William Hedges
William Hedges
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Cat's All Folks
Cosmic explorers Will Ziffel and his cat Penny are drawn into a road trip to rescue any survivors of a crashed alien spaceship, instead they fear for their own survival after encountering a mysterious entity.
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Cat's All Folks trailer
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Cosmic explorers Will Ziffel and his cat Penny are drawn into a road trip to rescue any survivors of a crashed alien spaceship, instead they fear for their own survival after encountering a mysterious entity.
Schrödinger's Cat
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What is our state of existence? Can we simultaneously be two people? Space traveler Will Ziffel tries to determine what is real, including himself, in episode 9 of the series Cosmic Cat. Produced by Cosmic Films Studio and filmed primarily with practical effects, real sets, and miniatures, the series has a retro look. To learn more, visit the website www.cosmicfilmsstudio.com Licensed royalty f...
The Cat Came Back
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At an observatory on a distant planet, Penny the cat is accidentally sent back in time to Earth in 1967 where she somehow disrupts the space-time continuum. Will has to follow her back into time to correct what she did to prevent the imminent destruction of the observatory. Along the way in 1967 Will meets his younger self and has to decide whether to correct things in his past as well, in this...
The Cat Cat Back Behind the Scenes
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Behind the scenes filming of the short film The Cat Came Back. The Ballad of Will and Penny is performed by Mike Semrad. Filmed at Cosmic Films Studio and on location in Lyons NE and is coming out in the fall of 2023. Logline: At an observatory on a distant planet, Penny the cat is accidently sent back in time to Earth in 1967 where she somehow disrupts the space-time continuum. Will has to fol...
The Cat Came Back trailer
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At an observatory on a distant planet, Penny the cat is accidently sent back in time to Earth in 1967 where she somehow disrupts the space-time continuum. Will has to follow her back into time to correct what she did to prevent the imminent destruction of the observatory. Along the way in 1967 Will meets his younger self and has to decide whether to correct things in his past as well.
Building a Lost In Space Diorama
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A regular model or miniature figure can really be enhanced by creating a diorama using it. The dioramas that I've built are inspired by scenes from the 1960s TV series Lost in Space. In this tutorial I'll take you through the steps that I use to create some of mine and perhaps you can apply them to build one of your own.
Schrödinger's Cat trailer
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Preview for Schrödinger's Cat. What is our state of existence? Can we simultaneously be two people? Space traveler Will Ziffel tries to determine what is real, including himself, in episode 9 of the series Cosmic Cat. Produced by Cosmic Films Studio and filmed primarily with practical effects, real sets, and miniatures, the series has a retro look. To learn more, visit the website www.cosmicfil...
Cat Noir
Просмотров 7452 года назад
Space traveler Will and his cat Penny are summoned to a planet to help a scientist, Wolfgang Spiegel, open a portal into a parallel universe. Lydia, the scientist's daughter, warns Will about the dangers involved with her father's experiment and Will faces more than he expects when the portal is opened. This is episode 7 of the series Cosmic Cat and this episode guest stars Katie Otten and Patr...
You Had Me at Meow
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Alone on an alien planet, space traveler Will finds a lost cat of mysterious origins. The bond they develop is strained when Will can't let go of his past. This is episode 6 in the Cosmic Cat series and guest stars Katie Otten. Produced by Cosmic Films Studio and filmed with practical effects, real sets, and miniatures, the series has a retro look. To learn more, visit the website www.cosmicfil...
You Had Me at Meow trailer
Просмотров 4872 года назад
Alone on an alien planet, space traveler Will finds a lost cat of mysterious origins. The bond they develop is strained when Will can't let go of his past. This is episode 6 of the series Cosmic Cat
You Had Me At Meow rainstorm excerpt
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Excerpt from the Cosmic Cat episode, You Had Me At Meow
Lost in Space campfire diorama
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There Were Giants In The Earth was such a great Lost in Space episode that it provided me inspiration to create several dioramas from it and even full size sets. I think the campfire scene by the chariot in this diorama represents everything that Lost in Space is about. Within the circle of light and warmth provided by the campfire the family is all together safe and sound from the ever present...
What the Cat Dragged In
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Episode three in the Cosmic Cat series with guest star Sue Booton . In this flashback episode we learn how Will acquires his spaceship and discovers a horrible mystery within it. Produced by Cosmic Films Studio and filmed with practical effects, real sets, and miniatures, the series has a retro look. To learn more, visit the website www.cosmicfilmsstudio.com Licensed royalty free music from Aud...
What the Cat Dragged In-Preview Trailer
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Preview trailer for episode three in the Cosmic Cat series with guest star Sue Booton . In this flashback episode we learn how Will acquires his spaceship and discovers a horrible mystery within it. Produced by Cosmic Films Studio and filmed with practical effects, real sets, and miniatures, the series has a retro look. The full short can be seen here. ruclips.net/video/rIbx92cyYSc/видео.html T...
Cat Noir trailer
Просмотров 5682 года назад
Cat Noir trailer
Cosmic Cat - Catwalk
Просмотров 8432 года назад
Cosmic Cat - Catwalk
Catwalk preview trailer
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Catwalk preview trailer
Don't Be Silent1
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Don't Be Silent1
Bill's Lost in Space Collection
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Bill's Lost in Space Collection
The Feline Mystique
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The Feline Mystique
Spaceship salvage yard
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Spaceship salvage yard
What The Cat Dragged In - preview
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What The Cat Dragged In - preview
Miniature radio controlled chariot from Lost in Space
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Miniature radio controlled chariot from Lost in Space
Lost in Space collection
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Lost in Space collection
The Feline Mystique trailer
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The Feline Mystique trailer
Behind the scenes at The Feline Mystique
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Behind the scenes at The Feline Mystique
Felis Catus
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Felis Catus
Walk through the cavern set
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Walk through the cavern set

