The hoarding of old electronic gear has paid off! Great job!

As some people have already pointed out, the writing is rather weak, especially in the science department, but the visuals and general design still make the movie quite nice, especially for something done without a colossal production cost. Nice job on the set, Joel!

If I’m being honest, the cinematography, music, and of course set design were great, and the overall concept is neat, but the writing felt kinda generic, with a bunch of overused sci-fi phrases and cliches sprinkled throughout, making it hard to connect with any of the characters.

"The glue gun guy made a sci-fi movie?" *Watches* "The sci-fi movie guy also makes glue gun videos. I get it now."

I'm sorry but who would call a project "project Icarus". That's like calling a ship titanic...

I’d give it a 7/10. The cinematography and sound along with the prop and set design is great, but the writing is subpar at best. The actress did a pretty good job, but as with the writing, it’s subpar. There’s a lot of overused cliches and ideas thrown together, but overall it’s not bad.

Oh neato! Awesome. Appreciate the uploads. Some really cool stuff on this channel

THIS is the kind of sci-fi i want to see in cinema. Everything feels so much more tangible as compared to the CGI crap that comes out of Hollywood these days.

I came looking for a shotty robot and found gold

The shots of outer space were so beautiful! Well done.

This was so well executed. The cinematography was great, Especially in the wide exterior shots

That was amazing! Nice work! I was following the videos about the making of this. It’s so cool to see it finished!

2:34 There was a chance to add some 'unexpected' thrill after watching the footsteps in the snow with the flashlight. Strange noise and after this focus on an enemy or dead people with the flashlight. Scary moment and runnng back in panic to the station. After this knocking on the door or strange sounds when back inside while using the 'phone', to 'alarm' the fear and the need to escape, explains the need to escape. When she tells the operator she is the only one that survived, as viewer you can imagine what is going on. Without something like this there is no connection with the outside part and the need to escape is just a description of an event. You put a lot of effort in the looks however when the story is not that strong, it just a video with nice shots. First pay attention to the story, instead of focus on the looks. A story is why books sell so well because it is a good story.

This is really good! I thought of a little poem about it: While you stay in the dark, Staying in the past mistakes, I live in the light, Staying avoid of the night, We are different, But the same, I wonder how we come again

Ok this is one of the coolest things ever

Oh wow, it came out great!

Wow, the preview a couple months ago was promising already, but you surprised me once again. This set looks just amazing! Keep on Rockin', love what you're doing!

I am always in awe to the quality of the production, acting, directing etc. of these films. Wow

That was a nice door!

Awesome work, everybody involved gave their best and it shows❤️

Wow that was really good

Would a culture with technologies sufficient to "harvest suns" be fiddling with dials and switches or plans on paper?

Really REALLLLY underrated. This. Needs more veiws so they can do more projects. And possibly get a bigger budget and make this a tv show and put it on Netflix or something

"Hack Into The Main Frame." I was on board until I heard that. At least the set looks cool, kinda rustic.

Make this a feature film, looks brilliant. Fantastic job.

Wow this was so good!!

Nice work to all involved! I did laugh when I saw the guy operating the fog machine in that one shot, but other than that, very nicely done!

DUDE THIS IS SO COOL

Isaac Arthur would like to have a word with you...

Lot of talent in this project... kept me interested. I liked it. Encore... do some more.

Needs & and deserves way more views

Very great on a budget. I see the Ridley Scott, and Kubrick influences that cannot be a bad thing.

Two things are missing. Connection with the character. And a story. The rest is good.

Very well done!

I've never really cared for short films but this is awesome Love the set the hard work paid off

How do your videos have only 46k views?!?!!? THIS IS AWESOME

the ship sequences have a star trek vibe and I absolutly love it!!!!

I just found this. Thought it was great !Keep up the great work

best one yet

It's just really good to see people who are passionate about film and its many methods and techniques, come up with great shots using creative lighting and camera placement. Regardless of the script issues...it's obviously a product of a well appreciative lover of mood and atmosphere. Good job.

This is great! Just watched your set building video.

Great to wake up to this in your notifications

Rly nice short film and nice job again Joel =) one thing I didn't quite like was the overactin' of the female character... All those close shots missed somethin' there was no depth in her performance. Just my opinion. Nice editing, nice script, nice set-up and overall experience. 👍

Cool, and weird, but still cool

Aaaah found it. Thanks ! I also subscribed. Great channel. Love it

DUDE THATS TITAN A.E.!!!!

This is severly under rated

Your sets were amazing dude I loved em

great sets and production design - really nice looking film!

