#scifi short film

[flynnyfan]

The wonderfully designed official poster for "Dubs" (2019) from dollhousepics.

Thomas Flynn plays not one but two main characters in this brilliant Sci-Fi short film! You can watch it on YouTube or over on @watchdust which has lots more thought-provoking Sci-Fi short films.

[greenwitchanthology]

Hey folks. I’m an amateur filmmaker from Maine. My brother and I make a sci-fi anthology series on YouTube called GreenWitch. It’s very twilight zone like. I’m looking to get involved with indie filmmakers from anywhere and everywhere. Please send me your stuff, I’d love to check it out. I’d love to talk film. Thank you 🖤

[junkyarddemento]

ALIEN: MONDAY

Sit down and watch this. If you love the Alien franchise, or animation, or anime in general, you'll really enjoy this ambitious and superbly made film by Paul Johnson and Claudia "Maki" Montealegre. Created over the course of 6 years.... let me state that again: 6 years... this is truly a love letter to the Ridley Scott's scifi franchise. With the soon-to-be release of ALIEN: ROMULUS, this is the perfect watch to get you ready to see more chestburster and xenomorphs!

[thefugitivesaint]

Science fiction writer Terry Bisson has shed his mortal coil. If you've never read his, 'Bears Discover Fire' I advise that you do so now. The video here is an interpretation of another short story called 'They're Made Out of Meat', made back in 2005 (how Tom Noonan got involved in a student thesis film is anyone's guess). Bisson described himself as a part of the "New Left" and was an active member of the John Brown anti-Klan Committee. If you dig alternative history stories, I suggest you give 'Fire on the Mountain' a read. I don't have much else to say given that I didn't know the man. I dug his work. I will add the obvious, Bisson is no longer made of meat. Hopefully he's now a sentient light being traveling amongst the stars like a firefly.

[alpaca-clouds]

A measured critique of Love Death + Robots

Okay, let me talk about something I kinda wanted to talk about for quite a while: The Netflix anthology series Love Death + Robots. A show with which I very much have a love-hate relationship.

Because I absolutely love the concept. The idea of turning short stories (a piece of literary media that often gets ignored) into short films (that also tend to get ignored)? Genius! It gives a chance for some authors to shine, that normally do not get that much attention. Same for smaller animation studios/teams. It really is a super cool idea.

And I gotta say, that there were some short films in there, that I really loved. My favorites are:

Three Robots (Just LOVED the humor in both stories)

Sonnie's Edge (I loved the Cyberpunk-Monster mix)

When the Yoghurt Took Over (Again, something that hit my humor nerve right)

Good Hunting (Ken Liu still is among my favorite authors)

Fish Night (Pretty)

Zima Blue (The Artstyle was just super cool)

The Tall Grass (I liked the atmosphere)

Snow in the Desert (I really liked the aesthetic in this one)

The Very Pulse of the Machine ( I mostly liked the main character)

All Through the House (Once more: My type of humor)

Mason's Rats (Because Rats)

You will notice one thing: Most of these are from season 1. Though to be fair: Season 1 had 18 episodes, while seasons 2 and 3 put together only had 17. So generally... Well, there is a few issues I had with season 1. Issues that not only I had. And seasons 2 and 3 did not improve on either.

The one critique you have probably heard quite a few times: A lot of those stories really love to objectify and/or sexualize the female characters. There is a ton of unnecessary sexualization of female characters going on. At times sexualization in a way that is not even precedented by the short stories the movies are based on.

At times this goes as far as some of those short films fetishizing violence against women. Jibaro was the worst example of this, but it is something that happens in quite a few of the short films. And that just leaves a really bitter aftertaste after watching the stories.

Again, I am not the first person to criticize this aspect.

Meanwhile the other criticism I have is one that I barely have seen anyone bring up, even though it is very much connected to that first one: Almost all of the short stories that the short films are based on have been written by men. Of the first season there are two movies based on stories written by women (Sucker of Souls and Helping Hand). Of seasons two and three, not a single short film was based on a story written by a woman. Or to put it differently: Out of the 35 episodes, 33 have been written by men. And, while we are on it, mostly white men.

And... Look, fantasy/scifi already has a big issue when it comes to major novel publishing that often female, queer and non-white authors are overlooked outside of the YA genre. Still, when it comes to the short story magazines, like @uncannymagazine female and otherwise marginalized writers get more of a voice. The same is also true for a lot of anthologies, that are not dependent on "oh, we just will publish a couple of short stories by already known authors". So... Why the hell does Netflix not give those writers a chance to shine in this anthology series?

Like, fuck... This annoys the living hell out of me. Just allow other people some time to shine as well.

[spacetimesally]

Sally makes an emergency landing on Hult-Grais to thwart a pursuing bounty hunter, but she can't run forever in, "Can't Get There from Fear"

A 5 minute long Spacetime Sally short film...

This Spacetime Sally Short was made using Stable Diffusion AI Image-to-Video, meaning I used Sally still images, had the AI animate them (in random animations), and I stitched together a narrative from the output. Image-to-video is very new and there's little control to it, and the output is about a 4 second video, so please do keep that in mind while viewing. It's crudely made and quite rough, but I do hope you enjoy it.

You can watch it on YouTube here

[mobilesuitgubgub]

Watch this its really good even if you're not a gundam fan. The painted 3d art style looks amazing.

[cool-frog-hours]

Keyframes for a shot from a final project @poet-c and I are working on 🐸💀

It’s currently in 3 fps but will be at 24 fps eventually. Probs gonna be animating on fours for the sake of time.

[badolmen]

Some of y’all have GOT to get obnoxiously into amateur indie films on YouTube made for fun by Just Some Guy (gender neutral) and their friends. Go watch some shaky camera work and the best acting college age kids can muster for a story or concept they loved so much they put it out into the world. They’re braver and more genuine than literally anything you’ll see in a box office or streaming platform because they’re making art for art’s sake without a multibillion dollar industry breathing down their neck.

[troythecatfish]

[detectivelosos]

Enable sound for a more dramatic effect.

2024 years later autonomous drones voyage the space probing the expanse color of crimson.

Everything is done in Blender. Audio is created using strudel.cc.

[greenwitchanthology]

Check out E2S2 of my sci-fi anthology series GreenWitch, “The Printer” 🔥 #film #cinema #acting #maine #shortfilm #cinematography

[junkyarddemento]

URBANCE

Leaning on sex, style, and tech this cool animated short falls somewhere between MTV's Liquid Television, anime, and THE MATRIX in a neo-dystopian world.

[mops-1]

AI Generated Sci-Fi Short Film "The Automaton" w/electronic score

This is a short film comprised entirely of AI images. It tells the story of a scientist in a dystopian future, creating artificial life and dealing with the consequences. Set to an electronic/synthwave score.

[zoodiozerodi]

The Curse of Evil Village

@storyfund @stoty-blog @storyiwillneverwrite-blog @horrorfixxx

@horrorandhalloween @horrorgorewhore @ghost-ie @ghostlywriterr

[constructbreakdown]

Humanity: 64,000 CE

In the year 64,000, a glitch grapples with mysteries of life and pizza.