INSECURITY [SFM]

Barney Calhoun, hired as a security agent at Black Mesa Research Facility in New Mexico, is going at work like usual. Except that this day won't be like the others.
I made this shortfilm on SFM based on Half-Life Blue Shift as nobody ever did an animation focused on Barney when he was working for Black Mesa's security. It was an opportunity to realise a work for all who consider Blue Shift as a wonderful Half-Life expansion. Barney deserves his own film too!
I couldn't imagine finishing that titanic life project after one year and seven months of work, and it's thanks to your comments and the incredible view count on INCOMING [SFM] that INSECURITY can see the light of day. Without you, that project would never exists, and I thank all of you very much ❤️
I keep continue to get SFM animations on Half-Life Expansions.
If you want to support me on PayPal to see more future content:
- www.paypal.com/paypalme/BASTB...
►Special Thanks for:
-Visual Effects: StormXF3
/ @stormxf3
- Converter map to SFM: Jofoyo
/ @justjacobyo
►Ressource:
-Black Mesa Character Expansion (Ninya, Jazze, Citizen, Skessler, Vinnie)
steamcommunity.com/workshop/f...
-Black Mesa Barney
steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...
Voice Actors:
Barney -Mike Shapiro
Tram voice - bONES!!
Guard - Kevin Sisk/Michael Tsarouhas
Scientist - Michael Hillard
Otis - UnstoppableGiant
VOX System Announcer - Victoria Teunissen
-Other Assets:
Valve
Crowbar Collective (Black Mesa)
Hecu Collective (Blue shift mod for Black Mesa)
►Music:
-Chris Jensen - Trample
-Chris Jensen - Lost in thought
-Joel Nielsen - Ambience 7
-Aslan Akhmetov - Antinomy
-Aslan Akhmetov - The Kepper
-Aslan Akhmetov - Introduction
-Astropilot - In the Middle (Owrings BMS MIX)
►Software:
-SourceFilmMaker
-Adobe After Effect CC 2019
#Halflife #blueshift #SFM #Valve

[@MikMoen]

I do love how when the Scientists are having a mechanical failure with an Elevator, instead of calling for Facilities/Maintenance, they call for Security.

[@bakelite3691]

Literally how it be though.

[@souvikrc4499]

Makes sense in game, as the maintenance staff were overwhelmed

[@Pandalka]

yeah... or like their security staff are their IT guys

[@dumskullz9285]

Half life orange shift when

[@maxreed7690]

When blue shift came out the guards were supposed to fulfill the role of maintenance personnel

[@aslightlystablefootsoldier9838]

Can we just admire the pure undefeated smirk Barney always has.

[@Gravity_studioss]

@Viktor' vonthe Rhaefnhyrst, I Damn, is working security really that bad?

[@Axodus]

@Viktor' vonthe Rhaefnhyrst, I there's no point griping on an optimist, you're basically pulling everyone down.

[@Axodus]

@Viktor' vonthe Rhaefnhyrst, I I was commenting on the negative nancies you referenced in your comment by the way if I didn't make that clear enough.

[@zachseabass7414]

That's some Max Payne 1 energy here

[@vit968]

Thats how he survived Black Mesa.

[@endo4137]

Barney looks too happy for someone starting a work shift.

[@gahler8552]

Helloooo Endo)))

[@endo4137]

@@gahler8552 oh hi!

[@aandyherr817]

You never work a day in your life if you love your work!

[@vit968]

Well he does get to have a gun as part of his shift

[@aquatic4760]

To be fair, working as a Black Mesa guard doesn’t seem too bad If you don’t take into account of the Black Mesa incident

[@highwaymanF2]

I love how well this sells Black Mesa as a setting. It’s a city sized facility full of thousands of employees, and places to accommodate them. The day of the cascade just feels like one of those regular unlucky days where nothing seems to be going correctly, something we’ve all felt before. Then it all goes to hell before anybody even gets a moment to assess what’s happening

[@TheJPanzer]

I really like how busy you've made Black Mesa feel. Not just scientists and guards but janitors, technicians, and administrative folks. It really brings the facility to life!

