This may mess with your head. Imagine, if you will, a damaged spacecraft that is floating towards a giant sun – it is caught; being pulled in. Imagine also the effect on the remaining crew as the baleful star gets ever closer. Combine that with some jazz and you’ll have a sci-fi short called Aphelion […]
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Short film: Mouse-X
How to describe Mouse-X? Let’s go with sci-fi. In Mouse-X a man wakes up in a comfy chair, in a horrid room and with a mouse. He soon discovers he’s not alone, in fact, he’s surrounded by dozens perhaps hundreds of clones who are all experiencing the same strange awakening as him. The question becomes […]
Short film: My father, Excalibur and Me
This animation is the work of students at Isart Digital. I suggest they’ve got a promising future! I get “How to Train your Dragon” vibes from this in terms of visual style and even the set up. There’s a big, burly dad and in an awkward relationship with a scrawny son. There might even be […]
Short film: LIFE
A few seconds into this short animation from Pixelhunters and I’m thinking of Destiny. It’s the planet, the drop ship and then the well armoured Titan. Okay, that armour is pretty intense for Destiny so perhaps it’s more like Warhammer 40K. A minute or two later and I’m getting Sin City vibes from the narration. […]
Short film: It’s Payback Time
This short film was created by the British TV station Channel 4. It’s gone viral with more than 2 million views and part of the attraction is the surprise twist. The grimy world in this animation is brought to life wonderfully in the animation. The poor people seem so terrorised and innocent. Here are some […]
Short film: Space Cat Hob
This animation took two years to make. The team had no money. The result is a rich sci-fi filled with action, drama and surprises. What do you think? Does it teach you to trust cute things but be cautious of ugly things? Or perhaps it suggests to you that cat warriors would be too easily […]
Short film: Survive
Take Caity Lotz from Arrow and Harry Shum Jr from Glee and put them in a short zombie film together. Actually, the back story is even better than that as this John Chu project used Second Unit Directors who were stunt coordinators and the chance to write and direct a short film with action. The […]
Short film: Abiogenesis
This is a very pretty sci-fi short film. A strange spacecraft lands on a primordial landscape and a stunning but unlikely series of events unfold. This is stunning but also represents that intersection of super-science and “why would they do it like that?”. Just switch off your brain and enjoy the sci-fi-prwn. Hop on this […]
Short film: Uprooted
There isn’t a word of dialogue in Johnny Likens’ Uprooted but it’ll certainly make you think. This three minute film uses public domain images and video from NASA to create a powerful story of space and home. Likens’ quotes H.G. Wells; “Looking at these stars suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of […]
Short film: Super Zero
A 15 minute short film with a cameo from the mowhak sporting, NASA staffer, Bobak Ferdowsi. His invovlement in the first clue. There’s some sort of life out there… Super Zero is a zombie outbreak film. Our “Super Zero” is a comic-book loving gamer who has more to cope with than just zombies. There’s plenty […]
