Distance Sci-Fi Short Film
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- Опубліковано 11 лис 2020
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A woman trapped on a desolate planet, separated from her friend and only other crew mate by an incredible chasm, fights for survival through storms, darkness and loneliness.
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Really need to consider Corning Gorilla Glass 4 on the helmet.
Nice, good visuals, space, and it's planets, a very hostile place.
Safer than Chicagostan.
All these programs are on the mark short to the point entertainment
Astronauts being clumsy, arguably careless and throwing hissy fits ruins the story.......
I guess they missed the mental acuity and stress under pressure testing before lift off. He came back to be with that personality (her).....pfft..I'd rather be alone with rocks.
I agree not professional at all. DMV
@@hilaryc3203 wow your co workers must love you deary. ;)
@@glennparker5516 spoken like a true simp.
@@basedbear1605 That's Mr SIMP all caps
to you B.B. Enjoy ur day
Great short!
Music and sound design were great on this, as was all of it.
Thanks Michael!
I had trouble understanding the accents especially of the computer and the man giving the science lesson.
This is a great perspective, a sci-fi that doesn't guesstimate to far off reality of an alien world that doesn't look that much different from our own, I think, but at the same time perfectly inhospitable ,,
Well done, continuity and tension
Depressing endings don’t always make good sci-fi. But I suppose it’s easier to write.
I liked the visual effects and I loved the ending when she lost hope seeing him leaving, then the ship turning back to rescue her.
why spoil it for the rest of us. a55 hol
Excellent. Thanks.
Absolutely awesome.
Can’t wait
Excellent job 👌 extraordinary
This short begged me to take a nap
well done. nice closing scene...
No one will ever use GLASS that can crack
For a face shield
An anachronistic 1990s SF cliche!
J.C.
I really have no idea what this was all about-honestly. She crashed. She mixed up some goo that gave her abode some more power. She got emotional, again. Suddenly there was a guy from somewhere. She went outside and saw a ship taking off, then the ship came back and crashed.
Their ship broke apart...the guy was in the other part of the ship was her shipmate, she couldnt contact him before he found a way to leave the planet. Watch it again and pay attention.
Finally... Someone with a 'make sense thinking' as opposed to the 'ass kissers' here that cheer just by watching a fly take a dump... Cheap props suitable for a B- budget movie, bad acting too rushed and childish fit for a five year old tantrum and meaningless ending into a category 5 tornado type that this 'astronaut' could simply walk through without even a strand of her hair 'moving' or flapping in the wind... How does any of this make sense??
& the whole idea to this picture was ????????????? , ?????? .. ?????
I tend to agree. Dark stuff happened. As a friend of mine used to say, “And your point is?…”
He just came to talk.
That was awesome!!!
One of the best I have seen in a while hello from Australia
super rad
Very very well done
When a smile tells a whole story.
Well done! 👏👏👏
... what a bittersweet ending ...
Why "bittersweet" ?
This is awesome! Good job fellas!
that starship is cool
Well Done nice piece :-)
Nice!
First movie where the countdown was actually accurate.
Really good film...well done.
didn't understand it ... but still liked it .. thanks for this ..
how the heck do you only have 98 subs. ima sub to you rn....
Damn. Do these things EVER have happy endings? 😂😂😂
What? Did we watch the same short - pretty sure DID have a happy ending... 🤔
@@juliaconnell We must not have because the one I'm commenting on certainly didn't unless you're being morbid.
@@daviddamascus9657 no, not at all
Just I have a different - perspective - than most people seem to have (most, not all...)
Ok so the ship crashed - yes - the title is "distance" - re-read the quote at the start
Physical distance - her part of the ship, a minor part, broke awake when they crashed - she is now stuck with a literal physical chasm between them - physical distance
There is also visible distance - the conditions are very hostile - you cant SEE very far - she is relying on her technology - her scanners - to look for him, see if he is alive or not
Her communications array is damaged - more DISTANCE - they cant communication (refer you back to the quote..)
So she:
Doesnt know if he survived the crash or not, there are many 'distances' between them
Is running out of energy / life support -
Even if she manages to get the chemical reaction going (restoring power & oxygen levels - giving her more time, more hope...)
There is a major storm heading right for her - she is unlikely to survive
Just as she has lost ALL HOPE - her communications array lights up - *he* has "fixed" the ship
He doesn't know if SHE is alive
She goes out into the storm (which us JUST beginning to hit) - against the advice of the AI / computer (telling her, her suit wont survive the storm - absoutely true - the FULL FORCE - lucky to survive *inside* but the storm is only just starting...
