Alien Dimension (GH5 Short Film) Sci-Fi

[@davidson46100]

The alien dropped a night light on the beach. High jinks ensued.

[@HDR_America]

Haha yeah I caught some crap for that one. But I have a 0 budget so it is what it is lol

[@arrivalphoenix7320]

Wonderfull CGI

[@blakepooler]

I actually have that night light, Home Depot special

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

A re-engineered night light from Costco!

[@joemegna447]

Thumbs up to Donat Figuried who played the angry old man. Great acting!

[@mannahusum]

I want a shirt like that. 8 month of wearing it continuously in nature, and still it seems clean with almost no wrinkles

[@thorstenoeltjen6618]

yes - was my first thought too

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

He does laundry and always leans over his can of food so nothing drops from his mouth. No dirty climbing. Very fastidious neat guy! lol

[@fly_speck_cafe]

Good advice from the 1953 "War of the Worlds": "You don't wanna mess with it if you don't know what it is." I wonder what loon tastes like...

[@raktoda707]

The son was better off alone than being with that abusive father.He at least knew he had survival skills and appreciation of life

[@stevengill1736]

He's been incredibly patient so far....whoops! Got to the end.....

[@SwordOfS]

Alien tech with English instructions. That's handy. I won't talk about the night light. Still this short movie was admirable, I imagine it was made with 0 money and lots of passion. I actually watched the whole thing, so I can't complain, well done, well done indeed.

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

I think he did time travel to a distant future time, a dystopian earth with mostly extinct life. So, of course, everything would be in English and his father would be long dead. It would be cool if he found his old residence before the cataclysmic event.

[@TheSilmarillian]

What a great piece of work indeed far surpasses the crappy offerings of Hollyweird

[@vanessadelreyfontana5964]

Parabéns, melhor que is filmes de Hollywood 👍👍👍

[@strangefish1999]

*Very good Sci-fi and I like the story and bloopers at the end*

[@jamie7472]

I enjoyed that a lot more than I expected. You should make a part 2

[@rstock07]

I tried to hate on this short, but I actually really enjoyed it. Bro not slimming down at all after a year of scrounging kind of took me out of it tho.

[@HDR_America]

I considered starving myself for this film but I just couldn’t stay away from the donuts 😂

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

Fatty can food high in sugar and high in salt. Perfect fat man maintenance food. lol

[@sinan2.71]

Damn, I thought that was sadistic sending your old dad to an uninhabited world for ten years. Then you ended up doing to yourself.

[@WhiteUnicorn82]

You did something right for me to get through 20 minutes/a year. I struggle getting through a 12 minute recap! 👍

[@ابوسارةابوسارة-ز6د]

عمل فنى جيد وممتاذ ‏‪0:56‬‏ ❤❤❤ذ

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

Farsi?

[@2112sonoflife]

Amazing camera angles, great story, great acting. I love this story

[@giraffebecky]

This was fun! I mean, it's obviously low budget, but I really like that. It feels more real. It was really cute/cool!

[@temporoboto]

coolsound was great

[@JasonPhillipsXeariaN]

I had never considered what would happen if George Costanza got trapped in an alternate dimension, but this was pretty good. Thanks.

[@vernscheck9089]

Really really well done

[@krdarkmatter]

I second making part 2. This was fantastic!

[@HDR_America]

Thank you for the compliments, I am certainly considering it. It would be much shorter though. Probably around 10 mins

[@nancyharper1360]

​@@HDR_America We'll take that 10 minutes, if you please.😊

[@2112sonoflife]

I'll definitely take 10 more minutes

[@cesarosorio1057]

Gracias hermosa y artística Obra 👍🚀🌈💯😂🎂🌈🎀🤭🌹🎉😭♥️💯😘🌈🎊

[@MadofaA]

Very good and very entertaining. Loved the blooper role at the end!! Feels like a nice family project! Thanks.

[@robertpdavenportii2908]

This was very clever, good work. Thanks for listing all the gear you used. It demonstrates how creativity is not solely reliant on the most expensive tools and big crews.

[@HDR_America]

Thank you very much!

[@vodkawasserfall]

creativity(TM) of Adobe 😅

[@RideAdventureMoto]

Bring the radio girl to our world

[@vancenichols9490]

WOW! Talk about twist of fate! Man, this was such an engaging plot indeed! Awesome!

