Awesome short film but there are a few issues 1. The audio is a bit cut off and muffled at times, making it very distracting. Although everything was still understandable, it takes away from the plot a little bit 2. The actors don't look like they've been out alone for a very long time. Not enough wear on them, their gear, their clothes, etc. It as well takes away from the plot of her being in a post-apoctalyptic world for the last 4 years 3. Although the plot was very good, some parts were too weak. It would pull more into the story if you had strengthened them I'm assuming this was a budget film, which I (and my friends) are starting to attempt to do. Altogether I really liked how this played out and liked it, just a few tips for the future. Also, you did a great job of color grading/color correcting and getting a variety of shots. Keep it up!
Thanks for the feedback man. Trust me, I am well aware of all the points you addressed. I made this short film almost two years ago. Some parts in this make me cringe on the inside- I promise I'm my worst critic. I know I can do so much better now. Like you said, my strengths were more in visuals, pacing, and color grading. And I needed to improve in sound, writing, and direction. But hey, that's what filmmaking is! Trial and error, learning and persevering. Keep making films no matter how back they suck! Hopefully I can get another short film out this year or the next of much higher quality :)
Just a bit of encouragement: If you don't cringe at your old work, that means you haven't progressed at all and are still settling on just okay, not the best. Keep it up! ;D
If it's possible do a part two where Sam has been at the colony for a while and verity shows up and they say hi as old friends then the rest of the gang from this one show up and start a fight and Sam and verity have to make a choice of run for it and survive or stay and help the colony and risk their lives(just a thought) if you can do that it would be awesome
Thanks for your interest bro :). I actually wrote a script for the sequel! Unfortunately I won't ever be able to make the sequel, as I shot this during an internship while I was in Hawaii with these actors / actresses. If you want I can send you the script and you can read it! It's about 6 pages long.
at Barnaby - there is a way to wash cloths with out electricity and a washing machine. I seen a way to wash cloths this way when i was in County Jail. Also there was alot of green plants in this so there is some water source perhaps lots of rain. Just take a small children's swimming pool and let it fill up with rain water then put your cloths in it and manually scrub them out by hand. its not too " Movie Immersion breaking " to see clean cloths in the post apocalyptic. in early Apocalypse say the first 5 years like this is set, you might get alot of clean cloths still but if its 50 or more years after the nuclear war you see less and less clean cloths and more and more dirty cloths.
All of the schools where people are going to learn this craft... should make SOUND the first lesson. SOOOOOO many of these films have poor sound quality.
This film is what makes my heart happy when I see acts of kindness or whatever this is happen in a post apocalyptic film. Thanks for this film, you did am awesome job. I loved it.
Another grade school production. All those years out there and her are pristine clean shiny as new, could have sworn I say a price tag on them. Amateurs.
In times like this. Survival is the game, which means everyone wants to survive. Then why kill a person when you need more people for security and get things done more productively. There is strength in numbers. You cannot do farming, build a house or catch a fish at the same time, can you?
0:29 ......3 yrs 4 mths since the world ended.... and your cloths are cleaned and new ?? Everyone is looking a little to clean, to make this believable. Your Wardrobe/costume team need to do some proper research.
Depending on the nature of the apocalypse, clothes could be found in abandoned homes and stores, etc., with no survivors in a particular area. Also, you CAN wash clothes without electricity. It is crude and rough, but it can be done. Finally, survivalists are currently PLANNING NOW for this type of scenario. So, with a little imagination, this is not an unfeasible situation, even in real life. Alas, though, this is not real life. It is entertainment, which always requires a bit of imagination.
Sam is too weak for post-apocalyptic survival. The noise she made when she came upon the camp. Please make a post-apocalyptic short film where rhe female protagonist actually kick butt and doesn't whine and cry. The leader would never survive with that attitude towards members of the group. Still. Love the background music and costumes. 👏👏👏👏👍
Good job, there are some tweaks I would make to the costume and acting but overall it was a fun film. I really like the moments where we stay on the main character's face when she is not speaking, her thoughts come across without dialogue which I really enjoyed. What camera did you shoot on?
