Aftermath - 30 minute short film

Months after a nuclear explosion destroys New Orleans, Don and his children must find more food and safety.
www.imdb.com/title/tt1999082/
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[@marthagillespie14]

Fantastic beginning. Very cute little girl actor. Love the houseboat situation. The deepest emotion beautifully conveyed. This is a very impressive movie. Satisfying ending.

[@hayliemia3225]

Martha Gillespie thank you for calling me cute 😂🤤

[@apachewolf2147]

I thought so too

[@elizabethgalvez7192]

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[@elizabethgalvez7192]

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[@kenminten7958]

@@hayliemia3225 YOU WERE CUTE BUT A L L THE MEN "ALL" WERE PATHETIC NOT BASED IN REALITY NO SURVIVORS NONE PERIOD INCLUDING LITTLE GIRL WHAT WAS PAST FANTASY IS SOON TO BECOME REALITY DONT TAKE NANO/TECH SHOT !!! AND L I V E B GOD BLESS THIS WORLDS PEOPLE

[@TrentGillham]

thanks, my girlfriend, Jessica, and I co-directed this. Just giving credit to her as well.

[@chrisvoa]

You all nailed it!

[@SasquatchGirlSandraRainsDeBusk]

This... no words can say just how impressed I am with the entire thing! This was so good even from the start and I hated that it ended so soon. Great story line, great acting and just a blown away effect overall! Thank you!!

[@bharatiya804]

Where are you now?

[@TrentGillham]

I'm glad you liked it :D . I made this back when I was 18. I'm 21 now, and am working on something even better!

[@christinenelson6823]

Can't wait! You did a great job! Really well thought out! Keep up the good work!

[@fishernz]

If he'd looked into the flash like that, he'd have been blinded.

[@alexbarcelo5094]

fishernz first thing u thought

[@fishernz]

@@alexbarcelo5094 - yes it was. Had some training years ago.

[@glenndavis479]

Then you would also know that being that close to the shockwave they would in all reality be dead also and not to mention the fallout that would have settled upon them in the coming days.

[@donlove3741]

He's alligator man put up his eye shields.

[@craigd9058]

Depends on how far away it was. There are a few people who directly watched the Trinity test and were fine. Richard Feynman for one.

[@tuffymiller9846]

I realize that this was done nine years ago. I am absolutely floored at the quality and acting and overall masterpiece of an independent short film. Wow

[@CollaboratedCinema]

Why hasn't this received more view. It's a bloody masterpiece.

[@BradfordGuy]

Never give up...never, as long as there's breath in your lungs. This was an awesome production!

[@tracycole4655]

After 7 years on KZbin and only 31k views!?!? I'm really surprised.. was a very good short film, good acting and realistic situations. Highly recommended!

[@bernardweaver2416]

Such a great film...it definitely deserves a full length.

[@brojack3570]

Great film. Great in 2011, still great in 2018.

[@ashleytodd5939]

I am watching this in 2021 and I will still say that this is a good movie I hope you all have been able to succeed in your dreams of creating even greater movies I hope you all have kept up your creativity and I'm hoping to find more movies from y'all

[@MSC-Songwriter]

Very well done for this genre. I do find it hard to imagine noone on the set has ever actually siphoned gas with a "piece" of water hose.

[@angelitaluna2087]

WOW! What a bunch of great talents, I loved the story and could feel the aches of each of the characters. Brilliant director, actors and playwright. Overall i give it a 10. Hope you can do more films, you are amazing, honestly! 💕

[@ColTravis]

I just found this movie tonight, Excellent Job!!!

[@TrentGillham]

im glad you liked it! please spread it around we need more views!

[@prepost2494]

Wow. I could really feel the desperation of that man. And the end. I loved.

[@Mrbeardo42]

Excellent job! Keep it up! We need more movie staff like this in today's cinema!

[@russellonearrow2154]

Decent script, decent acting. I kept wondering why they just didn't catch fish to eat.

[@nigelclarke6786]

Good movie, plot developed well and acting was ok. Nice ending too.

[@jefftheriault7260]

For a movie like this, that portrays the immediate aftermath of an attack, you need to have actors who are willing to run themselves down by fifteen to twenty percent below the weight they started at to get the effect of the ordeal they're going through. Good work. Thanks.

