Sci-Fi Short Film: "Boléro" | DUST Exclusive
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- In a future where telepaths are used by the government to monitor the public and root out insurgents, a non-speaking teen seeks to avenge her father by hunting down and killing the man responsible for his death.
"Boléro" by Sarah Gross
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In a future where telepaths are used by the government to monitor the public and root out insurgents, Maya, a non-speaking teen, witnesses her father’s brutal and unjust execution. Set on a path of revenge and destruction, Maya joins the Resistance, hellbent on tracking down Reader 8, the telepath responsible for her father’s death. However, when Maya finally locates her target after years of searching, she is confronted with a choice: either capture Reader 8 and deliver essential intelligence to the Resistance or take him out and fulfill her vengeful quest.
"Boléro" Credits:
Director - Sarah Gross
Story by - Quinn Armstrong
Screenplay by - Sarah Gross
Producers - Annika Dawson, Tim Deters
Executive Producer - Frida Torresblanco
Associate Producers - Emma Buerklin, Lily Harty, Hannah Reynolds
Director of Photography - Brian M. Tang
Production Designers - Leah Borrie, Noel Dombroski
Editor - Russell August Anderson
Sound Designer - Paul J. Vogel
Composer - Jonathan Keith
Costume Designer - Meredith Peebles
Stunt Coordinator - Mark Kubr
Casting Director - Jamie Ember
First Assistant Director - Ryan Wagner
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Hey everyone! This is Sarah Gross, director of Boléro. Thank you for taking the time to watch our film. I’m excited to hear your thoughts and happy to answer any questions!
This movie was excellent, great work! Hope to see more coming from you. Thank,
Hi, You are Dr. Sara Gross, Do you complete two times Ironman champions right?
Very good
Don't have question, but like the pace of the story, it flows amazingly
Hi Sarah! I have a handful.
How long was filming for this, where was it done?
What was your thinking using the sandy-colored color tone throughout, as opposed to the typical (and in my opinion overused) dark, shadowy lighting used often in such dystopian stories? Was it to compliment Maya’s red hair, like “her world” so to speak?
Was the older woman in the restaurant a relative of someone on the crew? (I can usually sense a family member used as extras in film-I guess it’s my mental power! XD)
Who was cast first: Farrah Mackenzie as young Maya or Larsen Thompson as older Maya, and how uncanny did you think they looked like each other when the casting director found the second one?
Why was Maya taping her belly up before her contact showed up? Had she recently been in an attack/conflict?
Was the same building used for all the shots? It looks interesting especially later in the film with the wide tunnels and open dining hall.
Thanks for this opportunity!
Damnnn! I was so engrossed in this short film that I didn't want it to end.I hope in the near future that this short film could get crowd funded to make it a full length film.
You dont need a film to feature what is already going on if you would only look more closely 🙏
@@payableondeath9091 just what I was thinking
@@payableondeath9091 can you pls elaborate, how is it happening in real life?
@@supriyahegde1812 IT'S THE LIZARD PEOPLE!!! HAHAHAHA!!
@@supriyahegde1812 After 9/11
American government made laws which took away people's privacy , to prevent terrorist attacks !
Sooner or later they will even enter people's mind !
But am worried about my mind , because uncontrolled thoughts are there 😂😂😂
Sometimes I feel like I should become a rebel against the government !
Am sure reader 8 will catch me and keep me in hostage 🤟🤟😜😜
Acting was beyond incredible,very natural,cameras,sounds,scenery,supreme short film,we need more,let's vote to make it happen.
His big Ego thinking he could never be taken down. He forgot that her love for her Father kept that drive in her alive and broke that Ego to pieces. You Go Girl!!!!!!!!!
the acting was top notch, the story gripping. very well done and a different enough spin to feel fresh
when she out-telepathed him and left him stunned, I said "Oh you go girl!" hahaha
YAAAAAAAASSSS!!!!!!
That was excellent! This could easily become a Netflix series or a movie.
I agree!
One good movie after this prequel episode.