Hey brother! Well done on this short film. I saw in another comment that you said you made this a couple years ago. Even still, I think your potential really shines through here. Your main protagonist reminds a bit of ours in our PA Web Series (they both have backpacks with a machete strapped to them lol) We've subbed and look forward to seeing more of your work.
I enjoyed that as I watch a lot of these apocalyptic short story films most of them I can't help wonder why no one has a firearm at least the other girl was kind to her.
If she really had survived that long, which I doubt such a useless wimp could, then she would not have hesitated to sink the knife into the gang leader. Well filmed, but get a decent writer.
Bill Fox appreciate the comment ! I wrote and directed this film over 2 years ago... It was only the 3rd short film I wrote, and it was while I was in film school. And I agree it has its flaws, especially in some of the writing. But the point of the story is this seemingly confident girl whose made it a few years surviving the apocalypse on her own, all the while not ever 'confronting' another person. So once she confronts this gang, you the viewer sees how unprepared she was for this gang confrontation. You could say that her weakness and lack of experience was exposed, proving herself a coward. I actually wrote a sequel where her character developed and she was stronger because of this experience, but I never had the chance to shoot it.
This would've been a good full length movie to watch. Movies about Apocalyptic tend to draw my attention, as it gets into the middle of the film it becomes interesting.
This was an enjoyable short amateur film. I thought the acting was mediocre and the costume designs were “ok.” I liked it nonetheless and hope to see more from you!
First of all, Tim, I like this video. However, my comment is to critique for improvements. An apocalyptic future, it’s been done. This story has a good vibe, yet let me make some pointers.... with the narration of the main character...... “since the world ended,” (several years ago), shouldn’t things be dirty as hell?...in the scene where the girl meets up with the “warrior chicks”, I’m thinking their clothes should be a mess, as rancid as hell? Just saying....
Camera work A++, OUT UFCKING STANDING !!!! Acting was pretty darn good as well, but as others have mentioned, i'd strive for better audio quality next time. Great work !!!!!
Hey, I just started making short films. I'm just getting started so it's not gonna be the best! But if you could check them out it'd mean a lot too me. I know you see a lot of these comments. But give it a chance.
Next time ,have her off the mouthy gang leader first, then you have realistic skills. Anyway just my input ,very good ,keep up the creative flow ,and passion .Thanks ,Advanced Knowledge ,San Diego
All actors in all of these films have been in salons in the past month maximum. Have makeup artists putting couple spots of fake dirt to make it look like they are survivors
Hey, I just started making short films. I'm just getting started so it's not gonna be the best! But if you could check them out it'd mean a lot too me. I know you see a lot of these comments. But give it a chance.
Enjoyed the short. Is shows how different people react in a given stiuation. One chose to be cruel the other showed violence is not the answer to the problems created by a cataclysm. Which would side would you choose?? Thanks.. :)
Comments like this push me to keep going :). Shows that some people can look past the little things and actually see the message I was trying to convey
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I will never survive the apocalypse, I don't have any fingerless gloves.
Trenton Vet make your own. they are eating well. longpig?
Just cut the tips of a pair of gloves.ie. fingerless gloves.lol
Awesome short film but there are a few issues
1. The audio is a bit cut off and muffled at times, making it very distracting. Although everything was still understandable, it takes away from the plot a little bit
2. The actors don't look like they've been out alone for a very long time. Not enough wear on them, their gear, their clothes, etc. It as well takes away from the plot of her being in a post-apoctalyptic world for the last 4 years
3. Although the plot was very good, some parts were too weak. It would pull more into the story if you had strengthened them
I'm assuming this was a budget film, which I (and my friends) are starting to attempt to do. Altogether I really liked how this played out and liked it, just a few tips for the future. Also, you did a great job of color grading/color correcting and getting a variety of shots. Keep it up!
