Solus | Award-Winning Sci-Fi Film

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11 ай бұрын

A lone astronaut aboard the International Space Station suddenly loses communication with Earth. He soon begins to experience a series of strange events that put him and the entire station at risk…
"A simple yet inspired concept, Jonathan Brooks and his team have crafted a brilliant new entry into the genre." ★★★★★ - UK Film Review
"Brooks has certainly created a film the majority of us have never seen before." ★★★★★ - Screen Critix
"Solus is a remarkable visual achievement that announces the arrival of a major filmmaking talent." ★★★★★ - Take 2 Indie Review
"This is science fiction at its best, but more to the point, this is creativity at its best." ★★★★★ - 22 Indie Street
"This could really be a one-of-a-kind production so far." ★★★★ - Film Romp
"Amazing visualisations, excellent special effects, and a brooding background score all work together to create a claustrophobic experience second to none." ★★★★ - Indy Red
"Solus marks big things for Brooks on a directorial front." 9.5/10, Film Threat
Nominated Best Sci-Fi & Best Editing at FilmQuest
Nominated Best Short Film at FOCAL Awards
Best Sci-Fi at Film Invasion L.A
Best Director (Sci-Fi) at Film Invasion L.A
Award Winner at Wild Indie Sci-Fi Festival
Official Selection at London Sci-Fi
Best Sci-Fi at San Diego Movie Awards
Best Sci-Fi at Tri-Cities International Film Festival
Best Sci-Fi, Cinematography & Directing at Andromeda Film Festival
Best Sci-Fi at Con Nooga Film Festival
Nominated Best Sci-Fi at HB Film Festival
Finalist at Blue Planet Science Fiction Film Festival
and 30+ international official selections...
Website: www.unitedmagicstudios.co.uk/...

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@GeezerRay 8 ай бұрын

At 7:25... he's not watching it a vacuum, he's watching it in micro-gravity. Glaring error.

@TheRealDogfart 3 ай бұрын

*in a

@Jason2003 3 ай бұрын

Glaring error! 😂@@TheRealDogfart

@mrock828 8 ай бұрын

This looked even more real than "Gravity" and I didn't think that was possible! Good on you!

@jamesmorgan3032 5 ай бұрын

Superb congruency of a fictional story and actual footage aboard the ISS. I liked seeing the aurora from orbit.

@deanmason5827 10 ай бұрын

Great video, one fact I would like to point out about the water glob, you said in a vacuum, it is not a vacuum it is zero or close to no gravity.

@chris.eskimo 10 ай бұрын

Agreed. Scientific accuracy is likely pretty important to the target audience!

@Slarti 10 ай бұрын

Slightly incorrect - it is not in a vacuum and it is under the influence of gravity. It constantly falling within that gravity at a speed which means that the ISS never hits the Earth. Since there are still a few air molecules even that high up ,the speed of the orbit does decrease slightly over time which means that a boost is occasionally needed.

@lumntoob999 9 ай бұрын

@@Slarti the constant falling means there is no opposing force like when on the earths surface. So even though the ISS has roughly 90% of the gravity as the earth the constant free fall gives the same effect as true weightlessness. I don't quite comprehend how or to what degree but from what I understand we don't feel gravity unless there is an opposing force.

@ecbrown6151 8 ай бұрын

It micro gravity

@deanmason5827 8 ай бұрын

Splitting hairs are we, this is what I said.@@ecbrown6151

@Steve757-fl1hd 21 сағат бұрын

OK very cool. Archival footage and actual voice transmissions. Yes indeed, we are not alone.

@trevormiller1366 10 ай бұрын

Alien ship comes up and broadcasts a message "you can't park there!". Also water in no gravity not water in a vaccum.

@kevincrady2831 7 ай бұрын

The first sci-fi space adventure filmed on location! XD

@jerrygrappi4676 10 ай бұрын

astronaut loses radio contact with earth. City lights on the dark side must give hope that not all is lost.