Well, the moral of this story was sadly "revenge", and I don't think that's a healthy and nice teaching, everybody should reject revenge because we should love each and every one of us and start to forgive the others 🙏
No it could not. She failed, she identified and is dead, everything is busted. End of the story.
Not without a Trans, gay black woman, and and paralyzed ninja
Netflix is garbage
Well done Sarah and crew. It’s been a while since we’ve seen a dystopian story told so well. I would definitely love to see a full length film. You’re an up and comer congrats.
creator, cast and crew all have something to be very proud of here. bravo!
Well, the moral of this story was sadly "revenge", and I don't think that's a healthy and nice teaching, everybody should reject revenge because we should love each and every one of us and start to forgive the others 🙏
DUST bringing us another masterpiece
Well, the moral of this story was sadly "revenge", and I don't think that's a healthy and nice teaching, everybody should reject revenge because we should love each and every one of us and start to forgive the others 🙏
This is absolutely one of the Top 10 best SciFi shorts on DUST! This is Academy Award level excellence. Brilliant acting and original story line. Amazingly captured in a short video.
Lately, you seem to have found a few who can actually write a decent storyline. Bravo! Please try to keep them!
Well, the moral of this story was sadly "revenge", and I don't think that's a healthy and nice teaching, everybody should reject revenge because we should love each and every one of us and start to forgive the others 🙏
@@Lichtgeschwindigkeit196 Save that nonsense for your church! It's called FICTION! The best stories are about revenge and other unpleasant things!
@@Lichtgeschwindigkeit196 I would say revenge was part of the story, not moral. And stories do not have to be moral teachings, sometimes, they are just that: stories. You do not have to agree with what people in them do.
I think it was brilliant! I loved the character development and the storyline. Thank you, keep making movies.
This was a great story, sets were awesome, actors were 100 % right on. Over all 5 star.
Only 5 star James? Well, I will see your 5 and raise you 5 more and I am all in...
I spend more time than I should watching this channel, but it can't be helped. Some of them are time I cannot get back but this one, this one was awesome! I was enthralled throughout the entire film and was truly on the edge of my seat. This premise could easily be a full length movie, I'd love to see where she goes with this implant and how the fight continues. Don't change a thing with the cinematography, acting and directing, it would be a smash hit, in my humble opinion. Kudo's to all the team involved. Thank you Sarah for a great time spent!
And he would've gotten away with it too, if it hadn't been for those meddling kids!
Hats off to props and staging, some of those setups were amazing. Overall a really decent Orwellian twist with a dash of exciting scenes, look forward to more from you and your crew. Thank-you.
Wow.... Another one when I forget I am "just" watching a YT short flick. Story is engrossing, needs a full feature! Kudos.
This channel washes away from the soul the DUST of every day life.
Wow! Just wow! Fantastic job and incredible directing!
9:37 Candace walking in about to bust Phineas and Ferb.
Seriously though this was good. I watched it twice.
Very good. Many DUST offerings have great photography and "style" (which make them worth watching) but little emotional impact.
This was SUPERB. Thank you.
This is a future we can't allow.., and it's funny how art can be so in tune with current conditions..., steel your spine, stand for Freedom against ALL tyranny...,God Bless anyone telling the Truth.
We really love this... Much love from teenage filmmakers The Castmate ❤
In late scenes, nice contrast between squared off halls and rooms, and her flowing dress.
Maya was wonderfully portrayed! The villain, Reaser 8 was very menacing!
Easily the best in DUST.... this must reach over a million views...
Maurice Ravel's Bolero, is an extraordinary piece of music
This channel is a blessing...
Good pacing, sets and costuming fit the mood. And the jarring juxtaposition of the sensuous Boléro with the gritty environment was a good contrast.
That was a great film and worthy of a continuation. Also much appreciate the subtitles. Many thanks.
AMAZING. One of my favorite DUST stories yet.
This is a filmaker so good that this person knows how to build emotion *and*" do exposition the right way. Exposition is a neccesary evil and the hardest thing to do correctly and this filmaker does it right. What a great scene and transition. No time jump either. Just natural.
