The fact that the 'making of' was longer than the short itself is true testiment to how much work actually goes into making these things. I think that the likes of Marvel with hundreds of special effect and compositing masters along with an almost limitless budget make 'low budget' movies hard to compete, but I think this does a great job. Well done.
apparently you have not had the glorious pleasure of watching "Space Mutiny" riffed by MST3K or Rifftrax. I will do you the favor of recommending it to you! :)
Not much worse than Jar Jar Abrams concrete wall on his raped version of the Enterprise. This was visible in the theatrical verion only, as they CGed that out in the DVD/Blu Ray/Streaming version. ;)
Don Mason - ... words... fail... me... That was 25% Battlestar Galactica, 25% Richard Simmons workout video and 98% awful. And I never found out if they signed Sherry’s birthday card. But it does win the first “brick corridor in a spaceship” award, so I stand corrected.
@@CadenButera Ya, I'm a big fan too! Great movie!! I was Just bein' a wise ass tho! 😁 I enjoyed what you did! Great homage. I love these sci-fi horror shorts you guys do! I can't get enough of em'!!! 🖖
Watched it again for the 3rd time. I really like this movie! Sci-fi horror and especially cosmic horror like this are my favorite type of science fiction movies. Its hard to find gems like this
Moral of the story is... Look both ways before you cross the street. In other words, don't go to planets that you don't know crap about. I think Earth would qualify.
So, just to preface my critiques, I did actually enjoy this short. The pacing was good, and didn't leave me bored at any point. The grittiness of the effects made the universe feel 'lived in'. And, overall, I wanted to 'see' more of this narrative. That said, the thematic similarity to the Alien(s) franchise was pretty blatant. That's... not necessarily bad. But, if it isn't meant to actually be a part of the Alien(s) universe, it then detracts from the chance from something truly original. Also, the best part of the story - the 'time loop' - is something that deserves more emphasis. It certainly is the most tantalizing part of this story. It is what it is: A short film. And for that, it was a worthy offering. But, this story deserves a longer showing in order to reach something closer to its full potential. As it is, it was entertaining, but felt too much like just a very skillful Alien knock-off. Again, not inherently a bad thing, but I really want/wanted more.
Didn’t see any space monsters too dark and this is what you call a sci-fi short film! I guess this is as good as it gets with this film. All this films did is leave the viewer hungry!😱
Time dilation nice catch Great job It reminds me of the old " Twilight zone episode where Jack Klugman and Ross Martin along with one more guy find a crashed ship with their own bodies inside . So .... Are these people dead and don't know it yet ??? Or did they , jump ahead somehow after sending that message to themselves from the past ??? Damn ... I love these " Who Done It , but Not then " .
Major props for a what I gather was a no-budget effort. Despite the variety of flaws (the cost of that ship was off by at least several orders of magnitude), I'd watch whatever follows this up...
This is Dan O'Bannon speaking. I'm suing you! This is Walter Hill speaking. I'm suing you. This is Ron Shussett speaking. I'm suing you ! This is Ridley Scott speaking. I'm suing you! This is 20th Century Fox speaking. We're suing you ! This is Brandywine Productions speaking. We're suing you ! This is H.R. Geiger speaking. I'm suing you ! This is Sigourney Weaver speaking. I'm suing you ! This is John Hurt speaking. I'm suing you ! This is Tom Skerritt speaking. I'm suing you ! This is Ian Holm speaking. I'm suing you ! This is Veronica Cartwright speaking. I'm suing you ! This is Yaphet Kotto speaking. I'm suing you ! This is Harry Dean Stanton speaking. I'm suing you ! This is Jonesey speaking. I'm suing you ! You people had better get yerselves a damned good attorney !
