DRONE | Animated short film about drones, AI, and live-streaming on YouTube
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Published 2023-02-06
A short animated film about a malfunction at a CIA press event that causes a Predator drone installed with an ethical AI personality to go rogue as it attempts to understand its purpose in the world. #animation #shortfilm
✈ A behind the scenes look at the production of an independent animated short.
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Director & Writer
Sean Buckelew
seanbuckelew.com/
Producer
Jeanette Jeanenne
jeanettejeanenne.com/
Cast
Finn Wittrock
Jim True-Frost
Shirley Chen
Mo Collins
Darnell Kirkwood
Music & Sound Design
Skillbard
skillbard.com/
Backgrounds
Wes McClain
wesleymcclain.com/
Concept Painting
Alex Murray-Clark
www.amurrayclark.com/
Drone UI/HUD Design
David Delafuente
dd-de.com/
Storyboards & Lead Animator
Sean Buckelew
Animator
Vincent Tsui
vincent-tsui.com/
Effects Animation
Nicole Staffford
nicole-stafford.com/
Additional Animation & Color
Kyle Brooks
kylebrooks.co/
3D Drone Animation - E.D. Films
edfilms.net/
3D/2D Animation Consulting
Daniel Gies
3D Rigging, Animation, Rendering
Eric Max Kaplin
Producer E.D. Films
Emily Paige
Executive Producer E.D. Films
Archita Ghosh
Orchestration
Finn McNicholas
Orchestra
Budapest Art Orchestra
budapestartorchestra.com/
Contractor/session producer
Miklos Lukacs
Conductor
Peter Pejtsik
Recording studio
East Connection Music Recording, Studio 22
ProTools engineer
David Lukacs
Recording engineer
Gabor Buczko
Made with the support of
The Berkeley Film Foundation
The Guggenheim Foundation
The Animation Workshop
Thank You
Rachel Ho
Joe Bennett
Chris Sullivan
Carl Burton
Charles Huettner
Draško Ivezić
Jelena Popović
Marco de Blois
Danny Madden
Juan Riedinger
Najeeb Tarazi
Irene Kotlarz
Paul Vester
Jason Carpenter
All Comments (21)
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Can't suspend my disbelief that they didn't shoot the drone out of the sky immediately after it destroyed other drones.
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This feels so much like a Love, Death, and Robots episode
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>casually lands in a middle of a town >refuses to elaborate >leaves
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The accuracy of the chat is way too real. Really shows what we are as a community. I like it. Also I never thought I'd feel sad for a construct
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finally a film maker that actually knows what the internet is like.
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I like how no one points out that the drone brought up a whole database on civilian casualties on stream
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I feel like people arent talking enough about the end, where the CIA turns this into an expertly crafted narrative. Saying that AI is good, and the future. And that last shot of all the drones on the runway is incredible. Good job yall.
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13:18 "I hope you can forgive me for what I am" That made me tear up
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The chat in a the Livestream probably will be the most accurate thing
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I said it time and time again. Pop culture belongs to the independent filmmakers now. This film just cemented that for me. Great job.
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Shout out to the voice actor for Newton. The tightrope walk between AI observation and true human self reflection. Very well done.
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i love the detail that most movies dont show, like her using do not disturb, or the phones every button being used, and the details and textures of the cities
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This seems a lot like what the creator of the Iron Giant said the film's concept was, "What if a gun had a soul, and didn't want to be a gun" or something along those lines, and this short really reminds me of that.
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That sinister ending with the hypocritical CIA director and the production of more deadly drones that ignore Newton’s message….so well done, bravo❤
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Can we all apreciate Newton's voice actor. He did such a great job here. His voice is so contemplative and sorrowful.
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Coder's nightmare: the infinite cycle.
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Heart wrenching and profound. I love the idea that an AI with objective moral consciousness would feel remorse and seek to destroy the true source of harm and devastation. Plus, that PR lady's B plot... Wow. What a gut punch at the end too. Brilliant work!
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What an ending. Great storytelling and I’m very glad I came across this narrative. Sad to see how the government spun the narrative to continue the drone program. Exactly what Newton didn’t want
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hollywood is focused on statistics, not story telling. thats why they are failing unlike this guy. this is amazing! 10/10 quailty.
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I love how Newton wasn't just and evil Ai and started to kill people randomly and actually followed through on his mission
