Sarah Rumbley
Sarah Rumbley is a software engineer at Google DeepMind, and served as VFX Supervisor for DEAR UPSTAIRS NEIGHBORS. Drawing on her background in photography, she is passionate about bringing a creator’s perspective to her work on image and video generation. Her first love was music, and she remains an active performer as a classical pianist in the Fireside Ensemble (a Boston-based chamber music group) and bass guitarist in her office rock band (“Codeplay”), while also pursuing studies in composition and film scoring.
Courses and Content
Video
DEAR UPSTAIRS NEIGHBORS: Exploring Artist-Driven, AI-Assisted Expressionistic Animation
With: Connie He and 4 more
DEAR UPSTAIRS NEIGHBORS: Exploring Artist-Driven, AI-Assisted Expressionistic Animation
With: Connie He, Yung Spielburg, Cassidy Curtis, Sarah Rumbley and Márcia Mayer
Join the team behind Dear Upstairs Neighbors for a screening and deep dive into artist-centric, AI-assisted animation workflows. This short film blends traditional animation with abstract expressionism using innovative video-to-video techniques. Learn how animation veterans and researchers at Google DeepMind developed custom AI models to transform hand-crafted art and music into "living paintings" while maintaining total creative control.
Story Forum: Exploring Art and Innovation - ON DEMAND
Together with creators, educators, industry leaders, and technologists, we explored the creative technologies that are impacting storytelling and how today’s artists are evolving.
Now you can experience it all on-demand for free.