Learning path · AI in film and TV
AI for camera departments
What AI changes for DoPs, operators and ACs: smart focus, AI previs and virtual scouting, plates for hybrid work, AI-assisted images in post. Do the camera and lighting paths first. Last checked 11 November 2026.
Free films in teaching order, for one craft. Watch, tick them off and test yourself. It's practice that prepares you for an Academy course. This one prepares you for AI tools Foundation.
Lesson 1
How AI Is Transforming How Movies Are Made
CNBC · 12:29 · original on YouTube
You will learn: Describe where AI is already in camera, VFX and post on real productions.
Note: Published c. May 2026. CNBC report; US framing.
By the end you will be able to
- Judge when AI-assisted focus and tracking help and when a 1st AC should pull by hand
- Use AI previs, storyboards and splat-based scouting to plan shots
- Shoot plates that survive AI enhancement and new-angle generation
- Explain what upscaling and AI grading invent, and when to disclose it
Test yourself
Could you do it on a set?
4 real situations, one for each thing this path teaches. It's optional practice, not pass or fail, and your answers stay on this device.
Next: do it for real
This path prepares you for AI tools Foundation.
Rules before tools, then AI in pre-production, the edit, VFX and clean-up, sound, generative video, and rights and disclosure. Optional practice task: one real clip through transcript search, clean-up and a mask, logged and labelled.
It's free and open in the pilot. Finish it to book a competency check, then a practical on our unit.
How learning with FIF works
Learning path. Free films in teaching order, for one craft. Watch, tick them off and test yourself. It's practice that prepares you for an Academy course.
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- Competency checkA short check with us, online or in person
- In-person practicalOn our unit at Pinewood or 3 Mills
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Go further
Beyond YouTube, labelled honestly. Free first. Paid options are labelled.
- DaVinci Resolve training Free
Blackmagic Design. Official books, lesson media and optional certification. - Unreal Engine learning library Free
Epic Games. Virtual production, MetaHuman and real-time courses. - Colourlab Ai Paid software (free trial; training videos free)
Colourlab Ai. AI-assisted grading tool with free training. - Topaz Labs Learn Free (software paid)
Topaz Labs. Upscaling and restoration guides. - AI for Screen Creatives: Practical Workflows, Rights and Creative Control Paid (£295)
NFTS. One-day UK course. - ScreenSkills e-learning Free with sign-up
ScreenSkills. UK industry body's free modules on how productions run.
For learners and trainers
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