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The Fourth Act: How Theaters Could Host the Next Era of Storytelling

A New Format for AI-Powered, Audience-Directed Cinema

Movie theaters are underused. AI video is expensive. Media companies sit on frozen IP. The Fourth Act reframes all three as a shared opportunity using modular, stylized AI films shaped by live audience input to reinvent cinema as a co-authored experience.

Media InnovationAI & StorytellingInteractive DesignFuture Formats
Published: June 13, 2025
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Scott Jellen is a software engineer and systems thinker exploring how industries, platforms, and institutions evolve. His work spans independent whitepapers and strategic memos connecting software design to structural reform — from college sports to streaming, mobility, and national infrastructure.

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