![]() Yet when you sit down and watch it, the movie feels alive, and gets you deeply invested in its characters, because writer-director Siân Heder went to such lengths to spend time with the kinds of people she portrays, and to understand the desires and details that make them human. ![]() On one hand, the 2022 Best Picture winner, CODA, might sound formulaic: it’s a movie about a child of dead adults who wants to escape her small town through music. Great films pull us in so completely that we forget we’re watching a work of fiction, carefully crafted by deeply committed experts in their field. What makes great scripts great are things that feel authentic, surprising, and human. Most stories follow a similar format, and many follow similar formulas, and many have the same old reveals, twists and surprises. Of course, this happens with human scripts as well. Some patterns emerge: redundancy, predictability, twists we’ve seen many times before, things that don’t always feel logical. I’ve asked ChatGPT to do a few other exercises, including writing scenes for a script started by a real, incompetent human (me). What ChatGPT has written above is not very good. The camera fades to black, and the credits roll.įirst, if you’re an executive of the “make it go viral” variety, please understand this core point, if nothing else: The moments of connection, the acts of kindness, the little things that remind us that we’re all in this together. Not just the big victories, but the small ones, too. The camera lingers on Tashi and Sonam, standing together and watching the happy scene.ĬHERYL (V.O.) Because that’s what it’s all about. We can appreciate the moments of joy, and we can hold on to the hope that someday, justice will be served. But it did come up with this hopeful conclusion:ĬhatGPT wasn’t able to keep things going for 120 pages, sadly, but did wrap things up on a hopeful note, with a voiceover from Cheryl:ĬHERYL (V.O.) But in the meantime, we can celebrate the victories. TASHI (disbelieving) What? How is that even possible?ĬhatGPT couldn’t sustain 120 pages, I’m afraid, and no one is still reading this anyway. Tashi and Sonam look at each other, stunned. They’re not going to be submitting it for a Pulitzer after all.Ĭheryl looks up at them, a serious expression on her face.ĬHERYL (grimly) Because Darnell bought the Pulitzer committee. He says there’s been a mistake.ĬHERYL (reading the message) He says that they made a mistake with the article. I asked ChatGPT to keep going, informing it that I needed at least 120 pages, asking for more, and this happened:ĬHERYL (confused) That’s strange. Which seems presumptuous, since it hasn’t come out yet, but who am I to judge? I also asked for “a character who could be played by Cheryl Hines” and she was cast as a journalist who helps expose Darnell as a thief, and her editor tells her that her big article, which will come out in a few weeks, is going to be submitted for a Pulitzer. Thought I’d stop by and see if you guys could use a good laugh.ĭarnell turns out not to be a great guy, sadly. TASHI (curious) What brings you to our village, Darnell?ĭARNELL (smirking) Well, I’m a traveling comedian, and I heard about this place. Me cutting in again: I can kind of picture the Dave Chappelle character saying this. Many homes were destroyed, and we lost many lives.ĭARNELL (nodding) That’s rough, man. TASHI (sadly) We were hit by an avalanche. It’s Darnell, a wandering comedian, played by Dave Chappelle.ĭARNELL (to Tashi) Hey man, what happened here? ChatGPT invented a character named “Darnell.” I also like The Red Hand as the name of the bad guys.īut, I was generally bored, so I asked ChatGPT to liven things up with a visit from Dave Chappelle. ![]() First, “whom he thought had perished in a mountaineering accident years ago” is a classic tell-don’t-show mistake, since the audience will be watching, not reading this exposition in the script. ![]() It’s Tashi’s long-lost brother, Sonam, whom he thought had perished in a mountaineering accident years ago. ![]() Suddenly, a figure appears from behind the armed men. I jumped in with some encouragement: “keep going this is great.” ChatGPT continued with the, yes, “AI-generated screenplay”: TASHI (in Tibetan, subtitled) We will continue to help each other, no matter what challenges we may face. ![]()
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