Memorize – When technology becomes heavily relied upon someone will try and find a way to subvert it for their own personal gain. Here a supposed murderer finds a way to wipe his visual memory, leaving a futuristic law enforcer helpless in prosecuting the criminal. Technology is linked to a dystopian society, echoing both Minority Report and Strange Days here.

We Only Attack Ourselves – A futuristic London, where the NHS now turns you into a cyborg who is guaranteed to scare away loved ones. I identified the theme of humanity here, the red shawl a possible symbol for the main character’s humanity; the loss of it, the identification of it as something valued in a tender moment, the key to him remembering his past, and finally, the return of the shawl, covering him when he committed cyborg suicide.

Gumdrop – “Everything’s a matt painting, everything’s an illusion, and it’s constantly changing” – Again, the themes of humanity and robots are drawn upon. This film managed to touch on the uncanny valley here for me as the human emotions paired to Gumdrop, an elegant white vacuum cleaning robot,  struck a discord in me and made me feel slightly uncomfortable.

The Chase – Impressive multi-modal story that unfolds on our desktop, for some reason I feel like the MSCEDC lifestream should be looking like this! It’s also impressive how the action develops through skeumorphs and everyday desktop items we take for granted.

Finally, here is a link to Herbie Hancock’s Rockit video, not only a great song but also a chance to stroll through the uncanny valley with Jim Whiting’s weird robot-like sculptures.