[@sutton6779]

Thats the power of a mod called ‘BMCE’ and ‘BMCE:R’

[@oldrichhorsky1707]

This Is now an game An FAN game due to Valves fail of half life source

[@JessiContingenC]

Hell gwah brother

[@vvshadowzvv1912]

A dream of a perfect day ar work if you ask me

[@killercr4ft976]

​@@oldrichhorsky1707 This is an official Valve game, not made by a fan

[@pochololapuzala274]

07:27 "HAHA! Looks like I'm not the only one late for work! SUCKER!!!!"

[@vit968]

9:33 *Me And The Boys when there's a problem with the main access lift*

[@atleast_3_characters]

aww yeah

[@Captain_Bart_Peterson]

Fun Fact: If the facility had better maintnance then the elvetor wouldn't fall down, as the retroactive systems would kick in and slow it to a halt.

[@DrSabot-A]

Black Mesa definitely has priority issues, there are plenty of emergency systems that work way too well, or doesnt work at all.

[@OneFreeMan17]

⁠​⁠@@DrSabot-AI get the “doesn’t work at all” but where does it work too well? I’m assuming you’re talking about the blast doors?

[@DrSabot-A]

@@OneFreeMan17 The blast doors that traps personnel, yea. The sprinkler systems that still work even when the building is being bombarded and half destroyed in Surface Tension, and the waste processing equipment that's still operating and ends up shooting flames and toxic sewage everywhere

[@debbiebernhardt5406]

​@DrSabot-A under the emergency, the system was set to automatically cycle to repeat task until stopped manually, but everyone died and it tried finishing task before failure occurred. Sheppard did had to run around finding paths around the hazards

[@endruv_2287]

It is only now that I realized how ridiculously over the top the Black Mesa Transit System is. And I still love it.

[@Strelnikov403]

Like 90% of the ridiculous caverns, railtracks, and maintenance tunnels could just be a single hallway with a road topside, LOL.

[@miggy5468]

6:06 me strutting down the science facility not knowing the catastrophe I'm about to start in the next few minutes

[@Helm-0]

You wouldn't expect a video of a dude just walking and going through security protocols for 15 minutes would be interesting, but i was so absorbed by the atmosphere that i seriously didn't see the time pass !

[@axis1677]

yeah, same, i thought it was gonna be boring, but i came impressed.

[@StormXF3]

I can't believe of much effort you put into this, you've done an amazing job man. You deserve many more subscribers!

[@ShouldBeDrawing]

Funny seeing you here

[@developingmind7688]

Normally I never say this in any comment but why the actual hell are you here

[@Natd0gsef]

Your one of the last I thought I'd see here

[@Lusc1nt]

Hello, pony dude

[@THEY_ARE_FOLLOWING_ME]

WHERE THE HELL IS JOSH AND WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?

[@MaxAndCheese8]

This environment looks like it could actually be in the black mesa game

[@teoborges3949]

it is one, Blue Shift mod

[@aandyherr817]

If you listen closely and played the HL:BS mod for black mess, you’ll hear or see alot do things in the mod or voice lines used differently but still good

[@daniellk1522]

god damn that's the best half life's sfm i have seen, the facial expressions, and movement, everything, i wish this has more recognition

[@loco4loco]

Soon it won’t be a SFM it will be a game

[@Sapphiregamer8605]

Ofc it has barely any recognition,it just came out

[@green_lettuce]

@@loco4loco it already is. Black Mesa Blue Shift. Good game, GREAT game.

[@loco4loco]

@@green_lettuce cool sad I don’t have black Mesa so I can’t get it

[@naturesquad9174]

@@loco4loco sounds like a You problem

[@rysnyper50002]

With Animux doing Gordon's timeline in SFM, you should do Barney's, there's so much potential here. The small tweaks in elements from gameplay lore do help with the cinematic flow without steering outside (i.e Elevator Sequence).

[@markvangorkum8091]

All these assets appear to be from the blue shift mod for the black mesa game.

[@lucaschanggamingchannel2045]

That’s what I thought too

[@MLPDethDealr32]

Id love to see that as well. I might do my own take on this from the HECU Marines only its called the Lunar Incident.

[@EnclaveRemnantFanboy-118]

The level of detail in this video by showing the daily routines for the Black Mesa personnel, like custodians and maintenance workers in the background doing things as simple as mopping the floors and fixing certain key systems to administrative personnel heading to their offices makes this feel all the more alive and realistic.

