Mastery of
Creative Technology

Study model architectures, training, optimisation and evaluation. Read and modify training code, compare controlled experiments and explain why a model succeeds or fails. Connect that understanding to conditioning and adaptation for film production.

Introduction to Deep Learning, 12 units
Generative AI, 12 units

Taught and assessed by CMKL.

Craft I – Production Workflows, 9 units

Combine several local models in ComfyUI. Use greybox or previs for depth and pose, and driving video for camera and motion. Build masks, normals and edge controls; remove, replace and relight elements. Composite, grade and upscale while maintaining consistency across shots and referenced segments of longer shots.

Deliver a finished film sequence, versioned workflow graphs and continuity tests.

Craft II – Model Training for Production, 9 units

Build approved, well-captioned asset and training libraries. Train adapters for character identity, proportions, movement, style and aesthetics. Validate on small models before full training, test against held-out material and track dataset and checkpoint versions. Integrate the trained models into Craft I workflows.

Deliver datasets, trained adapters, evaluation results and a reproducible production workflow.

CMKL supplies the instructors. M2 approves the craft materials and certificate standards before each intake. Explore M2’s production approach ↗

The recommended path is Multimodal Machine Learning (12 units) and Motion Capture (6 units). Connect image, language, pose and motion representations; evaluate how conditioning and movement references affect the film. Curate approved movement data for model training and control.

Final selections are subject to academic approval and course availability.

Four 9-unit studios apply the ComfyUI workflow and training pipeline to a film project:

Ideation and Prototyping: establish the brief, controlled inputs and approved library; test the pipeline.
Production I: produce a polished film sequence for the 48-unit certificate assessment.
Production II: assemble the film and refine consistency across shots.
Polish and Publication: finish, credit and deliver the film with its source archive and reproducible handoff.

Projects and assessment expectations can be developed around M2’s production needs, using approved materials.

CMKL delivers the studios. M2 approves the materials and contributes guest demonstrations, critiques and production reviews, up to seven days per semester.