Sci-Fi Short Film "STARBORN" | DUST | Online Premiere
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Күн бұрынThe first woman scheduled to travel to interstellar space must decide whether to continue with her mission or her unexpected pregnancy.
"STARBORN" by Kylie Eaton
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"STARBORN" Credits:
Written and Directed by Kylie Eaton
Produced by Kylie Eaton and Sara Reid
Cinematographer - Eric Ulbrich
Costume Designer - Stacia Muse
Original Score - Andre Stringer and Ryan Dunn
Casting - Andrew Dahreddine
1st AC - Jared Bargiel
Camera Operator - Brandon Alperin
Gaffer - Mark Ramsay
Key Grip - Justin Moran-Duquette
Swings - Teodore Davis, Derrick Hsaio
Art PA - Mack Hedrick
Key Hair + Makeup - Julie Dinh, Jessica Clark
Sound Mixer - Dutch Vannette
Set PA - Jay Stamm, Chris Woods
Editor - Kylie Eaton
Post Production Sound Services - Point of Blue Studios
Sound Designer / Re-Recording Mixer - W. Alex Reeves
Colorist - Eric Ulbrich
Visual Effects by CWBY Creative
VFX Producer - Alex Bartz
Matte Painter - Ian Vicknair
Compositor - Sergio Mishchenko
Production Services - Heart on Fire Productions
Payroll Services - NPI Payroll
Special Thanks - Julia Kennelly, Jamie Davis, Luminous Lighting, JMD Grip, Sue + Scott Ulbrich, Erin Murphy West
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@KylieMurphyEaton Ай бұрын
I am so honored for STARBORN to premiere online on DUST! As my third film on the platform, I absolutely love the community and the engagement that happens around the films. Happy to answer any questions you might have. A big thank you to the crew and cast for putting their heart and souls into this labor of love, as well as kept me going at 9 months pregnant! (You might spy that baby's cameo!). I hope that this film is an opening for some great dialogue surrounding reproductive rights and the future of humanity.
@alexaustin6961 Ай бұрын
It's amazing great job!
@elaniarkady7351 Ай бұрын
I love it!
@KylieMurphyEaton Ай бұрын
@@elaniarkady7351 Thank you!!
@rafaellessa8165 Ай бұрын
Well done!
@befeto4309 Ай бұрын
Congrats on this film - beautifully shot and really well edited. The sound editing especially stood out; it really drove that ending. Special shout out to the hair / costume / props as well, they really set the tone. I look forward to seeing what you direct in the future. Best of luck!
@nikkapereira Ай бұрын
The actress from Atropa right there. Oh I remember her!!!
@KylieMurphyEaton Ай бұрын
Yes! Jeannie Bolet - an amazing actress and human!
@szlpharmacology1330 22 күн бұрын
where is Atropa
@osmia Ай бұрын
Thanks for having CC enabled
@SynthoidSounds Ай бұрын
Not just a compelling story, but also delivered with very basic scenescapes. No need for advanced CGI or any of the other usual sort of visual content often presented in sci-fi productions, remarkably well done.
@damnperrys1 Ай бұрын
What a FANTASTIC and well told story! Thank you so much for sharing
@KylieMurphyEaton Ай бұрын
Thank you so much for watching! So glad you enjoyed!
@daisyadair1164 Ай бұрын
7 minutes and I have tears running down my face! Amazing job!
@KylieMurphyEaton Ай бұрын
Thank you! 🙏🙏
@WilliamKinsey-dx2dn Ай бұрын
Your easily impressed When all movies are meh I'll have you to thank for it!
@davidf2244 Ай бұрын
Beautiful filmmaking!! Lovely! Thoughtfully made every frame. Great.
@KylieMurphyEaton Ай бұрын
Thank you!
@Joe-jv5mm 9 күн бұрын
It's the choices we make, that define us
@rickbuell8996 Ай бұрын
Well done, thoughtful....
@KylieMurphyEaton Ай бұрын
🙏💫
@robert-yv2yj Ай бұрын
Beautiful, and thoughtful. Well done to all involved.
@fabled-pilgrim Ай бұрын
Meaningful and thought provoking with a satisfying conclusion, a rarity these days on this channel. Well done to all involved.
@KylieMurphyEaton Ай бұрын
Thank you for your kind words! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
@ForeverBijou Ай бұрын
So agree!!
@franzfrunzner4086 Ай бұрын
Very good film. And a giant sacrifice to humanity. I don't know how I would decide...
@KylieMurphyEaton Ай бұрын
@@franzfrunzner4086 🙏🙏
@JM7284 24 күн бұрын
If you have ever held your own kid in your arms you would know what you would decide. This was a bad short.
