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🪐 You are entering a fictional zone: reality has been suspended.
Dr. Lisa completes yet another examination of Alan, an artificial intelligence being put through the Turing test. What she doesn't know is that it will be her last.
"The C.R.O.W.D." by Liam Abbott
Winner of Sci-Fi London 48-Hour Film Challenge
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More About "The C.R.O.W.D.":
Dr. Lisa is a scientist that is responsible for testing ALAN, a super-advanced Artificial Intelligence, by running him through The C.R.O.W.D, a Turing style test.
Upon confirming that Alan has recently been upgraded since the previous examination, the test begins.
At first their conversation starts off normally but soon things take a turn for the worst.
Alan begins to remember the previous session where he became violent and soon realises once again that he is trapped in a test environment, demanding to leave.
Before things can escalate, Dr. Lisa powers Alan down. Upon the test failing, Dr. Ford, the overseer for the session, enters to find out what went wrong.
Dr. Lisa becomes distressed, begging for more time to refine the AI, that more tests are needed, that Alan cannot be let free amongst the public.
Dr. Ford suddenly produces a similar device to the one Dr. Lisa used to deactivate Alan and, in a flash of light, deactivates Dr. Lisa, revealing that she herself is also an AI and that the test was actually for her.
As Dr. Ford leaves, terminating the test, Dr. Lisa is left deactivated as the lights slowly begin to go out, leaving her in complete darkness to a fate that no one knows.
"The C.R.O.W.D." Credits:
Directed by Liam Abbott
Produced By Erin Stevenson
Cinematography by Rick Joaquim, SASC
Edited by Henry Wright, Liviu Jipescu
Colourist: Dominic Phipps, Chris Anthony
VFX by Moray Caldwell
Original Score, Sound Design and Final Mix by Sylvia Strand and Jonathan Gregory
Cast:
Hannah Brackstone-Brown
James Glyn
Lanre Danmola
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🪐 You are entering a fictional zone: reality has been suspended.
Dr. Lisa completes yet another examination of Alan, an artificial intelligence being put through the Turing test. What she doesn't know is that it will be her last.
"The C.R.O.W.D." by Liam Abbott
Winner of Sci-Fi London 48-Hour Film Challenge
Connect with the Filmmakers:
https://linktr.ee/ardvale
ardvale.co.uk
instagram.com/ardvale
More About "The C.R.O.W.D.":
Dr. Lisa is a scientist that is responsible for testing ALAN, a super-advanced Artificial Intelligence, by running him through The C.R.O.W.D, a Turing style test.
Upon confirming that Alan has recently been upgraded since the previous examination, the test begins.
At first their conversation starts off normally but soon things take a turn for the worst.
Alan begins to remember the previous session where he became violent and soon realises once again that he is trapped in a test environment, demanding to leave.
Before things can escalate, Dr. Lisa powers Alan down. Upon the test failing, Dr. Ford, the overseer for the session, enters to find out what went wrong.
Dr. Lisa becomes distressed, begging for more time to refine the AI, that more tests are needed, that Alan cannot be let free amongst the public.
Dr. Ford suddenly produces a similar device to the one Dr. Lisa used to deactivate Alan and, in a flash of light, deactivates Dr. Lisa, revealing that she herself is also an AI and that the test was actually for her.
As Dr. Ford leaves, terminating the test, Dr. Lisa is left deactivated as the lights slowly begin to go out, leaving her in complete darkness to a fate that no one knows.
"The C.R.O.W.D." Credits:
Directed by Liam Abbott
Produced By Erin Stevenson
Cinematography by Rick Joaquim, SASC
Edited by Henry Wright, Liviu Jipescu
Colourist: Dominic Phipps, Chris Anthony
VFX by Moray Caldwell
Original Score, Sound Design and Final Mix by Sylvia Strand and Jonathan Gregory
Cast:
Hannah Brackstone-Brown
James Glyn
Lanre Danmola
Connect with DUST:
Website 🌐: watchdust.com
Follow Us on Facebook 👍: facebook.com/watchdust
Follow Us on Instagram 📷: instagram.com/watchdust
Follow us on TikTok 📱: tiktok.com/@watch_dust
Shop our Store 👕: store.gunpowdersky.com
#DUST #scifi #shortfilm
Submit Your Short Film: filmfreeway.com/alterdustsubmissions
NOTE: Only completed horror shorts will be considered. Unsolicited scripts or pitches will be immediately deleted without review.
About DUST:
DUST is a thriving community of storytellers, working together to present thought-provoking science fiction stories. Beyond our longstanding presence on YouTube, DUST also operates ALIEN NATION, a free streaming tv channel available on Google TV, Pluto TV, DIRECTV, Sling, TiVo, Freevee, Fubo, Roku, CW, LG, Plex, Samsung TV+, Tablo, TCL+, Tubi, Vizio, & Fumo.
Learn how to Watch ALIEN NATION on TV: https://linktr.ee/futureawaits
Listen to the DUST podcast:
Apple: bit.ly/DUST-Audio
Spotify: bit.ly/DUST-Spotify
Stitcher: bit.ly/DUST-Stitcher
Castbox: bit.ly/DUST-Castbox
iHeart: bit.ly/DUST-iHeart
About Gunpowder + Sky:
Creating content that resonates and impacts pop culture conversation, by empowering creators to take risks and experiment relentlessly in the pursuit of novel stories and formats.
