Summary
Theoretically Media talks with Javi Lopez, co-founder of the original Magnific AI image upscaler, about making a 17-minute Backrooms short film entirely on his own using AI tools. The host, whose longest AI film runs about eight minutes, wanted to learn how a project of that length gets managed and what lessons came out of it.
The discussion starts with the origins of the Backrooms, an internet mythology that began with a 2019 image post and grew into an open creative playground, including the well-known YouTube series that began in Blender in 2022. Lopez also describes how his viral AI-edited vacation videos took off and why he favors building lore and expectation over showing too much too soon.
Along the way, the host cautions about using shared or open-source IP in commercial work, and gives a look at the Magnific platform, which brings together many image and video models, image-to-3D tools, and a new image model with built-in art direction for brand consistency. This video is sponsored by Magnific. Creators interested in long-form AI filmmaking and production workflow will find practical insight here.
📺 Source: Theoretically Media · Published October 08, 2026
🏷️ Format: Interview
