Real Artists

Real Artists

Tiffany Hines stars as Sophia Baker, a talented young animator who just scored the interview of a lifetime at her favorite production studio. This is the job she’s always wanted, all she needs to do is nail the interview. During the interview, ANNE PALLADON (played by Tamlyn Tomita) gives Sophia a tour of the studio.

Quickly Sophia starts to catch on that there might be something a little off going on, but continues to listen to Anne’s pitch. Anne explains they use hundreds of people everyday of the year to watch AI generated films that use stock characters, arcs, and conflicts. The AI then takes biological data from the viewers and adjusts the story to the data to create the best film possible.

Anne explains they can use the same people to watch hundreds of iterations of the same film because they use what they call ‘tabula rasa.’ The tabula rasa wipes away a person’s short term memory of the film they’ve just watched so they can watch another version without prior hesitiation. Anne explains they use the tabula rasa on their applicants who choose not to work for the studio so their technology isn’t compromised. When Sophia elects to not be part of the company, they administer the tabula rasa to her, but instead of letting her on her way, her exact same interview simply restarts exactly how it began.