Thanks for the feedback man. Trust me, I am well aware of all the points you addressed. I made this short film almost two years ago. Some parts in this make me cringe on the inside- I promise I'm my worst critic. I know I can do so much better now.
Like you said, my strengths were more in visuals, pacing, and color grading. And I needed to improve in sound, writing, and direction. But hey, that's what filmmaking is! Trial and error, learning and persevering. Keep making films no matter how back they suck! Hopefully I can get another short film out this year or the next of much higher quality :)
Just a bit of encouragement: If you don't cringe at your old work, that means you haven't progressed at all and are still settling on just okay, not the best. Keep it up! ;D
Appreciate that brotha!
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you can do it bro !! just make shure you get that audio and you be fine bro good luck
So many hotties survive? Cool post-apocalypse!!!
I love post apocalyptic stuff including short films like this you have got a new sub
If it's possible do a part two where Sam has been at the colony for a while and verity shows up and they say hi as old friends then the rest of the gang from this one show up and start a fight and Sam and verity have to make a choice of run for it and survive or stay and help the colony and risk their lives(just a thought) if you can do that it would be awesome
Thanks for your interest bro :). I actually wrote a script for the sequel! Unfortunately I won't ever be able to make the sequel, as I shot this during an internship while I was in Hawaii with these actors / actresses. If you want I can send you the script and you can read it! It's about 6 pages long.
ya if you could email it to me my email is jedisrock299@gmail.com i would love to read it!
I like how all her clothes look brand new. You know, 'cause she goes shopping with her girlfriends so often.
Barnaby ap Robert ... Could have found them in an abandoned house.
But clothes that sit in abandoned stores just...sit. how are they gonna get dirty when they're not being worn?
at Barnaby - there is a way to wash cloths with out electricity and a washing machine. I seen a way to wash cloths this way when i was in County Jail. Also there was alot of green plants in this so there is some water source perhaps lots of rain. Just take a small children's swimming pool and let it fill up with rain water then put your cloths in it and manually scrub them out by hand.
its not too " Movie Immersion breaking " to see clean cloths in the post apocalyptic. in early Apocalypse say the first 5 years like this is set, you might get alot of clean cloths still but if its 50 or more years after the nuclear war you see less and less clean cloths and more and more dirty cloths.
All of the schools where people are going to learn this craft... should make SOUND the first lesson. SOOOOOO many of these films have poor sound quality.
This film is what makes my heart happy when I see acts of kindness or whatever this is happen in a post apocalyptic film. Thanks for this film, you did am awesome job. I loved it.
Lmfao they all wpuld have been the first to die lmfao they have no guns
Another grade school production. All those years out there and her are pristine clean shiny as new, could have sworn I say a price tag on them. Amateurs.
No women in the apocalypse would tell me what to do.
Nicely done. If filmmaking is your passion, then stick with it.
In times like this. Survival is the game, which means everyone wants to survive. Then why kill a person when you need more people for security and get things done more productively. There is strength in numbers. You cannot do farming, build a house or catch a fish at the same time, can you?
Humans are emotional and irrational creatures. When driven far enough towards our breaking points, we make decisions based off emotions, not logic
hopin for some girl on girl shit...damn it.
The short video is great but the main problem here is the audio.
"Too much hesitation.."
**Still dead on ground
0:29 ......3 yrs 4 mths since the world ended.... and your cloths are cleaned and new ?? Everyone is looking a little to clean, to make this believable. Your Wardrobe/costume team need to do some proper research.
Depending on the nature of the apocalypse, clothes could be found in abandoned homes and stores, etc., with no survivors in a particular area. Also, you CAN wash clothes without electricity. It is crude and rough, but it can be done. Finally, survivalists are currently PLANNING NOW for this type of scenario. So, with a little imagination, this is not an unfeasible situation, even in real life. Alas, though, this is not real life. It is entertainment, which always requires a bit of imagination.
