I’ll say this about the growing number of artificial intelligence films we receive at the Film Threat offices: I’m fascinated by the ever-increasing quality of what A.I. can render and the innovative ways filmmakers use it to tell a cohesive story. While we’re not there yet, the prospects are, let’s say, fascinating. For instance, the 12-minute, dialogue-free A.I. short VACAY, credited to SPECK REJK TRUMP, moves entirely through quick-cut imagery and music rather than traditional scenes.
The film opens with a very busty television anchor delivering news concerning the world. From there, we cut to people studying what appear to be ancient artifacts and documents. Groups from every corner gather around in study rooms, Asian food courts, and comic book conventions. Suddenly, a large group of incredibly busty women in tight tees decides to travel to South America to discover the ancient runes described in their studies. With excitement in the air, the busty blondes decide to shoot what I think is a calendar or modeling video. Anyway, what should be a joyous occasion quickly turns into something sinister.
“…a large group of incredibly busty women in tight tees decides to travel to South America to discover the ancient runes described in their studies.”
SPECK REJK TRUMP had me at curvy, blond researchers with big boobs and skin-tight T-shirts. VACAY is still in its experimental phase. The filmmaker uses A.I. almost as a lookbook or a storyboard. What’s presented is a series of artificially generated videos strung together to form a narrative.
Here, the story takes us down an Edgar Rice Burroughs adventure with busty babes, and things go wrong, only to bring us full circle back to our triple-D news anchor. But the movie does succumb to the limitations of A.I. and to its lower-tier subscription plans. The characters struggle to maintain their appearance from start to finish. They evolve over time, and some end up with mutant arms… if they have arms at all. But I do likere the visuals SPECK REJK TRUMP designed, particularly when the story gets dark; and the boobs!
Again, A.I. storytelling is not there yet, but SPECK REJK TRUMP has mapped out a smart blueprint in VACAY for building a single cohesive narrative. I can’t wait to see the next one.
"…uses A.I. almost as a lookbook or a storyboard."
