How AI is changing the business and art of video, from 'chaos machine' to creative catalyst
About this episode
Brice Budke and Zeek Earl discuss the impact of AI on video production and creativity.
Brice Budke (President) and Zeek Earl (Executive Creative Director) run two Seattle studios: Shep , a video agency that works with tech companies like Amazon and Microsoft, and Packrat , a creative studio that specializes in miniature worlds, handmade sets, and retro creative projects. You might know Packrat's work from the epic and widely watched 2025 Seahawks schedule release video , which won a Gold Clio. They also made Prospect , an indie sci-fi film that premiered at SXSW in 2018 with Pedro Pascal and Sophie Thatcher. GeekWire met them last fall on the set of a stop-motion shoot for Kiro , an AI-powered agentic software development tool from Amazon Web Services. Check out the video they made from that shoot here . On this episode, Brice and Zeek discuss how AI is transforming their work — from photorealistic storyboarding to stop-motion animation filled in by AI-generated frames — and what still requires human creativity, taste, and intuition. Plus: the psychology of working with "infinite tools," why AI doesn't always save money, and the GeekWire Trivia Challenge. With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop; Edited by Curt Milton. See…
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