(for my animated film “Telefon – KI ist dran“)
I’m initiating the revision of my animated film by reviewing the story development. To do this, I asked ChatGPT what story development for a 5-minute film should encompass. Here the result and my answers:
Creating a story for an animated short film of about 5 minutes requires a precise and focused plot. Here’s a rough outline that can help:
1. Theme and Message
Central Theme: Dealing with Artificial Intelligence
Message: Difference between human and artificial interaction, especially regarding potential risks
2. Character Development
Main Character: Male voice takes over the use of the analog telephone (without AI); Female, artificially generated voice takes over the use of the phone through AI. Both characters present their respective perspectives.
Supporting Characters: Image of a young woman (healthy, heart) / Image of an old woman (helpless, blood transfusion)
3. Plot Development
Introduction: A telephone is a technical instrument that has always functioned with a heart (a phone call has always been come from heart "I want to call somebody" to hand "I take the phone and enter the phone number"). Now it develops an organic brain.
Conflict: While the heart operates the phone in a humanly understandable manner, AI control can lead to unpredictable risks.
For a better understanding, AI control is replaced by the procedure of an inorganic blood transfusion, including the risks associated with a blood transfusion.
Climax: Cardiac arrest due to a risk factor of the blood transfusion.
Resolution: That was not a real scenario, only a demonstration of possibilities.
The good news: Monitoring the blood transfusion (AI) can outweigh the positive possibilities of AI usage over the negative ones.
4. Emotional Arc
Emotional Development: Joy / Hope: Normal heartbeat, relaxed music (at the end);
Fear / Tension: Increased heartbeat, oppressive background noises
5. Visual and Auditory Elements
Visual Style: 3D representation of this particular telephone / AI-generated images;
Organic and inorganic juxtaposition: heart / blood transfusion bags, blood vessels / network;
Heartbeats and heart rate.
Music and Sound Effects: Analog / digital sounds (phone, voices, heartbeats / heart rate)
6. Script and Storyboard
Script: Based on the risks of a blood transfusion (future blog theme).
Storyboard: (future blog theme)
7. Production
Animation: “Start animating based on your storyboard. This step may vary depending on the complexity of the design and movement”: future blog theme.
Post-production: “Add music, sound effects, and any voice recordings. Edit the finished material to create the final short film”: Future blog theme.
8. Feedback and Revision
Test Screenings:
look here!
Revision:
“Revise your film based on the feedback to refine the story, timing, and emotional beats”: future blog theme
“When creating a story for an animated short film, it’s crucial to focus on a clear, simple plot with emotional depth that can be effectively conveyed within the short runtime”: future blog theme