Комментарии

  • @Bill-lt2ll
    @Bill-lt2ll День назад

    Wow Bill, what a great collection! You went too fast, though. Guess I need to learn more about where you are and if it's available to the public. I'd love to see it and hear about it from you.

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 22 часа назад

      Thanks, I do have a more recent collection video that shows a little more. ruclips.net/video/MtMy55XCORQ/видео.html The studio where this is located is in eastern Nebraska, Cosmic Films Studio, and although it's not a public museum, visitors are welcome , I like to meet other LIS fans.

  • @MCLegoboy
    @MCLegoboy 2 дня назад

    Very impressive work. I can't say that I recognize every scene, I only ever saw each episode once and it was a number of years ago, but I definitely remember a lot of the desert locales, the groovy colored costumes, and then the pitch black voids for a number of interiors to lairs for villains of the week. The show was definitely made on a budget, but there is some charm in that, and being that it was made for televisions whose screens were only so big and not always showing the best picture quality, things needed to be bold, contrasting, and easy to differentiate, so while the budget wasn't terribly large, it was used efficiently. Your dioramas certainly capture the spirit of the show.

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 2 дня назад

      Thanks, They certainly had some interesting sets and characters on the show that make for great dioramas.

  • @helenofirvine
    @helenofirvine 5 дней назад

    Fantastic!

  • @sergeyromanchenko5529
    @sergeyromanchenko5529 9 дней назад

    Hi William i watched your movie , and i wanted to thank you. I wanted to thank you because it gave me that feeling that eventually im going to shoot my own movie . Bit of history > In 2005 got interested in film , started working as best boy , and in 2007 passed exams started studying cinematography. At that time i came up with final form if my own movie. But always was thinking too early ,im not good enough etc. Unfortunately quitted college to early coz was working at various commercials , music videos , was very busy , young, and on top was making good money. Most of my life i worked as gaffer , second unit d.p. and after about 10 years i forgot about my initial wish , why i everything started , forgot that initially i wanted to make my own film. 2010s i worked less and less , lost contacts , and moved to totally different kind of work. But after watching your film this initial certainty came back, that i will shoot my own sort of film even only my and my cat will watch in the end. Best wishes William. Serge.

