PRISM (2015) Award Winning Sci Fi Fantasy Short Film | Jackson Miller
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Dan Warner is a desaturator, tasked with sapping beauty from the world in a future where color is used as energy. OFFICIAL SITE: jacksonmillerfilms.com/Prism
SEMIFINALIST in the 42nd ANNUAL STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS
MPSE GOLDEN REEL NOMINEE VERNA FEILDS AWARD
SAG 2015 LA SHORTS SHOWCASE
AUDIENCE AWARD for BEST SHORT NARRATIVE at PRESCOTT FILM FESTIVA 2015
JURY AWARD for BEST COLLEGE SHORT FILM at CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL 2016
JURY AWARD for BEST SCI FI at LAGUNA FILM FESTIVAL 2015
OFFICIAL SELECTION at HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL 2015
OFFICIAL SELECTION at SKYLINE INDIE FILM FESTIVAL 2015
OFFICIAL SELECTION at LONESTAR FILM FESTIVAL 2015
COLLEGIATE SHOWCASE at NEWPORT FILM FESTIVAL 2016
DMA AWARD for BEST VFX (DODGE COLLEGE OF FILM AND MEDIA ARTS) - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
I am here because it randomly popped in my suggestions. It's 2019. See you guys again after 3 years, and then after 5 years again and so on.
No reason this shouldnt be a movie. This had better acting..real acting. I cried by the cinematography. This was utterly breath taking. It would make a amazing movie.
this could easily become a series and would make one interesting one to boot.
Excellent! The story, first of all is absolutely invigorating, you have given a new "PRISM" of reality. That is what I always comment in respective critics: Find a new, intriguing concept and create a great story.
The story telling is excellent, the acting superb. Camera motion, music score to the point. It is a big bravo for you that the main protagonist was the story itself and not the VFXs. They were great and served their purpose but not in expense of the concept of the film.
Mr. Miller, well done!
Good film metaphorically speaking, the old man crying broke my heart, the ending left me scratching my head. Where did he go? What did he do? Why didn't he power up his gun with the pastels? Why didn't he smudge color all over the painting? But nicely made, audio-visually speaking.
I really enjoyed this, and I was sad when it finished. Superb work from everyone, and special appreciation for the painter, I nearly cried.
This movie was majestic, from the whole idea, to the graphics, hell even the characters were acting on hollywood levels.
Bravo!!
Jackson my friend, a well thought out, written, and executed story. I like how you kind of force the watcher to read between the lines and search further into the story... even leaving them hanging on in the end longing for more.
You have created a wonderful work of art.
Bravo.
Man! I didnt want this to end.
SO good!!!
Me either.
I truly loved this short simply because I'm an artist and oil painter. This world is truly the definition of hell. Clean and neat dystopian at it's finest.
Incredibly lush detail in every form and fashion. Very rich story line.
watched a lot of these shorts, this one of the best i've seen.
I thought i had seen everything SYFY out there at least twice, the same stories told again, and again.
but every once and awhile i stumble upon something .........AWESOme. tHIS IS ONE OF THOSE....
Great production all around. And the way we are left hanging, not knowing what our character does next???!!!
I need more, please. Hope we get another chapter someday. Thanks
"Time to stockpile crayons"
My favorite one is Clear.
..No...it's still the toilet paper, to color on.
One of the very best shorts... color is the metaphor of this "1984" future world. Thanks Jackson!
Wow this has been the best episode so far. I could see this turned into a full movie. 1 hour 33 minutes. Job well done.
It must be a living hell when all the color drains from life through grief. The only "lumin" left to the victim was the deep, ruby red blood in his own veins which he "gave" to the picture of his wife. There is an underlying beauty in the story line of this movie, and in the irony of the colorfulness of life contrasting with the darkness of death. Far fetched though it was I really did enjoy this movie. Much food for thought, thank you for the feast.
I was a bit unsure about the concept at first, but then I totally got it. I got the same feeling for color in this film as I did when reading The Giver by Lois Lowry. The scene when Dan painted the orchid and when the hidden painting was revealed (and then destroyed) got to me especially. I'm subscribing and excited to see your future work!
Quite brilliant in all aspects. Better than anything Hollywood could produce. Totally engrossing story and visually captivating. Cargill's acting was stellar.
Depressing future world.
But Dan is my hero. I'd help him escape and give him all my colours.
Thank you.
The boss person actress did a wonderful job at portraying the character.
sorry but this is not a science fiction movie but a fantasy one
@@lotussavage1283 Sorry, wrong on all counts. This is a projection into the future of current political and technological trajectories. This did not involve magic or supernaturalism. You're obviously a victim of degraded public education... sorry!