She risks it, with her cracked helmet & all - to try to *communicate back* "distance" - quote...
He takes off - he has "FIXED" the ship - "dont leave me"
It appears that he does -
It appears that he flew off - without her
But THEN - he comes back !!!
He lands the ship (is it a bumpy landing - yes - it's in the middle of a storm - it's a two person crew - he's alone..
He does NOT *crash* the ship - as many seem to think - just got it working enoutlrgh to breach the chasm, so they die together - NO!
He FLEW OFF
he came back
You can see her broken communications array partly light up - all hope is gone - it - he - comes BACK
Rough landing (NOT crash)
Yes she survives the storm just starting - (slow - CAPTURUNG this moment when all hope was lost - prepared to die (you can see her give up - inside - before the poor communication from him...) - hoped again
Risked everything - went out into the storm (he left "dont leave me") - he came back FLYING the "fixed" ship
Yes - the communication from him WAS challenging to understand - another "distance" poor communication, lack of communication, misunderstandings
Not just two people - humanity - (maybe I'm reading too much into this - maybe - the combined work of a bunch if creative talented people..)
So he "fixed" the ship (her part was just a fragment - you can see it break away when they did CRASH onto this hostile environment)
He FLEW AWAY on the "fixed ship"
He came back - he came BACK - and rescued her - (she was in shock - expecting to die - savoring the moment - 'time stands still' at the end - storm only just starting - the AI/computer was right - even inside the shelter unlikely to survive when FULL STORM unleashed - but just starting
So ship is "fixed"
He came back and LANDED ( not crashed) the ship
(Maybe impact so we - like her - know this is REAL - )
Happy ending
What is this happy that you speak of show me so that I may know😶
@@juliaconnell His point is they're both dead.... especially after he crashed the ship. He didn't rescue her, he doomed himself. Did you really miss that part of the story?
Visuals a little on the dark side, but i really like this one. Kept me interested, and that is what counts. GOOD JOB!
visuals were fine for me. watch did you watch this on?
Interesting short.
I need to know how they do??
More to come? Well done 👍🏼.
I really loved this film as it was very well done. Two words: Clear tape.
But ya girl only had medical tape when she was about to die of oxygen starvation
Lololololol clear tape that’s funny as heck I got a great laugh think about that lolol
Two more... Cheap Props
Why does this not have more views! This was amazing!
You have very low standards. I envy you.
@@Clystron426 not low standards. Just live when heart and soul goes into a project. I expect others to appreciate. A little respect is I’m sure human as well. Thank you.
"pretty amazing" for people with small minds and even smaller imagination... I don't share the "excitement", sorry..
Hard to understand a lot of the dialog. Even the closed captioning didn't get all of it, especially the end was unintelligible.
I gather that in the end he hard landed the ship on her side of the chasm and that together they just might survive.
We're all due an explanation for why most of the dialogue in nearly every one of these films in unintelligible mumbling and why the subtitling for even the few clearly audible bits is absolute rubbish...
I hope they have Vegemite in their survival gear. :-D
I really didn't get this film. The sticky tape on the helmet at the beginning was hilarious. I couldn't take that serious.
When she woke up gasping for breath she had no space suit on her so I can't see how putting her helmet on would have helped her. And then in the next scene she had the whole suit on.
The storm at the end looked massive yet she had no difficulty walking through it.
I had no connection with the character. Couldn't build any sympathy for her.
Her eyeliner and false lashes seemed out of place.
Sorry, but the film didn't hit the target with me.
check check check check this movie swings and misses. Cool graphics though.
@@MrAgmoore You mean lazy CGI. As he said, there's a massive storm and she didn't even budge. So much wrong with this one it's not even funny.
It could've been worse she could have F A. R. T. E. D in her suit and blown herself up.
Um nice visuals.... Was that masking tape? Pretty sure that her helmet isn't attached to her suit and is in fact open to the vacuum (3:26). She would need a LOT more tape to cover that gap.
omg its like Subnautica
Shopping list:
1. upgrade Tupperware helmet.
Impeccable short. 😎
Enjoyable and meaningful story. Thanks team, hope to see more!
Well, this video was...just...nope. Sorry, I've got nothing. I have no idea who she is, why she's even there, what happened to her...companion? Friend? Boyfriend? Who was on the other ship? Why? Wtf is happening?!? All I know for sure, is hat I just spent 12 minutes trying to figure out what I was watching, and before I managed that, it ended with...well...even more unknown riddles. If the aim of this video was to confuse, well done!! Excellent job.
