A nervous intern joins the office that secretly runs the world. A routine assignment turns into an incident; the institution treats the near-apocalypse as another working day.
FULL FILM / 05:15 / ENGLISH
THE IDEA
Make the audience recognize the office before they question the conspiracy. The joke depends on the gap between the scale of the event and the employees’ ordinary behavior.
MY ROLE
Concept, character development, visual direction, AI production and editing.
PROCESS
01 / WRITE THE SITUATION
A first-day story gives the audience a point of view. Character objectives, a workplace accident and an awkward institutional reward create the dramatic spine.
02 / DESIGN A SHARED WORLD
Character alternatives, selected reference sheets and connected environment plates establish the cast, costume, palette and geography.
03 / DIRECT AND FINISH
Shot-specific prompts define performance, camera behavior and continuity. Generated scenes are assembled into the full film, also used for the home-page preview.
MAKING THE WORK
PERFORMANCE / EMBARRASSMENT BEFORE SPECTACLE
The synopsis describes an intern too polite to ask questions who spends her first morning trying to look competent. The scene direction includes hesitations and delayed reactions.
Character studies, reference sheets and the finished film are shown below.
CAMERA / A DOCUMENTARY CREW THAT ARRIVES LATE
The production direction favors a distant, shoulder-held observer, restrained reframing and camera corrections that lag behind the action. Interviews use a more stable, repeated setup.
The project brief specifies a distant documentary observer, late reframing and a repeated locked interview setup.
CONSISTENCY / RECURRING CAST AND LOCATIONS
Character sheets identify the recurring cast. Meeting-room references include the ensemble and multiple views of the room.
These materials provide character and location references for the final gathering.
DECISIONS ON SCREEN
The extraordinary treated as ordinaryA shared workplace for the castThe institution rewards the incident
FINDING THE INTERN
Four character studies explore different balances of awkwardness, confidence and everyday office dress. Wardrobe, silhouette, glasses and facial detail are considered together.
STUDY 01 / Navy corduroy, olive layers and a sharper silhouetteSTUDY 02 / Dark tailoring, a pleated skirt and oversized glassesSTUDY 03 / Soft pink tailoring, mismatched layers and warm-toned glassesSTUDY 04 / An oversized jacket, a long skirt and heavier frames
THE CHARACTER WORLD
Eight character sheets introduce the intern, her boss, colleagues, receptionist, news presenter, storekeeper and Bigfoot. Costume, silhouette and facial details distinguish the roles.
THE INTERN / Selected character sheetTHE BOSS / Character sheetTHE COLLEAGUE / Character sheetTHE TIRED COLLEAGUE / Character sheetTHE RECEPTIONIST / Character sheetTHE NEWS PRESENTER / Character sheetTHE STOREKEEPER / Character sheetBIGFOOT / Character sheet
THE DEPARTMENT
The full environment study treats the department as a connected place: control panels, desk geography, the TV corner and the interview setup.
THE DEPARTMENT / Open-space layoutTHE DEPARTMENT / Closer view of the controlsTHE DEPARTMENT / TV cornerINTERVIEWS / A controlled talking-head setup
ARRIVING AT WORK
The institutional exterior and parking studies put an absurd premise inside a very ordinary working day.
EXTERIOR / Main entrancePARKING / Establishing viewPARKING / A small car squeezed between two large onesPARKING / The same situation from the frontPARKING / Exit view
BETWEEN ROOMS
The hall, corridors and elevator connect the public face of the institution to its hidden machinery.
THE HALL / Dome and central globeTHE CORRIDOR / A glimpse behind the scenesTHE CORRIDOR / Elevator approachTHE ELEVATOR / Interior study
A WORLD BEYOND THE DESKS
A cafeteria, a news studio and meeting-room angles expand the world beyond the central office.
THE CAFETERIA / Shared routinesTHE NEWS STUDIO / The public-facing setMEETING ROOM / Toward the stageMEETING ROOM / Toward the audience