Sci-Fi Short Film "Souls of Totality" | DUST | Flashback Friday | Starring Tatiana Maslany

Set during the Great American Eclipse, this is a story about the sacrifices we make for love and the intensity of a looming moment that can change everything. This short Stars Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black, She Hulk) & Tom Cullen (Knightfall)
"Souls of Totality" by Richard Raymond
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[@HenningsEdits]

I remember this one. I love that the entire shoot was planned around a an actual eclipse and that they used geo-tracking data to figure out when exactly to shoot it to achieve that amazing one-shot of Tatiana running during the eclipse and reuniting with Tom once the sun comes out again. Really powerful filmmaking!

[@roccov3614]

Yes, I remember it too.

[@user-gj7hx4ry3g]

I prefer bad practical effects to good CGI, and I was wondering how they made the eclipse and lighting look so good. Thank you for pointing this out!

[@Renatomartina]

One of the best things ive seen on Dust. She not using the car to go back was the only weak part of it.

[@charlestaylor3195]

You can say that again, she's a great actress, but one wonders what they were thinking when they wrote that part.

[@HenningsEdits]

The entire shoot was planned around a real-life solar eclipse. If she sat in the car it would have been a lot more difficult to fit her and the actual eclipse into one frame. And seeing her run on foot, out of breath and panicking feels a lot more intimate and emotional. I guess they could have written the car breaking down or something, but from a filmmaking perspective, I think that continuous shot of her running and reuniting with Tom as the eclipse ends was the strongest part of the film.

[@Renatomartina]

@@HenningsEdits I get that. And it makes sense when we're talking about the shooting and visual results, but still, like you said they could have found a "solution" for the car.

[@carlosio5]

Human beings do impulsive & illogical things when stressed...perhaps this is one of those emotional impulses; get out! Get there... just run to the one you love....💥🔥🌺❌🔥💥

[@charlestaylor3195]

That's the way I was feeling but I'm sure the thought raced through her mind " Why the hell did I park so far away?" @@carlosio5

[@zaubersalz]

a very nice story. With lots of unanswered questions, but that's what makes it so challenging. She says to him that he doesn't know the world out there because he's been here his whole life. Why did she only come to it later? What is the task of the Chosen, are the members of the group still children being raised by her? That would explain why the leader is so much older. Is the voice on the tape the founder of the group, or also a Chosen One? Is this all part of a larger movement? After all, the members do seem to be going somewhere. So it's not a lie and they're not killing each other senselessly. The tragedy is that they may be missing out on a better "life", or will they now have a better one? I'm sure Netflix would make a series out of it, but I think it's just interesting that the questions remain unanswered.

[@user-lk4kw4tf2p]

Bro if the people who make the DUST short films actually made movies they would become multi-trillionaires bro

[@kuba0517]

I don’t comment ever . But this one is absolutely beautiful/fantastic ! Start to finish master work !!

[@donm5354]

Sooooo.. What happened to the BODIES? Last scene 17:42 was sheets ending up flat with the wind starting to blow the sheets away nothing under them but grass. Did the magic Pink Lemonade disintegrate them all bodies/clothes and all? Or did they end up in DETROIT? The HORROR !! 😱

[@charlestaylor3195]

Now that, was funny.

[@TheRealSkeletor]

I wouldn't wish Detroit on anybody.

[@mrblaque]

Conjecture: The group was right about their beliefs and the eclipse really was a gateway. Actually, the bodies were gone for nearly a full minute by the time you noticed it. Go back to @16:50 and you'll notice when she says "stay", the eclipse suddenly ends, and the camera pans down to show the bodies are gone. The tape she is listening to as she drives away foreshadows what would happen between the couple. "when they align, they open a door to another plane of existence". The group went to their new plane of existence and the couple went to theirs. When they are apart, the sun and moon are meaningless. But now, he has a chance at a real life away from the group he spent most of his life with, and she had a reason to stop trying to throw hers away which is why she joined the group.

[@miksedk]

@@mrblaque Exactly, some people just can't see the symbolism anywhere even if it's right infront of them.

[@JonathanChaeng]

It's quite puzzling and hard to understand. I must say, the woman's sobbing is quite unsettling.

[@panaitvalentin3914]

Excellent work, guys!👍

[@donnaduhamel6004]

Never drink the koolaid+!❤😂😢

[@jblue6820]

OMG it's SHE-HULK! 💚

[@HenningsEdits]

If you only know her from She-Hulk you need to see her in Orphan Black. She flawlessly played over 12 different characters in that show and deserves WAY more recognition for it.

[@jblue6820]

@HenningAust ... I've heard. I watch so much stuff but I will definitely check it out. I loved her as Jennifer Walters aka She-Hulk despite some of the hatred toward the show. She's supposed to get a session 2!

[@HenningsEdits]

​@@jblue6820 Oh yeah, I like her as She-Hulk too. Not trying to trash it or anything. I'm just a little worried that Marvel will be all she will be known for, because I think her performance on Orphan Black is genuinely some of the greatest acting in any TV show I have ever seen. She even won a Best Lead Actress Emmy for it (although she desserved way more). Her range is insane!

[@tiquerrasierra3093]

YES, GLAD TO SEE ORPHAN BLACK FANS!! THAT SHOW HAS ME WEAK, I CAN LITERALLY WATCH IT OVER AND OVER. AND IT ISN'T EASY TO FIND THINGS THAT EXCITE ME. I'M OLD SCHOOL, LAW & ORDER TYPE. I CAN'T WATCH ANYTHING. AND WHEN I TELL YOU, ORPHAN BLACK IS POSSIBLY THE BEST SHOW I'VE SEEN MY WHOLE LIFE. AND I'M A MOVIE/TV FREAK, ESPECIALLY GOOD ACTING AND GOOD DIRECTING, I'VE SEEN IT ALL!! IT'S ALMOSG EMBARRASSING HOW MANY TIMES I'VE WATCHED ORPHAN BLACK AND WILL WATCH IT ALL AGAIN LIKE I NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.

