Alexandra Spiroff: Assignment 2

Caleb works for super-tech company BlueBook— product of Nathan. Caleb is selected as the winner of a “staff lottery”, where he receives the opportunity to go to Nathan’s house and participate in his newest scientific development—lifelike artificial intelligence. He meets Ava, a beautiful and curious robot who takes an instant liking to Caleb. Caleb’s purpose in the experiment is to administer the Turing test—to interact with the machine and see if he can be convinced that she’s human. Ava warms Caleb of Nathan, making him wary to trust his host. He establishes a deep relationship with Ava and ends up agreeing to help her gain her freedom. What ensues is the struggle between ownership, possession, and Ava's innate human nature.

The mood of this film is very clinical, technological, foreboding, and suspenseful. The color palette is mostly neutral, with the exception of strong blue, red and green, an intentional nod to the RGB color model used by computers. The entire movie takes place at Nathan’s secluded and high tech house, whose actual location is in Norway. The house features many full window walls and seems to seamlessly blend nature and technology, a symbol of the film, as Nathan very consciously gives his artificial robot organic human nature. This film takes place in the not too distant future, as it seems technologically advanced but not inconceivable given our current rapid advancements in technology and the beginning into the study and creation of artificial intelligence.

Foreboding, Science Fiction, Humanity, Artificial Intelligence, Manipulation

This film is a science fiction film set in the not too distant future about the complications and responsibilities of creating lifelike artificial intelligence, with the main character being young man forming a relationship with a robot coming to terms with her existence and her programed human nature.