Sci-Fi Short Film "Carrier" | DUST | Online Premiere

[@tomsaville3656]

Hey all! Thank you for checking out "Carrier" - it was a little labour of love. Hope you enjoy!

[@gakjarr]

You did very well, dude! I'd love to see more of this story!

[@Philscbx]

Truly Hope others are using Studio headsets to capture the sounds,, Absolute Epic - But What a Cool Entity DUST must be - to be involved in - in any way. First discovered a few years ago on PS4 - now with Vizio Smart Tv,, Thank God I don't have to work today,, we'll be locked in DUST Mode for a while. No Worries,, We can call out for food... Cheers Captain @!

[@golagaz]

Superb!

[@badbiker666]

Did I read that right? Space whales, like in Star Trek IV?

[@rattslayer]

You did a great job! Love how optimistic, and wonderous it is

[@verandisoldusty6834]

So glad I waited till I had a moment to pay attention to watch this. Loved how a clearly over-worked/bored freighter pilot reacted to naming yet another random planet. Then the encounter with some strange space entity having her go from controlled panic to pure bliss as she listens to it's song. It's a shame tech has to reboot & send her back to work. Definitely, space whales for the win. Lovely short film.

[@TomSaville1]

Thank you! :)

[@packrat2113]

space whales for the win 😎

[@Demun1649]

I knew it was a space whale very soon on, I was eaten by one a few years back. But it burped me back up!!

[@christianpicard3989]

A sci-fi short with dark/scary vibes that ends up being something nice? It's a nice change, I love it! :)

[@joycliffe266]

I liked how the actress gave a hint of a smile, suggesting a sense of awe and wonder as she began to understand what she had encountered. Lovely, nuanced performance throughout.

[@tomsaville3656]

Thank you Joy! Sylvie is a wonderful actor.

[@matthewjury4385]

That's called acting

[@olivier-pierredebelmont.3630]

Sylvie is a great actress,expressing her feelings in a nanosecond,fantastic.

[@sydecarnutz972]

Well put! Thank you! Great performance here.

[@olivier-pierredebelmont.3630]

@@sydecarnutz972 this feeling concerning sylvie seems to be shared by a majority of us,in french:_elle m'a tapé dans l'oeil,"wich have a totally different meaning than the beating in my eye! I was litteraly mesmerized by her ability to jump from an emotion to another one, that we as spectators perceive instantly,Helping me,speaking French,to follow more accurately the character 's inner feelings Ok, I admitt good weed is a plus if you decide to watch it again,but that ..... 😎✌️

[@andyrint]

This film reminds me of those moments you occasionally get where you see something pretty amazing and you want to tell everyone but then something inside stops you and says 'nope, that's just for you'. A special memory just for yourself.

[@tablescissors]

This is the best comment I've read in a while and it's good to know others have those moments still.

[@Zodroo_Tint]

You are very selfish. We mankind are supposed to help and teach each other. Not nowadays though, nowadays we have tribes and we are dehumanising the people who are in the other tribe disagree with us. You are truly the men of our age.

[@myronplatte8354]

Tribes are the most ancient social structure, after the nuclear family.

[@scottlampe70]

Full on reminded me of a time when a humpback whale swam past my little sailboat. Surprise, fear, excitement, awe and then disapointment when it swam on by. Well done.

[@ralphm4132]

one time I was below at the chart table when a pod of dolphins showed up, all the usual clicky-whistly chatter, then much much louder and sounding like it was aimed through the hull right at me, I got the "hey you whistle" WEE-oo-WEET! (you know, the opposite of the wolf whistle WEET-WEEoo) so I went up in the cockpit and the dolphins started doing this crazy lightshow in the phosphorescence, lots of wild splashy jumps, it was super-spectacular but for me the best bit was that I am absolutely sure that a dolphin deliberately invited me personally in the only human sound he could make to say "HEY! PAY ATTENTION TO ME NOW!".

[@shiva72945]

@@ralphm4132 Wow! Wish I was there.

