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1.) TITLE: Burner Face

2.) LOG-LINE: "The Street Finds Its Own Use for Things"

3.) GENRE: Design Fiction (fantasy based on actual technology and trends)

4.) DESCRIPTION: Burner Face is a 5 episode cinematic audio drama about a plausible Seattle a century from now. Taking current climate projections and technology futurism as given, the series explores issues of privacy, identity and personality in 22nd century Seattle. At the same time, Burner Face exposes its audiences to machine learning, facial recognition, drones, natural language processing, blockchain, brain computer interfaces, and many other AI sub disciplines. Burner Face is a kick-ass story with a continuing education back-end about climate change and emerging technologies. The series helps people focus their imaginations, and speculate better about near future worlds.

5.) PUBLICATION: Season 1: 30 October - 3 December 2021

  • PILOT: "The Solstice Festival" 39:51

  • EPISODE 2: "Meeting PLATO" 29:23

  • EPISODE 3: "Spooky Action at a Distance" 29:20

  • EPISODE 4: "Centaur Combat" 45:38

  • EPISODE 5: "Flight to Deception Pass" 51:45

6.) MEDIA PLATFORMS:

https://www.burnerface.com for the full Rich Media & Community Experience.

7.) UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES:

a.) Scripted audio sci-fi drama with a continuing education back-end

b.) Highly diverse Cast & Crew of 18 people with professional voice & technical credits across stage, film, television, animation, AAA gaming, branded communication, and e-learning.

c.) Independent production built on a unique rich media platform.

d.) Dramatic and technical integration of human & AI voice acting and performance.

e.) Purpose built, interactive map of Puget Sound after 22m sea level rise in 100 years.

f.) 2.5yrs of development with a curated research database of >800 articles and assets

g.) Customized to today's COVID-normalized virtual learning habits and environments

CONTACT:

John du Pre Gauntt, writer/director/narrator

email (preferred): john.gauntt@theaugmented.city

mobile:+1-206-618-8131

https://www.linkedin.com/in/johngauntt/

Learn more at Burner Face