That leading girl looks like Beth Greene a little
Sam is too weak for post-apocalyptic survival. The noise she made when she came upon the camp.
Please make a post-apocalyptic short film where rhe female protagonist actually kick butt and doesn't whine and cry.
The leader would never survive with that attitude towards members of the group.
Still.
Love the background music and costumes.
👏👏👏👏👍
That scar is almost as distracting as the bad acting.
Sounds like drunken mumbling right from the very start.
00:13, thumbs down and I'm outta here...
This was just okay. My sense is no one over the age of 30 was involved in making it though.
Here is the cast, straight from your middle school's drama club.
Would be MUCH better if the woman could resist the order to kill somehow. Then she's somehow supposed to be a sympathetic character? Please.
The most real thing is that they are barely more than kids.
5 to 10 year olds will predominate.
Small communities will have the 'older' ones.
This is amazing! I love the look and feel of the film!
By the way what marketing technique did you use to get so many views?
Nice movie it's fiction. In the real-world females would not be running the show in this scenario due to inferior physical strength.
been through bunches of these...sorry possibly the worst acting ever.....
Good job, there are some tweaks I would make to the costume and acting but overall it was a fun film. I really like the moments where we stay on the main character's face when she is not speaking, her thoughts come across without dialogue which I really enjoyed. What camera did you shoot on?
I appreciate it! Yeah I would change a lot in it for sure at this point as well 😂. I shot this 3 years ago! We filmed on a good ol' 60D
What do girls do in the post apocalyptic world when it's that time of the month? I mean it's not like they are going to be making that stuff anymore.
Somebody's mowing the grass recently
Come with me Blondie. I will take care of you. I have a bug out location in Paraguay
Folks, survivors will be armed and organized in groups.
So long after the apocalypse but why you choose to wear tights?
Good effort. Nice footage. Next time ditch the white tennies and the eye makeup.
Moral of the story.....be weak..it gets you along way....😉
shot beautifully, great angles to keep it interesting and the lighting was clear, the only problem the audio was extremely inconsistent.
Hey brother! Well done on this short film. I saw in another comment that you said you made this a couple years ago. Even still, I think your potential really shines through here. Your main protagonist reminds a bit of ours in our PA Web Series (they both have backpacks with a machete strapped to them lol) We've subbed and look forward to seeing more of your work.
I enjoyed that as I watch a lot of these apocalyptic short story films most of them I can't help wonder why no one has a firearm at least the other girl was kind to her.
I like the theme and it makes you want to see more. keep writing .
If she really had survived that long, which I doubt such a useless wimp could, then she would not have hesitated to sink the knife into the gang leader.
Well filmed, but get a decent writer.
Bill Fox appreciate the comment ! I wrote and directed this film over 2 years ago... It was only the 3rd short film I wrote, and it was while I was in film school. And I agree it has its flaws, especially in some of the writing.
But the point of the story is this seemingly confident girl whose made it a few years surviving the apocalypse on her own, all the while not ever 'confronting' another person. So once she confronts this gang, you the viewer sees how unprepared she was for this gang confrontation. You could say that her weakness and lack of experience was exposed, proving herself a coward. I actually wrote a sequel where her character developed and she was stronger because of this experience, but I never had the chance to shoot it.
Bane? Is that bane?
Woke non sense no guns women running ish lmfao
How the hell did she survive so long?
Great short film! loved it!!
did the apocalypse give that guy a super villain voice🤣
Nice clean hair...
This would've been a good full length movie to watch. Movies about Apocalyptic tend to draw my attention, as it gets into the middle of the film it becomes interesting.
👍 I made a 30-second introduction fan film The Walking Dead to check It Out
This was an enjoyable short amateur film. I thought the acting was mediocre and the costume designs were “ok.” I liked it nonetheless and hope to see more from you!
GOOD EFFORT ! Kudos to everyone involved !
