What if your factory reset came with an existential crisis?
A new batch of automatons are put through their paces by an unseen foe and when they begin to fail, each is brutally decommissioned. When JO 3.0 receives a memory flash it causes a serious problem as she begins to question her purpose... and whether she is a machine at all.
Practical Effects
Chilling automaton design on indie budget
Acting
Hampson's silent awakening carries entire film
Direction
Major maximizes dread in tight 27 minutes
Director
Jeremy Major
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The found footage format mirrors corporate training videos, implicating the viewer as complicit observer of exploitation.
Released amid 2023-2025 AI labor anxiety and strikes, the short weaponizes 'human resources' terminology against itself.
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