# The Cold Call

- Date: 2023-11-27
- Type: film
- Credit: Uncanny Harry
- Genre: Crime, Drama
- Artists: [Uncanny Harry](https://aifilmhistory.org/artist/uncanny-harry)
- Made with: Midjourney, Runway, Pika Labs, Wav2Lip, VoiceAI
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaIK-7eFN0Y
- Post: https://x.com/nickfloats/status/1729187963001852338
- URL: https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/the-cold-call

A short, AI-assisted film depicting a British gangster — and one of the first works to demonstrate real scene blocking and dialogue potential in AI filmmaking. Before this, AI shorts mostly leaned on montage, voiceover, or music to hide the medium's weaknesses. Uncanny Harry showed you could stage a conversation, hold on a character's face, and let an AI-generated performance carry a beat.

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Source: https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/the-cold-call
Era: 2023 · The Cambrian Explosion
Last updated: 2026-09-23