LIKENESS | Omeleto
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- A young woman and her A.I. mom investigate the disappearance of the real mother.
LIKENESS is used with permission from David A. Flores. Learn more at davidfloreswrites.com.
Kaitlyn is desperate. Some time ago, her mother Fiona disappeared, leaving Kaitlyn stranded in an emotional limbo of grief and anxiety. Fiona's case has gone cold, and in an attempt to revive it and figure out the mystery of her mom's disappearance, she begins interacting with an A.I. that looks, sounds and acts just like Fiona.
Using the A.I. avatar of her mother makes Kaitlyn uncomfortable and hostile; it reminds her of her real mother's irreplaceable absence in her life. But as she and her A.I. mother work together, she discovers a fuller picture of the real Fiona as the relationship with her A.I. one changes.
Directed and written by David A. Flores, this thoughtful, well-crafted short sci-fi drama blends a fascinating exploration of how we relate to A.I. and its possibilities with a powerful portrait of a young woman grappling with grief amidst a traumatic loss in her life. Conceptually ambitious and emotionally compelling, the narrative is structured as a mystery, following Kaitlyn as she attempts to unravel her mother's ultimate fate. But in doing so, it becomes a journey into someone coming to terms with the loss of a parent in more than one way.
Alternating between the bright sheen of Kaitlyn's video conferences with her A.I. mother and the more muted, almost drab naturalism of Kaitlyn's non-screen life, the excellent writing is initially propelled by the question of Fiona's disappearance. But as she uses Fiona's A.I. substitute to trace the breadcrumbs of Fiona's last known whereabouts, we also become immersed in the question of Kaitlyn's changing relationship with the A.I. itself, as well as the emerging picture of her mother in real life.
Kaitlyn initially hates the A.I. version of her mother, who seems like a pleasant but shallower version of the mother we see in the traces of her social media. As Kailyn, actor Mary Rose Branick deftly hints at the woundedness and sadness that fuel her hostility to the A.I. version of her mother, one that grows more complex as she unearths more information about Fiona that changes her emotions and understanding. In both versions of Fiona, actor Virginia Newcomb offers believable variations of the same character, one more blandly warm and maternal, the other complex and more believably flawed. As the portrait of the real Fiona and the relationship between Kaitlyn and the A.I. develop and complicate, a fascinating set of questions emerge: how far is the distance between the versions of her mother, just who Fiona really is and perhaps who ends up as the "better" mother.
What's fascinating about LIKENESS is how its A.I. character's growth becomes the axis of the most thought-provoking aspects of the film, as the digital avatar learns to step into the role of mother and give her daughter what she needs emotionally. Kaitlyn goes through what many children do as they truly leave childhood: they confront how flawed and human their parents are. And yet they never stop needing a parent's love and comfort -- even if it comes from a source they'd never expect. - Krátké a kreslené filmy
Hello! I’m the writer/director of LIKENESS. We’re coming off a very successful film festival run and are SO excited to finally be sharing this with you.
This was gold. Thank you for making it.
So where is her mom
This should’ve been a movie!
Wow.That was fantastic!! Everything about it,was perfect. You must be so proud!!.You are very talented and so are the Actors. X
Awesome film
Hi all! I’m Mary Rose Branick and I play Kaitlyn in LIKENESS. Thanks so much for watching! ❤️
You are fantastic in this. I hope to see you in more projects, short and long, very soon.
❤
@@kensheck2049 this is so kind thank you!! ❤️
Absolutely outstanding work! You truly captured some incredible emotion 🙏🏽
Good work! Enjoyed your performance 😊
by not showing the corpse makes this film sad rather than horror. great film!
Agreed! This technique is done to humanize the victim. Rather than exploit the terror and horror of murderers it brings in a human aspect that is needed. These things happen every day in America. Terrifying and sad.
I had a feeling something terrible happened. But AI can't replace her mother.
Where’s the corpse?
I'm not even done watching yet and I had to come here to the comments to say what an amazing actress this girl is! Phenomenal!
