing it on a scene, finding the ability to visualize and immediately share a storyboard to be creatively freeing.

The director emphasized that cinema is a young medium and must be open to evolution, citing his past use of 3D in "Hugo" and de-aging technology in "The Irishman." He argued that this new tool can save production time and money while reducing physical strain on crews. A video released by the company shows Scorsese using the FLUX generative AI software to develop a storyboard for a scene set in a medieval town.