Short film

Mariana 627

2018 · 22 min

A quiet, wry two-hander between a lonely man and a machine, more contemplative than eventful.

Directed by: Gareth Rowntree, Finbarr Pine
Genres: Science fiction, Comedy
Starring: Douglas Utting

Overview: A lone technician aboard a remote monitoring outpost in deepest space finally gets a chance to leave his station and make the long journey home. But before he can, he must first train an interfacing AI system named IZAK to run the facility in his absence.

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Directed by: Gareth Rowntree, Finbarr Pine
Genres: Science fiction, Comedy
Starring: Douglas Utting

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Tone
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
technology
loneliness
identity
Places: space
Era: far-future
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	4
Realism	4
Romance	0
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	4

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