[@MasGuneM]

whenever i see that scene of gordon passing by barney, that scene in freemans mind where gordon goes "Ah I'm not the only one who's late, SUCKEEEEERRRR!!!" in like the first episode

[@h.e.c.ucommander4617]

This scene (8:47 - 10:03) is in my heart now.❤ Thanks to such works, you realize that the Half Life community is alive and thrives

[@g11operator]

9:33 this hits hard

[@morphinelover]

Feel free to screenshot

[@railworksamerica]

WE ESCAPIN BLACK MESA WITH THIS ONE!!🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@topelite666]

Absolutely felt the horror of being in black mesa during the resonance cascade in a way that has never been conveyed before. This is a treasure!

[@LambdaGeneration]

Incredible work. Congrats on the release 💯

[@daor4]

Holy shit its lambda generation

[@kirill9064]

Once my half life game bugged and disconnected rail after it was conneced softlocking the game in the tram.

[@tacticalsocialist8060]

Omg its keithkevinryan

[@mrmannsalt2444]

I remember seeing that symbol in entropy zero 1!

[@mrmannsalt2444]

Or at least I think I do

[@HESHRocketWarhead]

One of the things that can make or break the pre-disaster portion of an animation is how much activity they have visible during pre-disaster. I'd say this animation had a good, healthy balance. Not too sparse, and not too overstimulating, either. Just right!

[@Anouar1347]

Missed opportunity: Gordon not screaming "SUCKER!" at the top of his lungs while passing by Barney

[@princessyoon50]

11:42 Damn so fcking handsome! Btw this is definitely the best short film / SFM for Barney Calhoun. I love this one so much and he's my most favorite character in the Half-Life series so really appreciate this.. Thank you for making this!

[@muellcraft]

The Ministry of Silly Walks proudly presents: The best thing about Barney Calhoun to date.

[@zozo3071]

9:32 is meme worthy

[@agentburningbutters3655]

The starting point did feel rough, and there was some minor clippings. But the moment I saw the cinematic finishing of the whole thing. I was just amazed how they made Mister Barney actually examine the whole thing. The way he just stared as it all went in vain, with him just being stunned right before getting ready for impact. It doesn't feel like SFM, this whole thing is pushed way further than anomalous materials. The dudes who made this have way too much time in their hands. 10/10 best SFM I have ever seen.

[@speedkiller3026]

imagine how awesome a full movie like this would be...

[@PerfectAlibi1]

Maybe a movie about Eli rescuing his daughter Alyx (who is around 2-3 years old during the Resonance Cascade) from the Black Mesa daycare facility and escaping Black Mesa? Yes, she was also near Black Mesa as a toddler as both her parents worked there.

[@ThatSpaceMann]

It’s the little movements that are so outstanding! The way Barney smirks just a little bit when his colleague misses the team.

[@RedBarsik1997]

0:46 Is this a nod to the canceled Dreamcast port intro? That's cool ;) Also, the girl from 3:15 to 3:30 reminded me of Kate from Azure Sheep a bit.

[@BASTBrushie]

Yep, congratulation for the reference ;)

[@RobertsSmoothieInstitute]

9:33 Guard Duty Time!

[@megasonic64]

GOD DAMN, THIS IS GOOD, only problems I see is flickering at 13:11, The Source 2 Gordon and Gman look very out of place, with everything being Source 1, and the use of the old compressed HL1 voices. (There is a full audio remaster made by a person called senn, you could ask them for permission for use, maybe.) Overall, it's perfect 8.5/10 I want moar

[@RedBarsik1997]

Totally agree about the models. It's kinda confusing that no one used Gordon's head from HL2: Survivor (even mod developers), despite the fact it's official Source model too. The only videos that utilized that head were two animated versions of Freeman's Mind moments, if I'm not wrong (and I saw one on this channel as well).

[@Cysco8575]

​@@RedBarsik1997the funniest thing is that the Survivor Gordon model was the only official one before the Alyx model and it wasn't even made by Valve.

[@frostcoreyt]

The intro is really good as its unused from the leaked dreamcast port, very good attention to detail, love it! a masterpiece, more than it!

