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The Gen AI Survival Guide for Creatives

4.9 (34)

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5 Days

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Cohort-based Course

Dive into the world of generative AI and discover the secrets to supercharge your creativity and career.

Clients include

Disney
NBCUniversal
BBC
Sky
ITVX

Course overview

Become an indispensable AI expert in just one week

Unleash your full creative potential with hands-on experience of the latest AI tools for text, image, audio and video generation.


Boost your career prospects by becoming one of the few Creatives who truly understand how to leverage generative AI in their workflow.


Join a cohort of fellow creative professionals in three fun and practical workshops across a single week that will take you from AI newbie to AI master.

Who is this course for

01

Creatives in Film, TV or Advertising who want to use gen AI to help develop content and pitch ideas

02

Creative Leaders who need to get to grips with gen AI fast and encourage others to embrace it

03

Designers, Photographers, and Animators who want to enhance their existing skills with gen AI

What you’ll get out of this course

Quickly get up to speed with gen AI - whatever your current knowledge

Getting to grips with AI doesn't have to be hard. Avoid the tech overwhelm with a simple step-by-step introduction designed for Creatives - not rocket scientists!

Discover the best tools for image, audio and video generation - and which to avoid

Know your Midjourney from your Stable Diffusion. What makes some tools better than others? How to access them and start getting creative.

Get practical, hands-on experience with AI tools with creative exercises and projects

Start creating from day one, with in-session creative exercises and projects between sessions to complete in your own time.

Understand how gen AI can become your brainstorming co-pilot

Learn to use large language models such as ChatGPT to develop and road-test original ideas that perfectly answer any creative brief.

Cut through the hype - understand the limitations of AI in professional use

With so much hype around AI, it's hard to know what it's really capable of - especially for professional use. We'll discuss the legal and ethical issues around AI as well as current limitations on quality and controllability.

Learn how to keep your AI knowledge up to date - even after the course

AI is developing so rapidly, it can be hard to stay current. Discover the easy way to keep your new AI knowledge bang up to date in just a few minutes each week.

This course includes

3 interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

52 in-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

2 projects to apply learnings

Guided feedback & reflection

Private community of peers

Course certificate upon completion

Maven Satisfaction Guarantee

This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.

Course syllabus

Week 1

Nov 18—Nov 22

    Nov

    18

    Get To Grips With Gen AI

    Mon 11/184:00 PM—6:00 PM (UTC)

    Nov

    20

    Build Your AI Toolkit

    Wed 11/204:00 PM—6:00 PM (UTC)

    Nov

    22

    AI Mastery

    Fri 11/224:00 PM—6:00 PM (UTC)

Post-course

    1. Course Overview & Objectives

    1 item

    2. Introduction to Gen AI

    1 item

    3. The What & Why of Gen AI

    5 items

    4. Ideation & Scripting

    7 items

    5. Project 1

    3 items

    6. Image Generation - Basics

    2 items

    7. Mood & Storyboards

    7 items

    8. Midjourney Deep Dive

    12 items

    9. Video Generation

    1 item

    10. Music Generation

    1 item

    11. Project 2

    2 items

    ⭐Bonus Module: AI Animation Masterclass⭐

    1 item

    12. Voice Generation

    1 item

    13. Staying Up-to-Date

    1 item

    14. Case Studies

    5 items

    14. Legal & Ethical Considerations

    2 items

    15. Encouraging Others

    1 item

    ⭐Bonus Module: AI Storyboard Workflow⭐

    1 item

4.9 (34 ratings)

What students are saying

What people are saying

        Martin’s enthusiasm for generative AI is infectious. The whole team were buzzing after both our sessions and couldn’t wait to put what he'd taught us into practice. We’ll definitely be back for more!
Marte Marin Holth

Marte Marin Holth

Executive Producer, Clockwork Film
        Truly leading the way in producing and teaching the new wave of media creation with generative AI tools. Highly recommend!
Nick Hudson

Nick Hudson

Executive Director, E2AC
        Martin has such a talent for bringing difficult to articulate concepts to life. His use of generative AI was something I’ve never seen/worked with before but was so captivating.
Cindy Chung

Cindy Chung

Marketing Director, Infinidus
        Martin is the go to man on the cutting edge of AI and how to use it in many workflows.
Paul Ingvarsson

Paul Ingvarsson

Co-owner & Finishing Editor, Storm Post Production

Meet your instructor

Martin Gent

Martin Gent

AI Consultant & Creative Director

Martin is an award-winning short-form Director and Video Editor, known for his expertise in generative AI tools and techniques.


As an early adopter of AI, Martin has become a sought-after consultant in this exciting new field and has worked with leading media companies including ITV, Disney, NBCUniversal, and more.


He is also Creative Director of Buska Video, the London based video production company he founded after many years working in the TV industry.


Martin is committed to exploring the creative potential of AI in storytelling and helping others to understand and embrace this revolutionary new technology.

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Course schedule

8-10 hours per week

  • Monday, Wednesday & Friday

    4:00pm - 6:00pm BST

    Each live session runs for 90 minutes, immediately followed by an optional 30 minute Q&A session.


    You will also be given some fun, creative challenges to complete in your own time between live sessions to help familiarise yourself with the AI tools you’ll be introduced to.

Free resource

FREE AI Storyboard Workflow Webinar

In this FREE webinar, Martin will take you step-by-step through the workflow he developed to bring his AI generated car chase storyboard to life.


You'll discover how to...


✔️ Create a one-page, sketch-style storyboard using AI

✔️ Create photo-real images that exactly match each sketched frame

✔️ Turn photo-real images into AI video

✔️ Edit everything together

✔️ Add dynamic animation between the frames


This webinar is pre-recorded so can be watched anytime.

Get access for FREE here

Learning is better with cohorts

Learning is better with cohorts

Active hands-on learning

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

Interactive and project-based

You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams

Learn with a cohort of peers

Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you

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