A crowdfunded student project tackling themes of identity and the ethics of artificial intelligence.
📸: Jacob Bradley (@bananasplit_images)
The Sequencer Project is currently in the Post-Production phase.
Principal photography wrapped in April, and we aim to have the film out within the next couple of months. Please note that public access to the film may be delayed due to potential festival exclusivity rights.
The team behind “The Sequencer Project” 📸: Jacob Bradley (@bananasplit_images)
Crowdfunded with Love
“The Sequencer Project” was produced on a budget of £2,000, all of which was raised via crowdfunding. This required a strong marketing campaign and a healthy amount of promotion, a task which the Sequencer team were more than up to.
Several carefully organised stunts were used to promote the Kickstarter campaign; we collaborated with Manchester creators, and even made our way into the Wirral Globe. The campaign was organised and pushed primarily by myself.
I also ensured that our backers were kept up-to-date with the project via Kickstarter updates, all of which can be seen on the official page here.
Shooting at “Dream Sculpture” in St Helens 📸: Jake McCarthy (@jakemccarthyfilm)
Relevant Science Fiction
I firmly believe that science fiction is at its best when exploring relevant issues in a more extreme setting. The technology that drives the plot of The Sequencer Project, a simulation that brings back dead relatives using other peoples’ memories of them, is an eerily realistic concept, inspired by the controversial 2wai.
As a producer, this project caught my eye as a unique opportunity to explore my fears around artificial intelligence through a science fiction lens. It is important to lend your name and voice to projects that serve a greater purpose; this may be my favourite of the projects I’ve worked on for that exact reason.
Additionally, The Sequencer Project was an opportunity to look at Jungian psychology and the self, an aspect of filmmaking that has always interested me.