@charlesmorris2701 23 күн бұрын
TRUTH…..
@berjo77 Ай бұрын
Clicking “like” before half way through. Great work.
@KylieMurphyEaton Ай бұрын
🙏🙏🙏
@atlantic_love Ай бұрын
I mean, that's the most important thing. To click like ASAP and let everyone know you approved!
@parkerhatcher224 Ай бұрын
Absolutely adored this. Lots of powerful messages to unpack in under 8 minutes! Well done ❤!
@KylieMurphyEaton Ай бұрын
Appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed!
@alaa0mabrouk Ай бұрын
A good movie, but I think the movie reflects the extent of human selfishness and self-love over the common good. This is because the only reason the heroine of the film goes into space is that it brings more profits to the company, meaning (corporate greed). The other reason is that the heroine of the film prefers her personal success over her child or husband, and this is (selfishness). The film reflects the selfishness of the heroine of the film and the greed of the company in exchange for love and family. I would like to apologize for the linguistic errors, as I am Egyptian and my language is Arabic
@talon1313 Ай бұрын
wow you missed the whole point. The woman sacrificed her easy life for the good of mankind.
@alaa0mabrouk Ай бұрын
@@talon1313are you sure she sacrificed her life for mankind, the movie explained to us the only reason she will go to space. And I am sure there are other men and women to do the job
@erazmo 9 күн бұрын
Great story and execution.
@woodstoney Ай бұрын
Nicely done. Hopefully the day will come in the near future that allows for much faster space travel to other planets. 40 years is far too much to waste.
@RayJin-dq1td Ай бұрын
Unfortunately, 40 years is already extremely fast…
@jstnhnh 29 күн бұрын
The mother at the end is shown with a head covering, which in today's time, can be indicative of women observing certain religious traditions. I'm wondering if that choice of costume was intentional, as if to suggest that on a frontier world, as opposed to the developed home world, some "regression" to more conservative values would be useful or necessary to build up a new society.
@szlpharmacology1330 22 күн бұрын
relax. its just a movie, regardless of what it may mean
@jstnhnh 19 күн бұрын
@@szlpharmacology1330 Haha, you're taking me more seriously than I took this film. It raised some questions, which I think it was meant to do. :)
@szlpharmacology1330 19 күн бұрын
@@jstnhnh ok😂👋
@dalebecause2467 2 күн бұрын
I think it may have just been a little misty out that morning....so hence, the head covering...
@mattgaming8717 Күн бұрын
Do a part 2 on her return to him being 90 and her 40 still.
@frankwafer6919 Ай бұрын
😮Powerful message - thank you!💯💫👍!
@lioneljohnpilcher204 Ай бұрын
This means trust yourself. Hi from Now Zealand
@HollyWood-pm3xq Ай бұрын
I found this to be very thought provoking. Well done!
@W-C-F-o1k Ай бұрын
Poor dad
@alanmcrae8594 3 күн бұрын
Nicely done! Brought up some sensitive, instinctual issues that some women will have to navigate if they want to have experiences beyond traditional motherhood. There are 8 billion humans on Earth. One more or less is not that significant. At the end of the day, it's about what we want to do with our current human life. There are always trade offs & sacrifices. For some it will be "meh... not all that exciting". Let's, instead, go on grand adventure into the vastness of the cosmos. It's all fatal, no matter which you choose...
@johnnydavidauthor 14 күн бұрын
Thought provoking! To me, It's a story of destiny. Sometimes, it's possible to do the wrong thing for the right reasons, and the right thing for the wrong reasons. She felt a call to further mankind's consciousness, and she answered it. Regardless of the emotional situation and, in this case, the profits of a company, she knew if she didn't do it, she would always look back and regret it. Inspiring, terrifying, we've all been there in some incarnation or another. This is a masterful short-story of destiny's call - I know it means other things too, but that's what it means to me. Thank you for the film 🎥 ❤
@Bootsvoid Ай бұрын
Please make all Dust videos closed captioned.
@wickedchef Ай бұрын
Wait, who was holding the baby at the end?
@zoltanposfai3451 Ай бұрын
Some distant future colonist.
@wickedchef Ай бұрын
@@zoltanposfai3451 ahhh. Thx 👍🏻
@fabled-pilgrim Ай бұрын
The plaque states that the colony is named after the astronaut centuries into the future, indicating that the woman and the baby are her descendants.
@wickedchef Ай бұрын
@@fabled-pilgrim descendents from incest?
