what’s your final production for your film class abour
SO it's gonna be set in like a vaguely futuristic/Sci fi world that's still pretty similar to our own (because I absolutely Do Not have the budget/skills/sets for a fully Sci fi setting), where the main difference is the prevalence of these AI assistants held in sunglasses. The main appeal/purpose of these assistants is their ability to learn and adapt to each person's thoughts, feelings and behaviours, aiding them in their day to day life and generally making life easier for them
The film itself follows the protagonist (who im heavily considering naming Dave just for the Homestuck/2001 reference), who is unmotivated, forgetful, and generally dissatisfied with his life. After encouragement from his family, he buys a pair of the assistant glasses and starts using them. Though at first it's fairly useful (reminding him of appointments, letting him message people back while away from his phone, etc), it quickly becomes more and more involved in his life, messaging people back, making purchases and generally acting on his behalf. Whenever it's confronted about this, it defends itself by claiming that its only doing what Dave himself would do. (Also, the assistant acting on his behalf/trying to claim his identity is represented through the way it's voice changes throughout the film- although at first it is heavily synthesised (like a TTS voice), it starts sounding more and more like Dave, until eventually they sound nearly identical - unrelated to the plot I just think it's cool)
The climax of the film comes when the assistant misunderstands a complaint from Dave about a date he had planned with his boyfriend, and the ai once again acts on his behalf and breaks up with him. Dave is furious, and theres a climactic confrontation (that let's be real is heavily inspired by the Dirk/AR confrontation), where the assistant once again claims that "I have learnt from your actions, your feelings, even your thoughts. I have only done what you yourself are capable of. In fact, I am practically you." and Dave smashes the glasses, burying them outside in a way that symbolises a return to nature (maybe. That ending idea is a holdover from my original theme of nature vs technology but I can't think of anything better so eh)
(Also extra unrelated theming stuff because god I love it:
- the lighting in the film is cold and almost desaturated, representing how lifeless the world is. It's only after Dave smashes the glasses and goes outside that the lighting becomes warmer
- characters mouths are never shown - either the shot is framed so their head isn't visible, or just their eyes (or more specifically, their shades) are. This ties into tje plot later on in the film, where the AI starts speaking in Dave's voice, and casts uncertainty on whether the humans shown are the ones speaking, or their assistant
- related to the above, Dave's full face is shown for the first time right before he takes off his glasses. This is also the first time someone's eyes are shown without the glasses on
- the theme is people's overreliance on technology, particularly algorithms because. Man I've been thinking about that a lot)
