Bones of Yew (Short Film) | AI-Powered Medieval Storytelling

Описание: Bones of Yew is a cinematic short film set during the Hundred Years’ War, following a pagan peasant archer whose connection to the land and the ancient yew tree stands in quiet resistance to the rising tide of faith and war.

Combining AI-generated visuals with historical accuracy and emotional voiceover, the film reimagines medieval England through the eyes of the common man — those whose hands tilled the earth and pulled the longbow.

Developed by filmmaker Toby Hyder and the team at XO Link, the film uses volumetric capture, LoRA-trained character consistency, and photoreal generative imagery to tell a story of nature, belief, and resilience.

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Directed, Produced & Generated by
Toby Hyder

Starring
Matt “Silverback-Tarzan” Lewis

Featuring
Keith Higinbotham
Original Score by Jordan Hudson
Violin - Tchi-ann Liu
Featuring
”La Vergues Astrea”
by Bill Vine and vocals Paulin Bundgen
Co-Edited by
Toby Hyder, John Bird,

Production Manager - Ava Oppenheimer
Makeup artist- Meagan Edwards
Stylist - Ava Oppenheimer


Carol - Weapons Master + Longbow training
Mick - Archery Consultant

Sound Recordist & Dialogue Editor - Antonio Granieri
Voice Coach + Direction Keith Higinbotham

Sound designer - John Bird
Colourist - John Bird


Data capture
Data capture Lead - Toby Hyder
Camera - John Bird
Drone -
James Gadd
Bradley Cox
XOLink scan provided by Visual Skies
Ross Dannmayr
Joe Steel
William Jackson
Dora Schluttenhofer

AI Integrations:

Chat gpt
Luma Photon
Google Imagen 3

XOLink
This film was partially generated using “Flux Schnell”, licensed under the Apache 2.0 license
Runway
Kling
Google Veo2

Runway Act one
Heygen
Hedra

Magnific

Topaz Labs

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