AI Creativity Chronicles​ Weekly AI Tips to Spark Your Marketing Mojo

This week, as usual, I’ve been swimming in the fast current of AI creativity — and I brought back 4 juicy discoveries worth sharing.

From a $500 one-person sci-fi film to the definition of entrepreneurial journalism to a free guide to AI video production, each of these discoveries illustrates how AI can accelerate creativity (without replacing it).

Scroll down and enjoy the ride…

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🎬 Kira — 1 Creator, $500, Big Bang

The short sci-fi film Kira blew me away — not just because it looks cinematic and delivers a meaningful message with nuance and original songs(!), but because it was made by one person on a $500 budget, in his spare time!

Of course, the creator, Hashem Al-Ghaili is talented (yes, there's a very creative human in the loop). But AI gave him the leverage to turn his imagination into something that normally takes much more significant resources.

And it's 100% certain that this is the worst AI we'll ever have.

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📰 Entrepreneurial Journalism: The Importance of Owning Your Media

I got inspired this week by Alexa Phillips and her 2-part TikTok mini-series on entrepreneurial journalism. Her core idea: stop building on rented land. It's not a new concept, but the "journalism" reframe gives it new meaning. Bottom line, this is a great reminder to create and control your own media channels — newsletters, podcasts, video series vs being overly dependent on social media. (Fingers crossed, I'm working on having Alexa as a guest on Video Mojo.)

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🎥 New Video Mojo Episode with Rick McCawley

The brand new episode of Video Mojo is a verbal jam session with Pulitzer-recognized photographer and veteran educator Rick McCawley. Together, we explore how AI can be understood and appreciated — not just as disruption, but as a vehicle for building a better world.

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🎁 Free Find of the Week

I stumbled on a valuable free video resource The Complete AI Filmmaking Guide with Google Veo 3. It’s worth bookmarking if you’re experimenting with your own creative AI video production workflows.

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✨ Closing Thought

Whether it’s a brilliant solo AI video filmmaker or a shift in how we publish our creative content — the pattern is clear:

AI is fuel for our creativity. It doesn’t do the work for us, but it does open doors that were previously a very heavy lift.

👉 Which of these AI discoveries resonates most with you? What would you like to hear about more or less? Hit reply — I’d love to know.

Stay creative,
Jon