LIMINAL | Omeleto Sci-Fi
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- A scientist deals with a secret experiment.
LIMINAL is used with permission from Collin Davis and Matt Litwiller. Learn more at observatory.media.
Gwen is the lead scientist on a secret experiment to transport humans through space with teleportation. She heads to the rooftop of her building on a smoke break, her mind preoccupied with the newest discoveries in her work and its recent implications.
She encounters Tim, a co-worker she's never met before, on the rooftop, and as they talk, it becomes clear that a disastrous mistake has been made.
Co-writing and directing team Collin Davis and Matt Litwiller -- along with cinematographer Doug Potts -- have crafted a unique take on the sci-fi genre. Like many stories in the genre, the writing uses future possible technology as a springboard to explore ideas of what it means to be a human and reach the farther frontiers of knowledge.
But its distinctions focus less on special effects or thriller-like plot manipulation and more on ideas, performance and contemplation. The most prominent element of the short is the long one-take performance shot that the the rest of the film is sculpted around.
Essentially a conversation and a confession, Gwen is haunted by her research, weighed down with the secretive yet profound work. Her co-worker Tim -- who works at the same facility -- is friendly and easygoing, and his manner gets Anna to open up. As Anna unloads a torrent of ideas, emotions and memories, the handheld camerawork moves around them, capturing the nuances of terrific performances by actors Anna Campbell and Max Lesser with a dynamic mix of push-ins and tracking motions that carves out tension and interest in an essentially stripped-down "takeaway scene" set-up.
There are a few special effects in LIMINAL, and the two sequences that bookend the short's centerpiece take also gesture at conventions of the genre. And visually its painterly use of light and shadow -- as well the eerie sky ambience of emerging night -- gives the short an spooky, haunted ambience that reflects its central character's mindset. The skies are subtly filled with strange, radiating objects, creating a world that's just slightly, uncannily different and more advanced than our current reality. Where this world is going -- and what we gain and lose in the process -- becomes the emerging concern, both for Gwen and for us as viewers.
With its emphasis on the consequences of pushing the boundaries of human comprehension -- and its haunting effects on those who have to live with those implications -- LIMINAL also shows the true cataclysms that threaten humanity aren't invasions from out there. They're the ones that humankind creates from going where no one has gone before, a ceaseless quest that pushes forward in sometimes blind, perhaps perilous directions.
I loved the way the background visuals hint at something very advanced and futuristic but is downplayed somewhat in favour of the short conversation of something even more fantastic. It felt so grounded and believable. Really superb short.
I liked this comment as much as I enjoyed this short. Seriously, well said!
She holds...soul responsibility.
So the first place they try to teleport a human was Europa? Like, they didn't even test it in the backyard first.
Lol
true
Thinking about what is happening in the sky 2:30 to 2:45 ... one would make the assumption they are currently NOT ON EARTH....who knows...
Human teleportation is very possible, according to quantum mechanics, but we're simply far from getting there yet. Drawing on entanglement, we need to transport all the quantum information of every single particle of a human being. But from what I understand, right now we cannot capture that information without changing the very nature of being human. Perhaps that's the message of this very provocative, very disturbing short film!
God I love this one.... It is SOOO FREAKY. she really was so convincing. Amazing
oh that could definitely be turned into a longer movie.
A lot of omeleto video's could be.
I liked this short. But it brought up and interesting question. when they teleported Harper did they leave something behind, or did they bring something back? Europa is a moon that may harbor life.
Exactly..
His soul did not transport
Commentary on mankind losing its soul in the process of pursuing technological advancements, only literally. I kind of love this.
A complaint I often have with sci-fi shorts is that they explain nothing, and get all pretentious. But this is nice and concise. The single-shot thing is nice on its own, but the setting and camera movement is what makes it impressive. THANK you for not wasting my time with this film.
They forgot the most fundamental axiom of space:
ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS, EXCEPT EUROPA.
ATTEMPT NO TELEPORTATION THERE.
Indeed, wise words. ACC 2010.
What that means
@@talkrealpodcast5198 it's a reference to the Arthur C Clarke novels, 2001, 2010, 2061, and 3001. Except in the book 2010, the above section reads: attempt no 'landings' there. Early on in the story when we have rudimentary communication with the lifeforms, aliens, who created the monolith, and who monitor the human races progress, they issue this as a warning. do/go where you like, but NOT Europa. If you like your sci-fi they're well worth a read.
If his soul could not be transported, then his soul never left Earth.
That was my confusion... whether it was technically his "soul" or not, how did it transport to Europa, but not transport home?
This is the problem I had with the teleporters is star trek: if you tear apart a human down to the molecular level, that person is dead. Even if for a microsecond. When reassembled it may have every molecule intact but that person you knew is now gone.
Well, the word "soul" is never actually mentioned. It could mean that he'd lost his humanity
@@TruDis01, thankew, thankew, thankew. I thought it was the case that it was never said but people are assuming that his soul went missing so strongly that i thought maybe i had missed something......or maybe i should look up "something". I do wish these stories would be more specific about the specifics or it becomes a chinese whisper....
What profit is it to a man if he gains transportation to Europa, but loses his soul?
this doesn't mean having no soul, this means having no empathy, which some mental illnesses lead to.