This was really good, but it needs a sequel. C'mon, Cruz finds a dead guy with HIS name on the uniform patch....? Time travel? Or it's his grandfather ? Either way, this needs further exploring . Well done👍
I really liked it, even though there were bricks in the spaceship, and that they went to another solar system for recourses when our own has more than enough for tens of thousands of years atleast.
can definitely tell an "alien/aliens" fan made this. noticed the title "recursion" in alien fashion. also some sound effects from alien and covenant. gave this a like
Caden this was truly spectacular, amazing effort by your goodself and all the guys, absolutely bravo👏👌🎬 That's a rap folk's! Who needs vast amounts of cgi and rendering time using vfx with Maxon C4d or whatever when the old methods of cinematic story telling in visual effects still stand up to the tests of time! It's amazing what creative cinematic art direction can accomplish after scouting inside an old abandoned sawmill factory with the use of spray paint, overalls, modified football helmets with leds infront of a chromakey green screen studio using fog machines, leaf blowers, body harness, grinders and cine lightning with diffusers for visual effects not to mention with set design with Joe's expertise! The performances and efforts from all the team was really outstanding despite the heavy constraints on a shoestring micro low budget to produce this outstanding short film shot by a Rokinon 24mm T1.5 cine lens with anamorphic effect wow, great 1st AC and visual art coordination work from Dashawn! Caden your goodself and Mark, Joe, John, Jerry, Bonnie, Amanda and both with Stephen Lloyd and Stephen Morton and the rest of the crew would really put certain production groups in Hollywood to shame! It just goes to show that it's not just the camera but it's also the foley and sound effects, vfx, lightning, editing in post production with ideal musical accompaniment, performances and everything else that helps sell the finished production for a wider picture theatre audience! But with all that said the Black Magic mini Ursa 4.6k with it's 16bit really does pack a heck of a punch in the right hands as there's still great functionality from the old dog yet which still makes it an ideal piece of kit in my opinion for Indy vfx production and short films! Perfect sound and fast moving composition consistent with the rule of thirds all checked, couldn't fault it Golden popcorn award definitely! 🎬🍿10/10 👍
I'm really surprised and happy that the sequel holds a candle to orher sci-fi... it jogged my memory to alien, Prometheus. I loved the combination of both movies
This short was, in a word, outstanding. I love sci fi shorts, and at this point the number I have seen is into the hundreds. This one ranks up there at the very top for me. Every aspect from the acting to the cinematography to the editing was top notch. It was shot very well also. This is the work of a born filmmaker. People criticising the sets/ production value have obviously never made a short film on a small budget. If I had to guess this was made on a micro budget and it was still impressive all things considered. Personally I thought the brick wall down in the "engine room" looked cool. And the vacuum hose around the helmets was genius. Others will disagree, of course, but I enjoyed this 10 minute short made for no money a lot more than many 2 and a half hour 100 million dollar Hollywood crappy movies I have seen over the years. Well done. And to the good people complaining that this short has too much of a vibe from the " Aliens" movies, please chill out.
@@duikmans sorry. You guessed wrong. I am just a huge fan of sci fi and short films. I am also an aspiring filmmaker. Sci fi short films are a particular enjoyment of mine. I just happened to have really enjoyed this one. Nothing more nothing less.😊
At a 1:20 a crewman asked "where are Fitz and Cruzaedo" At 8:41 Cruzaedo walks over to dead man and brushes off his name tag and it reads Cruzaedo. He realizes it's himself. Very good job. Hoping for a part II
This shit was awesome! But would have thought that the year 2159 they would have robots to go down and set up beacons instead of humans! Also let’s run further into death building instead of back out the door to the safety of my spaceship, must just be me🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️
Erona Calloway :- Agreed, the video is well done & got my full attention but for the "Houston astronaut" accent and the cheap helmet hoses. If this was to be enlarged into a TV pilot, those small matters could easily be rectified.
What we have here is a failure to consider the options. 1. All scripts that are made into movies are made with full budgets, in Hollywood. 2. There's a whole entertainment industry area where people who are studying/pursuing careers in filmmaking or acting make films on very low budgets. You'll see things like brick walls, dryer hoses, and other creatively low-cost props. It's neither embarrassing or surprising to see this; people who aren't famous, rich, or in Hollywood have talent and passion for making films, and they don't let a non-Hollywood budget stop them from collaborating and creating movies. I'm gonna go with option 2. Adding a congratulations to the cast and crew. I remember when this was being filmed. It's great to see it in complete form and I hope we see more of these characters.