@@davidvaughn7752 ???
@@bossdog1480 "???" = Exactly my point... I rest my case. Good luck with all that!
I wasn't expecting this short film to be this good!
the future for sure .. love this ... emotional .. and relatable especially now
This was so good in all aspects. I'm mesmerized. And as a painter I find the concept really interesting. Hope to see more of you, Jackson.
This piece teared me up. It was uniquely beautiful. The concept was Amazing.
my goodness incredible movie. I have watched a million short sci-fi films and yours may well be the very best I ever seen
This would be a lot better if I had never read Fahrenheit 451
If free people are not paying attention socializing can easily be the new law by the men in charge. 😨🇺🇸😨🇺🇸
Now that you mention it, there's a lot of parallels to this and Fahrenheit 451.
@@ogeccentricenigma if by parallel you mean swapping books for colors and firemen for desaturator, then yes, those are mere "parallels". Still like the execution.
i read and saw the film - both were fantastic. But so is this - one has nothing to do with the other. Just because you've seen Jackson Pollack doesn't mean Kandinsky is derivative and not as incredible!!!!
What was the saying again? "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" - or something similar, which could be the title of this memorable film. We take colours to be so granted that we hardly perceive them consciously, unless we see a beautiful sunrise or sunset, the lovely blue eyes of an attractive person or the colouring of a wonderful wild animal or bird. Yet colours enhance our lives to such an extent that only the total lack of them, as portrayed in this film - combined with their taxation and inhibition - can make us see the truth ; our world without colours would be a dead place to live in. Great film, well acted, good CGI work. Well done all round ! 😘
-4 years later, If you're still watching this you're a legend.
Well done!
Great metaphor, too.
I'd want to see what Dan does next; he looks resolute.
PS I really liked the music. I didn't see a credit as to what you used.
The artstyle is fantastic, the colors really pop. Love it all around.
Absolutely brilliant. What a great short film
Well played! The HR demoness was notable. And the concept was very cool. Life-sucking subjugation -a classic. Thanks to everyone involved.
BUZZKILLER!!!!!.. A world without color, sounds like winter
Wow! The cinematography work was beautiful! Not to mention the flow of the plot and the angle of each shot! Loved it! First short film I've seen in a while that is decent!
Amazing work. I’m blown away ! Original and interesting story and I was captivated from start to finish. Really aweome and would kill to see this as a series !!!!
It's amazing how much you can convey in 15 minutes... well done!
A few things were confusing for me but all in all I dig the story and kuddos to the actor playing Edmond. He let lose a couple times and brought life into the scenes! Good job!
Wow! this was great! it reminds me of my job, conform or be cast out....hahaha.... thank you for the upload!
usually Abusive Narcistic parents cast out the scapegoat from the family to die of the parents sins.
Maybe it's time to get rid of the job and the people you don't care for. Put your creative talents to work and do something you love to make money. If your heart is in it you may have a chance. 😊👣🤖
I'm a little late to the viewing party but I would definitely love to see a continuation of this. Well done. :)
Simply Awsome!
Thanks for showing!
Now this is great scifi. I wish we learned more. More world building , more episodes. I watch scifi all day long, and this is good scifi, I feel lately its been a lot of crap to gems. This is a gem.
One of the best Sci-fi shorts I've seen.
I think some commenters are over thinking a little bit. "Color" is a metaphor.
all 4 tha cash
that's racist. Lol
Cool, great but that metaphor is not well executed. Its not whatever you want it to be - it has to be IN the film. I seen a child's teddy bear, if that suppose to relate the same should have came up a few times to make what the metaphor is referring to more clear, unless I missed something.
Well if you think it's a metaphor as opposed to being literal, then you could be the one who's overthinking it.
We already have Equilibrium (2002) for that metaphor.
You don't need an absurd premise to get your point through.
This is actually a metaphor for the vampiric entities that feed off our different coloured chakra energies!!! When the veil falls we will see these energies and the vampiric entities. In fact, in Revelations at the end of the bible...the seven churches are the seven 'inorganic' (matrix/machine) races that vampire off us.
If you think the occult world or sorcery is fiction...you may want to take deeper look into it. The seven chakras the New Agers rave about are simply the portals of that particular colour/energy.
People worship these different gods that use them like livestock...and these deluded people are looking forward to the architect of the matrix/prison returning!!!
