A synthographic motion picture by Fabian Mosele.
Animated film about authenticity and consent in a world of AI generative media.

In Prot’s pursuit of asking their crush out, they create a synthetic clone of her, but start having feelings for it instead…

Featuring the Shoggoth, a meme by TetraspaceWest inspired by the similarities between the Lovecraftian creature and Large Language Models, and Synthiola, the creator’s synthetic AI persona.

Created through a mix of frame-by-frame 2D animation, live-action acting and generative visuals powered by Stable Diffusion, AnimateDiff and Gen-3 Alpha.

Cast:

Nina Nikolic as PROT

Jiezl V. Chua as IOLA

Reeko Brooks as SAM

Music:

Lafayette Vanderkin-Jus
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Fabian Mosele

Camera:

Hsun Hsiang Hsu

Additional Animation:

Elnaz M.Asl

Funded by:

Filmbüro Bremen & Nordmedia

Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mf_HudEhFQ
NO AI version: https://vimeo.com/1001696755
ONLY AI version: https://vimeo.com/1001699780
Soundtrack: https://newdisplay.bandcamp.com/album/democratizing-synthiola-official-soundtrack
Website: https://www.fabianmosele.com/democratizing-synthiola