Good job. I like the acting, music, and good try on the special effects. Amazing what can be done with little money and a good imagination. Kudos

Plans in the works to mine our moon. To start. Next Mars? I think it would be a long way off to a time we destroyed the solar system. But then the advances of humanity just over the last few hundred years may prove me wrong if we continue the pace. Very well done. Sets off the imagination.

IT'S FINALLY OUT

All those electronics paid off!

Great film!

Woah nice, very early. This looks like a high production movie

Looks like a good fit for the Dust channel.

Wow

Good movie

Very nice!

this is so underrated

wow.. I mean, *wow* - the indoor location alone is pretty good..but your film has some truly remarkable elements to it!! Overall, I'm really impressed! The budget was obviously an issue, but the whole team *really* did well to work around it. The digital and live sets are nothing short of amazing..the props are *fantastic* , as are the costumes..the funnel representation of the wormhole is visually stunning and spot on, and the other related effects are breath-taking..the dialogue weaves a lovely and fantastic narrative, with the editing really giving a beautiful flow and a gentle pace that fully allowed me to immerse myself - like settling the soul into a nice warm bath. And the cinematography/photography..? It was a bit compensatory (given the acting ability of the lead), but was often like reading a love letter from the film' creators, to the audience - I almost felt like a voyeur. As for the directing - it really got the most out of the actors, esp the lead. I bet some of it took a few takes! The monologues they gave really allowed them to play to their strengths - some nifty use of resources there. On top of all this, the production values were really high. I only have one gripe, if I may, and that's to do with the lack of advisors for the computer terminology, and for some of the science - ie, reducing the power of the sun to that extent (or collapsing it) would have caused an explosion that would have destroyed all the inner planets...unless it was done over many hundreds of thousands of years. Whether the innacuracies were due to deficiencies in the original story, or were because of the screenwriting..? I don't know..but it should have been spotted at some stage in production. Tbh, with some more input, the writing could have been much better. Thanks for making this film..it was a pleasure to watch.

great flick, keep it up and thanks !

this story line sounds awfully familiar... sayy? Sunshine (2007) perhaps?

you deserve more love dude

This is better then most movies with 10x the budget. Makes me wish it was more then just a short film though.

warp field was kinda cool man, I liked that

Turned out great mate

The visuals are nice but they're nothing without good acting and a good story

would love a sequel showing the rebirth of life or somthing

Thanks for sharing.

“Hello Dave” ...“I’m Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I cant do that” “This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it”

great effort guys. I know it's cliched to death but I think I would still be tempted to put the computer voice in for "opening doors" etc.

Brilliant

that was awesome bro

This shit is pog as fuck and like seriously that short wave radio is pog as well

This was awesome! What camera did you use? I have always wanted to make films but I can't decide what camera to use. Do you have any recommendations for a beginner filmmaker? Thanks for any help you can give me and keep up the awesome work!!!

Not going to lie, I initially only subbed for the "Michael Reeves beef/drama" and did a huge subscriber purge about 3 days ago. KZfaq hadn't been showing me your videos because of the bell and i changed that during the Purge. This video was unexpected but greatly welcomed!

I'm just sad why this only got 51k views

"It started with our own sun" LMAO good job tho

whats the ending music?

Good video m8

john? john dead, no biggie

9:14 I have back tap for my phones flashlight and somehow I turned it on accidentally, I thought the video did it 🤯

Nice.

Nice👍

Great short film.Would have loved some gruesome horror elements though.

I wish this was posted somewhere else than youtube, the compression is horrible in a dark movie like this

Space suit looked a little weird but otherwise really good

Merci

And a Star was born is I’m not wrong

In the 31st century, intergalactic fleet no longer use warp drive. Trans dimensional slipstream is used which is 10% faster and more stable

Is this young lady the little girl from " Wonder Years " . She looks so familiar .

It started out well, captures your attention, but the script was not up to par for a short story. To yesterday and not enough tomorrow

CB radio with graphic eq TS-505 This freaking multimeter uses tubes. Never thought I'd see one these again. O'scope - looks like old government issue and don't recognize the model.

Oh yeah

Yeeees

Cool film. A good reminder that exposition is not story.

just got here from the plants breathing video

The fact that she started talking before end of transmission was sooooooooooo annoying. With that said I give it a 8/10 20/10 for the effort and hardwork, acting, and scenery. It's only the beginning. Can't wait to see what years of experience will look like.

Nice set. Why throw away old electronics when you can get a prop for free?