Paradox - A Short Scifi

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6 жыл бұрын

Something New: • Anomaly - A Short Cosm...
A time traveling agent hunkered down in the 1930s is tasked with the assassination of a young boy in the year 1994 to prevent future tragedy, but soon finds out there is more to the story than what he's been told.
Our latest short film here at TheBrothersGrymm Productions. This was a whole lot of fun to make, definitely our highest concept, longest film, and over all the biggest task we've undertaken, so far. There were many moments that slowed us down, like not being able to do reshoots or bad audio, but over all nothing was able to stop us. Engineering some audio sequences from scratch and reshooting pieces of scenes in different locations whilst blending it best we could proved a challenging task, but overall I believe this turned out to be the best film we have done yet.
We hope you enjoy, like and share if you did!

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@ClassyNova 4 жыл бұрын

By leaving the earpiece on the table, I guess he wanted the kid to have a more exciting life, than as a real estate agent.

@beautifulfaith9367 3 ай бұрын

Love the time traveling movies!!!!!! 👏👏👏 Another one please 😁 Thank you 😃💥 Texas

@sirClogg 4 жыл бұрын

I was expecting the drifter to turn out to be the kid's father...

@micky2be 3 жыл бұрын

Same here

@Eidolon1andOnly 3 жыл бұрын

I was expecting the drifter to be the kid all grown up.

@MarcellinoJonas 4 жыл бұрын

the Rubick's cube device is both cute nostalgia & simple, mind-expanding brilliance

@tharealmikezee3165 4 жыл бұрын

yeah that's a good observation actually

@flyyynt 5 жыл бұрын

I liked this. It's a good example for filmmakers who don't understand that story is more important than effects or budget. I've watched so many short sci-fi films with much larger budgets that I've thumb-downed because the story was basically non-existent. Even familiar stories, like the one in this piece, can be emotionally engaging when given a fresh take and a satisfying ending.

@mensetens6391 5 жыл бұрын

Very good indeed! It kept me wondering, and I anticipated something of the end only during the fight ('so that's what a drifter is'), and our cold-blooded assassin turned out to be a Joe Friday hero with just the right amount of confidence to balance the danger he was in. Very satisfying ending. Thank you for making this.

@LastCallAgain 4 жыл бұрын

Nice plot, interesting concept... but what self-respecting (and succesful) assassin (a) turns on lights, (b) waits until inside the targets home to put the supresor on his pistol, (c) goes THUNK THUNK THUNK up the stairs, and (d) talks out loud to his handler in the upstairs hall???

@Sweetheartbabez 4 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing about the lights.

@blueeyeswhitedragon9839 4 жыл бұрын

Low budget...amateur actors, cheap props, a steep learning curve...let's give them a break. But it is perfectly OK to point out areas of improvement.

@heavycurrent7462 3 жыл бұрын

He flipped his pick-locking device out as loud as he could. Even before that, he was given only a letter just specifying the time. And then he knew which house, what room, and which person. Stopped watching as soon as he talked out loud.

@harperwelch5147 4 жыл бұрын

Very well crafted. Everything was done correctly. Flawless mystery.

@danielcoursen5514 4 жыл бұрын

OMG! The gun in the first scene is a frigging cigarette lighter. You can see where you refill it on the bottom of where the magazine should be. I have one like it at home. LMAO!

@RobertCampsall 8 ай бұрын

I get the sense that a lot of the comments are by people who didn't grasp the actual depth of the story.

@mattherron9318 4 жыл бұрын

Masterfully done @TheBrothersGrymm! Can't wait for more!

@jaywhite9028 5 жыл бұрын

What kind of professional assassin breaks into a house at midnight and turns on the light?

@terrencedekat9359 5 жыл бұрын

One that wants to be able to see what he's doing. Also, one that somehow knows it won't attract attention.