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 9 дней назад

      Although I was always a hobbyist filmmaker since high school starting out with Super 8, it wasn't until I retired from the post office that I started to make the kind of films that I really wanted to make and I created a little studio to realize my decades old dream. I still make my films as a hobby and I really make them mainly for me since these are the types of films that I always wanted to see, and if others like them as well, that's just a bonus. Starting out I didn't even think I could get other actors to be in my movies so that's why I used my cat. However I've been lucky to have met other filmmaker friends along the way who like going along on my ride. I just enjoy the entire creative process from writing to editing. Good luck with your films, it's never too late to start on them and follow your dreams.

  • @1906Farnsworth
    @1906Farnsworth 17 дней назад

    Nice job on the sky - the Hyades star cluster right on the horizon looked right.

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 17 дней назад

      Thanks, I used actual photos of the night sky and tracked them to the ground.

  • @nglpos
    @nglpos 21 день назад

    Best one yet.

  • @Creature_Features
    @Creature_Features 21 день назад

    Love it!

  • @PunchBuggyDreams
    @PunchBuggyDreams 21 день назад

    Ahhh...the great outer space adventures of Will and Penny has finally returned. This was a great story. I hope to see more adventures soon. You've become quite an accomplished actor Will. Oh and Penny too.

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 21 день назад

      Thanks, we're working on a new one, While The Cat's Away, where they return to space and add a robot to the crew.

    • @PunchBuggyDreams
      @PunchBuggyDreams 21 день назад

      @@williamhedges1519 Awesome! We can't wait.

  • @Hclann1
    @Hclann1 22 дня назад

    Bill, great to see you again

  • @pinkcloudai
    @pinkcloudai 22 дня назад

    Wake up babe! New Will and Penny just dropped!

  • @andreafatale9533
    @andreafatale9533 22 дня назад

    Amazing as always

  • @rjung_ch
    @rjung_ch 22 дня назад

    Like the moral of the story, thanks! 👍💪✌

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 22 дня назад

      Thanks, I like to keep the moral subtle, but the narration at the end kind of sums it up.

  • @Redfern42
    @Redfern42 22 дня назад

    It's probably just me drawing undue comparisons, but Morte's mask looks rather like the "Melkotian" prop used in Star Trek's "Spectre of the Gun", only without the vividly colored gels illuminating it.

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 22 дня назад

      Good eye, it was a 2nd generation casting from the original Melkotian prop. I just added LED lights behind it for the eyes.

    • @Redfern42
      @Redfern42 22 дня назад

      @@williamhedges1519 Wait, WHAT?! It IS a replica of the Melkotian prop??!!! I thought I was just blowing smoke outa' my b...ackside.😮

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 22 дня назад

      @@Redfern42 It is, I always thought how eerie the Melkotian looked and wanted to work my prop into an episode.

  • @rsmv2you
    @rsmv2you 22 дня назад

    Penny is absolutely enduring 💜. Incredible cinematography, sets & story. The creative effort is inspiring.

  • @KatieOtten
    @KatieOtten 22 дня назад

    Yes!!! Another amazing episode!! 🥰

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 22 дня назад

      Your raven and of course Penny steal the show.

    • @rjung_ch
      @rjung_ch 22 дня назад

      Ah, Penny and raven is here 🙂 Nice work all of you.

  • @John-g6x1h
    @John-g6x1h 22 дня назад

    Pawsitively love everything you do! I wondered if the Raven might have been Katie Otten. Just in time for Halloween, too.

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 22 дня назад

      Thanks, Katie Otten also voiced the raven in an earlier episode, You Had Me At Meow. I thought this episode would be a great way to reuse the raven.

    • @John-g6x1h
      @John-g6x1h 22 дня назад

      @@williamhedges1519 I'll have to go back and watch that again. I always go back to watch them again anyway. 😃

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 22 дня назад

      @@John-g6x1h I like putting lots of Easter eggs in the episodes that you might not notice at first viewing.

    • @John-g6x1h
      @John-g6x1h 22 дня назад

      @@williamhedges1519 Yeah, I'm terrible about catching the Easter eggs, but I did notice the one about Schrodinger's cat. Just love your work!

  • @larrychristydoyle8202
    @larrychristydoyle8202 22 дня назад

    I really like your miniature work with the van.