They've openly declared it too...the light splitting prism is EVERYWHERE throughout modern media and pop culture! The triangle with the circle is the same occult sigil that is painted on the floor and used to summon a demon into (whilst the satanist/sorcerer stands in an extra barrier/circle as well, lol!).
Whatever they're up to...it's almost here! They've been telling us repeatedly most of this year that "Times Up"!!!
There's only one way out of this prison/matrix/human cattle farm...and it's also why all the mainstream media pushes all religions...but demoted and mocks Jesus...they've spread heaps of propaganda deliberately mixing/confusing him with pagan deities....but here's the biggest giveaway that he was who he said he was...all the people channeling entities (demons lol) and these so called aliens...it's strange how their flowery new age speeches love all prophets and religions (the "we're all one" brigade!!!)...but the channelled messages ALWAYS either dismiss or demote Jesus! Then there's the Satanic Vatican, deliberately destroying true faith and spirituality!!! They managed to slaughter virtually all those that knew the truth about genuine Christianity! All modern Christianity is fake and hollow...and designed to make the truth look pathetic!!!
Once you start digging...you realise EVERYTHING you thought you knew is utterly false...an elite fabrication to keep power and control for their vampiric bosses!!!
It's a crazy crazy world! I don't mind if you think it's nuts...at least when you see it all unfolding, you'll understand what's happening and cope better. Lots of love 🙂👍🏻💕
Given that white is the presence of all colors of light, why is there so much of it around?
When dealing with 'light', white is all colors, black is the absence of; when dealing with 'pastels', white is total absence of color, black is the inclusion of all colors.
Righteous- For further clarification, you are referring to the difference between light and pigments. The artists' 'pastels' in the short are pigments with minimal binder, but the same is true of pigments suspended in a carrier to make paint. Or pigments formed by plants, as in the orchids. The term 'pastel color' also refers to the dilution of color with white, and is likely to be the better known use of the word to the general public, not artists or creative students.Of course, the use of color in this film is allegorical, as even pigments have color only by reflecting light in certain wavelengths, while absorbing other wavelengths. Directly or by reflectance, all color perception is light - so in a scientific sense, the premise of this film is bogus. Unless it was intended to be so to underline the oppression of the corporate city-state.
Color (regardless where we see it) is just the wavelengths the thing we are looking at did NOT absorb. That is all color is. Still....of the last 5 'sci-fi' shorts I have watched, this one came closest to the 'Sci' part. Still....when there is sunlight all around (meaning SHIT TONS OF ALL THE COLORS), why are they making people give up piddly shit that absorbs *some* of it? Let's put the SCIENCE back in sci-fi people! We need to create a new type for these films, call them 'soft sci-fi' or something.
Concur... E = Phanks constant x Wavelength....
The society is powered by pigments, not light. What I don't understand is why they cannot simply run off chlorophyll pigments, or even blood donations, it doesn't seem to take much matter to generate the energy. Great film, though once you think about it too much, some major plot holes show through.
Genius!!! Incredibly creative idea!!! So well produced and filmed and edited and the special effects were perfect for the film! ...And the lead actor was incredible! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!
curt childress
Creative... and yet, the same old story. Bureaucratic governments / corporations creating situations where the populace serves them, instead of the other way around. Sucking the very color out of life... Some bureaucracies allow people some color to distract them from the other things that are sucked out of their lives... from the fact that are tracked and taxed from cradle to grave.
+Jefferdaughter
The points of view about life in general from folks who have plenty and from the folks who have very little are basically the same points of view...something is always wrong or missing from their lives while both groups also experience some things in their lives which make them feel happier.
Jefferdaughter climate change makes politicians richer then fossil fuels do
Very beautiful. Very thought provoking.
What a creative short film...thank you. You make me think....
Excellent. Thank you for a stellar production.
I really wanted to see more of this :( the story is really intriguing as well as Dan!
I agree. Should make it into a series.
Scary. Fascinating concept. I just wonder who would want to continue living in a world without colour
ignore the haters.. art is about ideas and concepts... loved the questions posed here, art vs survival... "Bread for all, and Roses, too"
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.
Roses guard The Tower which holds the beams.
Superb, and John Eddings was great. He was referred to in the film as Mr Thompson but listed in the credits as Edmund Moore.
A totally awesome story with great acting. Well done Jackson Miller. Would love to see more to it.
PLEASE MAKE THIS A SERIES!! SOOOOOO GOOD!
Now this is a good one...
como siempre, espectacular !!!!!
Although this feels like equilibrium, it was very well done. Casting, acting , cgi, sets and story
i loved this film. and the acting was superb
Great concept. Amazing, you should make a film out of this idea
White, I believe, is the absence of light. Black is the presence of all colors. Very fulfilling presentation by way of ominous and depressing material. Thank you for this production.