[@Kazuki-Batted]

6:19 Aahhh the Freeman!

[@Dev1lOfficial]

Now THIS is what I call a masterpiece, you definitely nailed it, great job!

[@ethanethanethawhipwhorp]

devil

[@g11operator]

Wait, im familiar with ya

[@poratars3025]

Interesting

[@RabdoInternetGuy]

About that beer he owes ya.

[@HarveyDen]

9:33 this is brilliant

[@HarveyDen]

No, whole movie is masterpiece!

[@pengpankie7276]

In the newest update of Blueshift mod, Freeman actually waive back to Barney when Freeman's tram passed by the security facility

[@jacksonlee6760]

This has some of the best environment/world building that I have seen in an SFM. I know plenty of other people have said this, but it really does bring Black Mesa more to life than ever!

[@beni3463]

Someone make this guy famous, all of his effort doing this was worth it

[@AnUnusualEg]

As if Barney wasn't badass enough you made him even cooler. Congrats man!

[@mysterious_bl4d355]

11:39 Man this is the first time in all SFMs that the main character using a flashlight by hand 🔦✋

[@CDZRDragon]

This should become a series it’s so good

[@enclavehere.7995]

Gordon’s unintentional(?) look if superiority as he passes Barney on the train was beautiful Also aren’t they friends? I just think it’s funny how despite them being friends they don’t look at each other But still I love this! Blue Shift deserves more love

[@_.paranoid]

I think it's because it's not clear what Freeman's personality really is, so they prefer not to risk making him too smiley, although making him so serious doesn't help either.

[@Zack_Wester]

@@_.paranoid its the Im waiting on a bear face.

[@bluegum6438]

@@_.paranoid It looked to me like he makes eye contact with Barney and gives him a slight nod. Gordon is walking quickly and stands at the very edge of the platform with his arms folded because he's late for work and probably pissed off about it because it was going to be an important day. So, it makes sense he'd be a bit frowny but still acknowledges Barney. I'd imagine he'd be a man of subtle ways, wouldn't be open or chatty, I just get that vibe.

[@_.paranoid]

@@bluegum6438 i agree

[@agent_sus3273]

@@bluegum6438 Or it could just be that he noticed Barney but didn’t react quickly enough (probably since he’s late for work).

[@UntalentedBrick]

the parallels to barney and gordon's perspective is easily one of my favorite things about this

[@Lanro_]

The chills, man the chills from this point on 13:40 are just pure gold, Bravo, exactly like in the game. Your job and effort are amazing, really Incredible work.

[@kei_nishimaru]

This feels like a sort of opening act to an potentially great adaptation of Blue Shift. It’s fantastic!

[@Axodus]

Love the attention to detail showing how he got the scar on his face in HL2 :)

[@B.M.Skyforest]

I played Blue shift numerous of times but I still wasn't ready for these scenes. Absolutely brilliant work.

[@backyarddad4198]

It would be so cool for someone to mod the barney lines used here into those moments of the game. (Maybe even giving him some grunts and such) barney canonically talks, and even if it’s reused dialog, it’s still pretty cool seeing him respond to people. (Gordon should stay silent forever tho.)

[@BananawithJaundice]

Things I noticed while watching 0:50 Blue shift's cut intro 3:29 Female security guard from (I think) Azure Sheep the fanmade security guard Half life 3:47 OTIS 4:39 OTIS 8:32 OTIS

[@nickitovich4328]

9:10 Gina Cross in the right monitor

[@aleksandarstojkovski]

I feel Jake Gyllenhaal would absolutely kill if there was ever a half life movie starring Barney.

[@OneFreeMan17]

YES! Jake Gyllenhaal is always amazing in these military/secret roles

[@Intrepid_Crusader1096]

To me Barney always looked more like Ron Livingston or Kyle Chandler.

[@BloodWraith777]

Calhoun on the Blue Shift boxart always vaguely reminded me of Matthew Broderick. Matt is probably too goofy to play a live action Calhoun, though.

[@rainetolentino4336]

Trully a best animation showing the events of Half-life esp Barney's story during the incident

[@madcat4563]

Holly shit man, this was good; this felt like an official secret cutscene! So much polish and quality. KZbin recommendations worked. Now, I wanna read up on the lore. It was nostalgic to see the scene play out from a different perspective.