For a low budget I think you did an amazing job. Enjoyed. Well done.
The fact that the 'making of' was longer than the short itself is true testiment to how much work actually goes into making these things. I think that the likes of Marvel with hundreds of special effect and compositing masters along with an almost limitless budget make 'low budget' movies hard to compete, but I think this does a great job. Well done.
Most making ofs are longer than the film.
Just look at Lord of the rings.
1:26 That’s a first, a spaceship with a brick wall.
Yeah could have taken a little time to cover the brick wall. Just some sign board panels even.
apparently you have not had the glorious pleasure of watching "Space Mutiny" riffed by MST3K or Rifftrax. I will do you the favor of recommending it to you! :)
Not much worse than Jar Jar Abrams concrete wall on his raped version of the Enterprise.
This was visible in the theatrical verion only, as they CGed that out in the DVD/Blu Ray/Streaming version. ;)
Don Mason - ... words... fail... me...
That was 25% Battlestar Galactica, 25% Richard Simmons workout video and 98% awful.
And I never found out if they signed Sherry’s birthday card.
But it does win the first “brick corridor in a spaceship” award, so I stand corrected.
What do you want for only $1 Billion?
Your set, props, and costumes were top-notch, along with your cinematography!
The poor creature down there had to wait 52 years for its next meal :(
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
So, Hypernating?
I don't think you understood what happend. 52 years ago he himself was eaten by the creature and found his own dead body...
Where's PETA!!???? LOL
Wow :o very impressive. The production value of this is amazing!
THANK YOU!
the best actor in this was the guy with the beard and glasses that told them about the storm
I've saw this back in 1979. The longer version. It was called "Alien"
Yep that was definitely the inspiration! I’m a huge fan of that movie and wanted to test out some of the practical effects they used! 😃
@@CadenButera Ya, I'm a big fan too! Great movie!! I was Just bein' a wise ass tho! 😁 I enjoyed what you did! Great homage. I love these sci-fi horror shorts you guys do! I can't get enough of em'!!! 🖖
So much criticism. Give the maker peace. Well done. It was ace.
shipyard town I love you.
Wow! Cool movie!! Whenever anyone in a film says “This place is uninhabited” you know immediately they’re going to be proved wrong ...
I WANT A PART TWO, OR A CONTINUATION OF WHAT THE IRIS DID AFTERWARDS...
He opened a burger restaurant
Watched it again for the 3rd time. I really like this movie! Sci-fi horror and especially cosmic horror like this are my favorite type of science fiction movies. Its hard to find gems like this
Those washing machine hose holders come in handy..helmets.
Aw man, a time-warping tentacle space-gorilla!
This always happens! This is exactly why you need to bring tang on every space mission! No exceptions!
Moral of the story is... Look both ways before you cross the street. In other words, don't go to planets that you don't know crap about. I think Earth would qualify.
I don't know, too overpopulated. Mars on the other hand looks more peaceful and full of promises.
Really nice job you've done here. No bored moments, really good soundtrack, overall a great short film.
I love deep space salvage with mysterious settlement stories!
5:26 you can see the use of an umpire face mask as some sort of a headrest for the chair, pretty clever use of props
Thanks! You can see what it looked like before in our Behind the Scenes breakdown! th-cam.com/video/L0YYJJRi5OY/w-d-xo.html
They have washing machine water take-away pipe attached to their protective helmets! Coupled with the brick wall, this is brilliant.
or Vacuum cleaner auxiliary pipes.
Nah. It was faux brick paneling over the ship's steel wall. It was done to give those on the ship more of a feeling of home.
hey c'mon,that was awesome.And i liked the little spacetime twist.
Very well done! Excelent pacing, great actors, love letter to first Alien.
Ignoring the low budget, it worked well! I got pulled in with the story telling! Great lighting! And all these shoot in 3 days?!?!?! Incredible!
3-4 "Alien" movies crammed into one short film. How very original. Or something.