[@bookman106]

Great premise, but could definitely needed some more rewrites. You're brave to go ahead and put this out there and give it a go though. More than I have done.

[@thomasfisher5742]

quiet right mr BOOKMAN....just not enough tension...or enough ,,,,of something

[@dysfunctional_vet]

this is brilliant, i will let some friends know about this. real creativity is rare these days but i did like the kids night light for the alien tech

[@jonpayne4931]

More 'Twilight Zone' than comedic. "Be careful what you wish for" and all that. Entertaining nonetheless.

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

Yes. His father likely eventually felt the loss and died brokenhearted. Also I should note I think he traveled in time, thru a vortex worm hole? ,right back to earth, but unrecognizable because of mass extinction from ELE.

[@SICBUM]

Im impressed by this work, nice job! And thanks for giving me credit for using one of my freesound tracks. Keep up the nice work!

[@2112sonoflife]

I've watched hundreds of shorts, this is one of the best songs I've seen so far. And I'm extremely critical. Please make part 2

[@robertosoto3770]

Buenísima desde Argentina 😊😊😊

[@leo-unddieAnderen]

Sad that the father punched his son like that. So many fathers and sons would give anything to spend precious time together. Those who have been kept apart.

[@vnblogs1085]

Grt one appreciation ur creative short film give me more waiting 👌👌👌👌

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

Always some unanswered questions : Does he wash his clothes? How is his dad doing? Is his father alive still? Is his father alone or in a convalescent post acute care medical center? Is his mother dead or convalescent? What about the alien device origin and purpose? Any way to get back home? Or is he home in the distant future?

[@k.n.o.3558]

Enjoyed this one. Nice story telling. 🙂

[@ursaltydog]

I wished this character's plan had worked.. his father way too harsh.

[@paullevine1813]

Brilliant bit a cosmic horror sci Fi. So many different scenarios to look at this from which we love. Wonder just what became of the alien & ship , did it have the same experience or are we looking at it as it came so far it's also alone ,we don't really know . Damn shame he wasn't smart enough to one go back to where he saw the sip land & what got out & two he waited far to long to give the thing to his asswipe old dad before it was to late plus he got greedy in his revenge which promptly backfired in a bad way but at least this time seems he's not alone. Great job to all that worked hard to make one heck of strange journey.

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

Vortex Worm Hole to distant future post APOCALYPSE earth. The alien technology is earth. The alien is us.

[@DaleHudson-t2k]

I wished I could be walking liked every body else I'm a amputee ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤I really liked aliens movies

[@karlawithakranaway6125]

I so enjoyed this work. Original story lines

[@briangriffin4515]

Thank God for that final twist. Put me in mind of that other film - RADIUS - which I watched last night ...

[@8bit711]

Really nice work. Working with your father would have been awesome, I'm sure! Man, you have some killer locals and the GH5 did such a great job to complement the eerie and beautiful scenery. Series maybe? Any hoo Bravo!

[@McmurphyJackson-wz3lj]

Great film. Good visuals. Thought I was the only one living like your character. Awesome!

[@funkylilmnkey]

Awesome

[@donkenmuir9504]

Well done it’s a good film 😊

[@xzytqweo3538]

Great Film Benjamin. It was good to know you shot this film in parts of SC. I am in western NC so sort of close to me. Look great with a beard by the way.

[@HDR_America]

Thank you very much 😊

[@jerryhadler8835]

Very nice work.

[@steveschnetzler5471]

Next time I hope he remembers to pack some good books, and snacks. Good job,, reminded me of classic twilight Zones.

[@clydefield584]

I'm looking at that nightlight in a recepticle, and getting worried . It's early in the film but late night. 👀 Should I continue to watch🤔

[@HDR_America]

Yes be concerned, you just never know what could happen 😂

[@yves-vv6uf]

I love your ideas ❤congratulations 👍👍👍🤩🤩🤩

[@Molorick]

2:47 Очень не обычно смотрится кадр ! Набегающие волны , движущаяся картинка и бегущий , всё в разных скоростях , мне понравился этот момент !) 19:20 Что то картинка отзеркалена ..

[@dreambeliever3652]

Wow. That was twisted and funny at the same time

[@mysmirandam.6618]

The bloopers though 😆

[@DžanárdanJaroslav]

❤❤ Hare Krišna 🍀🔥🎉🫀

[@warrenmalpas9875]

His clothing stayed in remarkably good nick!