@RedAngelProductions 5 жыл бұрын

He knew the scene wouldn't look as good in the dark and that my camera needed suplemental light. 🙃

@davidcharles7106 4 жыл бұрын

One that can always go back and do it again if something goes wrong?

@NoizyInSeattle 4 жыл бұрын

@@RedAngelProductions That is a food enough reason for me. I dislike really dark scenes.

@MunirRahool 4 жыл бұрын

Finally, happy logical ending of a short and beautifully done.

@quantumac 4 жыл бұрын

I thought this short was way too slow. Taking your time in a scene with anticipation creates suspense. However, if you don't have anticipation, you don't have suspense. My advice is to take only as long as you need to tell the story, but don't stretch it out just to fill time.

@kirilgeorgiev9640 4 жыл бұрын

Right i watch the first 10min in 4xspeed... :D Bc, nothing happened

@rjcbr1191 3 жыл бұрын

Have patience. the Universe will unfold as it should.

@RobertCampsall 8 ай бұрын

@@kirilgeorgiev9640 I do have to wonder if you actually understood the story in it's actual depth. I have my doubts.

@michaelchesny656 5 жыл бұрын

Nicely done. Thank you.

@biggestbrowneyes 5 жыл бұрын

1994 was a Good Year for me ! Peace Thanks for the film.

@ZanyScum Жыл бұрын

I love happy ends so much! Thank you!

@skullsaintdead 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, really good, reminds me of Looper. Nice all round.

@carlosidelone8064 5 жыл бұрын

Good idea. Not much to the story, but still very engaging, as Tina Flintstone put it. Very well filmed. Thank you.

@komkommerskomk1775 5 жыл бұрын

Great short movie, keep up the good work!

@571951rhoehn1 4 жыл бұрын

That was very well done! I enjoyed it.

@soulmechanics7946 5 жыл бұрын

Fun fact; Barry Nelson is the name of the actor who played the very first 007!

@Tyler380 4 жыл бұрын

Love the time line and to bend it here and there..

@bitbitten8726 4 жыл бұрын

Very good I especially like the way you threw in the part with the shadow

@frankboff1260 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent work! Loved it.

@tomleadbitter7165 4 жыл бұрын

So, he breaks into someone's house, turns the lights on, talks on his radio thing, fires his gun, has a fight with some other guy, and no-one wakes up? Ah, right - that's plausible i guess.

@kat-reneekittel6159 4 жыл бұрын

ROTFL - now if he had some sort of device that put the parents in a deep sleep state, then the rest would be more believable. :-)

@MuhammadAbbas-nk4me 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic work❤❤❤

@rjcbr1191 3 жыл бұрын

EXCELLENT!

@thomascollins4325 4 жыл бұрын

Well done with a happy ending! 😊

@TheGreenhillsCyclist 4 жыл бұрын

Very good. Very true to the theory of timeline cause and effect.

@tangobango9653 4 жыл бұрын

QUESTION: ‘What are two-guys who graduated Med School?’ ANSWER: ‘A Pair-a-Doc’s.’ 🥴

@n0username0n 3 жыл бұрын

I must say, What an exit! Aha

@davidcharles7106 4 жыл бұрын

Very Good film! I really enjoyed it.

@sethc6663 5 жыл бұрын

Nice short, I liked how the the time traveller came up with a better solution. Why did he leave the earpiece though? is there a sequel for this? Subbed and liked 👍

@RedAngelProductions 5 жыл бұрын

Hopefully an Anthology of short films to follow. Go check out Broke College Kids Productions channel and watch: "Acquisition," for a piece of this puzzle! Hopefully more to come in the future.

@jad43701 4 жыл бұрын

I was just about to ask that same question. Seems as it might, in and of itself, corrupt the timeline. Sort of like McCoy forgetting his communicator on the planet Sigma Iotia II in Star Trek "A Piece of the Action". Yes I know, I'm old !

@TerryReedMiss 4 жыл бұрын

@@jad43701 lol not that OLD .... I remember that, too!