This is really incredible! Very impressive
But you were slimed. EEEk.
This must be a Canadian film. Everyone has a mustache 🤣. Great job
Not Canadian, filmed in North Idaho! But funny observation, lol
So, just to preface my critiques, I did actually enjoy this short. The pacing was good, and didn't leave me bored at any point. The grittiness of the effects made the universe feel 'lived in'. And, overall, I wanted to 'see' more of this narrative.
That said, the thematic similarity to the Alien(s) franchise was pretty blatant. That's... not necessarily bad. But, if it isn't meant to actually be a part of the Alien(s) universe, it then detracts from the chance from something truly original.
Also, the best part of the story - the 'time loop' - is something that deserves more emphasis. It certainly is the most tantalizing part of this story.
It is what it is: A short film. And for that, it was a worthy offering. But, this story deserves a longer showing in order to reach something closer to its full potential. As it is, it was entertaining, but felt too much like just a very skillful Alien knock-off. Again, not inherently a bad thing, but I really want/wanted more.
Actually, when he broke his flashlight and lit the flare, revealing the space monster, I thought that was a blatant rip off of pitch black.
Well written!!!
5:54 Because those people either died or disappeared. That's always the reason.
This is some like the twirl light zone when a space ship lands on a planet only to discover s crash space ship and they find their own bodies
The Greatest, Most Transparent Yet Necessary & Passed Over Effect Ever Presented in SciFi History - *Earth Level Gravity Onboard Everything.*
Hah, that's a really solid point.
That was awesome !! Loved it thanks for posting.
Oh snap! That was awesome! This needs to be picked up to be made into a full length film. So cool.
Didn’t see any space monsters too dark and this is what you call a sci-fi short film! I guess this is as good as it gets with this film. All this films did is leave the viewer hungry!😱
Check to the right of the screen, behind him, as he sparks the flare at the closing scene 9:10
Huge, smooth skull and two enormous canines/fangs.
How the hell did you miss the bootleg Genestealer at the end?
The sound levels are all over the place, deafened the fuck out of me
DIRECTING 👍
CINEMATOGRAPHY 👍
ACTING 👋
Nicely done. When they ejected from the mother ship, I recognized the alarm from Alien when they landed and took damage, heh.
Time dilation nice catch
Great job
It reminds me of the old " Twilight zone episode where Jack Klugman and Ross Martin along with one more guy find a crashed ship with their own bodies inside .
So .... Are these people dead and don't know it yet ???
Or did they , jump ahead somehow after sending that message to themselves from the past ???
Damn ... I love these " Who Done It , but Not then " .
wasn't that a outer limits ep? not TZ...
sean cairns
No it's the an episode of the Twilight Zone .
I came across a clip of it on YT sometime back like 6 or 7 months .
Enjoyed your movie Caden, hope we all get to see more, the storyline was excellent.
Funny how the old man kept tinkering a panel with only simple 1900s switches and indicator lamps. LOL...
Major props for a what I gather was a no-budget effort. Despite the variety of flaws (the cost of that ship was off by at least several orders of magnitude), I'd watch whatever follows this up...
Damn!!!! We need a whole movie... I would pay for the tickets to watch this 😁
This is Dan O'Bannon speaking. I'm suing you!
This is Walter Hill speaking. I'm suing you.
This is Ron Shussett speaking. I'm suing you !
This is Ridley Scott speaking. I'm suing you!
This is 20th Century Fox speaking. We're suing you !
This is Brandywine Productions speaking. We're suing you !
This is H.R. Geiger speaking. I'm suing you !
This is Sigourney Weaver speaking. I'm suing you !
This is John Hurt speaking. I'm suing you !
This is Tom Skerritt speaking. I'm suing you !
This is Ian Holm speaking. I'm suing you !
This is Veronica Cartwright speaking. I'm suing you !
This is Yaphet Kotto speaking. I'm suing you !
This is Harry Dean Stanton speaking. I'm suing you !
This is Jonesey speaking. I'm suing you !
You people had better get yerselves a damned good attorney !
"Alien" was a pretty good movie. Nice tip of the hat to it.
