Search for Global Song is a short experimental cinema piece currently in post-production.
An algorithmically evolving online film, it tells the story of three strangers from different generations, who live moments away from each other, coincidentally connected by people and places around the world, and unknowingly collaborating to create a new piece of music. Different versions of the piece were shot by different teams (in Los Angeles, Twentynine Palms, Buenos Aires, etc.), and will be intercut automatically. The goal is to create a different experience each time it is streamed, allowing shifting contexts to provide new perspectives on the story’s themes.
It was co-written by REMAP’s Jeff Burke and Jared J. Stein, with REMAP researchers developing its system, and UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT) graduate and undergraduate students producing and shooting the first version. The project was the second of three Google-supported Future Storytelling research projects to take place at TFT—the first being Los Atlantis, and the third, Entropy Bound.
http://searchforglobalsong.com/
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television—2016-present.