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 22 дня назад

      Thanks, I was able to modify a toy van to match my full size one and reused my plaster mountain from The Cat Came Back.

  • @larrychristydoyle8202
    @larrychristydoyle8202 22 дня назад

    Great to see the van again!

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 22 дня назад

      This is the main episode that I bought it for, but it worked out for the other episodes too.

  • @amycollins8832
    @amycollins8832 22 дня назад

    What a fun episode, William! Something for everyone: Easter-eggs, breaking the fourth wall, terror, the van over the seat stunt (that probably made for a headache and backache), Adele in the MIT yearbook, humor, and Penny's cheesy (but classic) comics! I appreciated the nod to the door in the Wishing machine crash scene that has something behind the door, then it doesn't. And that wonderful radio looks like it was built to survive a nuclear war (probably because it was). I wish I could go to Walmart and still buy someting that nice.

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 22 дня назад

      Thanks, I throw in a lot of my favorite ideas and things that inspire me. I always loved the Wishing machine derelict in Lost in Space and and wanted to build a section of it. I thought the yearbook with Adele was a good way to connect the two other episodes with Adele in it, the older Adele in What the Cat Dragged In, and the 1967 Adele in The Cat Came Back.

  • @DavidStahlOLDHAPPyMACs
    @DavidStahlOLDHAPPyMACs 22 дня назад

    Great job Will love it

  • @jobos98
    @jobos98 23 дня назад

    A Magical Mystery tour to the next town... It was Definitely a great Trip.... 😊

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 22 дня назад

      Thanks, I always wanted to try a road trip episode, even though for the most part the van never left the studio.

  • @nolove175
    @nolove175 23 дня назад

    The hitchhiker. Great job.

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 22 дня назад

      Definitely my Twilight Zone inspiration for it, but had to do it as a parody.

  • @grimmster777
    @grimmster777 23 дня назад

    i enjoyed it. well done.

  • @Pisti846
    @Pisti846 23 дня назад

    Excellent modelling as always.

  • @cesaraugustoaugusto5655
    @cesaraugustoaugusto5655 23 дня назад

    very good, I liked it

  • @nicolek4076
    @nicolek4076 23 дня назад

    This is utterly delightful. Thank you for all the effort you put nito it.

  • @thiagof414
    @thiagof414 27 дней назад

    I loved it! Thank you!

  • @paulrmatzke298
    @paulrmatzke298 Месяц назад

    Where did you get the Burroughs B205 computers?

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 Месяц назад

      They are all replicas that I built. One did have an original faceplate from the show though.

  • @vilmabanky53
    @vilmabanky53 Месяц назад

    really enjoyed it, the ending was really good Bill. But I am such a kitty lover, so anything Penny is in I'm a fan!

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 Месяц назад

      Thanks, of course it's a parody of the Twilight Zone episode, The Hitchhiker, but I had to have an additional twist or that would have been the end of the series.

  • @BernhardTittelbach
    @BernhardTittelbach Месяц назад

    nice 60 sci-fi homage :-). Who needs voice recognition or computers (except the Burrows of course) when you have a cat 🙂

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 Месяц назад

      When you don't have other humans to talk to, you at least need a cat to carry on a conversation.

  • @PunchBuggyDreams
    @PunchBuggyDreams Месяц назад

    It's now September and we are still patiently waiting.

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 Месяц назад

      It won't be too much longer. It's showing at one film festival tomorrow and then at two others over the next two weeks, so at the end of the month it will be public.

    • @PunchBuggyDreams
      @PunchBuggyDreams Месяц назад

      @@williamhedges1519 That's awesome! Is the film festival at the Toronto International Film Festival?

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 Месяц назад

      @@PunchBuggyDreams No, it's at local ones where I can watch it with an audience, the first is Sioux City, Iowa.

    • @PunchBuggyDreams
      @PunchBuggyDreams Месяц назад

      @@williamhedges1519 All the best of luck Bill.

  • @fkknsikk
    @fkknsikk Месяц назад

    Brilliantly executed. You're pulling off some of these techniques as well as they've ever been done. Can't wait to see the rest!