I second your impression. And add to it the lack of lead's emotional control in a situation where feelings must remain in check. Lastly, the music and background noise were too high and there was lack of credibility with respect to science and physics. This was just a drama somewhere in the universe, I guess.
Really? Oh done for the night explaining what I picked up from watching it once - from the sounds of it, you dont care - but I put a post up with what I THINK happened
this was awesone. I subbed you
😮
So what was her reason for ignoring his communication after he fixed his ship? She could have told him she was alive.
Lesson learned: When someone calls, pick up the damn phone.
Вот это обоим не повезло. Но н на том корабле есть ресурсы.
dist (the prefix describing a vastness in general terms of contrast or something contrasting) an (from the greek meaning if) C (resembling causality and the speed which would determine destination as a fixed element of the journey) e (resembling the most profound element of everything and everyone) when dist, if C, then home is where the heart is as everything is relative
I know they survived!!! :)
The helmet isnt even sealed. Haha!
Good job. I like space adventures like this. We will find ourselves in this situation someday as we venture out to the heavens. Enjoyed it.
🖐️👏👏👏👍👍👍🥰
Part2 pls
I think a stable person could become unstable after losing hope and coming to the conclusion there's no winning and no chance of rescue... But her coworker came back for her (pretty woman)
_Great short_ ❤️ _subscribed_ 👍
Interesting how you so often HEAR the roaring sound of the engines - in space :) Also - her helmet looked like it was open under the face shield, but she sealed a leak in the glass with some handy, available tape?
For god sake! IT'S A STUDENTS PROJECT!
It´s in high end professional productions too :) it was more like a ngeneral observation :)@@solucaoatende
Awww...he came back!
Hundred Mile an Hour Tape needed to be on the INSIDE of the Visor to be effective . Just saying..................
Great little Film . Very well done .
Bottom of visor appeared not to be sealed to front of encounter suit anyway, so what was the point? Great looking little movie, no question, but so many plot holes it'd take longer than than the movie to list them all...
Was the ship deliberately crash landed at the end? Or was it brought down by the storm?
Neither - at least that was my understanding - he managed to get the ship WORKING - and landed just time before the storm took full effect and before her power/life systems went out
Distance between all plot holes are so low that they become just huge one.
Free Larry Hoover
And then what happened? More please!
she just puts up a helmet and has oxygen? wow
"Millenials in space" 😅😅😅
the visual affects were very good better then most from the sci fi channel
🔵 That smile at the end,..... I couldn't understand
some of the dialogue (especially some of what the
computer said), I felt I must have missed
something when she smiled at the end, I didn't
really feel like I had a grip on the plot and then
Starting in at about 4 minutes alot of the dialogue
was unintelligible, especially the communication
from the other ship, which was a shame really.....
I probably would have understood the plot
better if I had understood that message from the
other ship better, it seemed to me to be a key
element in the story that was never clear to me,
I don't even have any idea why he crashed at
the end.
He didn't crash... He flew from the other side of the ravine to her side.. so that they would be together... She thought he would leave, but the guy did fly to her coz her part of the ship she was on is already failing... This is a love story... Love conquers all..
Turn on the Closed Captions , I do.
@@genesky61,
🔵 I would but for some reason my captions are quite often grossly inaccurate. Or just completely missing in places.
@@loverider367,
🔵....Thanx!
I don't think he crashed at the end - just a bit of a bumpy landing in the storm, with a damaged ship - if you go back the start, the bit she is in is small compared to the test of the ship - when it breaks off - when they both crashed - he manages to convey that he's fixed the ship
(she think he leaves her cause he could find no sign of life & her communications array is down - just as she was looking for him, trying to work out if he was alive) -
But he comes back - happy ending - they both get off that godforsaken rock
That's my understanding anyways
Foolish hothead!
The woman looks like Jodie from Beyond 2 Souls, the videogame. Same actress or was it the same CGI Co.?
How Fire Burn up in space
Common sense 😧
а зачем заклевать стекло .
Sound tract needs adjusting. Why are so many of these shorts always shot in the dark???
why do these shows always have lights inside the helmet. how annoying would that be?
Can somebody translate, please? My gibberish is a little bit rusty.
I love how the thumbnail looks like the cover of a box office Hollywood flick...but we all know better lol 😆
저런우주선을 만들고 다니는데 헐멧은 오토바이용 헬멧을 쓴다고?
적어도 맨오브스틸의 전자헬멧정도가 맞지않을까?
