Master/Mind

The human brain is the most complex object in the universe. Our understanding of its inner workings has been shrouded in mystery…until now. New technologies are beginning to unlock the brain’s true potential, but at what cost to our humanity?

#mastermindfilm

CREW

Director, Producer, Editor: Francesco Paciocco francescopaciocco.com, http://twitter.com/fpaciocco
Cinematography: Will Atherton willathertonfilms.com, Megan Jolly meganjolly.com, Francesco Paciocco
Music: Luke Atencio lukeatencio.com, Marmoset marmosetmusic.com, Tracey Chattaway traceychattaway.com, Steven Gutheinz stevengutheinz.com
Sound Design & Mixing: Jeff Seelye digitaudio.com
Colorist: Sam Gursky irvingharvey.com
Artwork: Greg Dunn gregadunn.com, photographed by Will Drinker willdrinker.com

FEATURING

Alan Watts http://ift.tt/1kU0BA6
Barack Obama barackobama.com
Thomas R. Insel MD http://ift.tt/1OlsGyB
Sebastian Seung PhD http://ift.tt/1Ns8meX
Cecilia Abadie twitter.com/cabadie
Joel Murphy & Conor Russomanno openbci.com
Russell Hanson PhD & Jason Fuller brainbackups.com
Arthur Caplan PhD http://ift.tt/1LjFpem
Lydia Fazzio MD biohackersnyc.com
Raymond Kurzweil kurzweilai.net
Paul Begley paulbegleyprophecy.com
Nick Bostrom PhD nickbostrom.com
Peter R. Breggin MD breggin.com

MADE POSSIBILE WITH THE WORK OF

AutoNOMOS Labs autonomos-labs.com
Bastien Didier & David Guez
BrainGate braingate2.org
Cicret cicret.com
Deisseroth Lab, Stanford University http://ift.tt/1LjFpuE
Dr. Kavian Shahi snamg.com
Emotiv Inc. emotiv.com
Eric Mika http://ift.tt/1OlsGOT
EyeBorg eyeborgproject.com
EyeWire eyewire.org
Fitbit fitbit.com
Google Glass research.google.com
Imperial Tissue Bank, Imperial College London (Professor Steve Gentleman, Dr. Ilaria Bravi) http://.imperial.ac.uk/tissuebank
Lichtman Lab, Harvard University lichtmanlab.fas.harvard.edu
Martin Kelly
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research (Moritz Helmstaedter, Winfried Denk) http://ift.tt/1LjFpuJ
Mike Vella http://ift.tt/1LjFpLn
NASA nasa.gov
SensoMotoric Instruments http://ift.tt/1LjFpLp
Takao Someya Group, University of Tokyo http://ift.tt/1OlsGP0
TED ted.com
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory http://ift.tt/1LjFq1E
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Yong Zhang and Richard Huganir) http://ift.tt/1OlsGP2
The Smith Laboratory, Stanford University http://ift.tt/1OlsE9Q
The White House whitehouse.gov
Wellcome Collection wellcomecollection.org
Wyss Institute, Harvard Biodesign Lab at Havard University wyss.harvard.edu

SPECIAL THANKS

Sarah Balta
Alesa Blanchard-Nelson
Glenn Farrell
Martha Henson
Holly Story
Amy Robinson
Mark Watts
Jessica Wico
Brain Backups
OpenBCI
Mount Sinai Medical Center
NYU School of Medicine

EQUIPMENT

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera (primary camera)
Canon C300 (secondary camera)
Panasonic LUMIX G 20mm f/1.7 II ASPH
Zeiss ZE primes, 35mm and 85mm
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II
Metabones Canon EF Lens to BMPCC Speed Booster
Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro, graded with DaVinci Resolve and sound mixed in Avid Pro Tools

© 2015 Terramare Films, LLC

Cast: Francesco Paciocco

Tags: Master/Mind, Francesco Paciocco, documentary, short documentary, film, short film, brain, mind, brain technology, futurism, singularity, neural interface, brain uploading, mind uploading, brain hacking, connectome, transhuman and bioethics