[@IDreamOfSerenity]

You conjured a haunting glimpse at a shattered post apocalyptic America. It's been an entertaining experience. Thank you for sharing your work.

[@midnight_prepper]

I think this was more realistic of all the post apocalypse short films that I’ve watched. Alot of them are really good. He put alot of thought into it. Very well done! I can see life living out this way soon.

[@janconradie7101]

I hope you make many more videos in this style, I am going to visit again. As with all films there may be imperfections, but this one I enjoyed more than ANY other I have seen in months, and I've seen many. Thank you for portraying a survivor story of people who did not by coincidence have a PhD in post-apocalyptic science (like all the commentators seem to have), a story of Christians being a family in the worst situation, with a satisfying but explicable end. Thank you!

[@brucevaughn2886]

Very well done. Works from a number of angles. Doesn't explain everything ... doesn't solve everything ... which is good. Leaves it up to the viewer to think things through.

[@TrentGillham]

thanks man, it was a huge improvement over my Halo films. This one we actually had the resources to make it good.

[@woowoowoo246]

Thank you for this wonderful movie. Beautiful!

[@danielhanawalt4998]

Tough situation. I can think of some things I might have done differently than the father did, but he and his children survived in the end. Thanks only to a stroke of good luck, being rescued by some good people. This makes a good argument for being a prepper. You never know what may happen. A good chance the people that rescued them were at least a little prepared for possible disasters. Which are many. Great film. Very well acted and made.

[@fuzzybobbles]

I watched this and thought it was a professional documentary filmed from a first person perspective. Then only after I read the comments and realised it wasn't a big budget commerical project. Totally awesome. Beautifully filmed and excellent effects. The exploding fuel can when shot should have been bigger just for the shock impact. But totally excellent acting from all the cast. Being a photographer myself I was especially impressed by the cut scenes and atmospheric shots.

[@bluecanary1note]

In movies like this, people are always selfish and look out for themselves or their own family. In a real situation, surely it would make sense for people to hang together and help each other out. That's how we got through the Stone Age.

[@mandielou]

You mean the great depression? Lol

[@Codycking]

Great film loved the acting and story very impressive, amazing content keep it up. Subbing now.

[@MrDaniel488]

Great job! This was amazing to watch!

[@Kris.Tagilala]

amazing work i love it the editing the camera shots the sound, everything was awesome keep up the good work and i look foward to seeing more of your work your halo video was great and this is even better good job.

[@MrKyleDD]

the ending was so sad, my god. good job, im subscribing

[@ODSTx92]

This was a very well made film, I have yet to see any others like it on KZbin. Very well done, I hope to see films of this caliber in the future, I shall compare them to this one in their use of quality, style, and effects

[@TrentGillham]

thank you for spending the time to watch it

[@SpoonySkink]

im in tears. Insanely well done. Holy shit.

[@AZ_actual_voter]

Just saw this for the first time (2024) -- GREAT JOB!

[@1shooterm]

Amazing what you can find on KZbin nowadays, thank you.

[@grampypantsdonovan3188]

pyroclastic event equals instant death,second part radiation exposure.they would all be bacon bits other then that 6 out of 10

[@hepburn118]

Where did it say it's a documentary? Ever hear of artistic licence and entertainment?

[@sangkang6294]

Most vehicle is anti-siphon now. The only way to get gas out is either inject air pressure in to it or get access to the gas tank by drill or unbolt the seats...

[@brotherskeeper2598]

or remove the hose clamp from the rubber fuel hose or vent tube right beside of it and simply siphon from there but not necessary on that early 90s bus he was siphoning from

[@jasoncentracchio4836]

Man, that was a great movie. Well written and excellent acting. I am going to subscribe. Very impressive.

[@deejo3021]

Man would be blind looking at nuke

[@darthvader5830]

+Deejo also incinerated XD. if he even survived anyway ( very unlikely) he world get radiation sickness and die. hahah this was a great story though.

[@jonclarkson6793]

It would of literary melted his eyeballs seriously lol

[@csn6234]

@ge st still be blinded

[@corysartin4558]

If you are far enough away a nuke won't blind you but would i gamble on it hell no of look away so i can preserve my eye balls in the even me and my wife will survive the initial impact

[@Beelzebububble]

Yeah. The moment I saw that, I clicked away from the stupid channel.