@brianmcanelly7147 4 жыл бұрын

Seth C the little kid is him If you notice the Tim traveler has the same one

@themodernwizard7295 4 жыл бұрын

@@brianmcanelly7147 no he wouldn't be sent to kill himself. interesting theory though.

@tangobango9653 4 жыл бұрын

This Short Film ‘tried my patience’. Way too slow for me! 🥴

@AnoopArunan 3 жыл бұрын

Something a little faster here. Not a time travel but multiverse - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fN6ZktipzLmro2Q.html

@alexranirez9279 3 жыл бұрын

Cool cool!

@jm844 Жыл бұрын

apps and costumes , all a person needs to create a movie

@turtlefoot13 5 жыл бұрын

Love this film. I love the "room" that he lives in. I quickly came to the assumption that the newspapers on the wall were events that he played a part in. From the first two minutes to the closing scene I was hooked. Questions were answered, yet more questions were asked and it makes me want to know and see more. Now the mass shooting hasn't happened, what do the people that were spared do? How did that affect the future? Why did the drifter want the shooting to happen? How did he know that it would happen if the parents were killed? So much to need answers for. Great work!

@Roedygr 4 жыл бұрын

Much stalking and fighting. Clever plot.

@liquidflamepoetry 10 ай бұрын

I love this and I subscribed Id love to write something for the next film

@ichapman8878 4 жыл бұрын

Good one.

@jims9406 5 жыл бұрын

Great stuff and I also am confused by the other guys ear piece that he put on the table.

@tharealmikezee3165 4 жыл бұрын

I like this a lot. Just for the sake of...discussion, this guy isn't as stealthy as he's supposed to be like when he opens the latch on the gate and...just gives me the impression of a bumbling fool...not a fool...but he's bumbling around makin a hell of a racket in that house man!

@zaheerpallamabdulla9649 4 жыл бұрын

Why its named “paradox” then?

@attilakovacs6496 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe because he wont been sent there, so he wouldn't be able to prevent the shooting?

@barneydefanfaler4760 5 жыл бұрын

Well done.

@tonycarver2745 4 жыл бұрын

newspapers on the wall....... nice and subtle touch

@scifidudepeacelove2233 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant sci fi short film

@scifidudepeacelove2233 5 жыл бұрын

@jc8322 4 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed it!

@tinaflintstone8148 6 жыл бұрын

Wonderfully engaging! Unique and creative. I’m curious... at the end, why did he leave the earpiece on the table?

@RedAngelProductions 6 жыл бұрын

Tina Flintstone, were glad you enjoyed the film! We definitely had a blast making it. But we hope to create a semi universe from this story, with some sequels in the future! So the earpiece is a setup for something to come.

@yomeyo6622 5 жыл бұрын

@@RedAngelProductions ohhhh yeah!

@CaptRich-bi3gp 4 жыл бұрын

@@RedAngelProductions Excellent! Any thing in the past year?

@davidcharles7106 4 жыл бұрын

Tina, this is a question that can't be answered. It's like a magician's trick - if you're told the secret it's never as satisfying as just wondering.

@leebarker6656 4 жыл бұрын

So far just 'Acquisition' on Broke College Kids channel

@bobbytheblade2550 5 жыл бұрын

NICE!

@tvicic 4 жыл бұрын

there are some minor continuity issues (with the earpiece) and subtitles would be nice (since it's too quiet) but never mind.

@jasonluong3862 4 жыл бұрын

If you are confused, here is the gist of it. In the original time line, Barry the kid, grew up and committed the mass shooting. Killing Barry when he was a child before the crime would be brutal but logically would prevent the mass shooting from happening. However, the story asks what caused Barry to be the mass shooter in the first place. It turned out that Barry's parents' murders were the cause of his committing the mass shooting. By preventing Barry's parents from being murdered gave Barry a chance to grow up not being homicidal. Its a nice story and a social commentary of our justice system. We tend to punish criminals after the crimes have been committed. We should focus on prevention instead. All criminals were innocent children once. They don't get into crimes on their own. Somewhere in their lives something went wrong that started them on the wrong path. Not all criminals must have violent and traumatic childhood experiences. White collar criminals growing up in luxury and privilege commit crimes later in their lives because ironically they were spoiled by their circumstance. A lack of sympathy can be brought upon by tragedy that caused anger or it can caused by not having to experienced the plight of being poor. It's the infamous affluenza defense.

