
šļø Episode 014:Ā Express Yourself! The Power of Act-One for Character Animation
Podcast:Ā AI for the Creative Mind
Hosted by:Ā Steve Albanese with co-host Nova Sage
What if all it took to animate a character was your own performance? No studio, no mocap suitājust your face, your voice, and your creative energy.
In this episode, Steve and Nova exploreĀ RunwayMLās Act-One, a powerful new tool that lets creators transform a simple performance video into expressive character animation. From Midjourney image prompts to recording tips, from voice-driven nuance to post-production polish in CapCutāthis one covers the full end-to-end workflow.
Nova asks the big questions (and calls out Steveās āgrumpy old manā persona), while Steve walks through how this technology lowers the barrier to animated storytellingāand why itās just the beginning.
Whether youāre building digital characters, telling visual stories, or just curious about AI-powered creativity, this episode will open new doors.
š How Act-One captures both facial expression and vocal emotion
š§āš¤ Designing your persona: from concept image to final performance
š„ Recording tips that save time, money, and generation credits
š¬ Why post-production tools like CapCut still matter
š¶ What a ābaby and dog podcastā says about content over novelty
š® The future of real-time performance in AR, VR, and education
š Why the curtainās just risingāand why creative expression still leads
š§ Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Amazon Music.
š° Check out the companion article on LinkedIn:Ā āExpress Yourself! The Power of Act-One for Character AnimationāĀ ā part of the AI for the Creative Mind newsletter.
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Runway ActOne - What the Hell - Performance video
Runway ActOne - What the Hell - Edited Demo video
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