[@Johnathonaaron]

Just what I needed right now. A subtle reminder to stop and smell the roses.

[@lycaon7888]

Very nice film. Brought back a memory of when I was hunting a deer all alone in the mesquite brush in south Texas. Went out way before dawn to get to my blind and got set up as I didn't want to scare anything or want any deer to see me. As I was waiting, the whole area started to come alive. I had done this many times before but this time it seemed different. Still dark, but getting a little light before dawn broke, birds were waking up and singing all over the place, saw a bobcat leisurely strolling near a fence line. There was just a little fog to make it a little more interesting. Sun was still not breaking through. Just then, a deer walked into the feeding area where I was gonna take it down. For some reason, I didn't shoot it and just watched it for the longest time. I was just enjoying the moment. After the deer left, about ~15 minutes, I just packed it up and went back to camp....happy. The sun finally broke through too.

[@bernikang712]

I went in blind thinking it's another space psychological horror, but glad that it ended up with something awe and wholesome despite it's short.

[@joeyj6808]

Just two ships, passing in the night of Space, Very cool indeed! She's a working person; a space-trucker on the all night "road". Sometimes out on the road you can see amazing things, alone out there. I get that she'll remember this one forever! Well done, folks!

[@ILTransformers]

I don't think that was a ship. It kind of sounded like a whale.

[@laniakeas92]

Maybe not a ship but extraterrestrial cosmic energy whale from another dimension?

[@deetaylor9966]

Reminds me that sometimes we need a break. I love they way she hesitated, than like relaxing and letting go. Than a she's getting into it....she is back in the norm. Really enjoyed this.❤️

[@thememoryhole9355]

Kind of made me wonder if she'd seen other crazy things before out there. She was amused and pleased, but not exactly shocked. And she needs her sleepy time. There's only a handful of humans who have ever been to space .. and a few report very strange phenomena. The Cosmos is an infinite, and infinitely amazing place.

[@tomsaville3656]

Thanks Dee!

[@tonyreeves5083]

This is a great film, really well executed with a lovely story. I thought that hiding the unknown object was far better for the story than a more obvious reveal; as was once said "the pictures you paint with your mind are far better than anything you can see with your eyes" Loving your work on this one.

[@TomSaville1]

Thank you!

[@todddanforth8853]

There was no story!

[@WladimirWostok]

hehe your comment was intended for another video, right? One with a lovely story 😏

[@tonyreeves5083]

@todd and @wladimir, I think you are missing the point. This for me was a welcome change from the current trends of “tell a complex story as fast as you can / layer upon layer of storylines / louder, better, faster”. The great thing about this is that there was no explanation of what the phenomenon was. As an example, the scariness and horror of the early “Alien” films drew on the fact that humankind had no idea where it had come from, and the story did not explain; this amplified the effect. Sadly, Ridley Scott (as great as he is) felt the need to explain the alien’s origin story in Prometheus and Covenant, which took a lot of the suspense away rather than adding anything. I hope you see my point.

[@GoodForYou4504]

@@tonyreeves5083 they are definitely missing the point. The best stories set up the listener to use their imagination. An intelligent audience doesn't need everything spoon fed to them.

[@Boofster]

Staring skill over 9000

[@lcole8849]

I know that this was a short film but it was too short. I needed more.

[@stevenscott2136]

A very convincing display of being really, REALLY tired of her job. This is what space will actually be like, if we ever get out there -- a job. Tedium, forms to fill out, jerk supervisors...

[@SauronThe3rd]

Jerk supervisors will have to watch out in space. After all, they are only a sudden "accidental" decompression away from death at any time.

[@ricklynch8620]

I enjoyed it. I don’t know exactly why I enjoyed it but I enjoyed it.

[@akibabe09]

Almost like a salute to Star trek,: the voyage home ❤️😳❤️. For Nichelle Nichols 😭😭💔💔❤️❤️❤️.

[@ecphorizer]

@aki ross: Thanks for the shoutout to Nichelle Nichols, one of my favorite ST actors.

