jamAIs vu
Salt Lake City, Utah | Film Short
Drama, Sci-Fi
We set the story of jamAls vu in a futuristic context to challenge the expectations of technology as an almighty-health healing machine. That said, we are particularly interested in drawing attention to the human experience and what makes life really worth living: human connection, belonging and art
jamAIs vu
Salt Lake City, Utah | Film Short
Drama, Sci-Fi
1 Campaigns | Utah, United States
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We set the story of jamAls vu in a futuristic context to challenge the expectations of technology as an almighty-health healing machine. That said, we are particularly interested in drawing attention to the human experience and what makes life really worth living: human connection, belonging and art
About The Project
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
SYNOPSIS:
jamAIs vu is a short film that follows the journey of Cora and Ever, a musician and her humanoid caretaker in the futuristic world. Despite knowing that her life will end soon, Cora's last wish is to perform a piece of music before being transferred to the terminal care facility.
Ever, a humanoid with a program designed to be the perfect caretaker starts to raise a series of questions when walking down the aisle of a chapel. All questions seem to be normal and even a bit more philosophical when asked by a human, yet odd when asked by a humanoid: how do I feel, and how do I dream?
Now Cora is having second thoughts: what if Ever is more than just a program? What if all this time, it doesn't just treat her as an assigned patient, but more like----a friend?
Ever starts She decides to introduce Ever to the idea of a dream as a "hidden universe". While Ever is pondering, Ever taps on her device.
Cora starts to play her one last song, Ever stands up and attempts to find more companions for Cora. Yet, Cora stops it. Ever follows the command and sits back next to her.
No one knows where Cora goes.
Ever wakes up in a space, that it calls "the hidden universe".
DIRECTOR STATEMENT
The phrase "jamais vu" comes from the French language, meaning "never seen". It also refers to the phenomenon of going through a situation that one recognizes yet finds novel and unfamiliar.
We set the story of jamAls vu in a futuristic context to challenge the expectations of technology as an almighty-health healing machine.
That said, we are particularly interested in drawing attention to the human experience and what makes life really worth living: human connection, belonging and art expressions.
POST-PRODUCTION BUDGET
Total: $4500
Since our story leans heavily on visual storytelling. We need your support to make it come to life. Colorgrading, After Effects, you name it!
The following images are screenshots from the raw footages and we "messed around" with them in photoshop----just to show you how big of a difference colorgrading and After Effects can do to our finished film.
(⁎⁍̴̛ᴗ⁍̴̛⁎) AND WE CANNOT ACHIEVE ANY OF THOSE WITHOUT YOUR HELP!
TIMELINE
Script Development + Pre-production: 9/2022-2/2023 (completed)
Filming: 2/17-18 (completed); 3/21 (completed)
Post-Production Feb/2023- April/2023
School Screening May 2023
Film Festival Submissions 2023-24 circle
BTS PHOTO
35mm BTS credit: Sara Serratos
Digital BTS credit: Mary Schlachter
HOW YOU CAN HELP
FOLLOW
Follow our campaign and stay up-to-date on the latest Cessation news! It's 100% free.
What does the Cessation team get out of it? Seed&Spark rewards us for building our audience. The more followers we get, the more we unlock products, services, and festival fee waivers courtesy of Seed&Spark!
CONTRIBUTE AND PLEDGE
You can make a contribution to our film by making a pledge. Seed&Spark requires at least 80% of our goal in 30 days to receive ANY funds. You can choose an incentive or make a pledge to a specific wishlist item. You can choose any pledge and incentive amount that fits your budget. No pledge is too small. Every dollar makes a difference in making our film possible!
SPREAD THE WORD
The only way we will reach our crowdfunding goal is if we reach beyond our networks. If you’d like to be a part of supporting female filmmakers and supporting abortion access, YOU can make the difference in our success!
Please share our campaign via your social media, email, and word-of-mouth, however you want! We can't do this without you!
Here are some examples. Feel free to copy and paste!
Help our team @jamaisvu_film by supporting their JAMAIS VU about a young musician who decides to play one last song in a church before her humanoid caretaker transfers her to a terminal hospitalization facility, while a discussion about dream happens between her and the humanoid caretaker.