Terrific! You are left wanting more. Thank you.
Most definitely!!
Just make sure there a no flies in the pod.
Noooooooo, more please, take my money
I'm tired of open ended stories. I understand that the makers of these videos want patrons to support them to continue their work, but unfinished stories are sad and frustrating.
I agree in some cases, it's not as hard to have an idea for a story and play out the idea but the hard part is finding a way to a satisfactory conclusion, most of these shorts don't seem to have that.
I agree. Omeleto seems to do this almost all the time.
Okay, the soul did not get transported but who got shot at the end and why. Harper? Why? He has no soul and asked for a water. He shouldn't even feel soulless if he well... doesn't have it.
I mean of course - we know nothing about the soul and it's still an abstract construct but you know what I mean. Who got shot and why?
"Soul" is a funny thing to describe. You're saying a soul is required in order to ask for a glass of water/have the will to perpetuate one's own life. But I think some would argue that's biological instinct. *Bacteria* knows it needs to survive, but who would argue it has a soul? The point in this short is that something BEYOND simple, inherent drive to exist has been taken away from the test subject. He's alive, his brain functions, but he has no personality.
@@kylefrank638 love that comment
This was amazing!!!!! One of my favorite omeleto shorts of all time.
in other words you transported his body to Europa but not his soul, thus hence there being no human bond after looking into his eyes like his soul is gone.
This was actually discussed quite extensively in THE PHYSICS OF STAR TREK, and METAPHYSICS OF STAR TREK by several physicists. It's fascinating reading if you're into this type of thought and ideas.
Didn't Bones say that the transporter essentially has to kill you in order to transport you? So this guy she bought back was essentially a zombie, something without a soul.
@Übermensch how do you know that?
This was a fabulous short. I'd love to see more. :)
maybe soul got off and went too a pub
Oh, my god, I wrote a short sci fi story with almost the same idea as this. So neat, loved it
Harper showed Response to stimuli he was thirsty and asked for water but if a plant could talk it would ask also harper was harper but with the feeling of an ameoba. Unable to relate to other people (stimulus need response) if gwen had a glass of water in her hand Unharper would have just taken it.
As always, fantastic
This is a very Christian take on sci fi. The poetry can be appreciated and I quite like the actress acting, but the idea doesn’t pass the rational questions. Either a soul is not physical and it doesn’t ‘need’ to move or not move. Or the soul can ‘stay’ or ‘move’ somewhere, or even be geographically connected to a body, and that means that it is physical. (Just reassuring viewers stressed by the story twist, in the comment ^^)
Wanna work on such projects... I really really won't be getting distracted I guess.... But these experiments must be very lengthy and patience testing right?
It's odd to have an attempt at sci-fi that depends on pre-scientific beliefs (non-corporeal action, aka "soul"). Once again, no sci, and not much fi.
The ghost in the machine doesn't transport. Not yet, anyway.
Yes you can teleport a human millions of miles, but in the process they lose their souls. You are killing them and then reassembling them.
"Mechanically" Yes, "Spiritually" NO!!
So because his soul didn't transfer, he became a killing machine? Is that why we heard the gunshots? Because Harper became violent?
Yes. No soul or consciousness to stop it. A Very chilling episode.
THIS NEEDS MORE VIEWS.
Brilliant piece
Short and sweet, with plenty of cues to let our imagination fill in the blanks.
The Fly ?
Isn't it believable that such experiments must be going on somewhere on earth?
No it is not
I am Harper. LOL
Brilliant
Oooops.
❤️
Very good!
Dislike because its not a full movie jk😅
John Carpenter has a new film in the works it appears.... this would be brilliant...
oooo part 2 ????
I don't get why she was so chill at the end
she knew what was coming
This lady strikes me as evil for some reason
i didnt understand..... what happened in the end? did harper killed someone or the scientists killed him?
It's a good chance, the "volunteer" was an inmate on death row... SOME studies in the past that involved hazardous risk to humans MIGHT have been conducted with "expendable volunteers" ...at any rate...the volunteer (Harper) was trying to escape the facility and was probably shot by security.
welp. so much for fresh air
Europe is Jupiter's moon.
This makes me question life
YES!!! Soooooo Much YES!
Omg!!!! Amazing short movie!!!!!!!!!!!!
Supposedly really smart people smoking cigarettes. Go figure.
No one:
Lady: Solar system is getting smaller
That was great, now I'm really hungry
Why dont I understand this
His soul did not transport
@@Batmanen00 omg i didnt even think about that
@@Batmanen00 yup. The soul isn't molecular
What is with all this psuedo religious twaddle in modern scifi?
Filmmakers use trope to trigger emotional response and you know that science trope CANNOT trigger dread, right?
Because religion is actually neither "pseudo" nor "twaddle." It is an essential part of human existence. :)
Commentary on human nature is all that makes science fiction worth it. If all you want is laser weapons and starships, that's called space-fantasy.
@@kylefrank638 Well now both our opinions are out there.
@@onecardshort2934 Well, thank you for being part of the crowd that continuously gives studios the impression that no one wants sci-fi scripts to have anything important to say.