[@phillipayoung10]

10/10!! That's for the space whale😁😁!! And 10/10 for the short!! 👍👍👍👍

[@edrosa3485]

Beautiful.

[@ramadaxl]

Reminds me of the poem 'The Space whale' If you stare into the sky on a clear winter night when the stars are aligned and the magic is right you may catch a glimpse of the space whales flight as he sings his song with celestial might

[@HerlingGA]

Where there are no sound waves, there are electromagnetic waves as a form of life expression. I like this. Donde no existe ondas sonoras están la ondas electromagnéticas como forma de expresión de vida.

[@noslavetoreality]

I absolutely loved this gem of a short from DUST & Tom Saville. The only thing that would have been nice to have happen, would be if the pilot could have rotated her ship to physically have seen the anomaly rather than just seeing a sensor interpretation. With her travelling through space, it could have something that no human had ever seen before. Therefore making her journey more of a one of a kind journey, rather than just a one off trip through the stars. But in the end, I still really enjoyed it. Thank you to all involved.

[@TomSaville1]

Thanks Ron!

[@charles.e.g.]

How lovely this is. Such a deceptively simple concept. A beautiful song without words.

[@TomSaville1]

Thank you!

[@alexanderwademd]

Let me start by saying thank you for not having some weird jump-scare thing happen. I am totally cool with how this one went. Thank you DUST!

[@madnessbydesignVria]

This reminds me of the saying: Simplicity is a sign of mastery. Well done! :)

[@TomSaville1]

Thank you! :)

[@MobileFilmmaking]

Awesome short. THe actress was wonderful. SHe reminds me of Sigourney Weaver in the original Alien movie.

[@JonnoPlays]

The music at the beginning sounded super familiar... Maybe from Newsy?

[@TimmyMoza]

Another winner from Dust. That was a really cool short. Like others commented would love to see it longer or expanded…

[@tomsaville3656]

Thanks Tim! I would have loved to have make it longer, but it was really only written as a short about a "moment". Plus, time and budget prohibited!

[@asc_missions3080]

Sweet!!!

[@phthisis]

Coincidentally, the last video I watched before coming here was one about "Strange noises from the ocean," and I am reminded of the "bloop" sound that originated close to R'lyeh, the island where Cthulhu was said to reside from H.P. Lovecraft-fame. Would have been fun if, when her ship's HUD came back to life, a message showed that the cargo-bay doors had properly sealed again (to show something had entered her ship during the downtime).

[@Sonnell]

Finally something original and cleverly done!

[@nowymail]

Silent shots from space. Wonderful! Finally, someone who knows their physics!

[@TomSaville1]

*Almost* silent! There's some deep rumbles and a lot of artistic license in there :)

[@ericchild8845]

Great short. Problem is it was too short! More please!

[@tomsaville3656]

Thanks Eric!

[@zelphx]

Agreed... I hate it when a short film is too good to end. Maybe, at least, an occasional update? I am sure I an not alone in not understanding what "short film" means. 🤪

[@shiva72945]

Intergalactic whale fell in love with her spaceship, now taking her on a honeymoon trip to outer space.

[@morenofranco9235]

Brilliant!

[@WalterBurton]

Zaphod Beeblebrox is flying the Heart of Gold nearby, obviously.

[@donm5354]

Interesting - wish it was 15 min. hope to see more. 4:56 NEW COURSE laid in? She doesnt seemed bothered by that. Should she be? 5:18 What is the significance of the Whale icon where the anomaly was located? I would be like.. WTF just happened? Are pilots so reliant on computers they just go with the flow? There was a WHALE probe in STAR TREK IV: The Voyage Home....

[@m.g.540]

Anomaly, Whale song.

[@EgoEroTergum]

Are pilots so reliant on computers they just go with the flow? Yes, that's already the case today with ships and airplanes.

[@triedproven9908]

Sentient space whale nebula checks traveler for continuity. Is is very satisfying.

