Paradox - A Short Scifi
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A time traveling agent hunkered down in the 1930s is tasked with the assassination of a young boy in the year 1994 to prevent future tragedy, but soon finds out there is more to the story than what he's been told.
Our latest short film here at TheBrothersGrymm Productions. This was a whole lot of fun to make, definitely our highest concept, longest film, and over all the biggest task we've undertaken, so far. There were many moments that slowed us down, like not being able to do reshoots or bad audio, but over all nothing was able to stop us. Engineering some audio sequences from scratch and reshooting pieces of scenes in different locations whilst blending it best we could proved a challenging task, but overall I believe this turned out to be the best film we have done yet.
We hope you enjoy, like and share if you did!
Nice plot, interesting concept... but what self-respecting (and succesful) assassin (a) turns on lights, (b) waits until inside the targets home to put the supresor on his pistol, (c) goes THUNK THUNK THUNK up the stairs, and (d) talks out loud to his handler in the upstairs hall???
I thought the same thing about the lights.
Low budget...amateur actors, cheap props, a steep learning curve...let's give them a break.
But it is perfectly OK to point out areas of improvement.
He flipped his pick-locking device out as loud as he could. Even before that, he was given only a letter just specifying the time. And then he knew which house, what room, and which person. Stopped watching as soon as he talked out loud.
I was expecting the drifter to turn out to be the kid's father...
Same here
I was expecting the drifter to be the kid all grown up.
By leaving the earpiece on the table, I guess he wanted the kid to have a more exciting life, than as a real estate agent.
I thought this short was way too slow. Taking your time in a scene with anticipation creates suspense. However, if you don't have anticipation, you don't have suspense. My advice is to take only as long as you need to tell the story, but don't stretch it out just to fill time.
Right i watch the first 10min in 4xspeed... :D Bc, nothing happened
Have patience.
the Universe will unfold as it should.
@@kirilgeorgiev9640 I do have to wonder if you actually understood the story in it's actual depth. I have my doubts.
Why its named “paradox” then?
Maybe because he wont been sent there, so he wouldn't be able to prevent the shooting?
OMG! The gun in the first scene is a frigging cigarette lighter. You can see where you refill it on the bottom of where the magazine should be. I have one like it at home. LMAO!
What kind of professional assassin breaks into a house at midnight and turns on the light?
One that wants to be able to see what he's doing. Also, one that somehow knows it won't attract attention.
He knew the scene wouldn't look as good in the dark and that my camera needed suplemental light. 🙃
One that can always go back and do it again if something goes wrong?
@@RedAngelProductions That is a food enough reason for me. I dislike really dark scenes.
Love the time traveling movies!!!!!! 👏👏👏
Another one please 😁
Thank you 😃💥
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Very good indeed! It kept me wondering, and I anticipated something of the end only during the fight ('so that's what a drifter is'), and our cold-blooded assassin turned out to be a Joe Friday hero with just the right amount of confidence to balance the danger he was in. Very satisfying ending. Thank you for making this.
This Short Film ‘tried my patience’. Way too slow for me! 🥴
Something a little faster here. Not a time travel but multiverse - th-cam.com/video/Fxi_uxgSGs0/w-d-xo.html
the Rubick's cube device is both cute nostalgia & simple, mind-expanding brilliance
yeah that's a good observation actually
Fun fact; Barry Nelson is the name of the actor who played the very first 007!
Nice short, I liked how the the time traveller came up with a better solution.
Why did he leave the earpiece though? is there a sequel for this? Subbed and liked 👍
Hopefully an Anthology of short films to follow. Go check out Broke College Kids Productions channel and watch: "Acquisition," for a piece of this puzzle!
Hopefully more to come in the future.
I was just about to ask that same question. Seems as it might, in and of itself, corrupt the timeline. Sort of like McCoy forgetting his communicator on the planet Sigma Iotia II in Star Trek "A Piece of the Action". Yes I know, I'm old !
@@jad43701 lol not that OLD .... I remember that, too!
