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FILM INFO
CREATIVE TEAM
GENRES
Experimental, Surrealism, Horror
TECHNIQUES
Rotoscope
Pearl Dog
SYNOPSIS
An unnamed narrator recounts his pursuit of an animal that appears mysteriously one night on the beach.
Pearl Dog is the first short film to be created using a hybrid technique which sees each frame of film painstakingly reinterpreted using artificial intelligence similar to the traditional animation process of rotoscoping. This process balances the intentions of the filmmaker with the transformative power of machine learning algorithms.
Written in the style of a traditional gothic horror poem, Pearl Dog tell the story of an unnamed narrator recounting his pursuit of a dog that appears mysteriously one night on the beach. Actor Conor Charlton lends his voice to the role, as the narration and animation form a juxtaposition of old and new, resulting in a strange, haunting and dreamlike work.
ABOUT DIRECTOR
British directors, Bethan Coolin and Samuel Poyser combine traditional filmmaking with cutting edge AI modelling technology to create cinema that looks like nothing else.
In 2022, they launched their own independent production company 5247 Films that specialises in artificial intelligence film making and passionately developing highly original stories.