Spectre: A Detour Into Dataism
Synopsis
SPECTRE creates space for viewers to explore and interrogate the deeper ethical and moral implications that exist concerning the interconnected logics of Dataism, Psychopolitics and Surveillance Capitalism.
The SPECTRE short film is the world's first non-fiction documentary short to embed deep fake technologies as part of narrative story telling.
Details
- Year
- 2019
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 3 min 32 sec
- Format
- mp4
- Director
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Barnaby Francis (Artist Name - Bill Posters)
- Producer
- Barnaby Francis
- Co-Producer
- Daniel Howe
- Editor
- 2edsbetterthan1
- Screenwriter
- Barnaby Francis
- Composer
- Mixhell
- Art Direction
- Bill Posters
Genre
Production Status
Production Company
Big Dada Limited
Apartment 13, Mayfield MansionAlexandra Road South
Manchester
M16 8EZ
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