The Bougie Man is a horror comedy short film directed by Timothy Hautekiet. The film is about a yuppie woman whose live cycling workout gets hacked by a vengeful serial killer who can manipulate his face on her screen into people familiar to the woman.
Given that the killer would likely use some form of deepfake technology we at Liminal House learned how to actually create deepfake videos and ended up with the final look seen in the film.
VFX excerpts from The Bougie Man
Our Role: Deepfake video, screen replacements, CG explosion.
Director: Timothy Hautekiet
Writer: Jack Meyerhoff
DP: Zack Wallnau
VFX Supervisor and Artist: Patrick Zimmerman
VFX Artist: Connor Pickens