short film presentation
TRANSCRIPT
Short film
presentationDetailed Case Study: DR
EASY
Dr. Easy
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Michael is a broken man with a gun, he is surrounded by police. Dr. Easy, a medical robot comes to help him and try to negotiate with him to get him out of the room and save him. It later becomes apparent that Michael cannot be saved and although Dr. Easy is fully trained medically, it is not trained emotionally as it’s seen leaving the building completely fine (apart from the fire)
Style
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Dr. Easy is a short drama.
The film is adapted from the opening chapter of the 2007 Matthew De Abaitua novel The Red Men.
Char
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• Michael Tom Hollander: Michael is a recently divorced man, is obviously not too happy about it- his life isn't going the way he wanted to, leaving in this situation where his tongues been shot out by policemen and Dr. Easy is there to help him, he seems like a very stubborn unhappy person.
Dr Easy Geraldine James: a robot designed to help people when they get mad, this robot is negotiator, paramedic and psychologist all wrapped up in one neat, metal package. Superintendent
Alex Macqueen: The Guy who’s making all the orders, doesn’t seem very sympathetic when things go wrong.
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The Ending of the short film ends with all failing and Michael sets himself on fire while Dr. Easy is there, Dr. Easy comes out fine (apart from the little bit of fire) The Message of this film is that technology is advancing and taking over and it’s not a good idea as technology will never be as good as real human beings with emotions.
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cinematography by Barry Ackroyd (The Hurt Locker, United 93) and visual FX by Jellyfish (Jonah), directorial collective Shynola (Jason Groves, Richard Kenworthy and Christopher Harding) Production Companies: Film4 and Warp Films
I couldn’t find anything online about how much the budget was, but I know it was cofounded by film4 and Warp Films
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I really enjoyed this short film, I think it give gave a great insight into what the future could be like and it’s a realistic possibility. I really like the POV shots from the robots view as it was an interesting take on it.
What did you think?