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

Thick fabric, laundry by the pond, careful eating, no dirty exploration. lol

[@perfectionbox]

You rush around, you make mistakes 🤣

[@twocentstomlinson4967]

8 months and his clothes still look neat and clean and they're not the least bit loose on him considering there's no food source. He has no razor or scissors and his beard is decently trimmed; it's amazing. I love science fiction but not when I have to completely suspend my disbelief.

[@John-qu8zv]

I really enjoyed this film. Especially when it's a family made film he royaly scrawed himself when made it for ten years. I kept saying why doesn't he try to find a house not to beaten up.. I hope you do more like this one. Thank you

[@tuberobotto]

It would have been a real twist of ironic fate if both of them got transported to that same dimension, enduring the "same shit, different day" ordeal for 10 years, and it's gonna be really just the two of them, each one trying to murder the other. Oops, I just gave away a magnificent story idea. 😉

[@HDR_America]

Now that would be a twist lol

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

😅😂

[@ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw]

You’ve got a great imagination, I just love your cool work !✨❣️✨

[@Pencil0fDoom]

8 months of scavenging and he hasn’t lost a pound. Poor bastard.

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

Fatty canned food high in salt and sugar. Probably gained weight. lol

[@GySgtRay]

I loved the twist of fate! LOL!! Well done!!

[@djr1943]

Excellent camera work!

[@ThomasPCGuruENGINES]

Loved this story about the angry old hobbit and his impulsive, bald son. And it could've been worse...I was expecting the older hobbit to accidentally arrive in the alien dimension at the last moment. How badly would that suck...still, there's gotta be good eating on the old fella for a few months, right?

[@mandielou]

No only for a couple days because it'll rot

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

Old man initially probably said to himself "Good Riddence!!" Later dad regretted thinking that because we humans have to be careful what we ask for because it might come true.

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

​​@@mandielouThe old man rotting? or his food supply? The refrigerator food will rot but dad could just buy more. Mean dad got his wish when his unemployed son made his unintentional escape. Time Vortex Worm Hole sent son to future post APOCALYPSE Earth.

[@trig6712]

Good

[@charlestaylor3195]

Wow, the same thing happened to m....................

[@brandonmcheyenehoward1077]

There was I thinking dad would come back as a skeleton after 10 years and then the idiot trips .. hilarious 😂

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

Vortex Worm Hole device took him to earth of post APOCALYPSE future.

[@vodkawasserfall]

great! part 2 with Brittany? 😇

[@HDR_America]

It’s possible, I’ll have to work out the logistics of that 🙂

[@iceyblue1077]

What crazy dad!!!😂😂 Goes around punching his son when he doesn't like what's said. Throwing magazines around all pissed off all the time. Lol crazy!!!😂😂👍

[@stevengill1736]

Of course he's gonna transport his dad...

[@WickedPrince3D]

Interesting premise but a few oddities. There's no life ("no fish in the water") except the birds, so what are the birds living on? "Dead deer" he says; so where are they? Are any living? What-ever happened to everybody couldn't have been that long ago or the food; even canned; wouldn't be any good anymore. Also there wouldn't be any power left for anything. The batteries in his radio would be dead; the radio tower wouldn't have had power and so on. Kind of funny that he gets "hoist by his own petard" after his brilliant idea of sending his OLD father away for ten years. His dad would have almost certainly died in the other dimension within the ten years. Another entertaining ending would be of him getting jailed when his long-dead father returns and he gets caught with the corpse and sent to prison. Locked away from the world, but surrounded by people he'd rather not be with.

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

Worm Hole Vortex Time Travel to post APOCALYPSE Earth. Dad is long dead from cataclysmic event. Birds can fly above and see food. Deer are scarce. Everything is mostly extinct rebuilding population from scratch " a new beginning". If the power stations and cell phone towers and cell phone antenna and batteries are not damaged then there is every reason the power would still be on or available. Batteries are free in any store he shoplifts from.😅

[@WickedPrince3D]

@@MichaelAlexanderAlmir Every possible energy source for a power plant requires human workers; unless they fully automated by then, and even then they usually prefer at least one human eye on things. Machines wear down and require maintenance and energy producing machines also need maintenance. If you buy a pack of normal batteries, they list a "best used by" date because the chemicals break down. Go find a device you left a battery in for a long time - I ruined my old Boombox because I left batteries in it for over a decade. They don't last forever, so somebody has to be making them, and that requires a variety of chemicals and materials. IE: other factories that have to be running with other people running them. Usually I'm willing to overlook a lot of stuff for the story, but for some reason this one I can't.