[@H1zoneTv]

i like the graphics

[@hagen-p]

Short, but powerful. Nice Universe-building!

[@grammybear4226]

Big Panda Bear Hugs from a 68 yr old grandma in Texas, USA 🐼 ❤ 🎀 👍 🧚‍♂ 🐈 🧚 🍀

[@Hyakman5408]

This is a beautiful film. Wonderful visuals, and a simple yet well-executed story :) Thank you!

[@zedxxx9]

A well executed story? Maybe a well executed scene.

[@zethraelofteldrassil3149]

And, pray tell, what was the story?

[@Hyakman5408]

@@zethraelofteldrassil3149 Think about it.

[@Hyakman5408]

@@zedxxx9 A story can be any length, short or long. No rule states that a story must consist of 'X' number of words, or have a minimum number of themes, etc. Simplicity is often times the most effective way to present an idea.

[@saladinbob]

Are you high? I haven't a clue what any of that was about because there was no story.

[@Z-Diode]

Silent and deep - a highlight again from DUST. 🙌

[@Dark__Thoughts]

NOW I CAN SEE THE WHALES!

[@briancjohnson]

Good to hear Linnea Sage in action again!

[@woodstoney]

And so continues the lonely life of a carrier pilot...

[@jamesblinzler1637]

You met an angelic life form. Fear then awe, is the appropriate response…

[@Oldguard12345]

Enjoyed this.Thank you.

[@TK-fp5fp]

Hi 🙋🏻‍♂️ I discovered Dust about a year ago and I just wanted to thank you for all the new and fresh stories you post for us.

[@johnbird8060]

"crankyland"! Really good acting, very intruiging meeting, leaves you wanting more of the person and her job

[@felixsmittick9128]

Love this simple and beautiful film. I was fully engaged from start to finish.

[@TomSaville1]

Thanks Felix!

[@vnelson000]

Well, I have a small imagination, I percieved her trip being interrupted by a kind of space whale, but I actually needed the comments to confirm it for me. Great work here.

[@VishalPipraiya]

The beginning is definitely inspired from "No Man's Sky". Especially the course layout. But went in a totally different direction after that. Loved it!

[@CallMeConCon]

no man sky added giant space whale like anomalies that can interrupt warps so its even more alike that you think.

[@VishalPipraiya]

@@CallMeConCon dayumn!

[@GaveMeGrace1]

Electro-magnetic-whales! Pretty cool. Thank you.

[@Tano-lh2uf]

How beatiful!! Thanks for this moment!

[@barracuda6900]

Nice little film! Captured the "trucker in space" Nostromo vibe from Alien without the horror. Definitely hope to see more space trucker films from Dust in the future.

[@jeroendenhertog4975]

Wow, great!

[@elongatedmust1951]

Space whale, also featured in Macross 7 I think...

[@marcuswall8852]

Nice, I really enjoyed this! The whale audio was awesome too 👍😊

[@nnyom7363]

Pilot, enjoying space whale singing Hatsune Miku: PLEASE REMAIN CALM

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

Magnificent short film. It tells the story of how the fantastic album cover of From Mars to Sirius by the great Gojira came about 🪐🐋🪐

[@laertesdd]

Yeah. They gave a concert here in Berlin two weeks ago. Raised the roof and tore down the walls. Amazing live band. Stay metal! 🤘🏻

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

@@laertesdd true! Live they are a wall of sound! Horns up metal brother 🤘

[@TomSaville1]

Exactly what I was going for! :D

[@blackened144]

Was I the only person most infatuated with the names she has given to various planets? CrankyLand VI sounds like a great place to vacation.

[@golflre7179]

Nicely done!

[@ntag411]

It seems the shorter the video the more interesting it was.

[@Malbeefance]

This was very nicely done on all levels.

[@MrIwan18]

Very nice, loved every inch of it!

[@jackflak]

Groovy..

[@OldManPaxusYT]

At least it was original!

[@donlarocque5157]

Just when she thought we're not alone, the anomaly said Bye.

