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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- The Sentient is an original short film that was intended to be a teaser for a feature film. Please like, favorite and subscribe if you enjoyed the film. Please help us get the word out about our film -- share on facebook, blogs, twitter, etc. Thank you for supporting this project!
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Written, Produced and Directed by Gabriel Scott
Starring Allene Quincy and Nik Isbelle
Director of Photography Paul de Lumen
Edited by Doobie White
Music By Randy Kerber
Sound Design Jamey Scott
Production Design Darcy Scanlin
Wardrobe Design Julia Van Vliet
Military Consultants and Gear supplied by Tactical Media Group
Post-Production Digital Sandbox
Thank you for checking out the film. I used the RED camera (MX chip), Angenieux zoom lenses. The project was cut on an Avid system.
Thank you very much. We appreciate the comments and support!
Got so engrossed in this it was a shock when it ended so abruptly. Congratulation to all involved. Its a masterpiece.
There has been a lot of interest in developing The Sentient into a feature film -- and that was always the goal, so I'm excited about the prospects. Thank you for the comment. I really appreciate the support!
Great compliment. Thank you for taking the time watch the film and leaving a comment. The support is really amazing.
Thank you for the comment! Sorry for the extended credits, but we had almost 100 people working on the film (cast and crew), most of whom worked for little or no money, so we wanted to make sure everyone was acknowledged. The next one will have much more story!!
When i look at really low budget films, and short films what i like to see is a movie that covers up its uglies well, and is able to immerse you enough that you don't question the lil things that look cheesy or bad. Because its been covered up well. I was impressed.
Thank you for reposting it, I really appreciate the support.
Thank you for the comment and compliments! Glad you enjoyed the film, we had a great time making it.
You can't leave me hanging like that!! Great short I like everything about it awesome job!!
Thank you for the compliment!! There was a much longer version of that scene, but we needed to trim it back for the budget. Working on a new project now. Will post updates soon.
Good to see something that isn't the same generic stuff I see previewed on TV all of the time. This needs to be in theaters ASAP. Great work!
Thanks for the comment! Hoping to get more out soon...
Wow! This was really great! Moving and powerful. One of the best shorts I've ever seen. Keep up the good work.
Thank you for checking out our film! Glad you liked it. We are really proud of it.
Thank you for amazing compliment! I am very proud of this film.
This is a teaser for the feature version. Some of the elements were changed to accomodate the short's budget.
Glad you enjoyed -- and thank you for the compliment. This film was a labor of love for me.
Thank you!! Yes, in some cases, the audio was recorded in the studio. For example, the trooper dialogue and the voice emitted from the case were recorded in the studio. Additionally, a few lines of dialogue in the bathroom were rerecorded.
Again, thank you for viewing and commenting on the film!
In the feature version that scene plays out differently. We didn't have the budget to do what was originally written, so I choose to leave it open-ended.
Thank you for watching the film and the comments!
Can’t believe I’m just seeing this now for the first time… That was awesome 🤩
Thank you for comment! I appreciate all of the support.
I filmed the entire project at a single location in Los Angeles. Everything was shot in four days. I had the good fortune of working with an amazing crew!
Brilliant. I am excited to see more of this and more of who she is and her story.
Great short piece...absolutely succeeded as a teaser, as I would dearly love to see it as a full-length movie. You've done a lot with very little: a stark setting, most characters hidden behind a veil, and even the central character is unconscious for a good part of the movie. Well done!
I like the "Bladerunner-feeling" in this one. Good job.
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Thank you! Really nice to get good feedback. We are going to turn it into a feature.
Wow. There are a lot of well made shorts, but this had it all. Looking forward for more great work.
Thank you for commenting on the film. I hope you enjoyed watching it as much as we enjoyed making it.
Many artists donated their time and talent to this project. We also had the pleasure of working with the three oscar nominees. It was an amazing experience!
Are you kidding me??? More, pleeeeeease??? This could be an excellent tv series!
Excellent. Slick, smart, cool, thought provoking.
This was excellent! Strong storyline. I would pay to see the movie.
WOW! Pretty darn good! definitely ready for the movies!
This needs to be a full film, it was amazing! i love films with strong female characters
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the film. We've been trying to get the word out. Hope to reach 100k views soon.
this is superb -- seen it thrice and, still love it!
Hell yeah!!! Looks like it would make a vreat full length feature film!!!
