AI writes short script and someone films it.

Batutta

Batutta

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While I don't think scriptwriters will be out of a job soon, this short is oddly compelling gibberish. It makes about as much sense as some of David Lynch's films (of which I am a sometimes fan).

 
Would probably work better as a comedy, although it won't be as hilariously funny as that screenplay by a thousand monkeys banging at the keyboard in random order. That one was a real riot.
 
bill totolo said:
Felt a bit like Terry Gilliam to me.
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Definitely had to laugh at this! He's made some amazing movies, but some of his later ones HAVE steered into the direction of being as palatable as this AI script.

David Lynch (also a fan) came to mind to me too. Also Dadaists and cut-ups in the literary world.

What kind of scripts is an AI going to be capable of in 10 years? Just like robotics is going to re-make the service industry in the future, I think even the creative industries stand to be effected by machine learning. It is really underappreciated by people outside of the industry how quickly things are changing.
 
Odd indeed, but in a really refreshing kind of way. 'He throws me out of his eyes' I love that line !!!

I think there is something to be learned here in putting together these kind of -seemingly- random, mismatched dialogues. Doesn't comedy use this technique?


Okay, so is this just the beginning of computers writing the scripts, then creating the actors and backgrounds and such? One persone sitting at a desk can make an entire film. Not that that isn't already happening.


Hermetic filmmakers. Who knew? Buttheads, that was our (writers) bastion of reclusion.
 
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alex whitmer said:
... I think there is something to be learned here in putting together these kind of -seemingly- random, mismatched dialogues. Doesn't comedy use this technique?
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If you go for non sequitur type of humor, but you have to set it up too.

There was this exchange on Seinfeld ("The Implant").

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GEORGE : You know my problem with women? I put them on a pedestal.

KRAMER : I put them on a dental chair.

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Kramer's line makes no sense whatsoever but, because it's Kramer, a character prone to oddities, it's kind of funny. But you can't have the full script like that.

A good joke, however, can misdirect the listener before delivering the punchline.

Garry Shandling, "I just finished making love to this woman. I was very happy. I say to her, "Honey, did you feel the earth move too?" And she says, "Yes, Garry. We just had an earthquake".

If you look at a punchline as a common thread between seemingly unrelated concepts, then you can write the above. Here Garry establishes the first notion before taking the punchline seemingly out of the left field.

A typical one-liner comedian is more direct. Here's a classic from the King of One-Liners Henny Youngman. "I went to a doctor. I said, "Doctor, my leg hurts. What do I do?" He says, "Limp!"
 
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