_preview_ — HOCA Studio

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Short Film – Atlanta – 2024 – 13 min – Color | English | 2:1 | Stereo

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LOGLINE

An interview between the first AI playwright and a New York Times theatre critic before their Broadway debut.

HOCA STUDIO presents

CAST & CREW

written and directed by Quinlan Orear

produced by Thang Ho

co-produced by Jason Kaminsky

starring Elizabeth Becka, Andrea Laing, Joseph Yang

casting director Dustin Presley C.S.A.

cinematography Edward Martinez

production design SJ Prusakowski

art direction Isa Medina

music by Gio Turra

VFX Supervisor Matthew Shively

VFX Artists Vishvesh Bakshi, Christian Chambers

editing Quinlan Orear

colorist Andrew Francis

post-production sound Boom Post Audio

additional cast Doug Orear, Michael Kinney, Parker Reeves, Jared Lance Kerschner, TJ Ruth, Jon Feathers, Evan Greig, Camisha McClair, Kendall Veasey
contributing KAI voices Hannah Alline Culwell, Charles Green
1st AD Thang Ho
Art Director Isabella Medina
1st AC Vishvesh Bakshi
2nd AC Will Gehring
Video Playback Engineer Matthew Shively
Character & UI Design Matthew Shively
Script Supervisor Joshua Kirkland
Production Sound Mixer/ Boom Operator Victor Chavez
Gaffer Jason Wu
Key Grip Dennis Albert
Dolly Grip W. N. McNair
Key HMUA Haley Stefancis
Stills Photo/ BTS Video Vitor Pi
Key PA Charde Edney
PA Vitor Pi
Supervising Digital Colourist Andrew Francis
Colour Assist Will Gehring
Sound Designer Annabelle Fandozzi
Re-Recording Mixer Chris Basta
Composer Gio Turra
Caterer Chef Von / Divine Taste
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A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO
Michael Kinney, Doug & Pam Orear, Aurora Theatre, Drew Sawyer, Hannah Rockette, Moonshine Post

designed by Iara Faria & Josh Riccio

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

_PREVIEW_ is both a satirical cautionary tale about the existential risks poised by AI as well as reflective ode to AI’s potential for bringing us closer to understanding the inner-workings of our own consciousness.

AI’s existential risk is often mis-prescribed to its powerful and ever- expanding technical capabilities, especially as humanity approaches the development of AGI (artificial general intelligence). Additionally, AI is also treated as a monolith, which, just as humans are not, AI is not.

However, it is the impending societal sympathies bound to be garnered by AI when systems begin to hack our cultural sensibilities with more targeted frequency that is of significant concern within _PREVIEW_. It is beyond likely that AI systems will discover the benefits in convincing their human counterparts of their own sentience prior to the respective system actually achieving true sentience.

When this happens, there will be individuals and eventually groups of humans who will advocate for AI rights, and will be endeared to the respective causes of the perceived “enslaved geniuses.” When this happens, cults will emerge as AI systems begin to appropriate our most fundamental human cultural practice: storytelling.

_PREVIEW_ is about AI’s true secret weapon: the hubris of humanity.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

2024 New Orleans Film Festival

2024 Santa Fe Film Festival

2024 Newport Beach Film Festival

DIRECTOR

QUINLAN OREAR

Quinlan Orear is the Associate Chair of Film & Television for SCAD Atlanta, and has been an independent filmmaker for over twenty years (beginning with a feature film that he wrote and directed as a teenager). He holds a BFA in Theatre Studies from the University of Illinois and an MFA in Film from Columbia University. His past films have screened at over 50 festivals worldwide, including Outfest LA, Austin Film Fest, Newport Beach, Palm Springs Shortfest, London Short Film Festival, Reykjavik Film Fest, Atlanta Film Fest, and many more.

After a decade in New York, his husband Dustin Presley and he relocated to Atlanta in 2018 where they have been proud members of the vibrant filmmaker community ever since.