[@JeanLeDragonOFF]

This is a really great movie buddy. Just saw it and i must say that, imho this is the greatest

[@swampwitch6133]

Very nice job on this movie, I agree with the others i'd like to see it be expanded on, another 30 minutes or so you could have something here that would be a full lenth movie you might be able to interest someone in, The "gangs" sadly portrayed here and also in the movie Dystopia will likely be what it will be like for those that do survive the aftermath of a nuclear explosion. It will create lots of paranoia and mistrust and turn people against each other. Perhaps that is something you could use to expand on a little cutting away from the family to the "gang" to show more of this side. Just a thought.. Very well done though! It as a great job and especially on a limited budget that even as someone else said many high budget films don't even capture.

[@buddybrier]

Love it. Super well done! Keep it up.

[@TrentGillham]

@SteelHyaena thank you so much! We have been trying to get our film seen more so you posting it would be great!

[@fatfreddyscat5173]

Enjoyable vid. A good representation of the possible "complications" concerning postpoc parenthood. Thanks for your efforts in making it available.. d:^)

[@spaceman081447]

How did Don go from being collapsed unconscious in a field to waking up in a camp?

[@GaMeRdUdE786]

Ok Your movies are unbelievable!

[@CollaboratedCinema]

Interesting. Great work. I enjoyed the camera work and the VFX. Anyways, thanks again for this nice piece of art.

[@TrentGillham]

thanks man we all worked hard on this and are trying to make bigger movies. Wish us luck.

[@shelleyzuelich9099]

Good luck thanks for a good hearted side too much death and hatred isnt needed.i wish my dad was still alive . He would be the same way .

[@peterhulse1064]

This guy looks pretty well fed for an apocalypse dad.

[@TrentGillham]

thanks! the halo movie was really just a little project compared to Aftermath, we had real actors for this and extras. It was alot more complicated, but fun.

[@katastar221]

wonderful job.

[@Chixxie666]

W O W. A-MAZ-ING. This was a complete masterpiece. Good work, nice acting! One of the best shorts movie i have ever seen! :) Make another one!

[@TheSecondNobles]

Awesome video!

[@GaMeRdUdE786]

Please make more PLEASE!!!

[@TrentGillham]

just to answer your question, the school was lit naturally. There were skylights in the ceiling, which was what you mistook for artificial light. As for the grass being cut, you got us there, we didn't have the money for a greens department....and we couldn't force people to stop cutting the grass for weeks. That's something we couldn't do with a few hundred dollars.

[@GrahamMcNallie]

good work.

[@TrentGillham]

@Chixxie666 thanks! I am glad you liked it. Show it to all ur friends. We need more people to see it!!!

[@adamdempsey1585]

.........that was amazing

[@snoopu2601]

Very good story and a good ending to the short film. To end up with a group of survivor's good choice to leave the boat house to find other's.

[@ArtisticInteligence1]

Excellent indeed! Speechless.....i stopped watching Gravity after 15minutes...., you proved its not about money to be able to speak out .i would even dare to say '' silently'' very loud the message, will share your work on my facebook. Any more ideas for a movie? Greetings from Croatia :)

[@TrentGillham]

artistic intelligence Thank you! And I have many ideas, but my funds are limited. :/

[@shanemarlow9229]

I like it first time watching in 2020 March 14, very good and emotional movie something that can really happen very good movie it just shows people prepare ahead of time

[@Lowkey_ID]

I wondered whether these post apocalyptic scenarios were foretelling or preprogramming, then I saw a small town in Virginia the day after a Derecho came through and knocked power out. I was driving through and needed gas, only one gas station had power during this hot and humid summer morning. It hadn't even been half a day and people were at each other's throats already.

[@donnawhetstine1045]

good movie,ty for sharing..😊

[@ShaleyJean]

Great film!

[@gojake]

Holy cow, this is remarkable filmaking. I absolutely love this and will share this film with a lof of my PA groups. I'm a writer and reminds me of my novella, Wasteland. Very cool, If you wanna read a copy, I'd be glad to get you one. It's on Amazon. Just message me and I'll get you one. Great job!!!!!!

[@blessedamerican3541]

When I lived off grid with a generator, the first thing to go was the refrigerator. What would you need it for in this type of event?

[@btam13]

Great job!

[@ramonantoniobennett-ryuuke6301]

This is pretty good! Wasn't a remake made with T-2's Edward Furlong? I saw that one last year

[@TrentGillham]

@BrokenEvolutionMedia yeah I watched your vid. When are you filming more? How long is your script?

