4 Hours Till Impact | Short Film

[@joediverfl]

Fifty years of reading Sci-Fi, every genre, thousands upon thousands over the years. Books are not words, they unfold for me as realities, as if a film adaptation. The highest compliment I can give is seeing a film that matches or surpasses my imagination of it. Your work, and especially to capture what you do in short film, ranks at the top level of my experiences. Also, end of the world scenarios are enormously difficult to pull of well. You did it perfectly. P. S. the one person Ana AI was spectacular!!!

[@BlakeRidder]

Thanks so much for this comment. It means a lot.

[@brentgraves1151]

Great to see the whole crew. You guys "and girls" killed it once again! Thank you

[@davespicturecompany]

No matter the circumstances, we all hold the power to hurt or lift others up. Great ending!!

[@BlakeRidder]

Thanks so much

[@davespicturecompany]

@@BlakeRidder You're welcome!

[@VladislavBabbitt]

That is right!

[@Viiveee]

Didn't expect to lose so many tears within 20 minutes. This will always be one of my forever favorite short films. 😂

[@BlakeRidder]

Wow thank you

[@johnhinkey5336]

Why are not more people subscribed to this channel!?!? Always worth the watching!

[@BlakeRidder]

I’m a hidden gem 😃

[@ndotl]

I think it might be that it is not a single subject channel. Like Sci-Fi, gaming, programming, music, .... But the variety that can be found here results in unexpected gems (e.g., The English Teacher). I feel the imagination of Blake and his team will someday produce content that will cause everyone to take notice.

[@joevogt6804]

That film hit hard! Awesome as all your short films! Thank you so much Blake!

[@BlakeRidder]

Thanks 🤩

[@flipflopping]

THIS IS A MASTERPIECE....... I have NEVER seen this much brilliance and gifted talent packed into a twenty-minute short film. Absolutely outstanding. Of course, I subscribed! WOW...what a story.....

[@BlakeRidder]

Wow. Thank you Mike

[@flipflopping]

@@BlakeRidder Absolutely. Credit given where credit is due. That was tremendous.

[@VeneraBerens]

O WOWWW OUTSTANDING MOVIE LOVED IT FROM BEGINNING TO END

[@lutherdrummond9514]

Many audiences are very interested in and more or less confused about the impact that is to be or not to be during the Russian conversation. It indicates a good story makes a good film.❤

[@terryoquinn8199]

Another great short film guys and Sarah is still adorable . Take care all , best wishes on your future endeavors !

[@sebastiannguyen8269]

Knowing that human will fight over everything when the end of the world happens is a guarantee, this is an example of working together

[@GRANDPAWOOODOGGY]

This is the best thing I have ever seen on KZbin ,ever! Grate story . Looking forward to more !

[@BlakeRidder]

This made me so happy. Thank you

[@explodedprinny]

From what I understand in the last part; the impact will happen on the mother side soon so she's calling to warned her daughter to evacuate to the safer place, but the daughter didn't take it seriously so she asks her to 'check under the bed' instead which I think there might be the underground passage to the bunker or to the ship like in Chinese couple's story. I might be wrong, but this film is such a masterpiece and deserved more than a million views already.

[@BlakeRidder]

Good theory. I like it. Thanks a lot for this kind comment.

[@barrygrant2907]

Exactly.

[@vanillafire2652]

Good like every time !! ❤❤❤ The impact never happened??! It s what I have anticipated.

[@BlakeRidder]

Thanks. But it did happen 😊 as per the final scene

[@VladislavBabbitt]

Excellent short film. I wonder how I would cope with such a situation myself.

[@matthewparker8607]

Most people if they knew that the world was going to be destroyed would revert to primitive, violent nut jobs.😮

[@EarthSublime_369]

LOVE your stuff Blake!!!

[@BlakeRidder]

Thanks so much

[@markeidt6404]

Well done & thought provoking. Loved the ending.

[@BlakeRidder]

Thank you

[@DayaMuthu]

Impacted 😮!

[@paulmcdonald9592]

Yuo are a true auteur. Very impacting! Please keep up your good work.

[@BlakeRidder]

Thanks

[@steveschnetzler5471]

Dramatic, and lovely, thanks.

[@BlakeRidder]

Thank you for watching

[@MisterG2323]

Very nice. Can't say I understood why the priest turned murderous, or what the ending was trying to tell us, but everything else was of a piece. Well written, directed, shot, acted, and all the rest. Kudos!

[@BlakeRidder]

Thank you so much. May worth a second viewing?

[@MisterG2323]

@@BlakeRidder Absolutely. I saw another commenter mentioning time zone disparities. They may well be correct, but it didn't really impact the story since none of these disparate parties interacted with each other. Obviously inspired by the film "Don't Look Up" I'm thinking. I still didn't get why the vicar turned murderous, unless he was already supposedly insane from the moment the couple met him, which I can't say the actor portrayed. I also wondered anew about what your Shanghai character was digging for, and why at that location? My takeaway from the final scene was the Russian daughter laughing off her mother's worry was so isolated from the world that she didn't realize that death was burning its way toward her from whever those pieces of comet/asteroid impacted. Mama and the rest of the world knew it, but she didn't...yet. I hope those two left in Sydney got to that bunker in time.

