It's Only Life (2026)

As Jack and Frank's father lies in a coma with little chance of recovery, his two estranged sons navigate the heart-wrenching, end-of-life decisions for their father.

This 2-minute experimental video was produced with AI generated characters from the award-winning screenplay, “It’s Only Life,” and to date, is the first AI excerpt with genuine connections between AI characters. Every pixel was AI generated; no actors.

Detailed, hand-drawn, moment-to-moment storyboards were created by the writer/director (Stephen Meadows) who also performed the voices for the characters. The storyboards dictated the character emotions, reactions, dialogue, looks, wardrobe, camera angles and backgrounds. This clip represents a leap forward in AI filmmaking, as the goal was to illustrate genuine, human emotions, reactions and connections from and between AI generated characters that has previously not been accomplished with AI filmmaking.

AI tools utilized: Magnific, Higgsfield, Runway, Kling, Seedance, Eleven Labs, and some After Effects.

Credits:

• Stephen Meadows- Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Storyboards, Voices

• James Hussey- Creative Director

• Robert Wald- Producer

• Edward McGurn- Producer