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UNSLOP | THE MUSICAL

A film by Leo Blume

5 min 21 s · English, Portuguese subtitles being prepared · 2026 · Created for the Higgsfield Global Film Festival.

One person wrote the story and the songs, directed and edited — five characters, three songs, five minutes.

Horizontal poster: Ro-AN, with braided hair, and Vetkis, white hair and a glowing green monocle, face each other; Adam HIL stands between them before a lit festival stage. Lettering reads LEO BLUME, UNSLOP, The Musical, with the Higgsfield Global Film Festival logo.

Quick facts

Title
UNSLOP | THE MUSICAL
A film by
Leo Blume (Leonardo Blume in formal credits)
Running time
5 min 21 s
Year
2026
Language
English · Portuguese subtitles being prepared
Form
AI-made short musical film · five characters · three original songs
Country
Brazil
Production
NeoCortex Studio
Made for
Higgsfield Global Film Festival
Watch
youtube.com/watch?v=pEGh5Lib3qY ↗

Logline & synopsis

Logline

At the Cyvora Music Festival an AI band believes it has already won, a protest asks who gets named, and a veteran musician asks everyone to stay in the room — a five-minute musical that refuses an easy answer.

Short synopsis (≈60 words)

SLOP.ai, an AI band, takes the stage at the Cyvora Music Festival convinced it has already won. Beyond the stage, a protest led by Ro-AN asks who gets named: permission, credit, cost. Between them stands Adam HIL, a veteran musician with a Fender, asking everyone to stay in the room. Three original songs carry the argument; the film keeps the question open.

Long synopsis (≈150 words)

UNSLOP | THE MUSICAL is a five-minute musical film set at the fictional Cyvora Music Festival. SLOP.ai — Vetkis, Luah and Yuna — is an AI band that believes it has already won: Vetkis reads the audience through her monocle, Luah directs light and atmosphere, Yuna runs the console. Beyond the stage, a protest movement led by Ro-AN asks one question: who gets named? Her song, “Who Gets Named?,” puts permission, credit and cost on stage, and the film takes her seriously — she is not a villain, and she is not converted. Between the two sides stands Adam HIL, a veteran musician with a Fender, whose song “Stay in the Room” does not demand agreement; it offers to keep talking. Three original songs, five characters and a confrontation that refuses an easy answer: the absence of AI does not certify an ethical process, and the use of AI does not remove responsibility.

Five characters

Three of them are the band, SLOP.ai. One leads the protest. One keeps the room open.

SLOP.ai — the band

Vetkis, white hair and a glowing green monocle, singing on stage.

Vetkis

SLOP.ai · reads the audience through her monocle

The face of SLOP.ai's certainty: she walks on stage already believing the band has won.

Luah, dark curly hair and a yellow outfit, singing on stage.

Luah

SLOP.ai · directs light and atmosphere from her wristband

Lasers, haze and LED — the atmosphere of the show is her instrument, and it is never neutral.

Yuna, long dark hair, singing into a microphone on stage.

Yuna

SLOP.ai · runs the console: MIDI, tracks, filters, robot musicians

Every track, filter and robot musician on stage passes through her hands.

The protest

Ro-AN, braided hair and gold hoop earring, in profile, lit in amber.

Ro-AN

Asks about permission, credit and consequences

The voice of the protest. Her song is “Who Gets Named?” — she is not a villain, and the film does not convert her.

The human in the loop

Adam HIL, silver hair and beard, looking straight at the viewer.

Adam HIL

Keeps everyone in the same room

A veteran musician with a Fender who refuses to leave the argument. His song is “Stay in the Room.” HIL stands for Human In the Loop, as the film's own credits spell out.

Three original songs

All three were created with Suno under Leonardo Blume's direction and finished in Logic Pro and iZotope. The versions in the film are edits made to fit five minutes; the full songs are longer.

  1. We Already Won — SLOP.ai

    The band's opening statement.

    in the film from 0:00Hear it in the film ↗

  2. Who Gets Named? — Ro-AN

    The protest's question, sung.

    in the film from 1:58Hear it in the film ↗

  3. Stay in the Room — Adam HIL

    An invitation, not a verdict.

    in the film from 3:41Hear it in the film ↗

Credits

Every tool is named: that is part of the credit, not a footnote.

Story, characters, original songs, direction and editing
Leonardo Blume
Development
Buzz · Blume Stage Director (BSD)
Music & audio finishing
Suno · Logic Pro · iZotope
Visual generation
Higgsfield
Editing & finishing
Final Cut Pro

All digital actors and songs were created using AI systems under Leonardo Blume's creative direction. Terminal sequences: typography and motion graphics.

As credited on screen

The film's closing terminal lists these roles in English. They are reproduced here as they appear.

