Chit

Inspiration

“If fate never granted us the right to choose, would love still find us?” This film grew out of my long‑standing curiosity about death, consciousness, and what might lie beyond our physical limits. After reading Raymond Moody’s Life After Life, Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life, and listening to many real near‑death experience testimonies, I began to wonder: If death is not an ending but an awakening of awareness, how might we visualize it? Ultimately, this film is not merely about dying; it is a testament to those whose ordinary lives hold extraordinary tenderness. It is also a film I hope my daughter will one day watch—an invitation to consider what consciousness truly is.

How we built it

Concept Development I conducted extensive research on NDE, consciousness studies, and poetic accounts from factory workers and migrant labor poets such as Zheng Xiaoqiong and Xu Lizhi. Script Structure The film follows a five‑part progression of life, loss of consciousness, metaphysical awakening, cosmic return, and rebirth—interwoven with subjective monologues and feminist undertones. AI Visual Creation Midjourney for surreal and dreamlike imagery Recraft, Dreamina, Kling, Vidu and other AI video tools to build fluid transitions, hallucination patterns, and memory‑like textures

Challenges we ran into

Visualizing the “ineffable” Near‑death experiences, metaphysical spaces, and pure awareness do not have fixed forms. It took countless prompt iterations to find imagery that feels both unfamiliar and emotionally intuitive.

What we learned

Nonlinear structures express consciousness more honestly Memories, visions, and sensations do not arrive in order—especially under fever, exhaustion, or near death. AI allowed me to build a visual language that echoes this disjointed, fluid state of awareness. Creation became a way of seeing myself By reconstructing the protagonist’s journey, I found myself interrogating my own relationships with the body, suffering, fate, and love. AI is not a replacement—it is an extension of voice The most important lesson was that AI does not erase the creator. It acts like a mirror: the more honestly I confronted my own experiences, the clearer the images became.

What's next for Chit

AI does not help us escape reality; it helps us face it more honestly. I believe that expressions born out of genuine experience will always find resonance. “Chit” is my attempt to explore the edges of death, consciousness, and existence—and to offer a small light to anyone who has ever asked:What lies beyond the visible world?

Built With

• dreamina
• kling
• midjourney
• recraft
• vidu