Then they know how to build tension. Make the audience dead. Wonderful. I want to see more. And the actor who played the villian. Plus how they wrote the female lead to overcome in a way that's actually empowering. This deserves to be feature length
its a damn shame you can only press the like button once.... brilliant all the way round.. concept, storyline, actors and filming... thank you ... heres to seeing your work on a much bigger scale for all to appreciate.. and.. to seeing this story in particular in a series or full length cinema soonest..
Wow! This is fantastic. Hoping this will be a movie or series. The actresses who portrayed Maya at both stages are phenomenal.
Loved this one. Her vengeance was excellent! I hope there's more
*excellent* - LOVED every bit of this - awesome plot, atmosphere - amazing actress - completely believable world created immediately - would love to see more
Too bad the movies at the cinema can't be as good as a 10 minute video.
Nicely done.
right!!
This is amazing. How do you come up with this stuff, I went to go see one of the films in a local cinema recently and this stuff never gets old.
She was pretty and special as a child and as an adult. Very well done once again.
That was pretty intense
A well fleshed out world for the short length, and a protagonist that one can root for. Great acting, direction, set design. I could definitely watch more stories in this universe.
loved her sense of power, and discriminating use of it.
Seriously, this is one of the best shorts I’ve ever seen! Well written and the acting is flawless! This could easily work as a full length feature film or even a Series on HBO or NETFLIX.. I’ll be following this group of writers!
I could easily see this becoming a TV series.
This is one of my all time Dust favorites. It is so sharp and classy. I love the bad guy. And the heroine is so intense. The ASL adds a great nuance. Thank you. Wish this was 2 hours long.
THAT was excellent! I'm sure that cost a few dollars to produce. But it was well worth it! Amazing writing, acting, direction, and sound! That was first rate! Great story and great work! I look forward to more.
Dust never disappoints. This was a terrific movie short with great acting, edge of your seat action and a great story that, in my opinion, can be applied to what's happening in the US today which is intriguing and kinda scary at the same time. This is once again another movie short that could be turned into a sci-fi series or full length feature film. And if it did I'll be first in line to watch it at a theater or at home.
One of my favorite musical pieces.
It's great, the story feels like I had always imagined Babylon 5's Psi corps and the psychic underground starting
Although it seemed very much in tune with the dystopian environment by Mr. Orwell's 1984 and the Thought Police, this was certainly a very nice production of that similar premise. It was also easy for the viewer to make the connection between the little girl and the grown woman and we were rooting for her all the way. I, for one, would like to see you coax this into a continuation as it has many possibilities for twists and turns in its plot! Very nice work!!
Way better than "Epoch". This is good stuff.
I absolutely loved it. Would love to see this character moving forward. She was great as well as the child. Well done.
The storyline and acting were top notch. The fighting was extremely realistic.
good story, actors, director, camera, ... may the force be with you.
So good. I wish Sarah Gross would consider being the Director of the Star Wars space opera, casting Larsen Thompson as the storyline’s hero. Unbelievably excellent acting, such an intense presence, so much talent for easily handling the lead role - I absolutely would start watching the post-LucasFilm movies again.
For what it’s worth, plain and average me, a humble fan of great stories and acting, will watch Ms. Thompson’s and Ms. Gross’ careers with great interest. Again, so good! Thank you for sharing, my imagination loved it.
Oh, and the title and the song…I grew up listening to Bolero many, many, many times. But it had faded somewhat from me until ‘rediscovering’ it listening to the amazing and famous Mexican Conductor, Alondra de la Parra, conducting Ravel’s Bolero, performed by the WDR Sinfonieorchester. I’m not sure of the backstory for the title of your film, but I certainly liked it.
It's was creepy like a horrorfilm. But really good.
Always impressed with the acting Skills and ability, the little girl was very believable
Great short story, acting and cinematography was fantastic. Great Work.
Edge of my seat!! Love this story.
Atomic blonde was bada$$! Now we have Atomic Redhead! Excellent short film 👍
BRAVO!! Well done ... and I love that the protagonist gets her revenge in the end, and was still able to complete her mission ... ENCORE! ENCORE!!
