In a weird twist, robots may the ones pulling the plug on you. Someday soon robots will be the caregivers to millions of aging baby boomers. The uBOT-5 can carry out simple tasks and can spot trouble and call 911 if necessary. These robots will put LifeCall even more out of biz than they already are. Remember the “I’ve fallen… and I can’t get up!” lady? Ooooh, someone should remix it with the uBot-5. For your inspiration:
Guest blogger Jane shares her director’s commentary and production notes for the short film Nanjing Road exclusively with Mer-chan. Get updates on her film here at nanjingroad.mer-chan.com
This didn’t make the final cut in Nanjing Road. The editor said it was too random and it takes a few viewings to understand what’s happening. We only had a film permit for the taoist temple; the park police couldn’t issue one for the outdoor scenes because it was the height of tourist season. So we played it cool, hid in the bushes to let the tourists wander by, and shot our footage like film trolls under the temple bridge. But a tourist spied us and chatted. He asked to take a picture with Jingle. I took it but I think it came out blurry.
We’re back to Copenhagen! We happily caught glimpses of artist Lisa Strøander’s tiny tableaus at the jewlbox Albrectsens Galleri. We peeked into the windows of the tiny gallery (whoa, meta-diorama) and saw scenes of domestic disquiet: a mini figurine vomiting into a doll-size toilet. In a world where everything keeps getting bigger, it’s nice to see intimate scenes rendered so small and craftily. Check out the peeping video here:
We came across a series of burned out, trashed cars parked along the postcard perfect streets of Copenhagen. There was a wheel on the sidewalk…plastered with stickers. We slowed down and took a look, feeling impressively duped by the sneaky ad campaign. The eye-catching advertisement that was promoting (maybe — Danish is a bit rusty) a concert series. There were similarly staged accidents throughout the city. Check out our video of crashvertising:
