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A 12-minute post-apocalyptic film, made still by still
A seven-person crew turned curated DALL-E 2 stills into a complete Antarctic survival story — with puppetry, voices, sound and continuity, not just a montage.
By 
Josh Rubin @bigkickcreative · 
Stephen Loggins Parker @Stephen_Parker
Official site with the behind-the-scenes hub
Official YouTube upload; the film stays there and we link to it
What it does
A roughly 12-minute film about survivors following a signal across an Antarctic mountain, built from generated stills and assembled with conventional film craft.
Who it helps
People who want to see what AI-assisted filmmaking looks like when it carries a full story.
How it was made
- Models
- DALL·E 2 · creator-reportedD-ID · creator-reported
- Tools
- After Effects · Compositing and puppetryD-ID · Face animationHand-drawn compositing · Cutting, inpainting and continuity work
- The team prompted and curated DALL·E 2 stills, then cut images apart, composited and inpainted them.
- After Effects puppetry and D-ID gave the stills motion and performance; sound and continuity were built in post.
- The director’s test was that it had to be a film, not a montage of images set to music — so an original story was written around the usable material.
What the person did
Josh Rubin wrote and directed the story; Stephen Loggins Parker led the AI image work; a seven-person crew handled performance, sound and post.
What we know
Creator-reported: Official film site, behind-the-scenes videos and a first-person interview with both creators; both X profiles resolve.
Access checked — 2026-09-26 · Loaded the complete-film upload, the official site, the BTS films, the maker thread and both creator profiles on 2026-09-26.
Can you use it?
The film stays on its official YouTube upload and site; we link only and host no stills or clips. The cover is an original Made With Models illustration, not a frame from the film.
About this project
Picked by Made With Models. Added 2026-09-26. Updated 2026-09-26.