HomeBehind “ANCESTRA”: combining Veo with live-action filmmaking
We partnered with Darren Aronofsky, Eliza McNitt and a team of more than 200 people to make a film using Veo and live-action filmmaking.
We partnered with Darren Aronofsky, Eliza McNitt and a team of more than 200 to make ANCESTRA.
Behind “ANCESTRA”: combining Veo with live-action filmmaking
Jun 13, 2025 ·
We partnered with Darren Aronofsky, Eliza McNitt and a team of more than 200 people to make a film using Veo and live-action filmmaking.
General summary
Google DeepMind partnered with Primordial Soup to produce "ANCESTRA" a short film premiering at the Tribeca Festival. The film combines live-action with video generated by Veo, Google's video generation model. Google DeepMind developed new Veo capabilities to enable personalization, precise motion matching, and blending of live-action and generative footage. Summaries were generated by Google AI. Generative AI is experimental.
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- "ANCESTRA" is a short film combining live-action with Veo, Google DeepMind's video generation model, premiering at the Tribeca Festival.
- Google DeepMind partnered with Primordial Soup to put generative AI in filmmakers' hands, pushing storytelling and tech boundaries.
- Gemini, Imagen, and Veo were used to generate shots based on mood, color, and emotion, using photos as inspiration.
- New Veo capabilities were developed for personalized video, precise motion matching, and blending live-action with generated footage.
- Generative AI complements filmmaking, empowering artists to overcome limitations and create difficult or expensive scenes.
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