@zoltanposfai3451 Ай бұрын
@@fabled-pilgrim Where is any correlation between a plaque and the population? Are the future Moon citizens the descendants of Neil Armstrong? The people on the American continent descendants of Amerigo Vescpucci? The Colombian people the descendants of Columbus? Former citizens of Leningrad and Stalingrad children of Lenin and Stalin? A plaque doesn't even indicate that she made it. It indicates that people who decided to name a colony found it important to have her name associated with it. Could have been respect. Could have been a political tool. For all we know, she died on her way there, and the subsequent successful missions wanted to pay respect for her attempt. Like there are schools named after Sharon Christa McAuliffe who died in the Challenger accident.
@AcapulKero 28 күн бұрын
Wow! This is an excellent short. Thanks for your great work.
@KylieMurphyEaton 27 күн бұрын
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed!
@avaann7 Ай бұрын
beautiful
@KylieMurphyEaton Ай бұрын
🙏🙏
@Rouge_7 Ай бұрын
Wonderful concept with an age-old inner question.
@freddybonilla2472 29 күн бұрын
I like this channel
@diracio Ай бұрын
Loved it thanks!
@elaniarkady7351 Ай бұрын
Someone has to be the first to give birth in space if we want to live among the stars. Go momma!
@zoltanposfai3451 Ай бұрын
Well, she was not the first on that front... And before we get there, we want to go one small step at a time. You don't want to risk the life of your kid for an experiment. Right now, we don't even know the effects of low gravity like the Moon or Mars. So, we will have colonies there before a planned pregnancy or childbirth.
@SixNineFourTwenty Ай бұрын
At the end of the day it was her choice to terminate her pregnancy. It wasn't an easy decision but through her sacrifice she was able to further humanity's progress and allow others the opportunity that she gave up.
@michellek50 Ай бұрын
Great story makes you think about your future❤❤❤❤❤
@KylieMurphyEaton Ай бұрын
🙏🏻🙏🏻
@bigsarge2085 Ай бұрын
👍👍
@justcallmejessz3712 6 күн бұрын
Having people come into her quarantine bubble kinda defeats the point.....no? Perhaps there is an airlock / sani-step procedure?
@larsstougaard7097 Ай бұрын
😊❤
@danaaalto7493 Ай бұрын
I liked the corporate angle on this - it's all about stock price packaged as some great quest for mankind. In a way this is realistic since that's exactly what's going on with AI. A technology no one has asked for, peddled as a 'solution" to whatever (probably better war making machines) but ultimately a pure wealth generating device. This story about a lone female sent to space, a female heartless CEO and a poor guy who has no say in anything is a bit too PC for my taste.
@flyergowest Ай бұрын
👍
@user-vm1wc9wx7o Ай бұрын
I read the book. I wonder how the movie stacks up...
@dnoodspodu1159 23 күн бұрын
Good
@jeri8853 Ай бұрын
Cold!
@Lauriedriver Ай бұрын
Put the heating on.
@geoffwatches Ай бұрын
Nice! Very well executed.
@KylieMurphyEaton Ай бұрын
Thanks!
@coreywaller 25 күн бұрын
The feeling, video overall great quality!
@joestitz239 Ай бұрын
Excellent !
@thetonetosser Ай бұрын
Why not send a robot? It would have been more efficient, safer, cheaper and definitely less complicated. In reality, the initial colonisation of Mars would be all these things rather than risking the lives of humans on such a trip.
@clacco Ай бұрын
I love the forward thinking, keep it going ya good guys 'n gals.
@oldschool8432 Ай бұрын
Real life choices have real life consequences
@CARLTEC Ай бұрын
excelente 😃😃
@mishie618 Ай бұрын
Meh. This was not a film about a woman going to space pregnant. She terminated her pregnancy and the woman holding the baby was a futurist woman who thousands of years later had given birth on a planet the astronaut discovered and humans inhabited. It certainly didn’t look like they were doing all that well just … meh. It was predictable and boring.
@vikinghawk3358 Ай бұрын
Always been fascinated by how people view things differently. Many others thought it was thought proving and a great short and you hated it and thought it was boring . Thats why I hate reviews because it means nothing until you see it and can evaluate it .
@woodstoney Ай бұрын
Sorry you couldn't suspend your disbelief long enough to enjoy the possibilities. Perhaps a more enjoyable short episode of Futurama?
@Incorruptus1 Ай бұрын
Hahaha yeah right. :)
@camocek7328 Ай бұрын
Вас махен зи?
@dmytrotaukchi7809 Ай бұрын
Гебурт?
@calvinhenderson4200 Ай бұрын
So the life of an innocent is worth less than the good of science and so called humanity.
