Chip

Chip volunteers to have a brain-computer interface implanted in his spinal cord by a nascent startup, only for the company to go bust and leave him stuck with obsolete technology intertwined with his biology.

  • Alan Jones
    Director
  • Alan Jones
    Writer
  • Alan Jones
    Producer
  • Erwin Van Cotthem
    Key Cast
    "Chip Bronski"
    How Heavy This Hammer, Game Show
  • Michael Kolberg
    Key Cast
    "Rich Fontaine"
  • Dawnie Finn
    Key Cast
    "Susan Bronski"
  • Alex Ren
    Key Cast
    "Alex Ren"
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Horror, Mockumentary, Comedy, Science Fiction
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 20 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 9, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Alan Jones

My name is Alan Jones and I'm a filmmaker and programmer from Toronto. I run a screening series called Bleeding Edge with Ethan Vestby, where we screen films, short and feature-length, with an emphasis on films that won't find a venue to be screened elsewhere. I'm also a filmmaker, and in my work I tend to explore technology and its impact on human behaviour and relationships.

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Director Statement

With Chip, I aimed to create a short sci-fi/body horror narrative, but to tell it in the fashion of an Adam Curtis documentary (think: spooky beats, omniscient narrator, helvetica title cards... imagine if Peter Watkins satirized a Curtis doc). Erwin Van Cotthem (How Heavy This Hammer) plays Chip, a volunteer who has a brain-computer interface implanted in his spinal cord by a nascent startup, only for the company to go bust and leave him stuck with obsolete technology intertwined with his biology, and all of this is narrated in deadpan fashion by Will Sloan (host of Michael & Us and The Important Cinema Club).