[@TerminallyChilly]

I know I'm a little late, but this is, the BEST thing I have seen in a LONG TIME!! I would LOVE to see you make more of there! Absolutely phenomenal!

[@Cysco8575]

And to think that for Barney that fatidic day started just as another day at work, the same we can say about Gordon and for Shephard it was just a normal mission (because he never recieved his actual orders). Neither of them could imagine the world would never be the same after that day.

[@Parky64]

I like how this animation leans to the more casual and normal side of black mesa, yaknow, before everything when downhill?

[@NoNameTaken117]

Dude this looks amazing however 1 small criticism has to be the walking animations, it's hard to say but it is noticeable for example when Barney boards the tram or the backshot of Gordon walking. However this sfm has so much love put into it and I love it! Keep up the amazing work.

[@scientidead]

Beautifuly animated! Damn, must be one of the best animations I have seen, the amount of cool details and all the expressions and movement from the characters, love it!

[@JihadGuy]

Love how at 8:27 everyone has Glock but one Female guard has a Magnum lol

[@tatzled-zorg]

J'en reviens pas de la quantité de travail dans ce projet, j'aurai jamais cru qu'il était possible d'accomplir un truc pareil sur SFM. Bravo l'artiste !

[@zzurge1173]

All things considered Barney probably had the luckiest situation of the three,damn fine work nevertheless

[@Greatdictator]

Very well put together. A bit on the slow side but the camera work, lighting etc is pretty nice, and well a nice slice of life so to speak on Barneys side of things

[@Jolis_Parsec]

Definitely would love to see more of Barney’s escape from Black Mesa reimagined as a cinematic experience. This was absolutely friggin’ awesome by the way! Good job! 😁

[@noncomplier5385]

Expertly done. Way better then anything Hollywood could ever do.

[@racer927]

Love the mixture of old and new sound and music, Joel Nielsen's tracks are great but Chris Jensen's ambient growling tracks make for some good tension.

[@crazywarfare]

Holy crap, the entire disaster sequence was a work of ART. Well done! Absolutely phenomenal work capturing the mood of Black Mesa, both before and after the moment of impact!

[@savin0279]

That was an amazing film to watch, loved every second, and the little details placed, from background characters seen around the facility, to the protagonist himself Barney!

[@asenvelkov-a.k.a.Mr.Shephard]

the elevator part gave me the chills, really well done man

[@dubmeister01]

well now im gonna go play blue shift again. thank you for such a well put together and faithful tribute to that memorable opening, very well done

[@mitchellshephard7902]

Duuude, that was freaking magnificent! P.S. And You added women guards. Like it.

[@greenth-mac2550]

This is how I pictured an SFM movie showing the perspectives of HL1 and the expansions from the point of 3rd person for years. You have done an amazing job!

[@GraveFoxx7599]

Amazing work, and it directly follows the Blue Shift opening. I honestly didn't expect the voice lines to be included but it was fantastic. The attention to detail and the interactions, phenomenal.

[@compmanio36]

Nice animation of the opening of Blue Shift. If people haven't played Blue Shift made for Black Mesa yet, I'd highly recommend checking it out. It's not 100% yet but what they have done is phenomenal.

[@saphirone8030]

Holy shit that is good. Having animation for the other protagonists of Half Life is a very awesome idea ! Shepard and even Gina and Colette from Half life opposing force and Decay could get something out of an animation, this is a swell idea that you got doing Barney.

[@awwolfgang9659]

I love the kind of wonder Barney seems to have in his eyes when he's riding the tram, it's like he's thinking "Yeah, I work in a pretty cool place!" XD

[@Stane_FR]

That is Art. Really. It's so well animated ! I love it ! Black Mesa feel so real, it's really one of the, or probably, the best SFM i never seen ! The only problem is sometime the textures are buggy, but the rest wow ! I'm so sad that there is no movies about Half-Life, because like, this look like a real half life movie ! Great Job buddy ! And like, every time i have chills xD! Bonjour de la france lol ! You get a new subscriber !

