In a retro-futuristic, dystopian world that blends subtle AI with dial-up modems and VCRs, a lonely man despairs at having to fulfill his content-posting quota for the day. With nothing happening, he’s not impressed… and with out sufficient “likes,” he’s not allowed to depart his home. Enter Midnight Tv, providing hope… or is it simply one other algorithmic creation?
Written, directed, and edited by Gabe Michael, Midnight Tv—which we found because of sci-fi YouTube channel Mud—“combines the nostalgia of Nineteen Eighties, the times of rising tech and web of the Nineteen Nineties, and the hollowing loneliness of the web tradition of right now. Our hero, Asher, sits on the epicenter of all three batteling for future that was seemingly promised, however by no means got here to be.”
To be taught extra concerning the movie, which was initially deliberate as a characteristic, and the way it was made (it’s quick, however it nonetheless took two years to finish—thanks in no small half to covid), take a look at Michael’s supplemental YouTube video, which is titled “Methods to Make a NO BUDGET Award-Successful Sci-Fi Movie.”
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