TOOK OUR JOBS!
AI. Few topics spark hotter debate.
You sit down for a harmless coffee, ready for a relaxed chat, and suddenly the AI hammer hits the table. Voices rise, theories tumble over each other. And honestly, it makes sense: it's astonishing what an algorithm can pull off these days. At times it feels like watching the future hyperventilate in real time.
At Kotowskifilms, we squinted at all this at first. There was concern, a fair bit of skepticism, too. But it didn’t take long to realize: there’s far more light than shadow. Tasks that used to be slow and tedious now run as smoothly as freshly greased dolly tracks. Ideas can be visualized in an instant. Complex visual effects that once devoured budgets can now be done faster — and yes, more affordably.
Whether it’s single effects, stylish transitions, or entire AI-driven productions, we’ve expanded our toolkit with the help of AI and gained a real boost.
We’re proud of that — and we approach it with humor.
MIELE - OVEN STORYS
For this project, I wanted to recreate a notoriously tricky tabletop shot: a moving timelapse from inside an oven. Filming through the glass is easy. The real chaos starts when the camera is supposed to move — and when the whole thing needs to look as if the lens is actually sitting next to the food, bravely enduring the heat.
To make that possible, we brought AI into the kitchen. We began with a clean hero image of the finished dish inside the oven using Midjourney. Then we used NanoBanana to generate a version of the same scene before cooking — with the dish still raw and untouched by heat.
Some areas still needed manual cleanup in Photoshop to make everything line up perfectly. After that, we added a final polish in After Effects.
In the end, we were genuinely happy with the result.
Tools: Chat-GPT, Midjourney, Nano-Banana, Photoshop, VEO3, Kling 2.1, Higgsfield, PremierePro, After-Effects, elevenlabs
RAINS - BLACK CLASSIC
This commercial may look simple, but it really wasn’t. The challenge was to make a jacket move and behave like a human — without an actual human inside it. Sounds easy until you ask AI to do it. Suddenly, you’re drowning in 99% nightmare fuel: faceless puppets, ghostly mannequins, and jackets that moved like they had unresolved emotional issues.
So we started building wild workarounds. Ridiculously long prompts, endless variations, and plenty of trial-and-error until the jacket finally behaved like a normal, functioning member of society.
Somehow, against all odds, it worked.
Tools: Chat-GPT, Midjourney, Photoshop, VEO3, Higgsfield, PremierePro, After-Effects
ALDI - COOK TO WEALTH
This project was a wild one: we set out to create a rap track with AI, complete with lyrics tailored to the ALDI brand. Fresh, healthy cooking — and all for less than the price of a döner. To our surprise, the song basically wrote itself. Ten minutes in, we already had the lyrics and a full track blasting through the speakers.
Then came the music video, which took a bit longer but was easily the most fun part. The typography animations, which would normally eat up hours in After Effects, were done with ChatGPT and VEO3. ChatGPT generated the stills, and VEO3 brought them to life. Each text animation took about five minutes. Absolute magic.
We wanted a neon ’90s vibe mixed with a ’70s color palette, and once the AI understood the look, it kept reproducing it effortlessly. The whole thing became a bright, playful mash-up — exactly what we hoped for.
Tools: Chat-GPT, Grok, Producer.ai, Midjourney, Photoshop, VEO3, Higgsfield, PremierePro, After-Effects