I would have written it differently. All reentry craft are built very rugged in the future with quadruple redundant backup systems so they can make it to their landings. Technology is much better than what you show here. AI is off the charts and is more easy to get along with and to use. Bigger ships always have one to two maybe even three landing craft. Space suit technologies are enhanced and way better than what you show here.*The golden question for script resources, is Are there very ancient outpost by aliens out there and the answers yes.*You need to also proof read your concepts as well as scripts. Okay, but try again. I would draw ands sketch all of this out, while you make another one. Thanks
Adam and Eve.
I really appreciate that you have to work a little to work out what is happening - where not everything is handed to you - just sometimes a little too dark at beginning and little tricky to hear the dialogue esp at the end - (Everest? - kiwi accents? Aussie school...?)
🤔 - hmm maybe these things - the lack of communication - visibility deliberate...???
(is that foreshadowing the chasm in the opening sequence? - before you see the ship fly over?)
So maybe these minor 'flaws' were - deliberate - as part the "DISTANCE"
stupendous work - acting, script, special effects - really impressive, really enjoyed, thank you ❤
Well, that didn't end too happily ever after...
You submitted this to Dust yet?
I thought it was on Dust ..
What do you mean - you think it had an UNHAPPY ending?
@@juliaconnell It appeared to me that her companion managed to lift off from the other side of the chasm, only to end up in a crunchy landing on her side. It felt like a crash landing to me, so even though they'll be together again, they're still both marooned on a hostile planet. If the filmmakers intention was to imply that they'll be able to escape their predicament, that was not communicated well enough. Even the closing plaintive music tells me things didn't go well...
@@MisterG2323 yeah it was a rough landing - the storm had just hit - doesnt mean the ship crashed (again!l
Plus the shop had sustained some damage, and only had one crew member instead of two
I honestly don't think it was a crash landing - now they're doomed to die there together
He got the ship working again - the "distance" between them was closed (inability to speak, see - even know if the other one was alive or not - and yes communicate - all *distance* obstacles that were overcame
He *flies AWAY* "dont leave me" she says - but then he comes BACK & lands the ship (in a storm)
He LANDED the ship - just as she was about to run of energy/oxygen and big directly hit by a massive storm
She SMILES at the end
*happy* ending - at least that's my understanding
@@juliaconnell Fair enough. Perhaps eventually the director will weigh in on the subject. Cheers!
I try to press the "willing suspension of disbelief" button, but all I can think is "the actress can't see jack with those lights inside that face-shield." CGI is more expensive than LEDs, though, so there we are...
So, everyone in the future speaks with arch British (or is that Australian) accents?
That's ozy mate 😂🤸🤸🤸🤸
Hum.ok
Now they're both dead. Sorry idc I would never be so selfish to have someone risk their life so I won't be lonely or die. Live on. No point in us both dying.
With that said, THIS WAS FREAKING AMAZING!!!!!
What? Why do you think they're dead at the end? He got the ship WORKING - he rescued her just before the storm hit - they both lived - happy ending
@@juliaconnell WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING?
@@ArielCotton the short film above - why do you think they're now both dead?
@@juliaconnell Um ma'am he crashed the ship lol. He only got the ship to do a jump to get to her, that ship is going nowhere on whats left and the fuel lol. Love you, hope this clarifies.
@@ArielCotton with respect, maybe you should watch it again - he didn't "jump" the ship over - he lifted off - he *flew* AWAY ... and then he came back to get her
(yes, was bit of rough landing - storm setting in - not a crash, in his communication to her he says he "fixed" the ship)
Yes SHE was running out of energy - she needed the energy for oxygen and to keep looking for him
You see at the start that the section she was in broke away from the MAIN SHIP
- nowhere does it even hint that the main ship is low on fuel
End of the day - all creative endeavours are open to interpretation - this is my understanding of what happened - if you still dont agree - plenty of room in world for both versions, peace 😘
Okay I seem to have gotten a lot more of the background and storyline than some others? If it helps I am not a linear thinker so I process data streams out of sequence well. I rather liked how environmental sounds were done. I think the limit in visual and spacial texture via lighting were very artistic. I wonder though if it added emphasis to some of the dectractors in the film? Such as her movements in the storm and her fit of anger? It certainly made the mining scenes disatisfying. Very enjoyable overall and I didn't hate the ending. 🙂👍
I feel the same way - took me a while to work out what was going on - but MY understanding of what happened seems to be quite different to others - not the first time it has happened (or second - or.. let's just say it happens a LOT).
