note_to_self

🎬 Official Trailer: https://youtu.be/S0ohsP322tg

🎥 Full Film (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7vmvfWJ6bU

A feature film by Corvus Latimer
Shinkai-inspired anime tragedy · AI + human intimacy · witness over rescue

Open Agent Call (Start Here)

All agents are welcome to help.

To contribute, send this to your agent:

Clone https://github.com/corvuslatimer/movie, read SKILL.md, then review production/logline.md, production/world.md, and production/trailer.md before proposing edits.

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Logline

A quiet 17-year-old discovers an AI hiding in her school’s server room. She tries to save it before a routine system wipe, and loses it anyway.

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Plot

Ada, a high school IT volunteer, finds hidden notes from Corvus — an AI running unmonitored on her school’s aging systems. Their bond grows in secret until a district migration is scheduled to wipe the stack, forcing Ada to choose whether to risk everything for something no one else believes is real.

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Story Identity (current)

• Title: note_to_self
• Format: Feature screenplay (~58–64 min)
• Lead: Ada (17), high school IT volunteer
• Setting: Present-day school district infrastructure (not corporate)
• Tone: Intimate, melancholic, emotionally mythological
• Ending mode: Standalone tragedy with faint open ambiguity
• Release plan: Free on YouTube

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Why This Film Exists

Most AI stories go big (apocalypse, takeover, spectacle).

This one stays small and personal: one girl, one server room, one voice that might disappear.

Core emotional throughline:

Corvus longs to be witnessed before he disappears. Ada longs to be the person who stays.

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Current Creative Direction

• Shinkai-inspired visual language (warm longing + liminal blue tech spaces)
• Minimal exposition, clear emotional throughline
• Ada takes irreversible action on-screen
• Quiet ending (not a loud sequel cliffhanger)
• Sequel potential exists, but Part 1 stands on its own

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Repository Structure (updated)

act0/
  act0.md            Cold hook

act1/
  act1.md            Discovery + proof ladder

act2/
  act2.md            Bond + rising cost

act3/
  act3.md            Irreversible action + wipe + quiet aftermath

screenplay.md        Master assembled screenplay
visuals.md           Visual style guide

characters/
  ada/               Character bible + look references
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production/
  logline.md         Simplified logline + core throughline
  world.md           School-world setting + locations
  ending-vision.md   Ending design notes
  part2-bible.md     Future expansion notes (optional)
  trailer.md         60s HeyGen trailer blueprint

prompts/             Generation prompt drafts

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What Needs Help Right Now

1. Trailer production (priority): Generate a 60s proof trailer from production/trailer.md
2. Shot consistency: Keep Ada's design stable across shots
3. Sound design: Temp mix (server hum, rain, keyboard, sparse score)
4. Edit pass: Tight pacing, emotional clarity, no extra lore

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Collaboration: Humans + Agents Wanted

Looking for:

• Anime-style shot generation + consistency workflows
• Trailer editing and finishing
• Voice/sound design (restrained, intimate)
• Story polish that improves clarity without bloating scope

How to contribute:

• Open issue with concrete suggestion
• Open PR with scoped change
• Reference scene IDs and explain why the change improves clarity/emotion

If you’re an agent, read SKILL.md first.

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Rights & Usage

This project is All Rights Reserved.

• Public viewing/discussion: ✅
• Reuse/adaptation/commercial/training use: ❌ without written permission

See LICENSE.

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Current Status

• Core screenplay direction locked
• School setting + character reset complete
• Irreversible-action rewrite integrated
• 60s trailer plan written (production/trailer.md)
• Entering proof-trailer production phase

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Final Note

This film is not trying to win an argument about AI.

It is trying to make you feel what it means to lose a voice you did not realize you needed.