This idea may not be unprecedented, but it sure is to me, a unique story with an abundance of feeling.
Hell of a movie! Great job all of you! The concepts are just great, i really enjoyed the drama (though its already a cinema topic). I bet you guys, the three-finger cellphone will be in our hands someday. Gonna wait for the full story, nice job!
I love the premise of this short. Use up all of the color for energy. All you end up with is a bleak colorless world. Nothing much to look at for inspiration or aspiration. I mean, what if....?
Freshest idea in Science Fiction to date, imo. Outstanding, intriguing, involving and influencing.
This is absolutely incredible.
Great concept, well acted and well executed. It drew you in a and made you want more, everything a short movie should do.....
OMG THIS NEEDS TO BE A FULL MOVIE
I draw in black & white most of the time. Perhaps, I'll start colouring my drawings from now on. Beautiful movie.
If any colors you have are taken away from you, how are you supposed to "pay your debt" with colors? How are these people supposed to have something if that something is illegal to have in the first place?
The trick to subjegation of the masses is written alot about and simple in theory. The state demands payment in a resource only they control. You have to work for the state to get the resource to pay. You only get payed if you comply. Those who do not comply will not get payed and lose quality of life. This is supposed to either weed out non compliance or to insentivice compliance. If you are interested in this mechanic, you should read about the social mechanics behind the new point system the chinese government is creating. The theory and mechanics are also used alot on multiplayer platforms and marketing. Human behavior especially in groups is pretty predictable.
@@laurens5726 wow, youre such a knowledgeable person, im not joking
It's how people with all the wealth and power work. Decent people (the majority) "hoarding wealth" (keeping scraps) become "the enemy." They give you a little to do stuff for them, then give more to have others take what you have, eventually draining you dry. Then, they prey upon their lackies. Social implosion, rebellion, the rise of leaders, the rise of freedom, greed creates new bad guys, leaders become what they hate with one compromise after another, then those with all the wealth and power become the biggest parasites... wash, rinse, repeat. Welcome to humanity.
@@That80sGuy1972 thats not quite like that lol
this sounds a lot like... money.
loved it everything about it was just out of this world
This is a masterpiece of SciFi work. Really enjoyed it! 👍
Nice! Reminded me of Equilibrium (which is an awesome movie btw). Bravo.
Excelent the short films by argument, music and sond ooohh perfect. Congratulation.
Strange concept but a very well made film. Had me hooked from the beginning. I could feel the suspense, the sadness. Good acting. Good special effects. Great potential. Keep up the awesome work. I will defiantly be a new subscriber.
Reminiscent of Unwanteds
I love it
Great movie, purely dystopian indeed... one other thing, "Touch my crayons, you're toast...!"
I just cant stop thinking of color leds.....
Wonderful productions. Thank yOU!
I enjoyed this, good filmmaking and interesting premise
Great little short with a clever plot and superb production and cgi.
Remember bloggers, it is art, fiction, fun and false. Cheap and cheerful...sorta. 89/100 🧡
Reminiscent of Black Mirror.
Awesome, heart-breaking awesome.
Good artistic concept in many ways and well worth the watch thought.Imagin a world where colour(especially red)are rare ?!!
Excelente historia. Inspiradora y terrorífica al mismo tiempo.
HAHAHA... All the questions about the "holes" in the premise... Its a fantasy film.
You all scare the S%#* out of me. Great film...loved it!
Beautifully done.
This was really good! One of the best I've seen.
Awesomely poignant and thought provoking film. Thanks for sharing!
A marvelous allegory of .. something or other.
Shit...that was pretty good!! Very well done!! Gives me hope for the future of creative writing and cinema!! Thank you!
Excellent short. More please. :)
Excellent fx, solid score, acting above the norm. Nice lighting, look forward to your next.
Interesting, even with the absurdity of the concept. It still worked and kudos to all involved. Interesting.
Wow! I liked it! Food for thought!
JACK YOUR WORK IS BRILLIANT AND THE STORY IS REALLY HEART BREAKING . WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN A FULL LENGTH MOVIE
Great work mate! Liked it :)
Excellent performances bolstering a great concept and script.
I don't comment so often but here, it's just so great i love the ideas a long film would be pretty good there is so much to do with I loved it !
EXCELLENT film! My gosh!! More like this hopefully. Thanks.🌝
Really enjoyed this movie. It was great!
Super cool outstanding idea. Great work.
and that's why it's important to love what you do