Amazingly well done, and not entirely implausible. Enhanced synthetic telepathy has actually been a topic seriously considered by some, with the caveat that if this became possible, it's very likely it would be used by military or "law enforcement". But whatever the future might be, this was an excellent production, the actors fit perfectly.
Simply put, "Wow".
Implants that blink make as much sense as earphones that do that, except they’d be less annoying.
the small actress is better than the big one (by far)
Really enjoyed that! Superb cast. Amazing how invested we, the audience, can get in so short a time.
It can be a challenge to set the dystopian context of a future society but here it was done stylishly.
No idea what tune the first guy was humming, but I think it might've been helpful to introduce the Bolero with a scene to illustrate its significance to father and daughter, since I'm not sure how many young people nowadays would know and recognise the tune, so how come a child in this brave new world does?
The action was really well choreographed and the fight scenes looked fantastic. The twist at the end was very effective.
Outstanding job telling that story in 17:24
Hmmmm ,,,,, life imitating art , or art imitating life ????
The argument could go both ways on this one !!!
Fight scenes are really tough to get right. The scenes in this short were palpable. Great job! The story was great and had a lot of twists and nuances.
What a great story and so well acted by the beautiful young girl and her wonderful older self!
Excellent acting, story line and production!
Heavenly Father I pray that you keep the person reading this alive, safe, healthy and financially blessed Amen🧸
Thank you so much and I pray the same for you, God definitely hears your selfless prayers!!!
We need a longer full length version. And Larsen was awesome as always.
That was a great trailer for a potential series. What a great character, more please!
Idk why but I was humming along with the first guy at the start
Left me wanting More well done Sarah well done.
Now gosh darn it need more parts loved this
This was one of those extremely well done shorts that made me check the run time with hopes that I was only 17:20 into a feature-length film. Definitely would love more.
Really well done. Great short scifi flick. Loved it
Noooo I need a whole series
What an incredible film was this.. I really inspired a lot to make short films in this way.. especially the photography was mind blowing.. all the best DUST and all the best to the whole team and specially to Sarah Gross
Sarah, outstanding! Loved it, writing, pace, actors, but most of all the great ending. It’s all about the ending.
Brilliant with an incredible amount of action emotion and story presented in such a compact and well made movie; congratulations and thank you Sarah!
Oh and (oops spoilers...)
good 'girl' (rockin *woman* ) - so proud of you - you ROCK - !!! Your dad would be proud ❤
(Just to be clear - talking to the CHARACTER) -
nice to see strong savvy woman avenging her dad, looking stunning doing it - got a bit gruesome for me - even so, was so cheering her on - evil s.o.b)
Amazing short! Congratulations! The two actresses playing the heroine are fantastic.
Marvellously done, intriguing story. Huge kudos to the filmmakers and actors!
Love this film!! This NEEDS to be a feature!!
This needs a sequel. I want to see how the rebels use their undocumented reader to turn the tide of government oppression.
simply amazing!!! love it! the final confrontation fight is exquisite!
Absolutely phenomenal. Jesus was probably sitting in heaven watching, look back and said FATHER let's bless dust.
Wow!! Loved it and wish it to have been a longer movie or serie😉❤️
This was amazing. Would like to know more about this world, as depressing as it is.
I watch a lot of these and a bit underwhelmed 60% of the time - This one is top 5% all the way!!! Greatness!!!
This was so good well job !
Is that Farrah Mackenzie playing the daughter? She's a great actress, loved her in Utopia. I do hope she continues to establish herself in the future, she's very talented.
I would watch this as a series. 👍👍👍
I thoroughly enjoyed this, Love from Boston
Yes, the story is interesting, alluring. Really nice plot. She, however, she is soooo pretty.
I love this film so much. I saw it twice during its festival run. I'm begging to be in the feature adaptation. 🔥🔥🔥
I love this so much! I initially thought I was seeing a re-act of 1984. This was just brilliantly done (for a lot of reasons!).
Thank you
Dust 4 Hollywood 0. That was excellent!