[@BlakeRidder]

@@MisterG2323 thanks for the comment. If you listen. The vicar said about the purest souls. So by sacrificing Amber who didn’t really sin. The vicar believes he’d be saved

[@MisterG2323]

@@BlakeRidder Aha! So he was already "on tilt" when they showed up. Driven mad by knowing the world was about to perish.

[@scetchport]

SPOT ON !

[@stevegee58]

Wow that was a really good one! Well done!

[@alanfindlay3233]

I must quibble: 4pm in Shanghai would be midnight in LA and 8am in London. The latter two locations were shot at the wrong times of day.

[@BlakeRidder]

Who said it was 4pm? 😜

[@-MindDrive-]

dont fret over situations beyond your control

[@Riles41]

Masterpiece 😊😊

[@jhb8426]

Totally OT... When is the next episode of Sci-Fi Short Film - C600?

[@pedroarranz313]

An impact of that caliber would take seconds to be noticed in every corner of the globe. I think it never took place. Anyway, in case that disaster finally had occurred, Russian girl is a winner. That's the only way to say goodbye: without knowing that you're doing it.

[@RakiRalko]

This is gonna be good.

[@BlakeRidder]

hope so!!

[@tanagra2]

‘What brings you here my children’? Was this the Greek God Apollo speaking? No it was the local vicar. Absolute tosh.

[@Toni-d2g]

Wow.

[@MookTelevision]

This was so damn good.

[@BlakeRidder]

Thank you so much

[@KaceyBakerFilms]

Amazing work!!!!!!!!!! Great writing, directing, DPing, grading and editing! Good actors too!

[@BlakeRidder]

Thanks so much man. You are getting faster and faster at watching my movies. Appreciate the support

[@KaceyBakerFilms]

@@BlakeRidderI work from home now 😅

[@AntoSharp]

Let’s go!

[@BlakeRidder]

Yay!!!

[@A.M.-artvideo]

🔥

[@Kilkaine]

I enjoyed it very much. Gave you a follow.

[@BlakeRidder]

Awesome, thank you!

[@lauriejoneswilson5925]

❤

[@silajoannie5579]

Maybe ther could be a prelude? Or part two of what happened to the others???

[@BlakeRidder]

If money allows

[@richparsons4205]

Um. The word is “til”; it is an abbreviation, half the word, “until”. The word “till” can be a verb or a noun, as in to “till the crops” or “put the money in the “till”. Just being helpful. 😁

[@BlakeRidder]

I appreciate your input! Actually, ‘till’ is the correct spelling in this context. ‘Till’ has been used as a synonym for ‘until’ for centuries. While some people use ’‘til’ as a contraction of ‘until’, ‘till’ is the traditional and widely accepted form. So, ‘4 hours till impact’ is correct. Thanks for the discussion.

[@richparsons4205]

Interesting. That flies in the face of everything I know about the word. Ive been around a long time, 63 years so far, and I have never seen the contraction of "until" spelled "till". I suppose "till" could be the slang version, but grammatically speaking, it remains a contraction of the word, "until", and therefore should TECHNICALLY be spelled, "til". I don't want to detract from your movies, tho, which are quite good. Kudos!😊

[@boristsang7797]

I don't understand the text message from the chinese couple -- so the man isn't the father? Is the whole film about "dont watch the news"?

[@BlakeRidder]

The wife was cheating and got pregnant with another man. And that man is asking him to join him on the ship. And the final scene is open to interpretation

[@lutherdrummond9514]

Many audiences are very interested and more or less confused about the impact that is to be or not to be during the Russian conversation. It indicates a good story makes a good film❤

[@graffixx8088]

kool--but would have loved to see the world get rocked...lol

[@BlakeRidder]

Haha didn’t have the budget for that

[@scetchport]

It's coming...

[@gknight917]

the idea that anything in russia would associated with the actual truth ruined what otherwise was a wonderful film. signed -cybersec engineer

[@joediverfl]

Russia is no different than the U.S., China, any country, in that the people are the same. Only Government, politicians, the rich and powerful who play the system are the problem, in any society.

[@willmorgan5692]

WOW 😞😢😮👍

[@AndrewLoukidis-jr2bp]

Everyone is psycho at the end of the world

[@willyengland]

Another film that nobody understands ...

[@BlakeRidder]

Did you speak to everybody?

[@joediverfl]

@@BlakeRidder LOL 🙂

[@aindoorsman]

我喜欢女主角的普通话。😄很温柔的

[@BlakeRidder]

Thanks

[@bkmanand]

confusing!

[@jospmilpau6857]

Réaliste, mais pour combien...