Roko (Film Riot One Minute Short Film)
Created for the Film Riot and Filmstro One Minute Short Film Competition.
Roko is a short film based on the philosophical concept of Roko’s Basilisk, a very real concept dealing with the repercussions surrounding virtual worlds and artificial intelligence. Find out more on the wikipedia page (https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Roko's_..., but be forewarned, doing so means you no longer have plausible deniability to the things you may discover.
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I was inspired to create this short for the Film Riot One Minute short film competition, even though it has been a concept that I've been toying with the best way of executing for a while now. It is a topic that deserves more than one minute to explore the full reality and repercussions contained within.
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Matt Fowler
Melissa Minkovsky
Stunt Coordinator/Rigger - Nick Goehner
Location Sound - Manuel Lopez Cano
Grips - Albert De Jong, Sean Gallagher
Dead Guy - Sean Gallagher
Drone Pilot - Matt Lavin
Written and Directed by Josh Mabie
Additional Writing by Max Ornstein
Consultant - Dave Schatz
Special Thanks - Linda Larson and Joseph Barry