Seth C the little kid is him
If you notice the Tim traveler has the same one
@@brianmcanelly7147 no he wouldn't be sent to kill himself. interesting theory though.
I get the sense that a lot of the comments are by people who didn't grasp the actual depth of the story.
Very well crafted. Everything was done correctly. Flawless mystery.
I liked this. It's a good example for filmmakers who don't understand that story is more important than effects or budget. I've watched so many short sci-fi films with much larger budgets that I've thumb-downed because the story was basically non-existent. Even familiar stories, like the one in this piece, can be emotionally engaging when given a fresh take and a satisfying ending.
If you are confused, here is the gist of it. In the original time line, Barry the kid, grew up and committed the mass shooting. Killing Barry when he was a child before the crime would be brutal but logically would prevent the mass shooting from happening. However, the story asks what caused Barry to be the mass shooter in the first place. It turned out that Barry's parents' murders were the cause of his committing the mass shooting. By preventing Barry's parents from being murdered gave Barry a chance to grow up not being homicidal.
Its a nice story and a social commentary of our justice system. We tend to punish criminals after the crimes have been committed. We should focus on prevention instead. All criminals were innocent children once. They don't get into crimes on their own. Somewhere in their lives something went wrong that started them on the wrong path. Not all criminals must have violent and traumatic childhood experiences. White collar criminals growing up in luxury and privilege commit crimes later in their lives because ironically they were spoiled by their circumstance. A lack of sympathy can be brought upon by tragedy that caused anger or it can caused by not having to experienced the plight of being poor. It's the infamous affluenza defense.
You missed something important. Barry didn't commit the mass shooting in the first timeline. There are 3 timelines.The Drifter was there to kill the parents. He was meddling in the timeline as mentioned at 10:42 . This implies that in the original timeline his parents weren't killed and Barry didn't become a killer. It was only because the Drifter had meddled and killed them (creating the 2nd timeline in which Barry becomes a killer) - that the Jumper was sent to kill him. At first the time agency and the Jumper were not aware that the timeline had been meddled with - but he was warned before he "jumped" in the letter to "watch out for Drifters". Luckily he had the realization that "people aren't born bad" and then discovers that Barry's parents were going to be murdered that night and realizes that that was the even that turned Barry evil. He reports to the time agency that he thinks someone is trying to kill the parents - it seems he is suspecting a drifter already. Once he deals with the drifter we are left with a third timeline where the parents boys are not murdered because the Jumper dealt with the Drifter. This in affect restores the original timeline's future with Barry not being a killer again, though it technically is a third timeline. Agree with the implications of the social commentary stuff you wrote though - all those implications still stand.
Can you also mention the awards that this video has won? Because i don't think such vids can be award winning 🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐
I've watched more of these short films on YT than I can remember, and the majority of them put "Award Winning" in the title somewhere -- it has become meaningless. However, some of them probably did win a Razzie. 😁
Finally, happy logical ending of a short and beautifully done.
Wonderfully engaging! Unique and creative. I’m curious... at the end, why did he leave the earpiece on the table?
Tina Flintstone, were glad you enjoyed the film! We definitely had a blast making it. But we hope to create a semi universe from this story, with some sequels in the future! So the earpiece is a setup for something to come.
@@RedAngelProductions ohhhh yeah!
@@RedAngelProductions
Excellent! Any thing in the past year?
Tina, this is a question that can't be answered. It's like a magician's trick - if you're told the secret it's never as satisfying as just wondering.
So far just 'Acquisition' on Broke College Kids channel
It was ok until the sounds of the punches came about 4 hours after the actual punches occurred- now that IS time travel!
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nice premise, but i had to play it 2x the speed until 8:47 though. it drags a bit and likes to linger on mundane things that don't really add to the suspense but the story IS intriguing. it reminds me a bit of the movie Predestination
there are some minor continuity issues (with the earpiece) and subtitles would be nice (since it's too quiet) but never mind.
