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Morgan Elliot against the clockwork imagery of The Sign of Three

Feature film in active production

An original dieselpunk noir espionage thriller set in a reimagined London in 1936, where the future has arrived early and brought trouble with it.

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The Sign of Three, a dieselpunk noir feature from The Casebook of Morgan Elliot

Featured Story: The Sign of Three

An original dieselpunk noir espionage thriller set in a reimagined London in 1936, where the future has arrived early but as usual humanity remains unfashionably late.

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AI Says Yes Where the Film Industry Says No

Latest from Stories in Code: AI Says Yes Where the Film Industry Says No

The real question about generative AI in film is not whether it can make images. It is whether the film industry can survive the loss of the gate mark...

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AI Filmmaking Summer Studio

Virtual Story Lab Enrolments Open: AI Filmmaking Summer Studio

This five-day summer studio introduces a practical, production-focused AI filmmaking workflow, guiding participants from initial idea to finished short film through visual development, motion, sound, dialogue and editing.