The young must see a bleak future because everyone is making apocalyptic movies. How sad is that?
So catty... Which is why none of them would've survived 7 years...blah blah blah
First of all, Tim, I like this video. However, my comment is to critique for improvements. An apocalyptic future, it’s been done. This story has a good vibe, yet let me make some pointers.... with the narration of the main character...... “since the world ended,” (several years ago), shouldn’t things be dirty as hell?...in the scene where the girl meets up with the “warrior chicks”, I’m thinking their clothes should be a mess, as rancid as hell? Just saying....
Not a bad film, hope there's a sequel.
0:21 This should be called, "Why blonde women wouldn't survive the nuclear apocalypse!!!!"
Camera work A++, OUT UFCKING STANDING !!!! Acting was pretty darn good as well, but as others have mentioned, i'd strive for better audio quality next time. Great work !!!!!
Hey, I just started making short films. I'm just getting started so it's not gonna be the best! But if you could check them out it'd mean a lot too me. I know you see a lot of these comments. But give it a chance.
Nice short film man. Miss hanging out in LA while you were growing up. Proud to call you a friend.
Next time ,have her off the mouthy gang leader first, then you have realistic skills. Anyway just my input ,very good ,keep up the creative flow ,and passion .Thanks ,Advanced Knowledge ,San Diego
Liked this but, none of them were grubby enough! White shoes & cream clothing looked new.
Bravo 🎉
All actors in all of these films have been in salons in the past month maximum. Have makeup artists putting couple spots of fake dirt to make it look like they are survivors
why didn't you take his footware
This is Ellie. Really great job!! Any tips I want to make something like this?
Thats a lot of work. Bu dialogues... Could have been better. But still. One of the best on the youtube'! :)
Cringe inducing
Don’t people realize working together to re establish society has so many benefits than trying to kill each other in the end?
I'm I getting this right...... the girl with the scar on her right cheek, at 02:07 it's on her left cheek...???
Shows promise, not bad for a no-budget short. Needed much better dialogue, though.
I hate to admit watching so many of these silly things. This one was as goofy as the rest.
One word summary Tim Kusel: Excellent!
Lol,no guns,people would be A bit worse than that...
3+ yers and she's still clean as a whistle. only in the minds of the snowflake generation.
Incredible job!! great cinematography! I also made some post apocalypse films, and other shorts!
Looks like hard work! I enjoyed it man. Keep it up!
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Hey, I just started making short films. I'm just getting started so it's not gonna be the best! But if you could check them out it'd mean a lot too me. I know you see a lot of these comments. But give it a chance.
I'll check them out but you definitely don't have to comment 3 times!
I didn't mean too XD
Tim when U comin out with SHIFT? or whatever?
Big Old Kim should watch this.
there are flaws in this short film but its far better than anything i can do right now.
That's it ? damn I was getting into it, Sam was cute
Mochila mata cabeça cabra máscara cacete faca flecha
She looks the Woah Vicky in the thumbnail
Nice film.
Excellent short film, brilliantly filmed!
Thanks so much!
MotionBoatFilms très bon court métrage...j aime
Roughing it in new white tennis shoes?
Sorry but I give it 2/10
This suvked big time.
Better than most of its kind,not as dark.
Subbed
Bit to much Game of thrones
I enjoyed that,good video.
Kid's action. Lol
So what is up with that big wrinkle on that one girls face?
That would be a scar
Fire Wire I could only look at that
Not so good
Extra breeding females are always a good option.
Maria do carmo passos souza
Enjoyed the short. Is shows how different people react in a given stiuation. One chose to be cruel the other showed violence is not the answer to the problems created by a cataclysm. Which would side would you choose?? Thanks.. :)
Comments like this push me to keep going :). Shows that some people can look past the little things and actually see the message I was trying to convey
Good story line, but the acting was horrible.
Do you realize that those actors are not professional actors but his friends?
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Oh please, black woman barely punches white man and he doubles over in pain from her super human like strength...