The film is an animated science documentary turned comedy that introduces an unexplored forest inhabited by mysterious little Critterz with unforeseen personalities. The narrator takes viewers on an investigative journey into the isolated forest filled with never-before-seen Critterz when all of the sudden, the narrator is surprisingly interrupted by the Critterz themselves.

“Filmmaking has been a passion of mine and DALL-E helped realize my creative vision,” said Writer & Director Chad Nelson. “With DALL-E, now anyone can be a creator telling a new or reimagined story. Critterz is just one example of what’s possible and I hope that this inspires others storytellers and creators to do the same.”

OpenAI’s DALL-E creates realistic images and art from a description in natural language. In this project, DALL-E was used to generate all the background settings and characters. This enabled the creators to produce hundreds of visuals per day, making it faster to visualize their creative products. Once the stills and characters were created, animators and designers were brought in to make these 2-D environments into a 3-D world.