[@screamingjimmy]

I enjoyed it

[@republish368]

Next reincrnation that will be my job, ALONE in SPACE! Nice vid! Could EASLY be longer, all the STUFF was still in there ....

[@antonius9]

Who doesn't love space whales ? lol I really enjoyed it, thanks for this.

[@donp3997]

All these comments are way off. She's obviously on a bathroom break and the mist you see out in space is when she flushes. You can see the relief on her face at the end. If she actually had any lines it would have been just the one word...AHHHHH..

[@Timmy51m]

Who doesn't love space Whales right!

[@stuart.the.pear.1]

Bravo.....

[@B30pt87]

That was beautiful!

[@findmusic8797]

Space Whales? Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy says...

[@brian213ism]

Was that the legendary space whales

[@Comicsluvr]

I LOVE the fact that this was an 'encounter' story but without all of the usual political or racial bias. There was likely some sort of alien lifeform but none of the 'OMG it's going to eat me!' or 'It wants to destroy Earth!' stuff. To me, a story is good when you want to see more of it and this fits that bill.

[@KaeDot]

How does a story involving a creature threatening to eat someone or destroy the earth involve political or racial bias? Genuinely curious.

[@randybarnes8454]

So as she scans and records planetary information a curious translucent space whale decides to scan her ship? I noticed the little whale icon on the dashboard.

[@Chromicon]

So, apparently, this Space Whale has developed a biological radio frequency generator, to produce radio wave sounds that are remarkably similar to the actual sounds made by waterborne whales on Earth.

[@thaska6106]

Traveling through the deep space, just like traveling through the deep ocean, allows us to remember what is most important. That we disturb.

[@MiTheMer]

Not really true. At least earthern animals that do not have learned creatures of our size as danger, are often rather curious, not disturbed.

[@Kemrer]

Thank you

[@davidg5898]

Prior to encountering the space whale, I imagine her mind was filled with thoughts like this: "Join the space navy, they said. You'll see the galaxy, they said. All I've seen is the inside of my ship. And lots of empty space. From inside my ship. Except for a couple hours probing a new planet every few weeks -- _from inside my ship_ ."

[@CitizenX-yn1rx]

Really beautiful and, as others have written, a new twist. Unfortunately, however, it would be silent for us in space.... no medium to transport sound waves. Perhaps the creature emits electromagnetic waves? I couldn't see that on the sensor display "monitor". Maybe in your next project. Pardon my geekiness.

[@animisttoo3890]

That's why the computer logged it as a magnetic anomaly. It looked like she pressed a filter/interpret button to convert the modulation to audio, like the ring-down sound of the gravity waves at LIGO were also done.

[@markissboi3583]

Ship stops to let a space whale pass by . earth ships just run over them while capt's asleep .

[@cynthiaj.wagner1807]

Well done and thank you!

[@user-tk2jy8xr8b]

Makeup in space, yes

[@captainglume]

Aww ♥ I loved it, thank you so much!

[@ericpowell4350]

The main character doesn't seem smart enough for such an advanced mission.

[@DerMarodeur]

Insane and without meaning

[@jdlech]

Great acting.

[@SmellsFamiliar]

SPACE

[@maliwilliams7262]

BEST!!!!!!!

[@davidedbrooke9324]

We should have a planet called Bob.

[@kurkspetterson3557]

a masterpiece !!!

[@ronin47-ThorstenFrank]

WOW!

[@WarlordMoA]

Imagine the stories you would hear out of 4th dimensional Space Whale singing I would love to see if The Orville would pick up on this subject of matter.

[@Hyakman5408]

To those of you that commented on my post, in which I stated that this is a well-executed story, and you questioned how it can even be a story, I say to you (with respect): open your mind to the truth that a story can be short and simple in its construct, but it can also communicate a cornucopia of information with its brevity. Use your imagination and explore the possibilities!

[@annetteziegler7944]

"Cornucopia of information with its brevity..." 🙄

[@jackpreston8762]

Wonderful, thank you..