AI Cinematic Realism (AICR) proposes a new framework for the post-camera era, shifting cinema's guiding question from "Is this real?" to "Is this true?" Grounded in embodied cognition and a lineage of realist movements, AICR defines synthetic truth through the Ideational Frame, Three-Strata Model, and accountable authorship.
AI Cinematic Realism: Slide Deck & Video Guide
This slide deck and video guide introduce AI Cinematic Realism, a framework for understanding how synthetic images and films achieve cinematic meaning through perceptual, environmental, and authorial coherence rather than photographic capture. It marks cinema’s shift from recording reality to conjuring emotionally authentic experience through synthesis.
Emotional Plausibility and the Synthetic Image: Toward an AI Cinematic Realism
A new framework for understanding realism in the age of AI. This article argues that cinematic realism no longer depends on photographic truth but on emotional plausibility—how images feel, cohere, and resonate. It redefines realism through cognition, atmosphere, and human–AI co‑authorship.