Hey everyone, I just released my cinematic historical movie about the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 - the final day of the Eastern Roman Empire and the last stand of Constantine XI. This here is just a trailer, full video available below. This is not a documentary-style recap. I wanted it to feel like a real historical war movie: the Theodosian Walls collapsing, the defenders holding the breach, Giustiniani’s fall, Constantine’s final speech, and the city slowly breaking apart as the last Roman Empire dies. There are no historical records of any Constantine speech or him making the last stand, that is my own addition to the story, I wanted to add a bit of life to the main character. But he did die alongside he’s soldiers. I put a lot of work into the visuals, music, pacing, battle atmosphere, and emotional storytelling. The goal was to make it feel tragic, cinematic, and grounded, not fantasy, not a game trailer, but a serious historical movie. My previous historical AI-assisted videos have started to find an audience too, Rome abmushed in Teutoburg Forest video reached over 360k views, and my Battle of Vienna (liberation of vienna by polish hussars) video has now passed 100k. It feels like people are slowly becoming more open to AI-assisted historical filmmaking when the effort, research, and storytelling are actually there. This video took me 80 hours of work. Would really appreciate feedback on the visuals, music, editing, and whether the story hits emotionally. https://youtu.be/ETWReCtxUPY submitted by /u/theodore_70
Originally posted by u/theodore_70 on r/ArtificialInteligence