The Human Experience
INTERVIEW SHORTFILM
DIRECTOR & EDITOR
Christian Fleischer
CLIENT
Free Work
PRODUCTION TYPE
Full AI
YEAR
11/2025
An AI Film Experiment on Emotion, Reasoning & Humanity
The Human Experience is a personal AI film experiment that explores a simple yet profound question:
What is it like to live with humans?
Instead of scripting answers, this project lets AI reason freely. Through a series of unscripted interviews with talking animals, the film reveals responses that are emotional, humorous, reflective, and at times surprisingly philosophical.
This is not an AI demo or a technical showcase. It is an AI-driven cinematic experiment focused on emotion, empathy, and perception — using artificial intelligence as a thinking and storytelling entity rather than a rendering tool.
Concept: AI Reasoning Over Script
At the core of this project was one main creative decision:
remove authorship where possible and observe how AI reasons and thinks.
A prompt structure with open variables was used, allowing the AI video model to decide:
which animal species appears
which emotion defines the character
how the scene is framed, edited, and observed
This approach transforms AI from a controllable generator into a co-author, revealing how reasoning, mood, and visual language emerge when the system is allowed to choose.
Unscripted Interviews, Real Emotions
All interviews with each animal are generated in a single generation.
Each animal answers instinctively, guided only by context, tone, and internal reasoning. The result is a series of intimate moments that feel closer to a documentary conversation than a constructed scene.
Humor emerges naturally — not from punchlines, but from contrast, timing, and perspective. Philosophy appears quietly, embedded in emotional reactions rather than explanations.
AI as a Storyteller
This project treats AI as a thinking system capable of interpretation.
By limiting external control and focusing on editorial selection rather than generation, the film highlights:
AI emotional inference
emergent narrative logic
subtle expressions of empathy and distance
The human role shifts from creator to listener, curator, and observer.
And we witness what AI thinks, what Animals would answer – and think about humans.
Production Approach (Experimental Workflow)
The production was intentionally open-ended and iterative:
Extensive prompt exploration to allow emotional range and randomness
Hundreds of AI-generated sequences to capture nuance and variation
Careful editorial selection to shape meaning without rewriting intent
This process explores documentary editing more than traditional filmmaking.
Why I MADE This Film
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To explore AI reasoning through emotion, not instruction
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To test whether AI-generated cinema can carry philosophical weight
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To examine how non-human perspectives reflect human behavior
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To create space for quiet meaning, humor, and ambiguity
The Human Experience sits between film, experiment, and conversation — inviting viewers to reflect rather than consume.
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FAQ
What kind of AI film is The Human Experience?
It is an experimental AI film focused on emotion, philosophy, and reasoning rather than narrative or commercial storytelling.
Were the interviews scripted or directed?
No. All responses were generated unscripted, allowing the AI to reason and react freely within an emotional and cinematic context. Only the editing was human directed and curated.
What role does AI play in the storytelling Here?
AI acts as a storyteller and interpreter, determining emotion, perspective, and visual language, while human interaction focuses on curation and structure.
Which AI tools were used to create this film?
The project was created primarily with Google DeepMind Veo 3.1 for video generation, ChatGPT for prompt exploration, and Adobe Premiere Pro for editorial curation and final assembly.