WEEK01: Group Building and Theme Setting

The Last AI

Team Members:

Director & Screenwriter: Bin Li(b.li0420202@arts.ac.uk) MA film

Executive Producer: Mao Lin(m.lin0320211@arts.ac.uk) MA media(extra)

Cameraman: Mingxuan Yang(m.yang0520201@arts.ac.uk) MA film

Post-Production: Mengyang Yin(m.yin0420211@arts.ac.uk), Yaozhang Zhong(y.zhong0420212@arts.ac.uk) MA 3D computer animation

Project Brief:

This is a short film exploring difference, humanity and technology working with Film major students. The film will be shot using live-action and post-production special effects compositing. The story takes place in a future where humans fear that the technology they create will rule them. They lead to a series of anti-technology movements, one of which is the destruction of AI robots

Story Brief:

When only one robot named Noma is left in the world, the person sent to hang her is Steven, the professor who created her at the time. Noma has almost human-like feelings and consciousness, and she is based on the image of Steven’s deceased daughter. When they meet, a conversation ensues…

Reference Style:

Task Assignment:

I am responsible for scene design, mapping, lighting, rendering of the scene, modeling and the fusion of characters and scenes in the later stage in this production.

Aiming to get and career direction:

In this project I want to learn about filmmaking. There are too many things worth learning, such as the use of lighting, the integration of virtual and reality, and so on.