Join them on @seedandspark: [jamAIs vu Seed & Spark Page].
Make a pledge to support JAMAIS VU, by director @terri-d33
Support them on @seedandspark: [jamAIs vu Seed & Spark page].
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Crew Compensation
Costs $1,000
Your donation will help us to pay back to the crew members.
Motion Graphics & VFX Compositing
Costs $2,000
Your donation will support our special effects artists.
Sound Design
Costs $500
Your donation will support our musicians and sound design artists.
Share this update!
About This Team
Terri Zitong Diao - Writer, Director & Producer, Co-cinematographer
Terri is a student filmmaker from Guangzhou, China, pursuing a film degree at the University of Utah. From documentary to narrative shorts, her work is rooted in metaphorical, musical, and emotion-driven visual storytelling. After working on multiple projects in different production departments throughout the years, Terri decides that her undergraduate capstone project jamAIs vu will be in the upcoming 2023-24 festival run as her first directorial debut.
Mary Schlachter - Co-Producer
Mary is a marketing major at Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. Upon working closely with other marketing teams on other student projects, she has decided to try out the co-producer roles and bring her business insights to our project.
Jack "JJ" Houghton - Director of Photography
JJ is currently working at Harmon Brothers production company as a director of photography. As a cinematographer the University of Utah film and media arts department graduate, JJ has worked as Director of Photography on numerous student capstone projects and has won the Best Cinematographer Award in the University of Utah FMAD Spring Showcase. He's currently working at Harmon Brothers production company as a director of photography.
Tori Kenton & Lukas Smith - Cast Member
Tori is an undergraduate student in the musical theater program at the University of Utah. She has won numerous awards in high school including Honors Award for Best Vocalist (Utah Conservatory, 2016), UHSMTA Best Supporting Actress Finalist (2018), etc.
Lukas is an undergraduate criminology major at the University of Utah who has a great passion for acting. He has won 2nd Place in 6A State Drama competition Humorous Monologues and Monologue Finalist Utah High School Shakespeare Festival.
Katrina Xinyue Hao - Concept Artist
Katrina Hao is a BFA illustration student currently studying at the School of Visual Arts. As a passionate illustrator, a conceptual thinker, and a proactive learner, Katrina has intriguing storytelling skills and an innovative mindset. She has experience in both digital and traditional design mediums along with the ability to work both collaboratively and self-sufficiently to turn ideas into inspiring illustrations.
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
SYNOPSIS:
jamAIs vu is a short film that follows the journey of Cora and Ever, a musician and her humanoid caretaker in the futuristic world. Despite knowing that her life will end soon, Cora's last wish is to perform a piece of music before being transferred to the terminal care facility.
Ever, a humanoid with a program designed to be the perfect caretaker starts to raise a series of questions when walking down the aisle of a chapel. All questions seem to be normal and even a bit more philosophical when asked by a human, yet odd when asked by a humanoid: how do I feel, and how do I dream?
Now Cora is having second thoughts: what if Ever is more than just a program? What if all this time, it doesn't just treat her as an assigned patient, but more like----a friend?
Ever starts She decides to introduce Ever to the idea of a dream as a "hidden universe". While Ever is pondering, Ever taps on her device.
Cora starts to play her one last song, Ever stands up and attempts to find more companions for Cora. Yet, Cora stops it. Ever follows the command and sits back next to her.
No one knows where Cora goes.
Ever wakes up in a space, that it calls "the hidden universe".
DIRECTOR STATEMENT
The phrase "jamais vu" comes from the French language, meaning "never seen". It also refers to the phenomenon of going through a situation that one recognizes yet finds novel and unfamiliar.
We set the story of jamAls vu in a futuristic context to challenge the expectations of technology as an almighty-health healing machine.
That said, we are particularly interested in drawing attention to the human experience and what makes life really worth living: human connection, belonging and art expressions.
POST-PRODUCTION BUDGET
Total: $4500
Since our story leans heavily on visual storytelling. We need your support to make it come to life. Colorgrading, After Effects, you name it!
The following images are screenshots from the raw footages and we "messed around" with them in photoshop----just to show you how big of a difference colorgrading and After Effects can do to our finished film.