Both our actresses are award winners from our film festival circuit. Amazingly talented performers and gems of human beings. Thank you for watching!
They’re awesome. You did simply an excellent job with casting.
I felt the same! Someone please make this acteress booked and busy
Great casting. Was gearing up for a jump scare that never came . And it was better!
"Likeness" becomes so relevant, when you have experienced such a trauma. If Kaitlyn found what she was fearing she would, then she may be tempted to rely on that AI for many years to come as she attempts to cope with what she saw and try to remember the living image of her mother.
spoiler alert: i don't understand... she DID find what she was fearing, and all that she has left is the AI version of her mother.... or do the creators want us to think that after a person passes, they become the AI version of themselves? At that, again, she would be prompted to keep coming back to AI to continue the relationship.... I'm so confused. lol
Wow. Packs a punch. The acting was incredible.
LOVE to hear this, thank you for watching!!
Exactly 💯
Damn, this hit me hard. I really have to blame myself though (for watching content like that right now). My mother died 4 month ago and the realtionship with her was very complicated. She had BPD and alcohol issues, did "screw up" a lot and (together with other family members and circumstances) made my childhood difficult to say the least. I have severe mental health issues myself.
That all said, you really got me with the whole saying "love you" but not really meaning it. I totally, painfully relate. I really feel/felt like I have to love her unconditionally. (It's complicated. There was also a fair amount of parentification going on since I was a child).
Anyway, I'm already digressing too much.
Just as I said, you just really hit me in the feels. Being torn between being mad at her, annoyed and stressed by her, but at the same time still loving her. And now missing her despite everything.
The acting in showing that feeling was tremendously good. I can only imagine it's not an easy task to portray such conflicting emotion.
Sorry if this comment is a little weird. Just wanted to let you know.
Thank you for sharing your story and I’m very sorry for your loss. We wanted to tell a story that could attempt the complicated ickiness of real life. Not a perfect family.
I'm sorry about your mother's passing 😔. I suffer from BPD borderline personality and bipolar personality disorder symptoms) which I was diagnosed with at 18 years old 5 years ago so I feel you
Thank you for the warning, I will skip watching so I can have cohesive clarity today too much to do. NC since 2011 with Momster BPD.
The back and forth of want and need for a mother with the harsh reality for her the only way for peace is to annihilated me. The only person to oppose her and put myself and children before her. Complex, confusing and at times visceral.
Hug ❤It’s not your fault, dear. You mother had tramas and transmit you. You growed in pain and helpless. I understood. When parents cease to love a kid, the kid won’t stop loving her/his parents, but would stop to love herself/himself
@@alexkwan160 thank you for your nice comment
Finds her mom stuffed in an old fridge. Ack.
Good short, very well acted/directed. Thanks!
Nop.
@@RHKhan86 yup
Heartbreaking and yet a healing story. Thank you, Omletto ❤
Man. This hit home! her facial expressions are on point!
Beautiful story. Takes you on a journey in just 15 minutes. Made me think of my own mom, who passed 3 years ago.
Thank you for wanting! That was our hope. That anyone who has experienced loss can find something to connect with in our movie.
Riveting. Superb acting. Suspenseful. A+++
Very kind of you to say, thank you for watching ❤
Another masterpiece by omeleto. There are many ways people try to cope up with grief and sometimes people rely on methods that ease them temporarily but can be harsh on them in longer run. It was like a black mirror episode in a short film. Beautifully made and so insightful.
What a wonderful short film! Had kind of a Black Mirror feel, but it was also quite different as well. One hell of a performance by Branick!
To create that emotional intensity in a matter of minutes.. Brava!
Wow she got closure with a heart breaking finding. The mother acting was tear perking. Both actress were 😢. The AI emotions had my heart like she knew the truth. But when she said Mom I felt that. She had a moment she can get a second chance to her mom even if it's not her
Impressed by the emotion and suspense, all conveyed in less than 15 minutes! Well done.
Great acting! Kudos to whole team and both the actress too.
This short allows for more empathy towards people who have had to choose this method of making a living, and the road to nowhere that it usually takes them.
