// FIG I / FIELD NOTES

AI × Production,
Tested in the Open.

Working notes from real pipeline tests. Not think pieces. Every entry documents something I actually built, shot, or cut with AI in the loop, what worked, what broke, and what it means for how work gets made.

// ENTRY 001 / 07.19.26 / AI PIPELINE · CASTING

Ghost Casting: A Photoshoot With No Model

Casting, art directing, and shooting a photoreal athlete who does not exist. Part one: the casting session and the six-angle turnaround, with the misses left in.

// ENTRY 002 / IN PRODUCTION

Ghost Casting Part Two: Ten Shots, No Set

The full shot pack generated in volume on a local GPU rig, and whether the face holds at frame forty.