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The University of Texas at Austin

Uncanny valley

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

The following report describes the pre-production, production, and post-production stages of the short film UNCANNY VALLEY, a film about a person trying to digitally resurrect his deceased mother. After his mother passes away from cancer, Anish finds a place where he can input data in order to breathe life into expired things. UNCANNY VALLEY touches on the subject of the proliferation of personal data and how it might be used to reconstruct an incomplete portrait of a given period of time. This report recounts the experience of producing the film as well as insights into the writing process and the pre-production process. Supplemental materials include a final draft of the script and storyboards.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Fine Arts
Level thesis:degree_level
Masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Radio-Television-Film
Grantor
The University of Texas at Austin
Year dc:date.issued
2013

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Murthy, Roshan T.
Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
  • Shea, Andrew Brendan

Subjects

dc:subject × 2

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Handle dc:identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/2152/23994
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/23994

Chain of custody

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Last updated
2026-07-24
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citation

Murthy, Roshan T.. Uncanny valley. Masters thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/23994