[@HenningsEdits]

@@tiquerrasierra3093 Glad to see I'm not the only one still obsessing over this show (my profile picture has been Helena for over 6 years 😄). It's one of the most underappreciated shows of all time!

[@ecaterinapanait8566]

Great content, DUST. Keep it up! 👏❤

[@TheRealSkeletor]

The direction in this was amazing. Why don't we get Hollywood films made like this anymore?

[@mrblaque]

They do. You just have to get away from the blockbuster films. There are plenty of good indy movies if you look for them.

[@braydonfisher9273]

What masterful camerawork! Love it!

[@Lila-BeamMeUpAlready]

Her cry laughter reminds me of the late Brittany Murphy.

[@stevecagle8002]

Crazy, Sad, hard to watch.. Well Done !

[@lowhanlindsey]

0:56 She-hulk is the hottest woman alive!

[@gregorytremaine1164]

My God.

[@cyric5083]

Elaboration squad requested.

[@namelessannett6923]

Its not complicated... just don't drink the cultlaid.

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

🌜☠☀☠🌛

[@groupjupi3]

Очень трогательно)

[@bigsarge2085]

✌

[@DaleWheeler]

Good acting! Great location and timing. 👍👍

[@meerathegreyhound1044]

That was very well done.

[@badpossum440]

Jownstown.

[@Frogdog69]

Touching

[@aarons7975]

Why get out and run back a mile, why not just drive back? Jonestown here we come! and here's another guy who ruins his entire future because of a woman.

[@danawhite9823]

I always wonder what the next step is in situations like this? It would likely be boring to watch, but their prints are all over the place. If they just left and went on to normal lives, they are involved with all these dead people and will have explaining to do.

[@lbf5984]

Someone didn't finish the film... @17:44...

[@barbarapearce9738]

No dead people there. At the end the sheets were empty so must've been spirited away.

[@lamario295]

I'd chose Tatiana over salvation

[@X4b4r4ss]

It's a old video..........

[@Rippypoo]

Very weird. I really still don't get it. But I friggin' LOVE Tom Cullen!

[@LazyAmericanWoman]

this was funny and i don’t know why 😂❤

[@thanefalkner6156]

This is a old vid. Why are they playing it again?

[@jayceinfinitealgharhythmns9814]

It’s literally called Flash Back Fridays! They take old episodes and repost them as new so that those who are new to the channel can watch them!

[@ecaterinapanait8566]

They do this every Friday.😀

[@rejanaewilliams1007]

😂lol wtf

[@jitkundough]

Heavan's Gate Meets Sister Wives, and an idiot who abandons a car and runs two miles just to waste film. Lazy writing. Tossing in the Jonestown vibe was just wrong...not cool.

[@seedy-waney-bonnie4906]

And that's the way it was.

[@aarond1622]

From being a part of a suicide cult to being a part of an assisted suicide cult...

[@VDOTU5]

I've watched this before. Nice Flashback Friday pick. Love Tatiana. But this was one of the first things that inspired me to not watch any new productions centered around a couple/will-they-won't-they couple unless, if a hetero couple, the man is shorter/woman is taller. Kinda petty, but I do not care. After over 15 years of watching pretty much every type of show, movie, video game cutscenes, etc. the world can offer, I just wanna focus on (and create) what stands out in ways often avoided or coincidentally norm in minor yet core ways. Same with looking for more "action woman befriends/protects little kid" stories, or "woman wears exosuit not based on somebody else's exosuit" stories, or "interracial couple without a Euro (white) person" stories (that one's so avoided, it's barely in commercials), etc.

[@braydonfisher9273]

Interesting. Do you have a more extensive list?

[@VDOTU5]

@@braydonfisher9273 Well, yeah actually. I grew up watching shows, movies about tackling men who prey on kids, and watched them get physically harmed for it, even in the recent 'Let The Right One In'. LOVE it. But after watching 'The Night Hunter' (starring Henry Cavill, Ben Kingsley, Alexandra Daddario) go after lik 4 child-predators and they talked like women don't prey on kids, it made me start focusing more on stuff (and writing stuff) that does that with women who prey on kids.

[@VDOTU5]

@@braydonfisher9273 I also want to find more stuff in which a mom has a heated argument with her son (regardless of which is wrong or right), as I grew up watching such scenes between mom/daughter, dad/daughter, dad/son way more. Moms and sons having those interactions is just as common in reality yet fiction shows it so little, that the scene between Lois and her son, Jonathan in 'Superman & Lois' as well as the tension between Marc and his mother in 'Moon Knight' made me realize how avoided it has been.

[@VDOTU5]

@@braydonfisher9273 I also grew up watching stuff that is about or kinda randomly included men who harm or are willing to harm kids, even in animation (I'm aware of the Evil Queen and Snow White. So, I've been looking for productions that involve women doing so as well. Especially after learning of hundreds of real cases. I don't need statistics to effect my thoughts, but cases of women harming kids happen more weekly than with men around the world as women are allowed more access to kids more regularly, hence their abuse shows over 100,000 more than men's acts against kids. So, yeah I'm trying to find (and write) balance of the portrayals of such.

[@carlosio5]

Where can I find your writing @@VDOTU5 ?👀 Curious....