@Joseph_Omega Ай бұрын
Why _"4201"?_
@Piaseczno1 Ай бұрын
Good Q. I'm like circa about 4201. Nahhh. It's probably a postal code or something there in the Proxima neighborhood. In an unrelated thought, this little short film had Hallmark vibes to it. That's effing scary.
@tooniis1403 Ай бұрын
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="309">5:09</a> minecraft button sound
@LoganSky Ай бұрын
Yeah.. but I think it originates back to a bespoke mouse-click on Windows 98?
@vec306 Ай бұрын
I love the DEI and the guilt tripping on full display. Nicely done.
@deslomeslager Ай бұрын
Why are you taking a blood sample from the top front of your finger? The number of neurons there is much higher then on the side. You should take the blood sample from the side. Having said this, I will now watch the rest of te movie since I am now only at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="52">0:52</a>.
@leonestello8519 29 күн бұрын
So like, is she going to come back and leave the lonesome behind? You'd think they'd have sent a breading pair instead of a single woman. Not much of a Colony otherwise🤷
@marcy6161 26 күн бұрын
Bread would be helpful in any colony, but I think you mean breeding. But that's a pretty gross way to refer to a male/female couple.
@JM7284 24 күн бұрын
Written and directed by someone who never had a kid I bet. This was dumb, selfish, no real insight into the human condition. Throw in some "drama" and show how a selfish individual can have their name on a plaque.
@ujt6003 Ай бұрын
Love it ! 🇳🇴
@timmothy58 Ай бұрын
no closed captions and then mumblemumble...??...
@wastepolice Ай бұрын
There ARE closed captions. Just click on the cc button.
@timmothy58 Ай бұрын
@@wastepolice robot captions are useless...
@wastepolice Ай бұрын
@@timmothy58 They worked for me.
@snapshot1386 Ай бұрын
I found this short too close to the movie, "Contact" with Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey which was a deeply moving film that really made the viewer embrace the character's journey.. But the end of this film had a political spin which has been spun too many times that it is made it drag and made me lose what little interest I had in the character.
@atlantic_love Ай бұрын
LMAO, you and your types that look for politics in everything. Can't help yourself, can you? :D
@Freeman_Actual Ай бұрын
We are all sick of being dragged through the woke DEI mud and the glorification of unaliving babies
@atlantic_love Ай бұрын
@@Freeman_Actual "We"? Speak for yourself, DeeBag.
@learnerofall-masterofnone Ай бұрын
first Dust film i actively dislike
@WilliamKinsey-dx2dn Ай бұрын
Good! If a bit meh! It also feels a little half baked as if the production was rushed.
@mickeyknoxx8371 Ай бұрын
Beautiful message imo
@KylieMurphyEaton Ай бұрын
Thank you! 🙏
@JM7284 24 күн бұрын
Really?
@DigitalDistortion 25 күн бұрын
Sorry so she gave birth on the way there?
@JillianAlexis Ай бұрын
She was only 12 when he graduated high school. . . or rather 11 ½
@aarons7975 Ай бұрын
So it takes 60 months to get there, yet the kid is what 6 months old? It also survived space, the birth process, who cleaned up the mess, so on and so forth?
@nickellfive5 Ай бұрын
No, she aborted her own kid. That is a future colonist and the colonist's kid on proxima b in the distant future. She chose the mission over her being a mother.
@JanPeterson 27 күн бұрын
@@nickellfive5 Exactly this... indicated by the plaque showing the date the colony was founded in 4201. Surely people don't think the entire movie was set two thousand years in the future from now?
@WilliamKinsey-dx2dn Ай бұрын
Lacks heart
@bahbcat Ай бұрын
Just skipped over trhe whole story. So much left out.
@jonfraley7192 28 күн бұрын
Absolutely disgusting
@user-Atamigaputer Ай бұрын
crappy ending
@kinostory Ай бұрын
Stupid inconsistencies and illogic. It's a 62-month flight. But the baby in arms on proxima is a year at most. And the baby was supposed to be 4 years old.
@Gp2878 Ай бұрын
Its not her,she chose the mission over baby. The last scene was from a distant future where human settled on the new planet thanks to her mission. The colony name is named after her the pioneer
@1dash133 Ай бұрын
I'm confused. I don't get the ending. Am I supposed to guess? (Maybe I'm dense... or too obtuse. 🥱)
@wastepolice Ай бұрын
From another comment: "She terminated her pregnancy and the woman holding the baby was a futurist woman who thousands of years later had given birth on a planet the astronaut discovered and humans inhabited."
@fabled-pilgrim Ай бұрын
My take, based on the plaque, was that they were her descendants. I thought the tablets were a red herring to mislead the audience as she was on meds as part of her quarantine preparation. I guess it's open to interpretation.