MORE! GIMME MORE! GREAT JOB!
Great opening scene to what would be a fantastic film. Looks and sounds much more expensive than I bet it was. Nice one.
Although it's close to impossible to come up with an "original" idea in the sci-fi genre, this looks so different to anything Hollywood is churning out lately, it's bound to be a hit. I wish you all the best in making that dream a reality. The idea of someone suddenly realising they're not human, combined with the full on action of people chasing her. Keep pitching, you will get there.
How the hell am I just now seeing this?
Excellent work.
I must have more. This was fantastic!
I love the idea of that scout helicopter. Nice short movie! :)
Thank you very much! I am working on new material now. Hope to have something new very soon.
Brilliant short piece, kept me interested from go to whoa. Look forward to the full length feature.
This was top notch, I could totally see this as a SyFy movie!!
Truly amazing and inspiring. Can't wait for the feature length.
This was so superbad-ass!!!! Excellent work! You should totally develop this into a full length movie, it would be fantastic!
I would definitely love to see a longer version.
one of the best fight scenes I've seen on rather low budget ...and even most big budget
Not a compliment to anyone, I'm afraid...
Thank you for the comment. Stay tuned for more projects. Appreciate the support!
This was so well done! In so many respects, I can hardly think to list them off, very nice job!
When she breaks through the cement roof structure was probably the coolest part about your effects because you could tell you had some ingenious pre-production idea that would be better than any CGI and it clearly worked very well, but if that is CGI, it's amazingly well done!
This looks awesome.Great job all around!
The SentientFilm you are just to good keep up the good work
great short,cant wait for the full movie
keep up the good work
Very good! More, please!
Awesome short film, looking forward to the feature length version :)
could you share technical details about the production? as many as possible if you could please, like: cameras, editing software/s, systems used for editing/post, lenses, lights, location, budget, timeframe. thanks in advance!
Thank you! I think it will be in the festival circuit soon.
Very nice short film. Great idea and execution.
One thing I've learned from every sci-fi short that ever featured flying robots with gatling guns-- they always miss the main character at close range, even though back in the '80s actual ship-based Phalanx systems could shoot down missiles flying 700 mph a mile away, and the land-based systems could shoot down not only rockets, but incoming mortar shells. Nice production values though.
i agree, you would think that future fighting machines would have pin point accuracy
Sadly, the hero would die in the first 5 minutes. Oh, wait... it's a short film, so that's probably okay.
Maybe they missed on purpose so that the main character, who appears to be some sort of cyborg, is not catastrophically damaged somehow. Maybe she's a very expensive piece of equipment or has critical information that would be lost forever if she is destroyed.
I was more focused on the fact the bot barely made it out of the tub then nearly falls down trying to stand and 30 seconds later it kills 3 fully trained tactical personnel. I do agree with the Phalanx statement though as I saw them first hand when they were in the testing phase on the Nimitz back in the early 80's. 1 second of BRRRRT and what ever it was pointed at was shredded by 1000+ rounds.
So how come they don't send other female cyborgs after her/it?
I really enjoyed your film. Great job.
Got here 'cause of Nik Isbelle... Great short! hope you make the feature film.
Overall, well done. But I hope a few observations can be useful in putting together the next effort (spoilers, guys):
Four points about conduct of the characters, and some points about the technical details.
Character Behavior:
1. It took nearly a minute for the fugitive woman go from unconscious to barely able to stand in a dizzy fog. Then it takes her less than 3 seconds to recover from that barely-coherent state to outfighting multiple opponents with weapons, helmets and body armor?? Hasn't the screenwriter ever recovered from general anesthesia, or even a hangover? Clearly, the setup is supposed to maximize the impact of her display of combat prowess, and jar the audience with the change in pacing, but it was too abrupt to be believable.
2. You'd think guys with guns would have the sense to stay back and use their advantage in range, but in some films they seem to stupidly walk/stumble into their opponent's arm's length range, even after they can obviously see they guy in front of them get taken down for doing just that. This film is no exception. The reason real footsoldiers keep their distance from the guy in front is so they don't fall victim to the kind of human train wreck this film depicts. Thrilling, sure, but unconvincing to the point of being laughable.
3. The SWAT team were alert and vigilant in the hallway, and then in the room they're blind and oblivious? They can see her in the room from the hallway, but not in the bathroom from the room? Continuity!! Incredible. Literally.
