A 50Y Short Film
Why did we make a short film?
Storytelling is everywhere in tech. Slickly produced videos with A24 quality aesthetics announcing yet another massive round. Carefully crafted narratives designed to make companies feel inevitable.
Increasingly, these videos are being used to sell things that just don't matter. Or worse, shouldn't exist. "Prediction markets" that are really just online casinos. AI fake-influencer startups built to deceive people.
What civilization really needs are cures for disease, abundant clean energy, new scientific tools, and technologies that genuinely expand human capability. To achieve that, we need a different type of ambition.
Indispensable is our response.
The opening satirical sequence leans heavily on generative AI and VFX in the polished style of the startup videos it parodies. The rest of the film moves in the opposite direction: single-camera, shot on location with vintage lenses, and slower pacing.
We hope you enjoy it.
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