@santasa8888 8 ай бұрын

bubble ball is magnificent and it's bursting bubbles making that effect of splitting from the ball - huh, i watched it over and over again that sequence....

@glennkrieger 9 ай бұрын

When you live on a real space ship you don't need special effects to make one. Pretty cool idea. Love the creativity and ingenuity of the astronauts involved. They're not just nerds after all. So, you have to wonder how they got the film back to earth. Maybe on one of Space X's missions?

@alaincostan3892 10 ай бұрын

The astronaut in this short movie is David Saint-Jacques, a Canadian astronaut who was in the ISS from december 3, 2018 to june 24, 2019. I met the man at my workplace (which unfortunately I can’t disclose). Never thought I would see him in a sci-fi movie. A well made short, but the ending is a bit disappointing. Still, it was quite enjoyable.

@johnmanno2052 9 ай бұрын

Can't disclose? Gotta love that CIA....

@erichayes2890 4 ай бұрын

I agree. Shows that we indeed might not be alone, for real!!

@philgray1023 10 ай бұрын

Excellent work. So your low budget involved renting the ISS, getting an actor trained as an astronaut, then getting him up there. Amazing, at a standard that could only be dreamed of. Makes Blake's Seven look slightly lame.

@mikotoro787 10 ай бұрын

If you don't have access to a huge budget, I don't know how you can create such a great visual effect. Kudos!

@More-Space-In-Ear 10 ай бұрын

It was filmed on the ISS last year (2022) I believe..

@XXjg_ 10 ай бұрын

Created entirely using public archived NASA footage. The only cgi was the et craft lights at the end.

@maidomelker1063 10 ай бұрын

It's real footage of ISS and astronaut. Just stitched together so beautifully

@redeyedjedi1853 9 ай бұрын

Except for the fact one of the shots had 2 astronauts in it 10:55

@More-Space-In-Ear 9 ай бұрын

@@redeyedjedi1853 your point?

@wendysugg1199 3 ай бұрын

Absolute gem ! A real space movie using a real ship and astronaut. Incredible 🎉 Best thing I've seen for a long time.

@burtpanzer 10 ай бұрын

ISS : Huston, we are not alone. NASA : Duh, did you figure that out all by yourself?

@Soul.food. 9 ай бұрын

Very carefully made with all the authentic NASA/CSA footage! There was just one brief clip during the last EVA where a second astronaut is glimpsed next to the main character ... could that be his numenous, mysterious moment? 'I knew I wasn't truly alone after all... Those people wishing me Godspeed didn't know what they were saying.'

@freethinker-- 10 ай бұрын

All real stock footage, edit and add voiceover to form a short film 🌍 It was good 👏

@BATBALLZISALLZ 5 ай бұрын

Awesome work!!! I hope you finish the story.

@DistracticusPrime 10 ай бұрын

5:43 and 6:30 Great job on the lip sync. I know it's a lot harder than it looks, and you made fun use of the gestures too!

@slugcult-10_years_and 3 ай бұрын

Don't mean to be a stickler, but he's not in a vacuum. He's in a pressurized vehicle in constant free fall. Great job with the ISS interior and weightlessness!!

@BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly Ай бұрын

This is fantastic, I can't tell what's cg and what's practical.👍

@jage6126 10 ай бұрын

Liquid in a vaccuum? I think he meant weightlessness

@GeorgeVenturi 10 ай бұрын

Incredible short, cinematography taken to the next level, I really enjoyed everything … music, voice over, performance, fxs, story

@NaziHampster 8 ай бұрын

Hard to believe this was all created and shot in someone's garden shed. Very creative.

@global_nomad. 10 ай бұрын

very good, thanks for putting this together - spotted one scripting error - to be a pedant - water in zero gravity , not , water in a vacuum......

@SIRCAM73 3 ай бұрын

Amazing short film, narrative feels like when you read an Andy Weir book. Love it.

