A “SMART” Discussion
A “SMART” Discussion is a short film consisting of 4 animated chapters. Each uses black humor and irony to depict a human life in the future SMART spaces. This project is an experiment using only “Pseudocode” to tell a noir story about the relationship between humans and smart home technology. This project is built based on speculation of problems caused by an increasingly closed relationship between human and smart home technology. It also encourages the viewers to think about how this technology might, in any shape or form, impact how we live and behave in the future.
Roles: 3D Modeling, Motion Design, Narrative Design, Graphics Design.
Tools: Adobe Ae/Ai, Cinema4D, Maya,
Time: 2 months
Chapters:
01. Mis-expectation
02. Disputable Who
03. Clues
04. “Useless”
MAR.2019 - MAY.2019
Chapter 1: Mis-expectation
A dilemma where in order to strictly enforce the commands of the Host (who live in the space) thus to match the analyzed expectations, smart home objects start to run a series of upgrades. As a result, the Host has forced to live in an illogical environment.
This story aims at discussing the complexity of expectation and misinterpretation between human and smart home objects.
Chapter 2: Disputable Who
How do smart home objects define us? Who set the criteria? What is the norm? Do they really know us?
This story aims at discussing the sophistication of human identities, which leads to an unsolvable argument among smart home objects.
Chapter 3: Clues
This chapter aims at discussing how each minor and unconscious behavior creates a discovery by smart home objects and generates a corresponding prediction, which ironically leads to a passive controlled life of humans in the private living space. So, the key question here is who’s in control now?
Chapter 4: “Useless”
This chapter aims at discussing how each minor and unconscious behavior creates a discovery by smart home objects and generates a corresponding prediction, which ironically leads to a passive controlled life of humans in the private living space. So, the key question here is who’s in control now?
Premiere
This is premiered at the “Prism“ exhibition at Parsons School of Design for over 100 audiences.
It was surprising enough that most of the audience can fully understand the “pseudocode language” that I’ve invented to mimic the thinking of machines. There were laughter, silence, and applause during the screening event.
Being able to experiment with a new method and invent a new way of communication to tell stories was such a fun and fulfilling experience.