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

@@WickedPrince3D True, bit these places have underground bunkers so service will not be interrupted. Only senior elite are eligible for bunker survival perks. Alkaline batteries last over 10 years from date of manufacture. Nickel Cadium leak.

[@WickedPrince3D]

@@MichaelAlexanderAlmir I don't think I knew about the alkaline's, but even so that dimension cannot have been desolate for very long. If there were people hiding in bunkers why wouldn't one of them respond to the radio? And why would a bunkers independent power be supplying an old radio tower? If the radio tower was to support the bunker then absolutely they should have been aware of his radio contacts. Unless the bunker is running on a tiny nuclear pile with a very good computer monitor program nothing that supplies general power would last for long without a human monitor/tech to keep it running. But really I'm arguing too much, like I said in a previous response I generally just accept story discrepancies as "something we're not told about" as an explanation and then just run with the story. It IS an amusing story, I imagine that he survives ten years, gets home, his dad yells at him some more, and he decides to send his dad to the dead dimension for a hundred years, and then goofs up again and gets sent there himself. ;)

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

@@WickedPrince3D The reason the bunker is connected to radio tower, cell towers and telephone lines are to check in on the world to see who might answer. If you're in a bunker there would be a minimum time to stay to avoid the radiation fallout that would have killed possibly 90% of all sentient life forms. He should have been contacted but was not?

[@ominousdarkrealms3303]

I'm so glad your getting the views man. I hope expound on this story

[@brianbrown4513]

Really great premise, and awesome story. I could see a second part or a really fleshed out story with a deeper plot. My only complaints is the delivery of lines that feels forced and out of character. Takes away from the feeling of the movie. No offense to you but the film would benefit from hiring a solid lead actor.

[@HDR_America]

I agree completely. I am working on that now

[@darkmatterthinktank4323]

I MEAN I LAUGHED BUT ITS DEPRESSING, I HAVE A DAEK SENSE OF HUMOR SO YEAH

[@ecphorizer]

I wonder why you wasted electrons typing the nonsense phrase "I mean."

[@darkmatterthinktank4323]

@@ecphorizer I WONDER WHY YOU CARE WHEN IT'S MY PHONE MY DATA MY ELECTRONS

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

Dark "daek" sense of humor,, I agree... see what you typed is misplell of dark.

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

​@@darkmatterthinktank4323We humans are electric, our soul is electrons.

[@Pattilapeep]

totally, absolutely great!! Would love to see a part 2, indeed. Congrats on a great job. Pat in New Jersey.

[@ecphorizer]

why do people lift their cell phones above their heads hoping for a signal?

[@stevem1750]

good movie but his clothes stayed very clean.

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

Clean liv'n. lol

[@landiahillfarm6590]

#1 I don't condone violence, but in this case I think Jr. needs to open a can of Whoop-ass on the old man! lol #2 without even realizing it, I watched the whole movie with SOMA-FM radio's Drone Zone channel playing in the background.the combo of the movie and the haunting music of the Drone Zone were PERFECT together! Give it a try!

[@donkenmuir9504]

Really good film Interesting

[@stevengill1736]

Hey, where's his food and alien-parasite-free water? He's lucky the amino acids in the food are human biochem compatible!

[@johncunningham4820]

That was Excellent . Well done . And if you did the CGI/VFX yourself cost basically NOTHING to make .

[@docwilson5384]

Amazing job...Peace

[@Andy-le8xy]

This was a great video and the bloopers at the end made it seem like everyone making the video had fun!

[@OldManPaxusYT]

should have cast a skinny guy if you were going to have someone lost for 8 months scrounging for food

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

Not necessary. Diet of mostly canned food is high fat, high salt, & high sugar. Probability is he gained weight!!😂

[@rumirumi2995]

I would like to see that Radio woman Brittany szumlas

[@stew8584]

Really good and very clever, 10 years, nice holiday.

