At a relatively young age they knew they‘d left the curriculum behind them. It’s not that they were being schooled more, or that they were inordinately bright. It’s just that their curiosity took them into the next horizon in music, creativity and collaborations. The era of Gen Zs* out-digitalizing their…

It’s a question my Masters student will answer this week and it’s the focus for what I hope will be a lively debate between Professor Richard Tait and I before an audience. Professor Tait, a veteran and well respected news exec, will argue in favour of; I have the unenviable…

Our experiences are as unique as our DNA, and yet they might often overlap with others and hence become a paradigm — a recognisable pattern that expands and leads to new deeper understanding. Often, the nature of our stories remain hidden, either because we attach little value to their external…

2024 may likely witness a surge in non-fiction films; for instance starting the super doc made from a bedroom near you. The thread that binds these two Hollywood movies, ‘Minority Report’ and ‘Benjamin Button’ is the elasticity of time, presence and predictive reality. In one, human AIs, precogs, extrapolate the…

It’s as intriguing as it is disturbing, the idea of a hybrid-sentient clone taking on your memories and experiences and ultimately replacing you. How far off are we from this? That’s the script for Swan Song (Apple films) by Oscar winning director Benjamin Cleary starring Hollywood winners and heavyweights Mahershala…

A short video explainer collapsing two time-framed projects, contemporary historical narratives using first hand purposeful newly discovered archives, and the innovative use of of AI in research-based stories. The former continues to expand and gain attention. The latter requires more focus and academic rigour than is given at the moment…

How can AI assist documentary makers and factual filmmakers tell rich but previously inert stories? Here’s a case presented to the British Screen Forum which is “where the best informed and most influential people in the UK screen sectors convene to interrogate issues of importance and influence” A 25-year-old policeman…

[Please note the following interviews with leading foreign correspondents took place before current events] Soldiers who’ve experienced combat can often return to civilian (civvy) street piqued by its normality, even surrealism. One minute you’re in a theatre of war fighting for your life, the next you’re pushing a shopping trolley…

AI being used for non-fiction sounds like a contradiction in terms, says Jon Gisby, Chair of the influential British Screen Forum. He’s right. I don’t disagree. AI has come to be associated with non-fiction storytelling, particularly sci-fi movies, such as Ridley Scot’s Blade Runner, Spielberg’s AI and the forthcoming Gareth…