@orlandoromero22 10 ай бұрын

From the visuals,writing& acting 👍

@daverodgers6208 10 ай бұрын

As real as it can get! Bravo! More?

@TheDaveRout 5 ай бұрын

This really is very good. You’d think it was actually filmed on the ISS

@Amadeu.Macedo 4 ай бұрын

Outstanding and bravo!

@modelcitizen72 6 ай бұрын

I felt tension watching it. Interesting conclusion. Glad humanity wasn’t wiped out!

@olly7248 8 ай бұрын

03:53 “Over and Out”… no trained pilot, astronaut or radio telephony trained person would ever use that phrase… it’s the biggest no-no in communication procedure… just saying 🤷🏻‍♂️

@chrisgriffiths8454 8 ай бұрын

A visually ravishing feast for the eyes.

@lesmith939 7 ай бұрын

BRAVO !!! Excellent idea, great work and very evocative. Thank You......

@danlonick800 11 ай бұрын

Incredible. Fantastic work & well done all involved. This really is pretty special 👍

@paulbrazil1738 4 ай бұрын

Very good! A whole movie would be great! 😎

@ericchild8845 11 ай бұрын

That was darn good. I would like to see the credits in the intro be a little bigger, brighter and stay up a bit longer before fading away. Was very difficult to read them if I was lucky enough to be able to even spot them as they faded in and out in random locations. Beyond that little issue the film was very well done. Great camera work, lighting and use of what appeared to be actual footage from the ISS. If it wasn’t it fooled me for sure. Thanks for posting for us to enjoy your work!

@skyridercommendor6303 4 ай бұрын

🍿Comprihensive!

@lisanidog8178 8 ай бұрын

Good film. And oh yeah! Duh we’re not alone!

@zethraelofteldrassil3149 11 ай бұрын

Excellent! Loved the ending - what a surprise! Great job!

@ianyoung7077 10 ай бұрын

Fabulous use of sound in storytelling!

@veridicusmaximus6010 9 ай бұрын

One of the longest previews ever! Can't wait to see the whole movie! 😄

@mikedehooghblackflagracephotos 3 ай бұрын

Haha awesome. Watching it I marveled at the convincing effects, set design and lighting/ cinematography for a low budget short film. Man, these guys really nailed it, on level with big budget Hollywood productions, I thought. The lighting especially was highly convincing. No wonder, since it turns out to be 100% archival footage. What a great concept. Goes to show how you can create very convincing fictional reality using non-fiction footage, as is often done in documentaries pushing a certain agenda. Speaking of which, it's funny to think: not knowing the origin of the footage, watching for the 1st time, highly impressed by the quality of the special effects, there were some moments where I thought, ah they slipped up on the wire work here and there... feeding into the conspiracy of NASA faking all of their footage. As with everything NASA does, there are moments that make you scratch your head, and ive seen clips where wire work is unmistakable.

@stephenmyers7298 10 ай бұрын

The astronaut is Canadian astronaut David St. Jacques

@Slynsmiley 10 ай бұрын

“Shot on location..!”

@redplanet76 10 ай бұрын

amazing work

@jmeyer7102 10 ай бұрын

Well Done... Loved it... 👍👍

@DriverDad58 10 ай бұрын

Looked good. Clever use of stock footage. Could have used some of that cleverness for the story, and not reuse one of the oldest and most used plot lines in all of Science Fiction, wasting the nicely built tension on a dud of an ending. All the fancy tech and look can't fix a run-of-the-mill storyline. Today's creators often don't seem to understand the importance of this.

@martialartist1891 10 ай бұрын

At 5: 20 ( that banging noise that he heard was maybe the storm cloud lightning ; or the something in the moon.. ? Now back to my short film.👀

@johnmerrett5186 10 ай бұрын

Awesome. Thanks 🙏 😮

@h.vdbilt 10 ай бұрын

Nicely filmed. Just liked the story. Taste like a follow up needs to come...