@justmyusername9209 4 жыл бұрын

You missed something important. Barry didn't commit the mass shooting in the first timeline. There are 3 timelines.The Drifter was there to kill the parents. He was meddling in the timeline as mentioned at 10:42 . This implies that in the original timeline his parents weren't killed and Barry didn't become a killer. It was only because the Drifter had meddled and killed them (creating the 2nd timeline in which Barry becomes a killer) - that the Jumper was sent to kill him. At first the time agency and the Jumper were not aware that the timeline had been meddled with - but he was warned before he "jumped" in the letter to "watch out for Drifters". Luckily he had the realization that "people aren't born bad" and then discovers that Barry's parents were going to be murdered that night and realizes that that was the even that turned Barry evil. He reports to the time agency that he thinks someone is trying to kill the parents - it seems he is suspecting a drifter already. Once he deals with the drifter we are left with a third timeline where the parents boys are not murdered because the Jumper dealt with the Drifter. This in affect restores the original timeline's future with Barry not being a killer again, though it technically is a third timeline. Agree with the implications of the social commentary stuff you wrote though - all those implications still stand.

@ronagoodwell2709 3 жыл бұрын

So, what are we to make of this? Timeline is changed by not changing the timeline. Getting rid of the drifter seemed to do the trick. I'll have to remember that on future assignments. Also: get quieter shoes. Also: install suppressor before going into house. Also: collect more background intel before going in thereby removing need to talk to the handler right in the middle of an op. Also: get a real gun. Also: don't leave evidence laying around on the table. Also: check for bullet holes and slugs in walls before packing up. Okay. End communication.

@Fillosophah_king 9 ай бұрын

so..basically...."looper"

@kat-reneekittel6159 4 жыл бұрын

Kid sleeps through strange people in the room... possible, but where are the parents - I always wake up from strange noises in the house. I would suggest a device that puts the parents in a deep sleep state that he can zap from outside... possibly? Something that makes the fact they don't wake up more believable. Otherwise the timeline plot was very good. More info on "drifters" would be good.

@aheimdahl5201 5 жыл бұрын

Nice!😀

@GandalfDeRomania. 5 жыл бұрын

1:19 I love how the gas reloading port shows off. Is it a gun-shaped cigarette lighter?

@m1garandman 4 жыл бұрын

Gas powered airsoft.

@J.Artan6 4 жыл бұрын

The first digital alarm clock was not commercially available until 1956.

@J.Artan6 4 жыл бұрын

3:16

@gustavosantillan5242 3 жыл бұрын

00:43

@pbrown6097 4 жыл бұрын

I liked it.

@moheet18 4 жыл бұрын

Nice story line

@echo.echo08 4 жыл бұрын

nice premise, but i had to play it 2x the speed until 8:47 though. it drags a bit and likes to linger on mundane things that don't really add to the suspense but the story IS intriguing. it reminds me a bit of the movie Predestination

@9186SZ 4 жыл бұрын

Nice job

@joelee3781 4 жыл бұрын

This may be the best sci-fi short I've seen so far out of about 30. Great premise and unlike a lot of these shorts, the story is complete and there is no feeling of "what was the point?' after it's done.

@michaellatta7699 3 жыл бұрын

Too bad you didnt expand this universe and make sequels. It was really good.

@mauricegilliam7102 4 жыл бұрын

Time agent made one mistake, he left an earpiece, similar to someone stepping on a butterfly millions of years ago and changing evolution.

