Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

Focus America

The Science of Character

United States
2014 — 8' / Color

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Synopsis

The Science of Character is an 8 minute collaborative Cloud Film that explores new research on character development and our ability to shape who we are. Many people in the Let it Ripple community participated in its creation and took the experiment of Cloud Filmmaking to the next level with a Global Cloud Premiere on #CharacterDay, March 20, 2014.

Director Biography

Honored by Newsweek as one of the “Women Shaping the 21st Century,” Tiffany Shlain is a filmmaker, founder of the Webby Awards, and co-founder of The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences. Her films and work have received 60 awards, including a Disruptive Innovation Award from Tribeca Film Festival.

Director

Tiffany Shlain

Producer

Sawyer Steele

Editor

Jesse Wakeman

Sound

Dave Nelson

Contact

Let it Ripple
Jesse Wakeman
155 Montgomery St.
San Francisco, CA 94111, USA
[email protected]