@stephanrichardson1730 9 ай бұрын

They sent a crew up there to video/ film shots of this more than likely. I remember them launching them months ago....

@tommclean7410 8 ай бұрын

Great set!

@patrickroos739 10 ай бұрын

Fantastic CGI, well done!

@nickd920 10 ай бұрын

Too bad it was only for a few seconds.

@Lopez_rc 8 ай бұрын

I love the realistic story, filming and audio. Very good 👍🏻

@StevoBris 10 ай бұрын

Excellent.

@MAILLADY2010 10 ай бұрын

Oh yes more please ❤

@Rafa-mr6nd 8 ай бұрын

Just great!

@motorv8N 10 ай бұрын

Excellent!

@mindscraftsman 4 ай бұрын

Fantastisch 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏

@thishollowhill 3 ай бұрын

Is the science fiction the fact that one singular man would be able to maintain and know all systems of this station? It's run by multiple countries. Dude must be a genius and a master of everything.. lmao. Writers are ridiculous.

@kunkunaku 10 ай бұрын

Nice job; kudos

@timmotel5804 9 ай бұрын

Excellent and Best Regards

@crotalusatrox7931 4 ай бұрын

Very good!

@supercooloz13 9 ай бұрын

Earth below us,Drifting falling,Floating weightless, Calling calling home

@AtomicExtremophile 5 ай бұрын

Nice short, but as a cynic it'd take more than unexpected bright lights for me to declare "'We are not alone'!

@kevinwilliams8218 3 ай бұрын

What no one knows is that the iss IS alien tec!

@pup5330 6 ай бұрын

Wow that was a great clip enjoyed the suspense & the ending very professional & as good or better than a block buster.

@Lancer104 10 ай бұрын

Flying alone on the ISS? Firing thrusters .... from outside, during EVA? Just staying alone for weeks without aborting the mission and landing with the Soyuz capsule? And the end - so "unexpected". Just a "masterpiece" 😉

@PeterShalonis-bk9bv 6 ай бұрын

Who writes the positive reviews? Friends of the production?

@rolandgonzales5260 10 ай бұрын

Excellent...Excellent...Excellent!!!

@tacfoley4443 10 ай бұрын

Remarkable.

@stephellis700 11 ай бұрын

This is absolutely incredible.

@DOCGENIUSWILSON 6 ай бұрын

Great job....Peace

@SisavatManthong-yb1yn 3 ай бұрын

Look what's in space 🌌🚀 huh! From eye views and knowing the truth about outer space makes it so simple to be on earth! Half humans are on a different treck

@donkenmuir9504 8 ай бұрын

Wow. A very good film you did well 😊

@AcapulKero 3 ай бұрын

Amazing!

@harryschaefer8563 9 ай бұрын

All that's missing is William Shatner looking out the window seeing someone clinging to the station.BTW, liquid in zero G, vacuum is outside where real liquid would boil immediately.

@philippgrunberg1636 5 ай бұрын

Better than 99% of those watching could do it.

@kingroan 10 ай бұрын

Outstanding....just outstanding!

@erichall9907 10 ай бұрын

wow! the relish and detail are like watching a documentary about ISS- no sure how they pulled it off, but fantastic.

@spokes28 5 ай бұрын

How did the propellant connection become unfixed?

@baronvondorff3955 3 ай бұрын

General alien trollish behavior. Could be the alien is actually soundwave spying on earth and taking his boredom out on poor astronaut's sanity.

@rejtmand 6 ай бұрын

Muy bueno!

@mi-rek 6 ай бұрын

He was alone, then he was not alone... meh Should be a cataclysm on Earth while the dude is orbiting :) - III World War started with nukes everywhere, leaving maybe a few thousands alive in the bunkers - Earth got invaded by aliens, in the end they got the protagonist as well.