Kinda allright..The firearms handling was pretty nonsencible,But the story stood well..
I get it...low budget, etc. but the "gun" handling techniques are pure kid's "cops & robbers stuff.
Anyway...l do like it. 👍
So, he breaks into someone's house, turns the lights on, talks on his radio thing, fires his gun, has a fight with some other guy, and no-one wakes up? Ah, right - that's plausible i guess.
ROTFL - now if he had some sort of device that put the parents in a deep sleep state, then the rest would be more believable. :-)
Boring. Slow. What year did the flashing clock exist. Definitely notm 1930's tech. Again, boring
There is no Paradox in this film.
2:07 pause and read
So, what are we to make of this? Timeline is changed by not changing the timeline. Getting rid of the drifter seemed to do the trick. I'll have to remember that on future assignments. Also: get quieter shoes. Also: install suppressor before going into house. Also: collect more background intel before going in thereby removing need to talk to the handler right in the middle of an op. Also: get a real gun. Also: don't leave evidence laying around on the table. Also: check for bullet holes and slugs in walls before packing up. Okay. End communication.
ASMR - 00:00 to 08:53
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Wow, really good, reminds me of Looper. Nice all round.
Kid sleeps through strange people in the room... possible, but where are the parents - I always wake up from strange noises in the house. I would suggest a device that puts the parents in a deep sleep state that he can zap from outside... possibly? Something that makes the fact they don't wake up more believable. Otherwise the timeline plot was very good. More info on "drifters" would be good.
Good idea. Not much to the story, but still very engaging, as Tina Flintstone put it. Very well filmed. Thank you.
This post is actually being made in 2024 but I was afraid the video would be deleted by then so I watched it in 2018. Talk to you later.
Masterfully done @TheBrothersGrymm! Can't wait for more!
Only problem I have is that kid had a Nintendo instead of a SNES or Sega in damn near 1995. No wonder he lost his shit lol Jesus kid get with the times!! Lmao
I like the movie…but right up front they took away from the
thought that this is serious. The up close shot of the gun revieled it to be an
airsoft gun. I know real guns aren’t allowed but black tape or something is
better than that…yes its nitpicky but come on! I am an observant person picking
up on details is natural to me.
1:19 I love how the gas reloading port shows off. Is it a gun-shaped cigarette lighter?
Gas powered airsoft.
The trouble with a lot of these shorts is that they cast boys as men. It's jarring to have to make pretend that anybody would give a kid that kind of responsibility.
Not bad. But that was not a paradox. That was just a correction to the time line.
Agreed. I don't see anything paradoxical here.
I love this and I subscribed Id love to write something for the next film
Why does the black ear bud disappear at time 3:12, only to magically reappear at time 3:16? I missed that 2 years ago. :)
Also, at time 14:29 he sets the ear bud on the side table, but at time 14:39 it's back in his ear. Magic?
It was good but it was a bit slow at first.
It was ok, just too much Looper and Predestination input. Not very original.
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The first digital alarm clock was not commercially available until 1956.
3:16
00:43
Nicely done. Thank you.
i see terentino style and flair.... with Wes Anderson and Oliver Stone influences..... weve all been around the block sweetie... get ready... its your turn to shine....
My understanding: Barry turned out to be a mass murderer because he was screwed as a child after his parents' death. Subduing that drifter prevented their deaths and he turned out normal.
Dark
Midnight would be confusing.
I wonder if all their timecops are 17 years old.
The time machine won't get a pop with that brand or a corner twist, highly unlikely to get a sub 10 though, :-{
lol
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Gandhi shot dead.. On the newspaper in wall
I love happy ends so much! Thank you!
Boy was that slow.
apps and costumes , all a person needs to create a movie
The title is misleading... there is no paradox in this story.
Wikipedia has a nice, short article on Temporal Paradoxes which you might want to read. But to summarize, there is no contradiction in this. He discovered something and changed the future... that's just straightforward time travel.
The entire story is a paradox. None of this would be happening were it not for time travel coming into play.