[@haakonstenseth]

To bad you could't program the alien device backwards or many years ahead 😁

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

Many years ahead to post APOCALYPSE earth. Maybe choice 1️⃣ is future time travel and choice 2️⃣ Past time travel?

[@neumagellan4519]

This should have CC enabled.

[@lolarodriguez426]

Oh I liked this, best one I've seen in a minute,wish it was longer ❤

[@jamesvetromila6068]

What ya know, I have one of those alien devices in my wall socket. Be back in a minute.😁

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

Costco😂

[@vnblogs1085]

Waiting second part

[@mdw1274]

How does a guy who is in alien dimension with hardly any food but canned spaghetti stay so fat after a year

[@HDR_America]

Poor metabolism caused by severe stress, insulin resistance and the body creating massive amounts of cortisol.

[@bjb7587]

Too many carbs.

[@themousethatroared3371]

​@@HDR_America Excellent comeback! 😁👍

[@trishbirchard1270]

In fact , he gets fatter as the movie progresses .

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

​@@HDR_AmericaNot necessarily. Canned food is fatty plus high in salt and high in sugar. He probably gained weight😅

[@VirginiaWolf88]

Awesome movie

[@tol7488]

that shirt was very durable :)))))). if fish all dead, why birds still alive?

[@HDR_America]

Not sure, it’s not his dimension, he’s just stuck in it 😂

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

Birds fly to scout for food.

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

​@@HDR_AmericaIt is his dimension. He came back almost instantaneously to post APOCALYPSE Earth via Vortex Time Travel Worm Hole.😂

[@landru27]

I am left with many questions, such as the connection between the aliens and the abandoned world, why alien tech uses English text, how the Trapped Man survived a year with just a plastic fork ... but I will leave all that aside and offer one suggestion : "Show, don't tell." If you have not encountered this principle of writing -- and especially screen writing -- then you soon will. For example, don't TELL us through narration that food is scarce and the Trapped Man keeps a secret cache of food; SHOW us by showing (un-narrated) scenes of him finding mostly-empty stores and kitchen cupboards, expressing through acting his growing frustration, and SHOW us him at the end of the day at a secret cache of food, clearly running low, with an anxious look on his face. Many other things could be shown, instead of told. You almost got there with the scene of him throwing stones into the lake; if you removed the narration and if that scene had been preceded by several other scenes showing us his situation and his inner struggle (is he thinking of ending it? show him atop a building roof, hesitating at the edge, peering over, and let his acting, facial expressions, the sound design, and the camera work indicate that he is contemplating a way out ...), then the visuals of the lake scene just as they were would have aptly conveyed the idea that he goes to the lake to toss in pebbles for a moment of quiet acceptance. I see a firm foundation here, and I encourage you to keep at it, and hone your skills through more and more projects.

[@HDR_America]

Thank you for the feedback on this. Trust me I wanted to do so much more with this. Working a full time job 50 hours a week with only me to do all the work. I have no crew, no actors and no help. This took me 3 months to make and I was afraid this one film would have taken 2 years if I didn’t find a few short cuts but I am seeking a crew and actors for my next one because that was extremely difficult to do all by myself. I appreciate the advice and I will take that advice. Thank you

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

Time Travel Vortex Worm Hole. Costco night light re-engineered as a Time Travel device.😂

[@duane9830]

Reminds me of the TwilightZone.

[@JesusHernandez-ll5ok]

Detroit is not an alien world! (Well it looks like) 😢😢😢

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

Post Apocalyptic Detroit, Michigan USA.😂Highland Park?

[@notfound379]

I have the same alien night light in the bathroom

[@HDR_America]

😂

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

Costco?😅

[@rickr7599]

Well, I had once been gone for 3 yrs.....when I returned it was exactly where I was before and like I was never ever gone....not even a minute. Somehow....someway I was transported to another planet, I think....... of other humans speaking English & more advanced than Earth--they reached Interstellar capabilities, yet not universal so.... and they took great care of me and I made good friends. Too much more to tell than space given here. I do not care if anyone believes me or not. It happened to Earth others because I met a few when there. I wish to go back and stay.

[@MichaelAlexanderAlmir]

Post APOCALYPSE Earth via Worm Hole time travel vortex.

[@celestesenters1052]

Dad punching the son was hilarious Entertaining all in all

[@coffee_drinker2912]

His father ruined everything, lol.