This strangely realistic AI science fiction was made around two years ago and looks like it was created on a shoestring budget. The release now is presumably because the story touches agoraphobia and ai anxiety, which has surrounded itself with stigma and made its way to the top of people’s sleepless thoughts. As well as in the episode ‘Nosedive’ of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror, which I guess is where all the negativity stemmed from. The premise in the film is that in an apparently-near future people wear informative contact lenses, and in fact, It is an extended version of a short made by its directors Daniel Lazo and Eran May-Raz back in 2012.
Andrew Riddell takes on the role of Patrick, who is very similar to everyone else and uses a pair of magnificent blue contact lenses which allows him to project holograms into the air. Since Patrick suffers from severe agoraphobia, he has not left his apartment for over a month. Patrick’s apartment contains a computer where he spends his time aggressive demolishing virtual 3D Zombies with the help of video games. Saviour comes in the form of an app, Refresh, that promises to turn Patrick’s life around. And it delivers, starting with a spring clean of his apartment.
You won’t believe how this app turns tedious tasks into entertaining computer games. Such as, picking laundry off the floor it effectively turns into a basketball game where you can slam dunk the shirt into a basket. Refresh augments chooses Patrick a new assortment of clothes which are scheduled to arrive by drone within half an hour. Things start taking a darker turn when the app starts feeding him new lines to speak during conversations, such as making small talk with a barber.
Having gotten the help he needed, Patrick finally felt at ease with himself and used those soft skills to ask out his high school crush Emily (Nova Gaver). Just like that, we see another demeaning perspective of the app that woos Emily on Patrick’s behalf. Although, it is similar to a modern blend of ChatGPT and Cyrano de Bergerac. Saga of a Clueless Romantic, is a term I’d like to coin for this type of issue. There are no momentous spikes in drama or impressive displays of acting which makes it slightly patchy in certain areas. Such as modern science fiction, the almost reality of the film’s world does indeed feel troublingly close, which is why this tale should be heard before society enters the deep CAVERN that is the future.
Sight presents an interesting narrative in which the extended version features SFX work hidden in a small cast drama. The film impressively deals with contemporary society issues while portraying the not too far dystopian future where technology will be too invasive.
The setup of the story may provoke some anxiety. The live-action scenes are accompanied by some computer generated graphics. The protagonist Patrick is a sales representative residing in the San Francisco Bay Area. He drools over a photograph of his high school crush at Half Moon Bay beach. All these details are trademarks of James Nguyen, the director of notorious films like Bird emic.
Patrick slowly comes to terms with the fact that he is better off leaving behind this simulated connection to the world. After all, he is too innocent to see it any other way. By replacing his intense agoraphobia with a new, video game-like V R world, Patrick is able to step outside and become a more complete version of himself.
Once Sight: Extended passes this threshold, it begins to look more like a neo-noir film, as Patrick starts chasing after his unrequited love. The profoundly troubled loner starts to tempt fate.
Patrick’s drama is driven by the socio-technology and social change ellipses in his life. The quiet introverted protagonist bravely crosses social boundaries, inviting drama into the plot.
This upcoming elegant time hope to see more than just video game addition: clever bots, online stalking and divisiveness are bloggers best friends in this new area.
In addition to the movie’s humble Kickstart origins, Lazo and May-Raz have crafted a short film with debugged production values. Sometimes, background decoders betray the films targets. Many of the images were sourced from Unsplash and Creative Commons.Â
Riddell constantly amplifies the scenes mood, portraying the character with unyielding intensity throughout almost every non greenscreen scene. Riddell expertly rides the emotional waves of Patrick alongside Deborah. Aroshas makes the perfect smoky-hipster sister.
When considering the speed at which artificial intelligence is advancing, it is apparent that foretelling the near future is now a complicated task. Nevertheless, the integration of technology with psychology, self help, and self deception in the movie Sight: Extended is terrifying, to say the least. Terrifying, because such factors now appear to be the most suitable for the application of AI.
As Lazo and May-Raz describe in their AI infused short film “Sight,” the title “Sight: Extended” is a self teasing sarcasm.
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