Sci-Fi Short Film “Cold Caller"

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Sci-Fi Short Film “Cold Caller" | DUST

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6 жыл бұрын

After developing a mysterious new device that will "change the world," the peppy, young wizkid who created it, slams into a wall he never prepared for: endless cold calls.
"Cold Caller" by Roman Arriola
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Full Credits:
Director: Roman Arriola
Writers: Roman Arriola & Dylan DiMaggio
Producers: David A. Flores and Randy Martinez
Starring: Joshua Furtado
Kaitlyn Clare
Kelly O'hanian
Derek Petropolis
Alex Anaya
Cinematographer: Frederick Duarte
Editing and VFX: Roman Arriola
Boom Operator: Alex Anaya
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@edbailey7533 6 жыл бұрын

Makes me wonder how many people are out there with revolutionary ideas that aren't able to connect with the right people, and it makes me realize that in the future automated call trees are still going to suck...

@mammon_is_god 6 жыл бұрын

More than you can imagine.

@stevendibernardo1015 6 жыл бұрын

Moments, for we are distracted and easily manipulated into the submissive . . .

@edloki3057 6 жыл бұрын

They don't cold call like the idiot in this film. They file a patent then call the press.

@tietjen666 5 жыл бұрын

Yes. He would do well to avoid cold calling any manufactories, energy firms, Russia or China. Maybe DARPA?

@fabio_oak 5 жыл бұрын

Realmente. Muita gente tem ideias ou cria produtos que podem melhorar o mundo e não têm chance de mostrar o que sabe. Quanta coisa importante se perde assim.

@jasongooden917 6 жыл бұрын

this how you create supervillains

@contrafax 6 жыл бұрын

My Thoughts exactly and So The Gauntlet™ was born!

@jackspite9910 5 жыл бұрын

Plot: 21 year old male invents a cold fusion reactor that can fit in the palm of his hand. He spends days and days attempting to get the attention of various research companies by cold calling them. What he should have done is offer his neighbors electricity at amazingly low prices to build up a cash reserve so he could then install these golf-ball sized reactors in cars which would get the attention of the media and therefore the attention corporate sponsors. Had any of the companies actually taken him serious, he would have moderately rich 21 year old (Hey, kid - thanks for giving us the patient to the device. Here's the $500,000 we told you about).

@EduardoSilvaLopez 3 жыл бұрын

Patent, not patient, but yes, you are right.

@pamelaneibuhr6959 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea

@Anonneemuss Жыл бұрын

And, at that point, he'd be found dead in a pool of his own blood.

@williamking3301 2 ай бұрын

Better idea, if the kid had any business savvy, start his own company and start an energy revolution by pushing out the other energy businesses and laughing his butt off at them. "Ya should have took me serious."

@jerrylittlemars 6 жыл бұрын

So.....if it is so revolutionary, instead of calling support, How about you upload a working demo to KZfaq, and let them call you?!

@solianikus 6 жыл бұрын

same answer)))

@DarionDAnjou 6 жыл бұрын

KZfaq has blown up by then

@mojodotssp 6 жыл бұрын

you just watched it

@mw9688 5 жыл бұрын

....if they could use special effects to make this video...he could use special effects to make his.

@anonymous42222 4 жыл бұрын

It's called creating troubles come chasing you. You just don't know how bad the corruption in this world.

@giuseppepapari8870 6 жыл бұрын

I also hate phone answering machines, I am happy someone finally made a movie about that!!!!

@Lightwish01 6 жыл бұрын

When you create an amazing invention this incredible, you don’t just call them like that to share your knowledge with some massive company, who would probably pay you quite well for owning all the rights/patent on your new invention. Upload it to KZfaq so others can see it, THEN they will be racing to contact you first. You patent the tech with a patent lawyer fast, and then you sell your invention to the highest bidder while keeping the patent. That’s when you negotiate a percentage on each and every sale to get a commission. In my opinion this video was “meh” or 6/10 on my Dust movie scale.

@MKBIGS15 5 жыл бұрын

Smart

@Phred289 5 жыл бұрын

"Big Energy" would buy it and bury it.

@devijankowicz9491 Жыл бұрын

Well yes, but this is meant to be about a kid who's a techie wizard but uninformed about the world. But the idea, and the execution... brilliant!

@GabCom888 3 ай бұрын

Love how he played it

@hampshireoak 3 жыл бұрын

This must be happening all the time. It is true in my case twice over.

@lzeph 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent short film. Wow. Thanks so much for posting it here!

@believeinpeace 2 жыл бұрын

This is by far one of the best movies I have ever seen! Just perfect in every way!

@Camaron_11 6 жыл бұрын

Turn into a meme at the end LOL.

@goforit321 2 жыл бұрын

I was just looking for the guy who played Lil Bruno in a Bart Baker parody and came down the rabbit hole, but this was awesome 😎 ✨ ✨

@christalcavanaugh 5 жыл бұрын

Incredible. Josh is one of my favorite people and he really made this character something great

@y2ksw1 6 жыл бұрын

Nice and realistic. Unrecognized genius.

@tsmk4262 5 жыл бұрын

Realistic???mmmok lol

@DrRonontheInternet 6 жыл бұрын

"It's powering my entire room right now..."

@fresnobob2886 6 жыл бұрын

This is how it works everywhere.

@javier6465 5 жыл бұрын

"Power gauntlet thingy" yea. that is very appealing. A typical High IQ and low EQ situation.

@SewerTapes 6 жыл бұрын

He should have spent more time filing a patent for his idea, instead of desperately seeking someone to steal it. Also, did the filmmaker just quit caring in the end?

@professor0 6 жыл бұрын

Patents cost minimum 6 figures and take years to get processed. Only big companies can really do it anymore.

