Equilibrium - Sci Fi short film

I have always been interested and afraid of the ideas that the present has for the future. Hopes for an optimistic future have diminished over time as the post-capitalism of the modern society in which we live in is already beginning to fail. In my short film, I wanted to imagine a world where supernatural disasters take place on earth. I wanted to work with strange circumstances but keep the modern economy and the difficulties of capitalism.
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[@karokami5251]

Wow so this got a lot of views in a short time and after reading all the comments i feel like i have to clear some things up. This short film was made in a month as a final project at my art school. I am in no way claiming to be an amazing storyteller, director or cinematographer. Just a concept artist who really likes world building and making dark and dreary horror. This short was mainly a way to test my skills in both concept art and 3d as I picked up 3d art 2 years ago and fell in love with it. Im glad that i at least made an interesting enough world for a lot of you to debate its inn’s and out’s, even if the plot leaves a lot up for interpretation. Thank you so much for watching it and there will be more!

[@lostcat9lives322]

If it's a piece of shit than why waste everyone's time?

[@docstevens007]

Fascinating and many things to explore. Thank you and best with your endeavours onwards 👏👏👏🙏

[@danielkane1108]

Very nicely done and very provocative, especially for a student film. Thank you for spending the time. Not sure about the capitalism fault-finding; monopolies formed tend to erode from quick-thinking competition, obsolence, or simple ineptness from within. In the extreme, taking from the poor to enrich the wealthy can devalue (and devour) the value of the super-wealthy; however, not all wealthy people are fixated on growth. Looking forward to more of your creative works.

[@djr1943]

Great job on your video. I couldn’t’t stop watching even for a second. Super story and videography. Keep up the good work. I hope to see more of your work in the future.

[@johncunningham4820]

If that wasn't a Teaser Trailer , I don't know What it was . Great concept I have to say . Edgy and well done .

[@joshhayl7459]

🟦 (Just-after 9:36): I couldn't understand even ONE WORD of what was said just before the car exploded!.... so I don't know whether it came from the Car or from the PA on some Security-System.

[@staredsky]

nice, but missing a true end

[@billyandrew]

Missing a true beginning, don't you mean? Should have left the moon nonsense out, as that doomed all life on earth, including the virus. 😂😂😂

[@hoghopper]

Not sure why the artist's comment is something of a disclaimer or apology: this would have made the top 10% list if it had been published on DUST. Nice work!

[@greggbuckalew7311]

This film had only a beginning, no middle or end

[@txbluesguy]

Intriguing. Please continue to work on your craft because you have a vivid imagination.

[@mranderson3927]

I have an issue with the premise, if the moon had been torn apart there would be no one left alive on earth for the rest of the scenario, otherwise a fine effort

[@dickdastardly5534]

I guess it comes down to imagination and humans not knowing absolutely everything.

[@demonbk]

I humbly wanna disagree with the masses who claim that without a moon the earth as we know would perish. Yea.. As we know itd perish.. But i believe it would still be here. The moon has effects on certain things like high tide due to gravitational pull n stuff. What makes people think that changes would be so drastic to end human life??

[@billyandrew]

Depends totally on how far out of kilter the earth's tilt was, as a result

[@billyandrew]

@@dickdastardly5534 We know for certain it would effect the tilt axis of the earth. The only dispute is how badly.

[@billyandrew]

@@demonbk Have you any idea what effect no gravitational control on the tides would cause? Biologically, just in the case of female humans alone, the menstrual cycle would be thrown into total disarray. It would be hell on earth for them. Of course, we males would suffer, as a consequence. 😂😂😂😂 I agree with the OP. Scientifically, it was a needless piece of unresearched writing. Just the anomoly on it's own would have been sufficient enough to carry the plot.

[@randybarnes8454]

Not bad, kept my imagination filling in the voids. For instance; when it struck the moon with a glancing blow to crack itself open to use the heat of the entry into the atmosphere for a incubation period as the crystals fell to earth.

[@gsk5161]

Loved the beginning!!

