/ / What is Moving Still?

Further discomfort arises from the dissonance of different visual elements within a frame. While the camera pans and objects such as trees move, other elements like the ground seem to remain still.
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Depending on the viewer's subjective focus, the scenes take on a completely different linear progression and effect, adding a controllable component. Apart from the segmentation maps that control the output images, the influence on the result is left almost entirely to GauGan2, with only minor contrast and saturation adjustments altering the original output.

The strong divergence between video frames (frame consistency) arises directly from the limitations of NVIDIA Research AI's model GauGan2, which was originally designed for creating single images. This 'flaw' is exploited to evoke a feeling of confusion and discomfort in the viewer—though, of course, this is a purely subjective experience. It creates a sharp contrast between the photorealism of the still moments and an undefinable artificiality and control in the film sequence.‍This results in a surreal, abstract pulsation of shapes, edges, and sudden changes in lighting or complete replacement of objects. The image surface is held together solely by the silhouette and composition of its elements.
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