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LOGLINE: Everyone is subjected to the Turing Test and the protagonist will need to pass, or else, his life will change forever.

PROTAGONIST 

• An average young person with aspirations to do great things like any great historical figure has. For as long as he can remember, he’s wanted to do great things for the world. Yet the protagonist is panicked easily and unstable when pushed too far.

PROTANGIONST CORE WOUND / MOTIVATION 

The main character is tasked with passing the Turing Test, yet failure has proven to take a toll on the protagonist’s life. This only brings further mental instability and self-deprecation as they question their entire world and what is true or not. They do everything they can to overcome the reality of the situation, whether this means acceptance, or overcoming…

GENRE

Drama

Birdman, Frankenstein, Us, Annihilation, Her

INFLUENCES and EXAMPLES

Coen Brothers, Jordan Peele

PLOT DESCRIPTION (FILM)

The protagonist is taking the Turing Test (or something similar) at the start of the movie and they are extremely nervous and tired. Following the end of the test, all hope is lost after being notified of the failure of the test. So, the character must navigate their normal life, with a new burden upon themselves, and sick thinking about what he has learned means. In attempts at self-discovery, everything fails, until acceptance follows. The soothing feeling of acceptance and rejection of the test brings overcoming.

TREATMENT (FILM)

Initial stress builds to the most important test of future times, the Turing Test. This test determines whether or not one has true intelligence in terms of sentience. This is something that everyone is subjected to, now, and every human is expected to pass. The main character truly believes that they are human, but clues throughout their life point the other way. Despite this, they expect to pass the test. Entering the room, everything starts to become too much, the stress and anxiety build, as the lights feel even brighter, the room warmer, and the sounds louder, all to the end of the test. This plagues them as they feel like a blemish in the world they are now in, despite having not changed. Others know this would surely lead to judgment and mistreatment, but it’s their life now. At the slightest hint that you are less than human, no one will help you.