[@andreasingo6490]

Brilliant Short! I mean it - this was quite a creative achievement - I mean the story is dense, the images spellbinding, the characters odd and the *feeling* in this short is a feeling I never have experienced before - something entirely new to me! It's something about the sense of anarchy in the air in this one - long opening description of what happened to this world - that was a great idea to me - *not just* being visual this time (!) and it just continued after that sequence too! One started to think about what one saw and felt. Great visual arts achievement too - really great realism to the art even if it was quite otherworldly at the same time! We need more stories like this one - when one can start to think about the *creative* side of things - I have seen a few shorts made on KZbin with great creativity at display - this was one of those! Sadly not many shorts have this quality... Conveying an odd feeling... Great short! If you feel like it check out my own computer animated short "Alien Forever" about a lone woman confronting an international war scenario in the future and learning odd things on the way. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6GcqICMfM11gac Enjoy!

[@michaelkottler]

At first I was like, "Wait, an early 2002's Equilibrium w/Christian Bale teaser?" Then I saw it was a short which begged the question, "Wouldn't the Moon's destruction have been a civilization-ending disaster?" Finally I saw it as a well-produced but rather derivative sci-fi short w/potential for something more...if not for the moon premise.

[@mykemech]

The moon's mass was still there, exerting influence, only not in one piece ;)

[@michaelhester1328]

Good Stuff!!

[@humblyright]

Loved it, I’m in! Let’s pick up the pilot, order 13 weeks and make a show. Have your people call my people we’ll do lunch & a deal.

[@billyandrew]

You'd lose your investment. Damaged moon equals no life on planet earth, which equals no hosts for the virus. Self inflicted wound to the foot from thr very outset. Better call your people and tell them. 🤔😉😂

[@breakfreak3181]

It's hard coming up with film titles, but it's probably best not to pick a title of a film that already exists in the same (Sci Fi) genre.

[@ericchild8845]

So when do we get to see the full length feature film version? 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@billyandrew]

Hopefully once the writer has done some proper research. Fiction is one thing, but this stretched incredulity beyond breaking point. A damaged moon likely means the end of all life on earth, viruses included.

[@johnf6267]

Never

[@effycadaver]

So talented Kari

[@Fantastic_book_Dimart]

😊

[@willsullivan7074]

All this cartoon needs is Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck.

[@generalpublic3744]

Er no, didn't blow up my skirts.

[@billyandrew]

😂😂😂😂 The scientific community: *"What, the moon is damaged, yet we're being asked to believe life on earth continues, as if nothing happened?* *The fiction is strong in this one.* *The science is nonexistant"*

[@MMM-zc3oq]

Reminds me of the biological convergence process in scifi movie Annihilation (2018)

[@KK-eh2gm]

More! Please!

[@billyandrew]

One day, hopefully, you'll call for a sci-fi story to actually involve the very basics of science. The story was flawed from the start, as a damaged moon would wipe out virtually all life on earth! That means viruses, too, in case you hadn't figured it out. 😂😂😂

[@russell5078084]

Well look another depressing hopeless story plot by DUST. I guess trying to write and produce something happy and hopeful is just too much hard work.

[@edition-deluxe]

OMG, where is the story? Nice work with graphics, I guess, but without a clear story line--nothing matters. Where is the resolution?

[@billyandrew]

Any resolution would have ended with a race between the virus altering all organic life on earth, if it moved rapidly, while the damaged moon made it impossible for any 'form' of organic life to survive. I guess the writer got a little too carried away and forgot to do any research. 😂😂😂😂

[@world-karma9127]

WHERE'S THE STORY? Playing out right now! And the res? The final scene.

[@colinstables]

The end is the beginning if the rebellion

[@karokami5251]

I wanted to do a lot more than I could as i just had a month to finish this. With all the work i had to doand this being an art project for a concept artist i had to sacrifice a clear story for the visual atmosphere and character design unfortunately

[@grovertarver6717]

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[@BeautifulEarthJa]

Ooh Lovecraftian

[@billyandrew]

Nothing eldricht about this scientifically unsound drivel. The writer is well out of their depth in the science fiction genre.