Sec work is not a road to nowhere.
Great short! I'm so glad Kaitlyn got the closure she desperately needed.
That acting was great. So much suspense in the stranger’s house scene! Loved it
Both women have real🌟✨ POWER! 👍👍
They are truly fantastic! And they both won Best Actor awards at the film festivals we played at. 🏆
Great acting!
It must be a real challenge to just face the camera and show the emotions of the character.
Well done.
A true testament to the powerhouse actors we had. 💪
so suspenseful and a completely riveting watch! Loved it! Such an interesting concept and always refreshing to see creativity alive and well in writing and filmmaking. Bravo!
Really enjoyed seeing this at Nevermore. One of the absolute best.
Great work, beautiful acting and directing, one of the best short movies I have seen, all the best to the team
This girl is an extremely good actress
Wow, I was so absorbed. Amazing acting. Thank you!
This was really good. An interesting take on possible future applications for AI. The performances were excellent and the story felt grounded in the real world. A very contained short film and a good example of what can be achieved on a small budget.
What a piece with a good script and great actors. I have always imagined of such a service as "Rezoom" after I came to know about AI-assisted services. Great imagination and scenes have successfully illustrated the near future in a real setting. The device reminds me of the "Space Imager" that appeared in the manga of Osamu Tezuka. While "Rezoom" brought a positive movement to Kaitlyn, the "Space Imager" affected the lonely astronaut to hate the kind Bird-People and evoked a war between races.
Absolute CLASS story-telling. Bravo to everyone involved!
Danger is always lurking on social media especially towards women
Exactly
Great acting …really overwhelmingly good. Bravo.
Great film!! Great actingt, concept, and story. All in just 16 minutes! Excellent job.
There was a true story where a girl found her Mom either in I think a freezer that her Dad had tied up, for years. The girl kept having dreams about her Mom, and finally looked in the freezer to find her Mom. I think this happened around 20 years ago now, and I think it happened locally in Michigan. Looked it up: Detroit area, daughter found Mom in 1989, Dad had told her Mom "disappeared" in 1985. Dad was a Dean of Students at a school.
😮😮 no way!
Sidenote: you thinking of 1989 as twenty years ago makes me guess that you are in your early to mid 40´s. About right? 😉
Wow!! the acting in this…..absolutely riveting.
This was a great little film that packs in quite a few deep themes. Very well done!
Great short movie. But its scary for whats to come - gamified relationships...
Great movie short. I want more!🤩
Great Job putting this together! Love the acting especially the AI! This really is the future.
This was a more thought provoking piece around AI anxiety issues than most of the Black Mirrow pieces. Your emo farmers are outstanding in the field. Dad pun aside, wow just WOW!
Great original story, great acting, great cinematography..........loved it.
Such a great short!
RARELY do I comment. MOSTLY my comments criticize. And this is the first time I've commented TWICE on one video! BUT HOLY S**T THIS IS EPIC! Brought me tears in TEN MINUTES!! You have TALENT me boyo! AAA++++!!!!
Truly honored we could get the trio of: comment, no critical comment AND comment twice! Thank you for watching!!
very well done!
Excellent film! Super well done, David!
This was absolutely amazing. Quality over Quantity. Well done!!!
This was so well done. Sharing💗
So well done! ❤
This was so well done! Bravo!
Great job!
Lovely. Great acting. Nice touch not showing the body, assuming that’s what it was!
quite good KI software for the mom looks real .. congrats :-)
Excellent!!
Awesome movie
Loved this 💙💙💙
So good!
Oh GOD!!! this was so INTENSE!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Great experience watching this. Very thought provoking
great actresses
This was very Emotional. Good Film.
HOLY S..T THIS IS GREAT!!!! BRAVO!!!
Great job! 😁
What a sad and messed up world.
Wow great film awesome acting writing directing 👍😀
Thank you
made me cry.
😭 Amazing 😭🙏🏽🌷
So A.I. for self help therapy and solving matricide murders
looks like AI will be replacing detective work.
