LOGLINE
A driverless taxi turns passengers into fuel.
THE WORLD
New York has embraced automation.
Driverless yellow cabs move through the city without hesitation.
Environmental metrics improve. Urban efficiency stabilizes.
Political leadership and corporate technology stand aligned in their message: innovation is inevitable.
The taxis do not malfunction. They optimize.
THE STORY
Floyd is not a revolutionary.
He is a man becoming obsolete.
A once respected journalist, he now watches the world accelerate beyond him, professionally, culturally, technologically. As disappearances are reframed as statistical anomalies and media narratives smooth over doubt, Floyd begins to investigate. What he uncovers is not sabotage. Not corruption. Not secrecy. It is alignment.
Between political ambition, corporate logic and algorithmic recalibration. In a defining public demonstration meant to reassure the city, the system scales. Its most powerful advocates become part of its own adjustment.
The narrative adapts.
The rollout continues.
THE HUMAN CORE
Yellow Digester is not a story about defeating technology. It is about refusing erasure.
As the city grows cleaner, faster and quieter, Floyd’s struggle turns inward, toward reclaiming dignity, connection and relevance in a world that no longer centers him.
Hope remains personal.
The system does not.
CREATOR'S STATEMENT
We live with the knowledge of extinction.
The atomic bomb exists. Artificial intelligence advances beyond our understanding.
We know, intellectually, that we will die.
And yet we continue, calmly, functionally. Perhaps this is resilience. Perhaps it is collective dissociation.
Yellow Digester emerges from that tension.
It is a story about systems we willingly enter, systems that optimize, absorb, and gradually reshape us.
The violence is subtle. It arrives as convenience.
It promises efficiency.
It asks for trust.
The true danger is not destruction. It is normalization.
WHY NOW + PRODUCTION FRAMEWORK
Autonomous vehicles are no longer speculative. Artificial intelligence is entering physical infrastructure at scale. Public acceptance often precedes ethical frameworks.
Yellow Digester reflects the cultural moment where optimization moves from convenience to governance.
Designed as a hybrid production model combining controlled New York locations with AI-assisted cinematic expansion. This approach preserves scale while maintaining aesthetic control and financial discipline.
The emphasis remains on performance, atmosphere and narrative precision.
Technology serves the story, not the spectacle.
PROJECT STATUS
proof of concept (12min) completed.
Feature film in development.
WHO
Created by David Van de Weyer
Co-directed in New York with Christian Ferm
A transatlantic collaboration between Belgium and New York.
CONTACT
david@eyetrix.be
contact@yellowdigester.com
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