Abduction Production - *AWARD WINNING* Sci-fi Comedy Short Film

"I WANT TO BELIEVE?" - A sci-fi comedy short film about a monotonous young couple, Barney and Beth, who are inspired by sci-fi b-movies to fake an alien abduction to spice up their relationship. They hire a local filmmaker and landscaper, Cletus, to create the most "realistic" UFO sighting video to help prove their elaborate hoax.
Crew:
Writer, Director, Editor - Collin Black
Producers - Joey Caldwell, Collin Black, Hayden Johnson
Director of Photography - Sammy Lahiri
Music - Joseph Reitz
Cast:
Beth - Erin Bechler
Barney - Collin Black
Cletus - Jacob Rice
Newsman - Christofer Smith
Additional Voices - Jasper Jones and Becky Hirschfeld
Thank you so much to the GoFundMe backers for making this short film possible. This has been a crazy production, we lost half the footage to a corrupt drive and we got back half the footage we lost and we had to refilm a third of the film. Thanks to the multiple crews that worked on this project and the family members who supported it during the process of the film.
This film is a love letter to my favorite type of sci-fi.
Making of the Grave scene: • Creating Stylized Blen...
Stock footage from Action VFX (affiliate link) -
www.actionvfx.com/?ref=collin...
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Website: collin-black.com
Instagram: / collinblack
Awards and Selections
Film Shortage Daily Pick
Beyond the Short Pick
Monthly Indie Shorts Best Comedy
Monthly Indie Shorts Best Director
4theater Best Comedy
4theater Finalist Sci-fi
Niagra Falls International Short Festival Finalist
Oregon Screams Horror Film Festival Best Horror Comedy Film Award Finalist

[@madisonsunderland4146]

Wow! This is incredible, you did a fantastic job!

[@duane9830]

She is fun. Ny!

[@robbiemott20]

That was awesome. The part about the vape was gold. I had to stop the vid due to laughing.

[@immanutt4442]

Outta this world ... Far Out Man ... a Stellar job ... Above and beyond acting ... Outta site directing ... Erin I love you more

[@user-rr1zt5go4q]

Very entertaining little film ! I really enjoyed it ! Thank you Collin, Erin and Jacob, and everyone in the list of credits. Looking forward to your next film , Collin !

[@AnthonySherritt]

FANTASTIC! I feel Cletus' pain.

[@devynlatture]

Great work- I love it!! (Chris’s performance)

[@juliebauer1222]

This is so witty it reminds me of Mel Brooks’ comedies. Well done! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@emilybelles]

film of the eon

[@deanparkerfilm]

Nice work Collin!

[@chrisrobinson3235]

Haha this was great! Good job everyone!

[@jmeyer7102]

Loved it start to finish. Very well done..👍👍

[@vivianthomas5630]

Loved every minute 😂❤️

[@user-fo5gk9ir7n]

A delightful bit of silliness!

[@AustinThomasFilms]

This is so good!! I found it through your post about the grave effects. This would definitely earn some awards at a short film festival. Keep it up!

[@_chico4907]

Absolutely love the music, really tied everything together! I’m so glad I found your channel you’re a huge inspiration, great job!

[@josephreitzcomposer6855]

Appreciate the compliment concerning the music. I had never attempted to write music akin to the 50s sci fi era. This was my first crack at something like that!

[@jakobwioskowski]

Dude this is fantastic!!!

[@calgunderson752]

epic

[@ntheory]

This was awesome! But who kept throwing that frisbee?!

[@daveweinstock]

Loved it, great work

[@bradfab_fx]

I really like this. funny and something we don't see everyday. Awesome

[@jol1958]

Not such a stretch ... having a real-life killer play a killer.

[@xxJoeCraftxx]

A+

[@shakhawyatraju7538]

man. the production was amazing. loved it

[@taylorblack9822]

So good!!

[@Bobalicious]

The Frisbee got bigger, and bigger, and then it hit me.

[@chinablue1699]

The old joke was "I was wondering why it was getting bigger and bigger and then it hit me".

[@Bobalicious]

@@chinablue1699 I'm okay with mine but thanks.

[@termin2052]

Hilarious, loved it!

[@widoization]

Very unique humor and entertaining content.

[@peterthomas3679]

Brilliant stuff

[@alistairsavoury1074]

Damn good fun! Loved this

[@shemjaza]

Legitimately clever and funny.

[@TripTilt]

a very enjoyable short film!! Quite some funny parts in it!

[@scotto6120]

Made my day!

[@ALIENIGHTMARE]

I like it, it was really interesting to watch and it was hilarious, just wanted an a happy ending, but at least it was kinda romantic end. Amazing work, great actors. ❤️

[@usernamenotvisibIe]

Very Fuck Yeah!

[@meatcrayon5930]

This was so dope I love your work

[@jamesvetromila6068]

Your a shoe in for the sometimes annual Ed Wood Award.👽🛸

[@laurasigman1757]

Great job y’all! Hilarious

[@JasonJTavares]

About three times a year, give or take... I like to indulge with some Evan Williams Bourbon & Coke in front of the TV, while watching old TwiLiGhT ZoNe episodes on DVD, as well as but not limited to, other films like Ed Wood, The Brain That Wouldn't Die, The Mad Monster, & Atom Age Vampire... but, as of today, I am now adding "ADBUCTION PRODUCTION" to that distinguished list.... This film was truly a great find, awesome job!

[@collinblack]

Thank you so much! I'm glad it can be apart of your tradition!

[@TheUndeadGaucho]

Great work

[@kellydepol3108]

Mad

[@MobileFilmmaking]

This was AWESOME. BTS coming soon? 🤔

[@Camaromike]

First rate, thank you

[@davidjackson7715]

Good work 👍

[@estebanmedrano4160]

Could you guys te all some about the cinematography? that blurryness, thit you get it on post? i mean the silk difussion effect. the woods shots, that blurriness on the background...is it a 135mm lens? lots of question. cheers

[@collinblack]

I think i added a post blur effect to make it look more like film, Blurring everything a tad setting that to lighten mode in editing and then lowering its opacity. In the woods we shot on anamorphics the Atlas Orions to be specific. We didn't have a 135mm lens I think the tightest was a 75 and I don't think we used it much. I think the reason it is so blurry was because we open the aperture all the way to like a t1.8. I also made a conscious decision to put little lights in the background so you can see that blur. Hope this helps!

[@patrick247two]

Good.

[@martinmaunder2852]

Cool 😜

[@aFrogsWorstNightmare]

This is probably a hoax

[@davidstoyanoff]

Wow, that was better better than plan 9 from outer space, but just barely.

[@cheripalmer5264]

Lol just a little bit.❤no joking got afew laughs out me good intent ment!from an old gramslam😁🇺🇸

[@douglas9607]

That was funny. Thnaks with a sub/likie. yes, I said Thnaks :)

[@georgeduncan8946]

Wow 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

[@derekwilson7453]

Silly but good I enjoyed it lol

[@collinblack]

nobody ever said silly is bad!

[@derekwilson7453]

I concur

[@kelvinbooker3634]

Attention collin wanna talk business with you

[@jmaraf7741]

The show was hilarious and very good... but sad and morbid ending. I think it would have had a nice touch if the the aliens abducted the serial killer, thus saving the day, and the couple would have gained fame for the real story of alien abduction.

[@giveyourselfone]

I wanted the new positions 🤣

[@nolidee4917]

i cant with the chewing