@@soulmechanics7946 That point has nothing to do with temporal paradoxes. The OP is correct 100%.
@@drteeth7054 It is a temporal paradox. Dude traveled to this time in order to change something that only occurred because he traveled through time. Do you know anything about existential paradox? I do not think anyone has coined the term yet. It is very interesting though. 😏
I just named it after the time travel device that he owns. As noted by the letter he reads, telling him to "set his Paradox." No intentional temporal paradoxs were put into the film haha.
@@RedAngelProductions you mean you named the time travel device after something it isnt
Well done with a happy ending! 😊
Nice job
shouldve called it ghost
A Rubiks cube? Really???
Great short movie, keep up the good work!
Hi why a rubiskcub ??
As a child he was taken from the 1980s and made into a time traveling assassin. The Cube is his Paradox: a thing of great importance to ones past that is transformed into a time-travel device.
@@RedAngelProductions that sounds like an ontological paradox. Its when something helps start a time loop in which case the object has no "origin" to speak of. Well done!
so..basically...."looper"
Boring
Nice story line
I must say, What an exit! Aha
nice
So the kid becomes "The Drifter".
Bad. Just bad
EXCELLENT!
That was very well done! I enjoyed it.
Which award did it get? ; \
What broke my immersion was right at the beginning of the fist fight scene the camera pans down and you see the jumpers pants don't fit properly
I liked it.
Cool cool!
Good one.
1994 was a Good Year for me ! Peace Thanks for the film.
didn't get it please explain..
Drifter goes back in time, kills parents, boy grows up, causes shooting. Jumper goes forward in time (from where he was), kills drifter before parents are killed, kid grows up differently, shooting never happens.
Wow two time travels
I recommend you to watch it in 0.25x speed!
I like this a lot. Just for the sake of...discussion, this guy isn't as stealthy as he's supposed to be like when he opens the latch on the gate and...just gives me the impression of a bumbling fool...not a fool...but he's bumbling around makin a hell of a racket in that house man!
The jumper could’ve been played by a more suitable person. This man has no experience handling a real gun, besides you can tell just by a quick glance that he isn’t capable of hurting much less killing anyone. This is the face of a sheltered man. Cute but too soft. Otherwise, a good short film plot.
That would be amazing if we could honestly do that. We could stop all of the terrorist attacks before they happen. It's a nice dream......
Continuity Editing: Earpiece in the right ear before and after burning the envelope, but not right at the time of the action. 3:12
Bruce Banner will explain to these fellas that no matter how much you tried changing the past, it wont make any effect on your present. It will create an alternate timeline. And the more you try, the more you create these timelines.
Too bad you didnt expand this universe and make sequels. It was really good.
NICE!
newspapers on the wall....... nice and subtle touch
Fantastic work❤❤❤
Time agent made one mistake, he left an earpiece, similar to someone stepping on a butterfly millions of years ago and changing evolution.
Yeap that rubiscube will definitely help me beat the traffic.
Why aren’t these movies yet
Well done a little slow but still I would continue watching this for sure
Brilliant sci fi short film
Ty
Well I was liking what I saw up until I was rudely interrupted by those annoying ads so I won't be watching it until the End 👎it's a pity that TH-cam is becoming more like commercial tv. But what is even worse is that good production's are being spoiled by those intrusive ads. So you
have to wonder how many people are like me and just go onto the next
clip and never to see what happens in the end?
And it's so hard to wait five seconds?
Can't Watchable.....Rubix cube is The Time Machine????😂😂😂😂No Logic.......An Envelope Doesn't matter How he S Gonna Save It😴Im Feeling Sleepy...boring to watch these kind ....of Short film..Some Time Travel Short films Are Just 3:00 mins but its Fantastic... But these kind 15:00 Are Boring ...And A Waste of time to Take This Boring Short Films😴😴😴😴😴
Very good I especially like the way you threw in the part with the shadow
Very good. Very true to the theory of timeline cause and effect.