@SewerTapes 6 жыл бұрын

The cost wasn't my point. I found myself not caring about the character's situation because he's an idiot, and the situation is wholly unrealistic. Even at the most basic desperate level Kickstarter would get him backers and notoriety with minimal effort, to the tune of millions. I know this is science FICTION, but the premise is too ridiculous to be relatable, which isn't good since the entire short depends on buying into his struggle.

@DarionDAnjou 6 жыл бұрын

what if this was just day 1? maybe on day 9 he will do all that stuff. he's just one guy

@SewerTapes 6 жыл бұрын

@Darion D'Anjou A story shouldn't have to rely on outside speculation to make sense. This feels like a goofy skit haphazardly forced around a special effects test.

@DarionDAnjou 6 жыл бұрын

i beg to differ. i felt sucked into HIS moment, and it didn't really matter to me what he did before, or what he may or may not do after.

@daveross7731 2 жыл бұрын

So what would be the practical and real world applications of his discovery?

@tietjen666 5 жыл бұрын

What is the key to success involving human interactions? STRIVE FOR MEDIOCRITY. People advance to the limit of their individual ineptitude. Greatness is often collateral damage in the struggle for commonality. Cool story. I'm glad the character keeps rising. Well done.

@dallasmullins8261 5 жыл бұрын

And thus a new superhero is born.

@screaminscott 6 жыл бұрын

Um, I don't think this is the way inventors market their products. And what's with the ending?

@PJolie03 6 жыл бұрын

I love him so MUCH!!!💙

@iPilott 5 жыл бұрын

Tommy! My man!...it keeps getting better and better!

@sirlaugholot 4 жыл бұрын

im glad im not the only one that has spent a life time going through this over and over. The first one was a motorcycle with a gps that i was working on in the early 80's. It could also go across country , i think, on a single tank of gas. It would also encase the rider so if an accedent happened the rider would be unharmed. Then i made another and....so on this went for years. My lates was a combustion chamber for bomb bases scraping old bombs. Instead of making too much noise, polution and destrowing property near them... my chamber could produce gigawatts of energy or more. or what ever the correct terms are. I had a stroke 2 years ago and only work at 20-30% now... still i retain quite a bit more than most people who live normal lives. I keep running into this problem because people are not ready and too dam dull witted for real improvement that helps the planet deal with our stupidity.

@reeblesnarfle5443 5 жыл бұрын

How well I know this feeling. When I was young, I was so far ahead of the music business as far as actual music, I did not fit in. So I locked it up for safe keeping inside, and went to work, like the rest of the slaves.... Good movie, realistic portrayal of a frustrated genious. Society stifles genious, or just simply steal their ideas and give them nothing....

@glassjester Жыл бұрын

So post your music on KZfaq.

@cmonson1 2 жыл бұрын

It's young Thanos. Or Maybe a future Tesla.. They didn't want him to proliferate his ideas either.

@scottloar 5 жыл бұрын

Love this one...

@michaelburke4048 Жыл бұрын

DARPA will happily take your call.

@pinkamenadianepie8609 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@drewwittman1917 6 жыл бұрын

I think this is really cool man. Great short and effects are awesome.

@frostcrackle2374 6 жыл бұрын

can anyone explain the ending?

@DarionDAnjou 6 жыл бұрын

he's an inventor, not a marketer. in the end, he does what HE does best. Finds something new!

@moviewatcher7524 5 жыл бұрын

I know his frustration. I've got hundreds of inventions and have no idea what to do with them. They just sit in my notebook. I'll probably take them to my grave. Maybe some day the world will want them. Maybe never.

@hollywasik 6 жыл бұрын

that ending XD

@ankoutechnica8211 6 жыл бұрын

Nicely done!

@joaquinel 6 жыл бұрын

it has an end. The device wasnt so stable and the universe finished with the film.

@sallyride6577 6 жыл бұрын

nice acting!!!

@Imhotep70 6 жыл бұрын

OK, THAT WAS FUNNY!

@stevendibernardo1015 6 жыл бұрын

People. We invented it. We are responsible FOR it. We are distracted. We love this. We embrace our DOOM. We made it all happen. WE have the answer. WE will remain weak. WE will die from this apathy. ((= I am proactive and involved in thoughts, groups, persons, who have the capacity to think through the ghosts of distraction=)) Now . . . STAND up to this misdirection. S P E A K and do not fear expression.

@zocc116 6 жыл бұрын

niiice...

@balasubramaniambakthavaths1326 6 жыл бұрын

zocc116 l

@jasongooden917 6 жыл бұрын

Kickstarter

@brianmilner9837 6 жыл бұрын

was gett good until that very end part.

@contrafax 6 жыл бұрын

The Beginning of a Super Villian! Desperately needing the funds to continue his research he begins robbing banks. Muwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. And so The Gauntlet ™ was created!

@sourceweft 6 жыл бұрын

philosopher's stone/AI/time machine/infinite power source

@paulhammersley4562 6 жыл бұрын

instead of sitting on his arse, why not just take it down to one of the firm's he was calling, and demo it,

@astroflight6571 6 жыл бұрын

That's the absolute best way to commit suicide. Take it to a well populated unwired public place with 20 appliances and just get all those appliances start working. Invite everyone to bring random appliances and plug them in, and live stream the event. Share an invention like this with any corporation and you will end up very dead very soon.

@rodqueen2910 6 жыл бұрын

if only you guys had written and produced it would have been fab....lmao

@jakepullman4914 6 жыл бұрын

They wouldn't have let him in.

@DarionDAnjou 6 жыл бұрын

well i guess the guy is an energy genius, and not a marketing guru