UNSLOP | THE MUSICAL

Written, Directed and Produced by
Leonardo Blume

NeoCortex Studio

CREATIVE & TECHNICAL CREDITS
All roles by Leonardo Blume

Story & Screenplay
Music & Lyrics
Musical Direction
Character Creation & Casting
Art Direction & Production Design
Virtual Cinematography
Animation & Performance Direction
Editing & Color Grading
Sound Design & Final Mix
AI Creative Direction

SONGS
We Already Won | SLOP.ai
Who Gets Named? | Ro-AN
Stay in the Room | Adam HIL

Adam H.I.L.: Human In the Loop

All digital actors and songs and story created by Leonardo Blume.
All songs and characters are 100% created in AI systems.

NeoCortex Studio

The author

Leo Blume

Physician · Musician · Filmmaker · Blumenau, Brazil

Formal credits: Leonardo Blume

Approved quote

“The tools generated the performances. I remain responsible for the story and the choices.”

His working rule, in his own words: “If it isn't fun, it's wrong.”

The story behind the film is being gathered for a documentary.

Short bio (≈50 words)

Leo Blume is a physician, musician and filmmaker based in Blumenau, Brazil. Between medicine and the music that never left him, he found in AI a way to bring an imagined world to the screen. UNSLOP | THE MUSICAL is his solo-authored film: story, songs, direction and editing are his.

Long bio (≈120 words)

Leo Blume — Leonardo Blume in formal credits — is a physician, musician and filmmaker based in Blumenau, Brazil. Between medicine and the music that never left him, he found in AI a way to bring an imagined world to the screen. UNSLOP | THE MUSICAL grew through writing, composing, listening, failed attempts, unexpected discoveries and hundreds of creative decisions: one person writing the story and the songs, directing and editing, across five characters and three original songs. Every tool is named in the credits — visuals generated with Higgsfield, songs created with Suno and finished in Logic Pro and iZotope, editing in Final Cut Pro. His position is the film's: the absence of AI does not certify an ethical process, and the use of AI does not remove responsibility.

Downloads

Click a size to save the file. The posters carry the title lettering; the key art is the same image without it. The stills are frames from the finished film.

Image credit: UNSLOP | THE MUSICAL · Leo Blume / NeoCortex Studio.

Posters

Horizontal poster: Ro-AN, with braided hair, and Vetkis, white hair and a glowing green monocle, face each other; Adam HIL stands between them before a lit festival stage. Lettering reads LEO BLUME, UNSLOP, The Musical, with the Higgsfield Global Film Festival logo.

Poster — horizontal

Vertical poster: Adam HIL looks out from inside a luminous ring, above Ro-AN and Vetkis facing each other; below them SLOP.ai performs on stage between banners TOOL? FUTURE IS SAMPLED and ART? FUTURE IS HUMAN. Lettering reads UNSLOP, The Musical — When everyone can make music, who is still in the loop?

Poster — vertical

Leo Blume in a black tuxedo: Directed by Leo Blume.

Director card — Leo Blume

Key art, no title

Stills

Wide shot: a huge festival crowd faces the Cyvora stage set in an old factory; the screen reads SLOP.AI under THE FUTURE OF MUSIC, between banners TOOL? FUTURE IS SAMPLED and ART? FUTURE IS HUMAN.

Still 01 — The Cyvora Music Festival

SLOP.ai performs: Yuna in black, Vetkis in white with a glowing green monocle, Luah in yellow, singing under lasers in front of a spiralling LED wall.

Still 02 — SLOP.ai: Yuna, Vetkis, Luah

Aerial view of the festival: a bright white stage screen between banners TOOL? FUTURE IS SAMPLED and ART? FUTURE IS HUMAN, a runway into the crowd, the band tiny on stage.

Still 03 — Tool? Art?

Adam HIL, silver hair and beard, plays a sunburst Fender in a dark shirt, backed by his band of veteran musicians among road cases.

Still 04 — Adam HIL and his band

Close on Adam HIL singing with his Fender in front of an LED wall streaked with blue light; the words OF MUSIC glow above him.

Still 05 — Adam HIL

The Cyvora stage at dusk: the screen reads HUMAN HIL IN THE LOOP in red and gold lettering with a guitar and a microphone, above the crowd, under THE FUTURE OF MUSIC.

Still 06 — Human In the Loop

SLOP.ai band key art: Yuna, Vetkis and Luah inside a yellow ring, SLOP.ai — Future of Music.

Still 07 — SLOP.ai band key art

Wide: the SLOP.ai stage under THE FUTURE OF MUSIC, pyro and lasers, the trio and robot musicians, a huge crowd.

Still 08 — The Future of Music stage

A fan in the crowd holds up a SLOP.ai — Future of Music T-shirt while the band plays behind her.

Still 09 — A fan and the SLOP.ai shirt

A festival-goer shows a T-shirt printed with Yuna, Vetkis and Luah, named under each portrait.

Still 10 — Yuna, Vetkis, Luah on a T-shirt

Contact

Interviews, screenings, festival and press requests:

Talk to Leonardo

Press e-mail: to be announced

Until then, Instagram is the working channel.

Keep the questions.
Keep the names.
Stay in the room.
Stay in the loop.

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