When the scriptwriter, editor and director all know virtually nothing about actual combat except for what they learned from other films, do little research, and have no consultants, they inherit those prior films' low level of realism, and repeat their mistakes. It's like cinematic inbreeding, with comparable results.
So, a large dose of suspension of disbelief in human behavior (augmented or not) was required to stay engaged in this film.
Technical:
The wire-frame projection display of the woman's body was 2D, not 3D. When the director tried to use an angle shot, that gave it away. If you have to use low-budget VFX, have the sense to avoid highlighting their shortcomings.
Since we're talking about it, why did they even bother to display her entire anatomy? It's a _memory_ reconstruction treatment, people. Even if they showed a graphic of just her brain, which might _seem_ relevant, we already know today that memory is not localized in the brain; it's distributed. So, a visual representation of the brain would be useless for diagnostic purposes. You can't really do better than the traditional brainwave images. Old-school, but realistic. Use an MRI scan if you must, but don't stoop to pandering to the assumed geek male audience's lust for simulated naked females (again). This is _filmmaking_, not a video game.
The sound engineering was competent. I'd rate it higher, because the recording, synchronization, levels, mixing, volume, echo effects and so on were top-notch, but there was one significant mistake: the drone's engines. Getting a low-frequency booming hum from a small object has been the holy grail of speaker engineers for decades, so how could a propulsion unit the size of a matchbox possibly do it? The Laws of Physics say "NO". My guess is that the sound engineer offered a more appropriate sound, but the director wanted something more frightening for the soundtrack than a buzzing whine and some footsteps...
4. Unfortunately, using that sound effect causes a problem with the SWAT team's technique: Why bother creeping along quietly, when your drone's so loud they can probably hear it in the next building? You can give it silent / quiet engines, lose the drone completely, or just walk normally behind it... As it is, the team's approach and their use of a noisy drone are, frankly, glaringly mismatched to the point of being silly.
These errors are outweighed by the pluses, though. The acting was very professional including a passable German accent), and the cinematography, pacing, and visual effects (other than the wireframe hologram-wannabe) were top-notch.
And despite noting some of the film's flaws, I enjoyed it! Keep improving.
There's a lot to like about this film, especially the look of it and the pacing. Good luck with bigger things.
Fantastic. I want to see more.
very impressed... believable and great set.
I feel a little teased by the ending; I thought this was the opening for something lol. Very nice.
Very well Done!!!! Congratulations!
slick visual allusions to Battlestar Galactica, Artificial Intelligence, Blade Runner, Dark City.
Wow. This is excellent. Congratulations!
I hope you get to make this as a full film or TV series. Far superior to anything on TV now
How is it you guys can make such kick ace movie short as this. Yet there is nothing on TV to watch ?
+William Wynn because they did it for love and not for money, producers are scared and have no balls anymore and no one wants to invest in anything unless channing tatum or some other asshole is in it
Wanted More, But I Enjoyed This!
I loved it! - waiting for the full length. Its true that there are very few new and original idea's but I liked it so far. Now looking for the back story!
You're professionals, right? It's a great movie, awesome color, sound fx, special fx and acting!
Lots of negative comments, but at only 3:10, I am definitely into it. Kudos!
Nice movie i wish it was a bit longer; this looks like the future of things to come in real life. Hope to see more soon.
Just incredible...
Excellent! Great production values, great acting, great story. My only complaint? It was too short. I want more! :)
Good luck with the full version. The short looks really good for indie
Thank you for the very high compliment.
Loved it. Ended just as it was getting rolling! :-)
i like the open ending. great feel to the film
That is an incredible compliment. I will do my best to earn it. Thank you!
Very well done. I enjoyed watching this.
Congratulations. it's freaking awesome!
Freaking brilliant!
Nice job. Actually, very well done. Kudos to the camera work, VFX, and editing.
A very good short film! It looked really professional! :)
Well executed. You focused allot on pre-production over post. I'm amazed at how you kept your visual effects last, You focused on the story, characters, location, and lighting first. Good Job.
voila un bon début pour un excellent
film de science fiction
great job Gabe! badass!!
this film is beast. this should be a video game!
I loved it.... wish there was more to see...
I love the futuristic city
Thank you very much!
Well done!
OMG, this was awesome!!!!!!
She is The Sentient. Half-human, half-machine. There is a deeper story in there. Who did this to her? Why? Who was she before?
Yes, yes, yes. I like it!!