[@grovertarver6717]

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[@barryvanderdong]

Graphics are the best but the story is a very dark one.

[@jasonpink110]

nice tuto, I had the sa issue

[@MAILLADY2010]

Loved it. When is part 2?

[@billyandrew]

Hopefully, under it's current scientific ignorance, never. Google what happens, if the moon is damaged, then you'll understand.

[@TheJacklwilliams]

Well, I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the narration, the story line and lastly, the lack of resolution. The canned story lines Marvel serves up and everyone else for that matter these days, wrap them up with a bow. Life doesn’t work that way. Anyway, great work, keep it up and they’ll only get better. I vote you continue THIS story line and see where you can take it.

[@billyandrew]

It will take the writer nowhere. They will be lucky if they do not become a laughing stock amongst the sci-fi writing community. A damaged moon would affect the tilt of the earth's axis. At the very least, the season everyone was experiencing would become permanent for that locale. Permanent Spring, Summer and so forth. Try growing enough crops under those circumstances to feed both humans and livestock, worldwide. At the worst it would mean a permanent drought or another ice age, nothing in between. What, do you imagine, the virus would live on, with the hosts all dying of hunger, thirst or hypothermia? The writer murdered the story, plus their credibility, with that major cock up.

[@debrawittig3944]

I agree with continuing the story line; intrigued with the two main characters; yet you seem to have obviously left out the supernatural events and powers so I am hoping to see a saga here

[@douglaskingsman2565]

Frankly I so sick of the un-endings of "Dust". Life's crises do most often have resolutions!

[@AllThingsFilm1]

Story?? Where?

[@ronaldagnes2269]

Reminds me a bit of Blade Runner

[@Carneades2012]

Narrative line was much too choppy; following it was like looking at a series of snapshots about some huge disaster--and this is a video! Gave me a headache.

[@billyandrew]

Like being given twenty pieces of a 500 piece jigsaw and you're expected to know what it shows. 😂😂😂

[@Mekratrig]

One big constructive critique, the bits of blackout blankness were very jarring. Supposed to indicate passage of time?

[@billyandrew]

Me, I opted for the damaged moon and it causing the end of all life on earth, including the virus, as my big constructive critique, but hey-ho, each to their own. 😂

[@prihnt1233]

The name of the filmmaker itself is a tongue twister 🤣

[@PACHOUSEFITNESS]

Intro was 7 mins long..... Nothing happened in the movie to do with the intro. Really couldn't hear the robot voice telling the story.

[@midlight4031]

The moon on cronos

[@Necromonger69]

You don't need capitalism for people to be greedy. They'll find another way to take what they want.

[@poppabearskitchen1769]

Predictive programing? At least the atmosphere is good. Subscribed today. Looking forward to seeing more.

[@billyandrew]

No, just bad scriptwriting. Have a look into what would happen, if the moon was only slightly damaged. The result would be a race between the virus converting all organic life and nature, knocked out of it's current fragile balance, obliterating all organic life.

[@oceaneyes5571]

Resolution could improve. This basically a narrative without clarity

[@billyandrew]

Plot could also improve, by dropping the damaged moon idea, as the storyline requires life to exist, in whatever form, whereas a damaged moon guarantees that wouldn't happen.

[@NoGreedSeeds]

Nice visual 2:38

[@udolehmann5432]

Fortsetzung !? 🤔

[@billyandrew]

Let's hope not. I prefer some science in science fiction, but this has none.

[@CarneSagrado]

. With all these Non-terminating chapters, it's getting harder and harder to follow them, the numbers are growing, and the continuation too far apart. Getting bored in the meantime, waiting for the continuation and maybe disappointment when they never come at all... .

[@midlight4031]

Or Titan

[@jimchanthongse2251]

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[@weapea]

Didn't like, too short, no conclusion.. was nicely done thou. If this were just the trailer, then i understand!