Exactly on some Knives Out investigative detective work 😂
Great work all around!
Coming from you Azwan, means the world!
Really great job with this one. Great idea not showing the body
This begs the question if we needed real people anymore when AI can mimic us in all aspects including emotions. Maybe that's how anthropologists will study us in the future, by constructing virtual personalities based on our digital profiles.
I'm a new subscriber to your Channel 💚 Thanks for sharing ! .. I can relate I suffer with anxiety/depression and Bipolar 2 .... Kaitlyn is pretty young lady, by the way 😉
@@NIKITA35000 Thanks, actually was looking to cycle this Spring/Summer it's literally been years since I bicycled ☺️
@@NIKITA35000 54 yrs old, I am ... Thanks, most appreciated ! 👍🏻
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🤔🤔This is like the "Be Right Back" Episode of Black Mirror.
Whoah
I got to have the score to this short film.
This was wild.
Wait .. what tha....
I was about cry until the end credits started with the upbeat music, saved me from tears
DOPE 😎
Rose is likeness
Cops dont give up after 4 months. If they do, There is a whole different division that continues missing persons cases.
Spoiler Alert: ok... another brilliant offering but I need a wee bit of help from the creators to understand what they intended we take from the film. I realize that with all Omeleto offerings, the person is intended to interpret what he/she wants to but with this one, are you insinuating the avatar is the spirit of her deceased mum. Because if so, then to contradict one of the other commentators, she WOULD be tempted to come back to AI time and time against to reconnect.
Hi there! Writer/director of LIKENESS, thank you for watching and your question! The main intention or “what did we want you take away from this” is the what if? If you experienced loss and this opportunity of technology came up to interact with a lost loved one, would you? Would it even BE your loved one? The ending is intentionally designed for audience interpretation, yes. For what it’s worth, the direction I gave Virginia (the mom character) was to play it as if, for a brief moment, the spirit of real Fiona is here and the A.I. is no more and that’s how she played it 👍🏼
@@davidfloreswrites This is exactly the type of insight I was hoping to receive == your direction and intent. What a meaningful, thought-provoking film. It opens the doors to so many other angles..Thank you for the film and thank you for taking the time to engage, clarify and respond. Can't wait to see what you will be producing next.
@@yourbestfriendliz5832 you’re welcome! Feel free to follow me on the socials to stay up-to-date on what we’re doing next!
Good one and not too far fetched from the work they're doing at the Smithsonian I believe.
"Likeness".....of Amy Adams.
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Despite the good performance of both actresses, I didn't like the movie. Don't know if it was the rhythm of edition dragging a little, or the script... but maybe even the fault is in me, lacking empathy for the characters, the story didn't grow on me. But cinematography was fine too. I liked the way you represented the social media stuff and interface. Congrats for all crew for the effort, I know how hard it is to do that job.
Thanks for watching! Appreciate you congratulating the crew, everybody worked really hard. Sorry it didn’t overall work for you, but that’s the beauty of movies 🍿
Wow, never expected the quick reply from the director. I didn't want to criticize the job, but I couldn't find other words than "I didn't like". But as you said, that's the good part of movies, touching people different ways. I hope it finds its target and resonate well, specially on people who passed through that trauma. Cheers from Brazil.
I would have preferred seeing the corpse. That would have made this truly unforgettable.
On the contrary
women and their stuff. rich drama pickings.
She should have reported the incident. What if the guy does it to other woman ? You cant let a person like that roam free in society.
Even though we don’t see it in the film, safe to say she does 😉
The point is that we do not see what she does. Not even what she finds. All that is up to our imagination, keeping us thinking about it. All we are given is her shift in expectation when she is talking to the AI mom again - she does not need assistance in finding out what happened any more. Just a farewell.
I have no idea what I just saw. None.
На русский язык перевод есть?
First!
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Great film! Well done cast and crew! Big ups to @davidfloreswrites!!!
So did she find her mother's corpse or what? And did she call the cops? Hope so!
Was this supposed to be a horror short? Well it wasn't, but I liked it anyway.