Nice job guys! Looking for a part 2 :-)
Great crewing....looked like just who you would expect to find on a commercial mining vessel
Greetings from 2021- just saw your film and I loved it :D Great job to everyone involved!
There really needs to be a
Part 2 to this.
This was really good, but it needs a sequel. C'mon, Cruz finds a dead guy with HIS name on the uniform patch....? Time travel? Or it's his grandfather ? Either way, this needs further exploring . Well done👍
3:54 . . . " Be careful out there *boys* " Now the counterpart would certainly bring fireworks!
I love the 22nd century glow sticks
Really well done! Great filmmaking!
I really liked it, even though there were bricks in the spaceship, and that they went to another solar system for recourses when our own has more than enough for tens of thousands of years atleast.
can definitely tell an "alien/aliens" fan made this. noticed the title "recursion" in alien fashion. also some sound effects from alien and covenant.
gave this a like
Yep, they got their inspiration there
Caden this was truly spectacular, amazing effort by your goodself and all the guys, absolutely bravo👏👌🎬
That's a rap folk's!
Who needs vast amounts of cgi and rendering time using vfx with Maxon C4d or whatever when the old methods of cinematic story telling in visual effects still stand up to the tests of time! It's amazing what creative cinematic art direction can accomplish after scouting inside an old abandoned sawmill factory with the use of spray paint, overalls, modified football helmets with leds infront of a chromakey green screen studio using fog machines, leaf blowers, body harness, grinders and cine lightning with diffusers for visual effects not to mention with set design with Joe's expertise!
The performances and efforts from all the team was really outstanding despite the heavy constraints on a shoestring micro low budget to produce this outstanding short film shot by a Rokinon 24mm T1.5 cine lens with anamorphic effect wow, great 1st AC and visual art coordination work from Dashawn! Caden your goodself and Mark, Joe, John, Jerry, Bonnie, Amanda and both with Stephen Lloyd and Stephen Morton and the rest of the crew would really put certain production groups in Hollywood to shame! It just goes to show that it's not just the camera but it's also the foley and sound effects, vfx, lightning, editing in post production with ideal musical accompaniment, performances and everything else that helps sell the finished production for a wider picture theatre audience! But with all that said the Black Magic mini Ursa 4.6k with it's 16bit really does pack a heck of a punch in the right hands as there's still great functionality from the old dog yet which still makes it an ideal piece of kit in my opinion for Indy vfx production and short films!
Perfect sound and fast moving composition consistent with the rule of thirds all checked, couldn't fault it
Golden popcorn award definitely!
🎬🍿10/10 👍
Thanks, man! Someone did their research!!
All alien monsters now make crustaceous chittering sounds whereas they used to go "RAH!!!"
1:34 - so they're making spaceships out of bricks now? But - saw it coming at 5:14...
Budget cuts, bricks were cheaper...now you know where the term flying brick came from...
I'm really surprised and happy that the sequel holds a candle to orher sci-fi... it jogged my memory to alien, Prometheus. I loved the combination of both movies
They thought they were landing on TL-14, _BUT IT WAS LV-426 THE ENTIRE TIME!!!!_
😂😂😂
If only this was a full length feature.....enjoyed every minute of this offering, but I want more......
I'm not sure why some of the comments were critical unless they thought they could do something better with a comparable budget
Fantastic!
Whoa....excellent! Bring on the rest!
Damned good job sir! Damned good... More please!!!
"Why would the company keep that from us?"
I'm going to let that slide once, but only once, man.
Awesome, make another please 😊😊😊
Good short, really liked it! The creature was pretty pressed at 9:11!
Great movie! The only thing was to hide the brick wall 1.25, there are no brick walls on spaceships.😇😁
This short was, in a word, outstanding. I love sci fi shorts, and at this point the number I have seen is into the hundreds. This one ranks up there at the very top for me. Every aspect from the acting to the cinematography to the editing was top notch. It was shot very well also. This is the work of a born filmmaker. People criticising the sets/ production value have obviously never made a short film on a small budget. If I had to guess this was made on a micro budget and it was still impressive all things considered. Personally I thought the brick wall down in the "engine room" looked cool. And the vacuum hose around the helmets was genius. Others will disagree, of course, but I enjoyed this 10 minute short made for no money a lot more than many 2 and a half hour 100 million dollar Hollywood crappy movies I have seen over the years. Well done. And to the good people complaining that this short has too much of a vibe from the " Aliens" movies, please chill out.