[@BASTBrushie]

Hey Merci beaucoup, les bug de textures était la distance d'affichage sur les plan ou la caméra zoom haha

[@Stane_FR]

@@BASTBrushie Ah bah oui c'est ce que je me disais tes français lol ! Et derien ! Ouais, mais si tu fais un projet similaire faudrait régler ce petit traca x) D'ailleurs, ça serait génial si tu fais genre une animation du même style autours de la beta d'Half-Life 2! Je n'ai pas vu énormément de SFM la d'sssus et y'a matière à faire !

[@Ievendis]

Fantastic work! Love seeing blue shift get some attention

[@GamingWeird]

you can clearly see the effort put into this and i love it

[@grantb7901]

Amazing job man, nice job porting Black Mesa's lighting system to SFM. And the blue shift rendition of the resonance cascade was perfectly done. I would have used an explosive barrel instead of a radioactive one tho, that is if I could even accomplish anything close to this. Amazing job!

[@RingoSkye]

Truly a blessing that I got this recommended only 3 days after uploading! Bro I dont even know what to say, this is exactly the kind of stuff I always expected as a kid when people did those "X series: The movie" videos and it was just a compilation of trailers... But you actually made it reality so awesome job to you and everyone involved!

[@marcsellohooves]

Wow, that was amazingly well done. I could watch an entire movie of this! Great job!

[@jessiegunther1079]

Nicely done! loved the female guards abd the berets. Nice touch wit Bareney speaking too and home bracing for impact. One thing I love I particular, is how you used advantage of the pips exploding from pressure as you must do in the mod, good thinking! Man, I really loved the little details in the mod, like the first person animations

[@project1game648]

You can see the production quality get better the more you watch this video. Good job man!

[@cabinet4740]

7:30 "Ah, I'm not the only one who's late." "SUCKERRR!"

[@Onetruefreeman]

God this SFM is good, you’ve put so much effort into with it with so little views and subs, absolutely stunning! I’m sure you’ll be a big name in the animation community, I mean, the real and offical lambda gen commented on this! Your gonna make it big my man. Love this sfm.

[@gildedgliam6727]

I love seeing Barney walk like he's absolutely iced out in Security Guard drip while the Black Mesa Blue shift theme plays

[@-kidwhoyellsalot-3193]

i was half expecting Freeman the to yells sucker when he went by

[@coenisgreat]

Fun fact; in reality, falling elevators are basically an impossibility outside of decades of egregious neglect or wilful sabotage. For one thing, elevators have brakes that automatically engage if the other safety mechanisms fails, but more importantly, an elevator has *eight* cables holding it up, each of which can individually support the entire weight of the cabin at double its listed capacity. Being injured or killed in an elevator-related incident is something like a 0.000013% chance of happening, and even then that statistic is skewed because the majority of people hurt by elevators are elevator repairmen.

[@TheAngryAstronomer]

God damn dude. This is wildly good.

[@therebellion96]

I like how they are using sound bites of Barney's dialogue in places where it's not so often, but it still feels natural.

[@SheepeXero]

This is really incredible! Your use of facial animations and subtle movements really gave the characters life. I loved how you added or tweaked what we saw in Blue Shift to make a bit more sense.

[@davidkim5462]

This was one beautiful fucking video. Well done. Seriously.

[@ThatGuy-te9wh]

Damn, Gordon's got some fucking SWAGGER there

[@Lucian_1984]

5:22 is pure epicness. That drum and electric guitar when Gordon is revealed...

[@sashafromspace9057]

It’s amazing! Always glad to see the story from Barney’s perspective. You did a great job for this one. Loved the details and atmosphere!

[@jaroslavsterba3333]

How does this only have 1.2k views this is amazing

[@copiousmisuse7361]

I cannot fathom the amount of work you've put into this. Excellent cinematography, great animating. Barney's early posture looks like his level of pride is about to tear his body asunder, but that might be something about the model nix the kevlar. Great work.

[@TheJimsterIsHere]

I can't get over the dude at the start who misses the tram and then like the fucking resonance cascade happens and he's like "Huh I guess being late was a good thing"

[@Aphroditefilmsproductions]

Wow, amazing if they still made saxxy awards, it would really be a good one. This, remiss blue and we are only at the start of the year.