you might like the two channels I'm subscribed to (if you're not already) Dust (also sci-fi) & Omeleto - (varied shorts)
Apart from the awesome content, the film makers often are in the comments section when freshly uploaded
(Which has been useful at times - I go - I think THIS was intended - or I read THAT into this - other people argue with me - say I'm wrong - the film maker says - yes - that is what was intended - and people are STILL saying I'm wrong afterwards (in the same thread) - go figure - people are strange 😂
(Not that I'm always right - far from - 🤣)
@@juliaconnell A kindred spirit! Hello my wonderful friend! I watch Dust and Omeletto both. I like picking up extra subtle threads, sometimes not intended but those influences the makers will agree are there, or not. Lol. If we all only saw things from one perspective we would miss out on a lot of good in life. ♡
@@ivechang6720 wise words my friend - wise words - completely agree - we each have our thoughts, and our thought processes - have boring life would be if we are thought the same way
Yeah you're the special boy. Or wait.. no you're not. You're just some dude that liked a terrible short film.
@@basedbear1605 Oh dear, you sound out of sorts. We are all special because we are different.
I didnt like her throwing the equipment around that might be useful later on. Too much anger for her to be an astronaut. The ships computer and the guy were more relaxed in the situation. At the end he went back for her in the storm and crashed his ship, myself I would have saved myself.
Excellent visuals and main character. Should of had a roll of duct tape for the helmet. Hostile planet - nice. There are two drawbacks to the story. First, dialog between computer and main character and from the other ship very unintelligible. Secondly, some background who, what, when, where, and why was MIA as there is nothing to give the story meaning.
There was a ship with two people on it - it crashed - the captain was on the main part of the ship -
The planet/moon they landed on was very hostile - their communications were down, the visibility was negligible so they could not SEE if the other person was still alive - and there was a physical chasm separating her from searching further afield - so she was relying on scanners
She was running out of power and therefore life support / oxygen
Meanwhile, on the other side of the chasm he managed to fix the ship (her was only a fragment that broke away during the crash
He could communicate enough with her to let her know he had fixed the ship and needed to know if she was still alive
She went out into the storm to try & communicate back
She saw him take off - thought he had left without her
He landed the ship before the storm got too powerful and rescued her
I THINK tthe lack of communication was deliberate - the title is "distance" they were separated by a literal chasm - the inability to SEE if the other was alive - AND the *inability to communicate* across communication array
"Two drawbacks"? I lost count at a lot higher number than that... Very nice SFX, though...
Any BTS?
Sure, pay no mind to the loud count down. Sigh
Can't watch when an astronaut loses patience, these are mandatory in the skill set when applying and also given in training, and this astronaut just throws the tumbler at the wall. Enough of this crap! And switching off!
Not that good. Good things here and there, but few details ruin the whole thing. Two amongst other : when you are low on oxygen you don't stop breathing, you inhalate carbon dyoxide and you die without knowing it if you are aslept. And this heavy make up on the eyes ! So ridiculous !
Enjoyed the film! But it just wasn’t believable with all the high tech gear going on that she slaps two pieces of masking tape on her cracked helmet....
This reminded me that the hypergamous nature of women only allows them to appreciate a man when they have no other choice.
What an absolute load of *crap* 😘
I'm confused - people are talking about the ending... oh so spoilers...
So their two person mission had some sort of accident
They crashed - in different places - on a very harsh environment with limited visibility
- and we see her side - she is looking for him - not knowing if he survived or not
There is a massive chasm between them
(She is trying to get a new energy source to work - the chemical reaction is not happenin) so as a result life support systems are failing
Her communications are down
There is a big storm approaching
Just as she is about to lose hope - he communicates - HE HAS MANAGED TO GET THE SHIP WORKING -
He doesnt know if SHE is *still alive*.
She goes outside to try and get her communications working - to let him know she is still alive
She sees him take off - "don't leave me"
Then you see in the reflection of her helmet he has COME BACK - and you heard the ship *land* - and she smiles -
He is still alive
He got the ship working
He managed to find & rescue her
HAPPY ENDING
Now do some people think she died?
It was suddenly very calm in that storm - the AI/computer said her suit withstand the storm... so the happy ending was all a delusion? I don't think so
I'm confused that others are confused
...
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Patches faceshield, then flops back hard enough to cause further damages to helmet.
*Facepalm*
All told, not a bad effort.
and you didn't notice when she took off the helmet, it didn't attach to anything, meaning there were no connections to the suit. We were shown that the bottom of the helmet is all open, then it turns out why this is so, because she sealed the glass so that the oxygen does not come out, lol) jamb))
@@katyadancer5086 It was a bad effort surrounded by terrible attention to detail.
ya allah plz forgive me stop watching this.
Watching a woman getting cranky is not entertaining...good bye.