Junior year, ancient Roman history. Had to write a paper on daily life in Pompeii before Vesuvius. Wrote it. Got it back. "Well-researched but dry." Ouch.
So I tried something different. Took the same research and made a 3-minute video essay. Mixed Wikimedia archival photos of Pompeii ruins and frescoes with AI-generated historical scenes of the street markets, bathhouses, the forum. PixVerse handled the animation, turning static photos into moving shots. ElevenLabs for the voiceover. CapCut to stitch it together.
The AI stuff is not perfect. The Roman clothing and architecture details are slightly off if you look closely. But the presentation went over well. Professor bumped my grade and asked me to show the class how I did it.
I still had to know the history. The AI does not write the prompts for you. You have to know what you are looking at to fact-check the visuals. But it turned a powerpoint into something that actually felt like a documentary.
Not saying this is some revolutionary use case. Just a small thing that worked for a school project.
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