(⁎⁍̴̛ᴗ⁍̴̛⁎) AND WE CANNOT ACHIEVE ANY OF THOSE WITHOUT YOUR HELP!
TIMELINE
Script Development + Pre-production: 9/2022-2/2023 (completed)
Filming: 2/17-18 (completed); 3/21 (completed)
Post-Production Feb/2023- April/2023
School Screening May 2023
Film Festival Submissions 2023-24 circle
BTS PHOTO
35mm BTS credit: Sara Serratos
Digital BTS credit: Mary Schlachter
HOW YOU CAN HELP
FOLLOW
Follow our campaign and stay up-to-date on the latest Cessation news! It's 100% free.
What does the Cessation team get out of it? Seed&Spark rewards us for building our audience. The more followers we get, the more we unlock products, services, and festival fee waivers courtesy of Seed&Spark!
CONTRIBUTE AND PLEDGE
You can make a contribution to our film by making a pledge. Seed&Spark requires at least 80% of our goal in 30 days to receive ANY funds. You can choose an incentive or make a pledge to a specific wishlist item. You can choose any pledge and incentive amount that fits your budget. No pledge is too small. Every dollar makes a difference in making our film possible!
SPREAD THE WORD
The only way we will reach our crowdfunding goal is if we reach beyond our networks. If you’d like to be a part of supporting female filmmakers and supporting abortion access, YOU can make the difference in our success!
Please share our campaign via your social media, email, and word-of-mouth, however you want! We can't do this without you!
Here are some examples. Feel free to copy and paste!
Help our team @jamaisvu_film by supporting their JAMAIS VU about a young musician who decides to play one last song in a church before her humanoid caretaker transfers her to a terminal hospitalization facility, while a discussion about dream happens between her and the humanoid caretaker.
Join them on @seedandspark: [jamAIs vu Seed & Spark Page].
Make a pledge to support JAMAIS VU, by director @terri-d33
Support them on @seedandspark: [jamAIs vu Seed & Spark page].
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Crew Compensation
Costs $1,000
Your donation will help us to pay back to the crew members.
Motion Graphics & VFX Compositing
Costs $2,000
Your donation will support our special effects artists.
Sound Design
Costs $500
Your donation will support our musicians and sound design artists.
Share this update!
About This Team
Terri Zitong Diao - Writer, Director & Producer, Co-cinematographer
Terri is a student filmmaker from Guangzhou, China, pursuing a film degree at the University of Utah. From documentary to narrative shorts, her work is rooted in metaphorical, musical, and emotion-driven visual storytelling. After working on multiple projects in different production departments throughout the years, Terri decides that her undergraduate capstone project jamAIs vu will be in the upcoming 2023-24 festival run as her first directorial debut.
Mary Schlachter - Co-Producer
Mary is a marketing major at Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. Upon working closely with other marketing teams on other student projects, she has decided to try out the co-producer roles and bring her business insights to our project.
Jack "JJ" Houghton - Director of Photography
JJ is currently working at Harmon Brothers production company as a director of photography. As a cinematographer the University of Utah film and media arts department graduate, JJ has worked as Director of Photography on numerous student capstone projects and has won the Best Cinematographer Award in the University of Utah FMAD Spring Showcase. He's currently working at Harmon Brothers production company as a director of photography.
Tori Kenton & Lukas Smith - Cast Member
Tori is an undergraduate student in the musical theater program at the University of Utah. She has won numerous awards in high school including Honors Award for Best Vocalist (Utah Conservatory, 2016), UHSMTA Best Supporting Actress Finalist (2018), etc.
Lukas is an undergraduate criminology major at the University of Utah who has a great passion for acting. He has won 2nd Place in 6A State Drama competition Humorous Monologues and Monologue Finalist Utah High School Shakespeare Festival.
Katrina Xinyue Hao - Concept Artist
Katrina Hao is a BFA illustration student currently studying at the School of Visual Arts. As a passionate illustrator, a conceptual thinker, and a proactive learner, Katrina has intriguing storytelling skills and an innovative mindset. She has experience in both digital and traditional design mediums along with the ability to work both collaboratively and self-sufficiently to turn ideas into inspiring illustrations.