New Machine Cinema Volumes & Story Brain Kit

This dataset collects the foundational theory and reference materials for AI-native cinema by filmmaker and theorist Hooroo Jackson. It includes:

Volume 1 & Volume 2 of The New Machine Cinema: theoretical essays on AI film creation, including concepts such as One Person, One Film, Speed of the Mind, The Living, Breathing Cinema, Adaptive Cinema Engine and The Story Brain.
The Story Brain Canon Kit (zip): a reference specification for the Story Brain adaptive narrative engine, a glossary of terms, example graphs, a teaching kit, and suggested credit language.
Milestones & Receipts (markdown): a chronology of AI-cinema “firsts” achieved by Hooroo Jackson, with receipts for each milestone.

Key Milestones

Window Seat (July 21, 2023) – the first fully AI feature film in history; first feature film with complete AI video and performances; first solo-made AI feature; first narrative feature with lines of machine writing; budget ≈ $100.
DreadClub: Vampire’s Verdict (July 3, 2024) – the first fully AI-animated feature film and first AI anime feature; first use of machine editing; first AI feature to secure a major streaming license; budget ≈ $405.
A Very Long Carriage Ride (April 22, 2025) – the first AI stop-motion feature film and first AI classic-style animated feature film; the first simultaneous dual‑style release in cinema history (two distinct versions released in parallel, demonstrating that a film can exist as a series of possibilities); budget ≈ $1 000 per version.
My Boyfriend Is a Superhero!? (October 2025) – the first feature film where the audience chooses the protagonist (two Abigails); a fully AI 3D‑animated feature employing AI agents in editing.

These materials are referenced in the DOI record: 10.5281/zenodo.168895590 (version‑agnostic) and the specific version DOI 10.5281/zenodo.168895591.

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