MECHANICA PERFECTUM
2018
Experimental Short Film - CIU Project at SAE Qantm
In my CIU Module, at SAE Qantm Sydney; I was given the opportunity to work with 4 other students to produce an 'interdisciplinary creative project'.
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Our team consisted of:
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Brandon Hon (Animation Student)
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Chris Yip (Film Student)
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Krishna Viswanathan (Film Student)
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Lavinia Meyer (Games Student)
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Rhys Moses (Games Student)
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Project: Mechanica Perfectum is a short experimental film exploring the social pressure of “human augmentation” in the workforce/workplace.
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While taking more of a science-fiction/typical AI takeover standpoint, the project is loosely based off the transhuman ideas of enhancing/restoring the human body; inspired by theories on the “Future of Work” and “Human Enhancement”.
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We wanted to create a ‘lens’ into an alternate world; where augmented workers have surpassed human ones, and what a super AI could potentially do with that.
FINAL MOVIE
MY CONTRIBUTIONS
For this project I had a hand in pretty much all parts of the Production. From doing Pre-Production Concept Art, writing the Screenplay, as well as Compositing the Final Movie in After Effects.
Not to mention it was my first time "Acting" for a Video/Film since a long time (Primary School). Working alongside Film Students with the Filming Session gave me a huge insight into their whole process.
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The Audio was collected from online sources, with most of them being 'royalty-free'. The list of all the assets we didn't create can be found in the references at the end of this page.
REFERENCES
Stock Footage
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Screen Glitch - Free Stock Footage : footageisland (Youtube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEFcfZvz8yY
Audio
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Computer_Einschalten : zerodot1 (Freesound)
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Air Conditioner : UnReal Asmr (Youtube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE9bF80KQGk
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CPU Working Sound Effect : Audio Enabled (Youtube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plBgmtGpQyk
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Computer Device Beep Sound Effect : Sound Effects (Youtube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsMu19TX4hk
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Keyboard Typing : Paulo Corona (Freesound)
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Enter Key : uEffects (Freesound)
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The End of the World : Skeeter Davis (Youtube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHa6a3FtPJg
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VHS static noise : GhostfaceScream2 (Youtube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUoA-dKQhtc
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GLITCH Sound Effect : Sound Effects (Youtube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsw0dl50nxg