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The 2023 movie "Missing" was promoted as an AI generated film, but editor Zakowski reveals actually — most of the film was created with straightforward, out-of-the-box Adobe products.
Since 2007 there have been 9 movies singularly titled "Missing". The most recent has a 87% Rotton Tomatoes rating and stars Storm Reid, Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung. Missing (2023)
Sony's 2023 "Missing" was produced during the 2020-2022 pandemic parameters. It's story is depicted in a real-interaction format, having the viewer see the sequence of events entirely through computer screens and smartphones. While "none of the film is actually screen-recorded — it’s all built manually out of layered assets (desktop background, Chrome windows, various apps, mouse, etc.), so in some scenes, we were juggling up to 40 layers of graphics." Therefore, it is the editing that created an illusion...the feel of seeing through current technology which one would utilize in a search for a missing family member.
"Missing (2023) is the story of a mother gone missing and the daughter's frantic attempts to find her using her cell phone and computer. The promotion suggested the filmmakers relied on cloud-based and AI-powered tech to tell their story but an interview of one of two editors, by PostPerspective suggests otherwise. "Editing Missing: Screens and Smartphones Tell Story - postPerspective
Zakowski: Because we edited the previz during the pandemic, we relied heavily on cloud-based servers to share projects and assets while working from home. We actually used surprisingly few AI tools during the edit — most of the film was created with straightforward, out-of-the-box Adobe products.
According to "Decider" the film is fictional and a standalone sequel to the 2018 fictional film Searching, which was also a fictional story.
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