How to make a good sci-fi space helmet - Interviewing the filmmakers of sci-fi film Prospect
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
- David interviews filmmakers Zeek Earl and Matt Acosta about how they designed the space helmets of Prospect. Prospect is available on video on demand on March 8th.
Read a written version of this interview: www.slashfilm.com/?p=540829
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Prospect is such a beautiful and immersive movie. Thanks for making this interview, it gives great insight to the production process, which is quite unique. The creativity really shines through. I imagine shooting the forest scenes was also quite exciting, I'm very much in love with the lush forests in the Seattle area.
If you also loved the forest setting, you might be interested in or already know another beautiful low-budget movie shot in Washington: Leave no trace (2018), highly suggested.
I like this format, I hope you do other interviews with the Seattle film making scene.
Great content. Saw the thumbnail and thought this was another Adam Savage video on my Tested feed.
Definitely an inspiring interview for an aspiring filmmaker such as myself.
Great interview. Thanks, David!
awesome, thanks for the interview, really looking forward to watch the movie and hope they can come up with more movies to make
Awesome video Dave! Keep up the great work. Cool to see Seattle filmmakers getting some love.
Hey David, thanks for this! This video is very educational, informative, and entertaining! I've learned so much in 12 minutes from Zeek Earl and Matt Acosta, they are very cool guys! I will take their tips to heart! I look forward to seeing more of your videos! You just earned a new subscriber! 🙂
This is rad, Dave! Really looking forward to more content like this in the future. Also can’t wait to check out this movie, it looks gorgeous and I looooove me some Pedro Pascal.
Absolutely loved the movie, amazing work!
I really liked this movie and hope to see this team continue making good Sci-Fi movies.
A really great video, Dave, thanks. A really fascinating insight into a unique film making process. I liked the angle you took here with the helmets. It’s got me very excited for Prospect. Do you know if the VOD release is US only or is it a global release date?
Great interview. ⭐⭐⭐⭐Delving into a specific aspect of the project makes this more enjoyable and sets it apart from most cookie-cutter interviews.
Did you discuss any other specifics about the film with them?
This film is so unique and the quality is so high, it deserves a behind the scenes documentary and an "Art of the film" book.
Thank you!⭐⭐⭐⭐
great movie and also great interview, gg!
I enjoyed this video, even if it wasn't exactly a match for the description: I thought this was going to go step by step and show how the helmets were made, not dealing with the problems of the shoot (altho, of course, they are related, but...). Also, I was hoping there would be some nice full clear images of the suits outside of clips from the film itself, so they could be studied clearly. If the description had said "the challenge of filming space suits" or something along those lines our expectations would've been far more in line with what's actually in the video.
Im building this exact suit as a cosplay and i gotta think of how to make this helmet without a lot of expensive equipment!
How's that going? Did it work?
@@pedrox96 so far I've sewn the basic base suit and starting making the extra bits but the helmet is proving tricky. I'll update once i find a solution though!
@@tiff8683 Nice! Are you strictly following one of the characters for the cosplay, or just making a general space kit that resembles the film vibe?
I loved what they did in Prospect, such a rich world they created with so little. I use many of its visual details as an inspiration for the sci fi short film I'm currently writing.
You mentioned having trouble with the helmet. If I may say, and if you're willing to try diffent styles, one really cool concept for the helmet would be using one of those full-face diving mask as the visor. You can remove the breather and integrate the mask with a motorcycle helmet, and end up with something like this:
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You do keep me updated! Have a nice one.
@@pedrox96 I'm hoping to follow Ezra, as I have similar hair and he's my fave from the film - but accuracy may depend on what materials I can source in lockdown!
It's such a rich world, I like the very nuanced worldbuilding and how different it is to other sci-fi movie worlds. Good luck with your short by the way!
I've been considering the flat-style helmets as my backup option, theyd be much easier to create! Gonna add a lil fan too for the inside so I don't get fogging, plus the (thankfully easy!) mics that they use.
Have a good 'un and stay safe 😊
The emphasis on practical effects makes this film feel like the original Alien film
Pedro is a great actor, but I’m not sure I could see him working inside a helmet for a long time
Very interesting film.I´ve seen it and I like it. But: Do I know now, how to make a good space helmet? Nope.
I feel like you could do videos like nerdwriter1 and NowYouSeeIt really well
For fogging they could have looked at something like PinLock in motorcycle helmets!
well you can design special helmet like Mission Impossible Fallout is wear by Tom Cruise
Look up Class M planets Zeek...
Wonderful .Now here is another indy film that I will steal ideas ..oops i mean acquire inspiration from
For the love of God, would you Indie filmmakers PLEASE START USING TRIPODS. Nothing screams amatuer like handheld no matter how great your story and effects are.
the aesthetics of the movie were nice, the plot not so much.