🃏 Recipe Card

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📌 Title — Catchy, descriptive name

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AI Film Now: A Close Watching Exercise

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📌 One-liner — One sentence: what you do and why it matters

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Apply close watching to a medium still becoming itself — watch a curated selection of AI short films and develop the language to say what works, what fails, and what AI specifically contributes to the moving image.

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📌 Credits — Contributor name + link

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Recipe by Nadia Piet - independent researcher, designer, co-founder of AIxDESIGN, and the initiator of this Cookbook.

🧂 At a Glance
Difficulty Beginner
Group size Group (can also be Solo — see Variations)
Time 60 mins – 2 hours
AI tools Video AI (for viewing)
Tags #AIfilm #filmcriticism #closewatching #aesthetics #AIliteracy

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📦 What you'll make

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A set of viewing notes organized across craft dimensions, a curated moment to share with the group, and a collectively developed critical vocabulary for AI film.

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⏱️ Suggested timing

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For 60 mins: select 2 short films, keep note-taking light, focus time on group discussion. For 90–120 mins: watch 3–4 films, allow more time for individual reflection before sharing.

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🛒 Ingredients — Everything needed: tools, links, materials, access

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