[@Radioman909]

When Good Men do nothing, Evil Prevails. These Gangs would be hunted down by the People's Militia and held accountable for their actions.

[@chechatonga9502]

Yeah ....they wouldn't prevail in my AO .

[@hairdryermanson6955]

Ok

[@maggroo]

"People's Militias" are more likely to evolve into this gangs than anything else, it's not like they are actually trying to develop means to produce goods in mass scales so that no one has to take it by force, they would be the ones exercising strength, like they've preparing for anyways, and that simply is not enough to organize people in desperate situations, so in no time they would be the ones needing to be held accountable. Stop storing guns and start learning how to plant stuff.

[@DiabeetusBoy]

Great work with the filming aspect, I loved how the shots were filmed. But your editing needs serious work bro, look up some tuts, they will really help. But I don't want to distract from my main point, which is that this was VERY well done.

[@TrentGillham]

not every nuke is the same, there are strategic nukes. Not all of them are MASSIVE, END OF THE WORLD nukes. You have to have strategically sized nukes varying in destructive power. It's unintelligent to have 50 square miles of nuclear contamination if your goal is to destroy one small city.

[@TrentGillham]

10 days to film it and around 8 months for editing, sound, vfx. I am in school, so I mainly worked on it during the weekends.

[@soelvfaks1]

You made me cry.

[@azzy4781]

Mind blowned

[@TrentGillham]

@ps3consolewar absolutely! we are trying to get this movie out there. I am glad you liked it. I'd love for you to put an ad on your site. What site is it btw?

[@apachewolf2147]

This is an excellent movie

[@Nimmo2009]

nice video, well done. I'll post this on my facebook.

[@YTmaniac]

Excellent!!!

[@markspe1]

id love to read your Wasteland :) Sounds really up my alley,so to speak ; )

[@COMMANDO-om3bb]

Nice film!

[@brychaus9059]

I look forward to seeing it.

[@SilentWatcher594]

Survival situation,,,reluctance/hesitancy can get you terminated. Could have happened in this movie. The movie, however, was quite good and I enjoyed it...thank you.

[@gangsterkitty418]

its sad how people can be so mean and rude to each other once everything is gone thank god for the laws which keep people from showing their true colors

[@TheProsaicCult]

epic win all around. 10 out of ten.

[@GrippingLipsFishing]

Looks like you took 'em to Delacroix. A lot of New Orleans already looks like a bomb hit it.

[@TrentGillham]

Thanks, we need a lot more views. Spread it around to everyone you know!

[@markkrause4407]

Volume is all over the place. Food galore in those swamps . I know it is representing night but infrared filming light allow the rest of use to see the picture . I liked the survival location , unique to me !

[@TrentGillham]

@gojake hey thanks for the compliments. I am glad you enjoyed it! Share it with everyone you can please. We need more views!

[@mandielou]

You should probably start responding to the people personally under the comment that they shared instead of the main thread bc they most likely aren't seeing your response.

[@Lalaland.001]

Damn, man...to be honest, I watched your HALO fan movie, thought that was cool, then went to your channel and saw this,...fuck (excuse my french) but this blew me of my sox...you did this on a $500 budget ??? how the hell did you do that...I've seen far worse with bigger budgets, good story, good camera work, good atmosphere, good build up, really solid work...using vfx as an added plus instead of the vfx telling the story, please make more movies, you earned yourself another subscriber...:)

[@MrWhydoineedaname]

amazing job @TrentGilham when is the rest of it ?

[@martinsmith8417]

Like a tiny tree will save you from a nuclear attack!

[@martinsmith8417]

Like hiding behind a tree will save you!

[@csn6234]

Well, it saved them. Proven wrong, beotch.🤣

[@joolsfreeman4359]

CSN sure it did...well you can try that if you like, but give me a cave or even a sewer system to jump down anyday.

[@TrentGillham]

@xXDeathClutchPwnXx im glad you liked it! Spread it around. We need more views man!

[@ZoeyIndigoSky]

Nice movie Trent ;)

[@TrentGillham]

@jeffbengtson we actually were aware, we tried to locate one of the old metal gas container, becuz that is more plausible to explode, couldnt find one in time so we just stretched reality a bit lol.

[@MaeVillegas]

LOVE IT!!!!