@PowderedCowsMusic 4 жыл бұрын

It was ok until the sounds of the punches came about 4 hours after the actual punches occurred- now that IS time travel!

@vladimirvladimir8785 4 жыл бұрын

Well done a little slow but still I would continue watching this for sure

@SilverM1y 5 жыл бұрын

Damn drifters!

@danduryea 5 жыл бұрын

Travel ban for drifters needed immediately

@ironfistgaming8945 4 жыл бұрын

Can you also mention the awards that this video has won? Because i don't think such vids can be award winning 🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐

@BassByTheBay 4 жыл бұрын

I've watched more of these short films on YT than I can remember, and the majority of them put "Award Winning" in the title somewhere -- it has become meaningless. However, some of them probably did win a Razzie. 😁

@consultingdetective7854 6 жыл бұрын

nice

@wilfredomendez3450 4 жыл бұрын

Yeap that rubiscube will definitely help me beat the traffic.

@alexgrammar6918 3 жыл бұрын

What broke my immersion was right at the beginning of the fist fight scene the camera pans down and you see the jumpers pants don't fit properly

@nowakjim 4 жыл бұрын

So the kid becomes "The Drifter".

@raezor82 3 жыл бұрын

Midnight would be confusing.

@HumorOfLife 4 жыл бұрын

My understanding: Barry turned out to be a mass murderer because he was screwed as a child after his parents' death. Subduing that drifter prevented their deaths and he turned out normal.

@raymondwitter8101 4 жыл бұрын

Dark

@anolte3030 4 жыл бұрын

It was good but it was a bit slow at first.

@brianwhite9555 2 жыл бұрын

Why does the black ear bud disappear at time 3:12, only to magically reappear at time 3:16? I missed that 2 years ago. :) Also, at time 14:29 he sets the ear bud on the side table, but at time 14:39 it's back in his ear. Magic?

@fugdemaster 4 жыл бұрын

"Deja Vu!" -Drifter

@Phalxxx 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if all their timecops are 17 years old.

@soverycarrie8834 3 жыл бұрын

Continuity Editing: Earpiece in the right ear before and after burning the envelope, but not right at the time of the action. 3:12

@mercuryandmercury 4 жыл бұрын

felt like skyrim .. you are not supposed to be in here

@autumnt.allgood8895 4 жыл бұрын

Man do that guy with the cube HAVE big feet.

@mosab643 5 жыл бұрын

Which award did it get? ; \

@blueeyeswhitedragon9839 4 жыл бұрын

I get it...low budget, etc. but the "gun" handling techniques are pure kid's "cops & robbers stuff. Anyway...l do like it. 👍

@robspencer35 4 жыл бұрын

ASMR - 00:00 to 08:53

@BassByTheBay 4 жыл бұрын

😀

@Malicxy 4 жыл бұрын

Not bad. But that was not a paradox. That was just a correction to the time line.

@BassByTheBay 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I don't see anything paradoxical here.

@aryawarty3643 4 жыл бұрын

Noice.🐉

@keyboardmusician6914 4 жыл бұрын

Why aren’t these movies yet

@herbertkearney7948 5 жыл бұрын

good

@OverWims 5 жыл бұрын

I believe the drifter was the kid at the end. He went back to kill his family to secure his own future. The agent left the earpiece there for the kid to find and have when he's older. Although this is a paradox as it means the same earpiece is going through time and is both past and future versions of itself. Maybe the kid uses it to find another which becomes the past version of the one on the table.

@mannylugz5872 4 жыл бұрын

Bruce Banner will explain to these fellas that no matter how much you tried changing the past, it wont make any effect on your present. It will create an alternate timeline. And the more you try, the more you create these timelines.

@bigtrouble4447 4 жыл бұрын

i see terentino style and flair.... with Wes Anderson and Oliver Stone influences..... weve all been around the block sweetie... get ready... its your turn to shine....