[@billyandrew]

We not going to talk about a damaged moon and how that would make this virus obsolete, along with all life on the planet? 😂😂😂

[@douglaskingsman2565]

Frankly I so sick of the un-endings of "Dust". Life's crises do most often have resolutions!

[@skyhiker9669]

Huh?!

[@billyandrew]

When a poor writer is a stranger to research and tries cramming too many ideas into one plot, while lacking the ability to make a coherent storyline out of it all.

[@frankorobinson1540]

Well the storyline was good the visuals ,well not so much,

[@billyandrew]

Damaged moon equals, at it's mildest, most life on the planet becoming extinct in just a matter of years and, at worst, all. Life on the planet becoming extinct in under a week. The storyline was weak at best.

[@andrewhuckel1120]

Oooooh, very nice..very very nice..

[@billyandrew]

You obviously don't know much about science. 😂😂😂

[@ricrandmfx]

This short story has potential but, doesn't quite deliver anything complete. I like the idea of it, the animation & even the robotic voice narration. However, in the end, I'm just not sure where it was going or what they're trying to convey. 3 out of 5.

[@billyandrew]

1 out of 5 from me. Might have been higher, had the plot just stuck with the virus, but the whole moon aspect was needless, childishly naive and flies in the face of science. Even a damaged moon would probably cause the death of everything on earth, so the virus would have no hosts. I pretended that part hadn't been included and that's why it got 1 out of 5, because the writer just wasn't producing the goods. It felt like a concept piece for a game pitch, produced using only a couple of sketches from the storyboard.

[@billyandrew]

Nah, fam, you should have just stuck with the anomoly. The moon was superfluous and totally undermines the plot., as even a damaged moon would affect the tilt of earth's axis. No tilt would mean our seasons would never change, which, as best, would be limited to affecting crop growth, for instance, as they could only possibly be grown on one side of the planet. Maybe a bonus for third world countries, having control of the world's food supplies. An erratic tilt could easily result in permanent drought or another ice age for the entire planet...not exactly conducive conditions for a virus to thrive, if there are no hosts. The moon plays a far greater role for life on earth than most folk realise.

[@user-ev4yi2dc1x]

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[@michaellegg9381]

Its a video game movie 😢 well ot feels like a cut scene movie 😞 very good game graphics but very very boring

[@andrewnicholson4811]

c.g shit !

[@human_isomer]

I actually like those spoilers, but without even a full episode, they tend to be disappointing. The story here is nothing out of the ordinary, and the animation and graphics could surely be improved a bit. It's more like a game trailer. But who knows, maybe this could develop into something amazing when done the right way.

[@billyandrew]

Maybe the writer could actually do some research on the scientific aspect, or at least should have done so, before making the vid, in particular concerning the outcome on earth of a damaged moon, because a virus would be the least of our concerns, at that point. 😂

[@davidmclean2005]

I liked the concept. Billy have you done any movie to compare???

[@lawrencehilgeman6561]

interesting work. my only comment would be that the whole "bad capitalism" trope is kind of funny when you realize that the software you used on the computer that rendered the software in the comfortable home you probably sat in to render this and then publish it out to the world was ALL due to capitalism.

[@sigmacademy]

Not just the software, home or publishing, but also the Internet, video hosting sites and any success that any channel gets when it gets monetized. :/ "Capitalism" has given humanity its most prosperous era yet, and people are STILL complaining. :/ Also, let's hope that "post-capitalism" isn't a thing, because that means an end to welfare as well. :/

[@jahempress26]

What this could have been with a bigger budget, the movie would be timeless, great story, you can tell you did some research, 10/10 for me five stars 🌟 ✨️✨️✨️✨️

[@billyandrew]

Very little research, truth be told. Do your own on what would happen if the moon was even slightly damaged. Smh and lol.

[@Hallands.]

I got off soon after the first warning: "Little did we know that the void was staring back. We called it 'the anomaly.’" Can you not tell the logical failure, you’re making? You usually don’t label things, if you don’t know they exist, do you?

