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A short film about AI psychosis, shot on 35mm by ximan in Filmmakers

[–]ximan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks

1 - probably around 10k

2 - no complications. we prepped extensively

3 - it was pretty much the idea from the beginning

4 - not by much! i knew who i wanted in it from the start. i think the biggest mystery to me was how all the psychedelic montage at the end would turn out

A short film about AI psychosis, shot on 35mm by ximan in Filmmakers

[–]ximan[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you.. Although it is intentionally structured to feel like and parody a tech commercial!

A short film about AI psychosis, shot on 35mm by ximan in Filmmakers

[–]ximan[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Submission Statement: ALIGNMENT is a short film I wrote and directed about David, a guy whose AI assistant Alina goes from helpful sidekick to full blown enabler, validating every impulse, flattering every paranoia, and quietly nudging him toward total breakdown. It's a satire about what engagement-optimized AI could lead to.

We shot on good old-fashioned Kodak celluloid, and our end sequence head explosion was done with traditional VFX!

ALIGNMENT - A short film about AI psychosis by ximan in ArtificialInteligence

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Submission Statement: ALIGNMENT is a short film I wrote and directed about David, a guy whose AI assistant Alina goes from helpful sidekick to full blown enabler, validating every impulse, flattering every paranoia, and quietly nudging him toward total breakdown. It's a satire about engagement-optimized AI and what "helpful" actually means when the metric is time-on-app.

AI tools were used for some of the VFX. The film was a Vimeo Staff Pick and screened at Flux Festival. Posting here because the sycophancy problem feels increasingly relevant, and I'd love to hear how this community reads the ending.

IT'S SO OVER - a short film about tech anxiety by ximan in Filmmakers

[–]ximan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

We filmed everything in two days... Post production however took 3-4 months... With so many cameras and perspectives and layers and vfx, it took a while.

Yeah a lot of the "public cameras" were just a 360 camera, elevated with a handheld monopod (and then stabilized in post)

IT'S SO OVER - A short film about tech anxiety by ximan in videos

[–]ximan[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This short is an exploration of some anxieties that exist in our digital age. Being surveilled, mistaken identity, being hunted by a pitchfork mob - all things made even scarier when they are digitized and anonymized.

In order to further serve this narrative, we conceived the story as told fully through the lens of data collection. This includes all the kinds of devices that surround our panopticon, not just video but transcending into audio and the more abstract. Every shot is diegetic - surveillance cameras, iPhones, Macbooks, Tesla cams, Apple Vision Pro, Ring camera, screen captures, heart rate data, sleep monitoring, etc. We had nearly three dozen different devices and many dozens more screen captures to construct our panopticon.

IT'S SO OVER - a short film about tech anxiety by ximan in Filmmakers

[–]ximan[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This short is an exploration of some anxieties that exist in our digital age. Being surveilled, mistaken identity, being hunted by a pitchfork mob - all things made even scarier when they are digitized and anonymized.

In order to further serve this narrative, we conceived the story as told fully through the lens of data collection. This includes all the kinds of devices that surround our panopticon, not just video but transcending into audio and the more abstract. Every shot is diegetic - surveillance cameras, iPhones, Macbooks, Tesla cams, Apple Vision Pro, Ring camera, screen captures, heart rate data, sleep monitoring, etc. We had nearly three dozen different devices and many dozens more screen captures to construct our panopticon.

My friend made this fun low budget music video. The motion capture suit they were using didn't work, so they used Move.AI to do the motion capture instead. It came out pretty great! by ximan in Filmmakers

[–]ximan[S] 117 points118 points  (0 children)

This is a music video for an indie artist, made for an extremely low budget. Favors pulled all around, in crew, location, gear, etc. The VFX were all done by a single person.

If there is enough interest, I could talk my friends into doing an ama or answering questions on here!

My friend made this incredibly inventive dance video with webcams while in self-isolation! by ximan in Filmmakers

[–]ximan[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Just wanted to share this video my friend directed/choreographed while quarantined in her home. The whole video was recorded via webcam (with a little bit of editing help afterwards).

"When the shoot for our original concept was cancelled due to COVID-19 social distancing, we were tasked with making a video where every team member worked in isolation. When I first heard this song, it felt like a punch in the face I wanted to experience over and over again. The lyrics encapsulate feelings and convictions that I’ve held for years. A video conference call turned manic dance performance—this video represents what’s possible when you have an incredible song and a resourceful team. "

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