Lemme guess: you're the guy who made the film or are related?
@@duikmans sorry. You guessed wrong. I am just a huge fan of sci fi and short films. I am also an aspiring filmmaker. Sci fi short films are a particular enjoyment of mine. I just happened to have really enjoyed this one. Nothing more nothing less.😊
best ending ever
Well done MR caden butera 👍👍
Cool helmets! :) Very creative!
This was awesome, had me on the edge of the seat. More than most big movies these days.
Real nice job! Hope you had fun making this.👍
Anybody else catch the direct reference to Aliens ? "Whatever happened here, I think we missed it" But it turns out, they didn't ?
Their was many. The rouge transmission is from the newest aleins.
@@brettsmith5903 Haven't watched the new ones yet.
Very effective use of atmosphere. Great job.
At a 1:20 a crewman asked "where are Fitz and Cruzaedo"
At 8:41 Cruzaedo walks over to dead man and brushes off his name tag and it reads Cruzaedo. He realizes it's himself.
Very good job. Hoping for a part II
too awesome. but I could not focus on the story because of the washing machine hoses on the helmets. 😂😂😂😂😂
Dope job on this Caden! You are hustling hard on films bro, I love it!
Thanks, dude!
What was the budget for this short 🧑🚀? very well done
Very cool! Ready for part 2!!!
So good! Loved the homage to the alien series.
This shit was awesome! But would have thought that the year 2159 they would have robots to go down and set up beacons instead of humans! Also let’s run further into death building instead of back out the door to the safety of my spaceship, must just be me🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️
Great start - Now let's see the rest...👍😉
Fab film , well done thanks for posting
They NEED TO STOP the Top Gun Beer Drinking talk and act like REAL Astronauts.👽
Erona Calloway :- Agreed, the video is well done & got my full attention but for the "Houston astronaut" accent and the cheap helmet hoses. If this was to be enlarged into a TV pilot, those small matters could easily be rectified.
What we have here is a failure to consider the options.
1. All scripts that are made into movies are made with full budgets, in Hollywood.
2. There's a whole entertainment industry area where people who are studying/pursuing careers in filmmaking or acting make films on very low budgets. You'll see things like brick walls, dryer hoses, and other creatively low-cost props. It's neither embarrassing or surprising to see this; people who aren't famous, rich, or in Hollywood have talent and passion for making films, and they don't let a non-Hollywood budget stop them from collaborating and creating movies.
I'm gonna go with option 2.
Adding a congratulations to the cast and crew. I remember when this was being filmed. It's great to see it in complete form and I hope we see more of these characters.
Lorna Hartman thanks! You remember when this was being filmed you say? Do I know you...? Are you from the Spokane area?
@@CadenButera We know each other indirectly, through Facebook and the Spokane filmmaking community. At least they got a cup of coffee first!
GREAT JOB - so impressed!!!
Looks great!
Interestingly, in the initial shot, the planet looks like it has a lot of areas with blue sky and hence no storms. Why didn't they land there?
This is really good!
Man now I want more
First seeing this now! WOW! Really Well Done!
Well thank you very much, Amanda!
The vacuum cleaner hose helmets were a nice touch!
Overall.....very nicely done. Enjoyed it.
Thank you, man! Appreciate the watch
They harvesting resources around the universe but never heard about drones
8:25 "Hey! Who turned out the lights?"
Dishwasher drain hose & brackets on the helmets. I can't unsee that.
Won’t lie, thought that planet they landed on was gonna be a gas giant.
A saw mill you say? Very nicely done for what you had to work with
I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t use cinder blocks or bricks to build a ship for interstellar travel.
Great short! Keep up the good work!