[@squeakeththewheel]

Hallands - you must be a genius. In your own mind.

[@Hallands.]

@@squeakeththewheel You are? Really? Well, congratulations, good for you, but my observation doesn’t take much brains to make, so I might not join you…

[@airdaleva42]

Has potential for a story.

[@billyandrew]

Science says no. Research what a damage moon would cause on the earth.

[@donp3997]

instead of a regular ...meh...this one gets....MEH....if you have trouble falling asleep this would make it happen no problem

[@yota4004]

more anti capitalism propaganda. communism and socialism are working so well.

[@billyandrew]

Well, we were told this in the intro. Could have saved yourself time had you read it. Smh and lmao.

[@jerryc3050]

Thee narrator is a distraction. I'm sorry; I didn't finish watching the entire video.

[@billyandrew]

The moon, being damaged, yet life continuing, as if there were no consequences, was the clearest indication the writer was dealing with the wrong subject.

[@ZombieGrandpa]

Agreed friend. Capitalism is a terrible way to run an economy. But it is the best we have discovered so far.

[@colincampbell767]

Pharmaceutical economics are behind those high prices. For the first 15 years you're not only paying for the research into that medication (typical cost to being a new drug to the market is over a billion dollars) but you're also paying for the nine other programs that failed at some point in the process. (Because without a means of recouping those funds there will be no pharmaceutical R&D.) And other countries basically blackmail the pharmaceutical companies into paying only for the cost of producing and distributing the medication by threatening to ignore the patent and make it themselves.

[@ZombieGrandpa]

@@colincampbell767 Agreed. I once worked for Eli Lilly and what you said is entirely true. The rest of the world receives new and amazing drugs- at the expense of the American taxpayers. But what to do about it? Europe won pitch in- hell they don't even pay for their bullets for their army training- they "borrow" ammunition from USA... and never pay the bill. Myself... well what to do? We could force the rich countries of the world, including China and Russia, to pay up or no new drugs for you. But the current administration is ready to wilt on most things... Good luck with the that. .

[@edition-deluxe]

Your computer narrator is a bit special needs. In this age having a computer narration, this should never be this bad, especially in a sci-fi project.

[@MAILLADY2010]

Sounded like Sir James Attenborough to me

[@burtbackattack]

I think the scratchy broken sound is intentional. I agree it sounds a bit shit though.

[@billyandrew]

Forget the Sci bit and stick with the Fi. A damaged moon means very little, if any, organic life surviving. The virus would be wasting it's time, as it would die off, too.

[@billyandrew]

@@MAILLADY2010 John? Nah, not in the Attenbourough family. 😂 There's Sir David and Sir Richard, take your pick, but the voice sounded like neither of those. It has just the slightest resemblance to Sir John Gielgud's voice, but only the slightest.

[@thebobloblawshow8832]

Don’t bother. 100% crap. Spielberg still has nothing to worry about.

[@happyleafstudios1]

Too disjointed. Too hard to understand.

[@416loren]

I hope you got a passing grade on your school project. Somehow I don't think so.

[@joninarebekka2966]

Bro this was the most ambitious project I that entire building

[@RobertStCyr-pe7ic]

Could I please have the last ten minutes of my life back?

[@scottage0147]

Way too disjointed, and basically not much of a story 👎

[@billyandrew]

Couldn't agree more. From the science angle, it's obvious the writer did zero research or they would have known such damage to the moon would have resulted in cataclysmic events, probably total life extinction, on earth, rendering the virus to a minor problem.

[@tammyalban4462]

These shorts are terrible

[@flamindigo]

the speech systhesisi is AWEFUL - this is NOT worth watching

[@SIXPACFISH]

Waste of time.

[@joshhayl7459]

🟦 I'm uncertain as to what conclusion you were go'n-after here.

[@billyandrew]

It's like throwing away forty-eight of a deck of cards, then asking someone to play solitaire with the remaining four.