  • @jjones503
    @jjones503 Месяц назад

    Matt was lucky to find your business! Thanks for being kind to him!

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 Месяц назад

      Thanks, it's not really a business, it's just a hobby for me making films. It was great to meet Matt.

  • @captainsnuffels6744
    @captainsnuffels6744 Месяц назад

    bro this feels so good its like modern yet also retro it feels great.

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 Месяц назад

      Thanks, 1960s shows were a big influence on me and how I film.

  • @jaybingham3711
    @jaybingham3711 Месяц назад

    1:50 There it is. Matt Parker actually walked through that door! Damn, seeing the tv tube replacement box. Always having to open the back and find the likely culprit and run down and test it. Then hope the store had that one in stock. Helluva memory there.

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 Месяц назад

      The spaceship is the one permanent standing set for the series, the other sets are always changed out, even the TV shop was dressed just for that episode, since that building was used as other sets. It was earlier used as a Post Office. ruclips.net/video/rIbx92cyYSc/видео.html

  • @MCLegoboy
    @MCLegoboy Месяц назад

    So there's Lost in Space and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea with the ship design being a mash between the Jupiter 2 and the Seaview, not to mention the landscape being very Lost in Space. Flash Gordon serials with the credits and even the music during that portion. A bit of Batman with the dutch angle of the "villain." Some Good, Bad, and Ugly with the standoff. And Forbidden Planet with the energy monster.

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 Месяц назад

      I was inspired by the best, what I grew up watching.

  • @floppakiwi
    @floppakiwi Месяц назад

    i wish i could get a set like the first couple scenes, but i am only 7 and have no money to build a set and i am shy, but i will try to make a movie with actors when im not shy.

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 Месяц назад

      I started making movies with my cat since I didn't think I could get actors. Only after I did that, did I get other actors wanting to help out with my movies. Also it doesn't take big sets either, just film what's around you and what you know about. A little creativity goes a long way to making a good filmmaker.

  • @floppakiwi
    @floppakiwi Месяц назад

    this helped me make a credits scene for my movie

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 Месяц назад

      Great, I'd like to see it when it's done.

    • @floppakiwi
      @floppakiwi Месяц назад

      well i have only made the credits for the movie so i still have to film

  • @samxlovegod
    @samxlovegod Месяц назад

    amazing just amazing!☺👍❤ just wow! thank you for sharing this collection

  • @ExDys
    @ExDys Месяц назад

    i love that penny read war and peace lol

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 Месяц назад

      Penny is smarter than you realize as the series progresses.

  • @webdesignsbytom
    @webdesignsbytom 2 месяца назад

    You are very talented. Saw you on the maths show and had to have a look

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 2 месяца назад

      I'm glad it led you here. The Burroughs 220 was used in a previous episode of mine, Cat Noir.

  • @workingguy-OU812
    @workingguy-OU812 2 месяца назад

    This was great, lol. Thanks to all who made it.

  • @nate8334
    @nate8334 2 месяца назад

    Your shows are awesome, I'm glad I found this channel.

  • @nate8334
    @nate8334 2 месяца назад

    Epic tale man ✌

  • @ptorq
    @ptorq 2 месяца назад

    At 40:00 I was really expecting that to continue "But still.... I miss that car."

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 2 месяца назад

      That's kind of implied when he touches it one last time. :)

  • @gez_abel
    @gez_abel 2 месяца назад

    Amazing to think just how cosmic one of those machines really is :)

  • @Sapfu100
    @Sapfu100 2 месяца назад

    I can't beleive you took that poor quantum-entangled kitty into space just to make millions of dollars on youtube :(

  • @jimeasley5558
    @jimeasley5558 2 месяца назад

    Amazing Bill. I just found this video. It was a pleasure meeting you at the Trona Pinnacles. Hope you are well.

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 2 месяца назад

      It was great seeing you there too. I'm fine, still making movies. This is a video that I took at the Trona Pinnacles. ruclips.net/video/jWjIV2wNdQg/видео.html

  • @nichtrichtigrum
    @nichtrichtigrum 2 месяца назад

    My cat and I just watched your video but we'll probably have to rewatch it as she slept through most of it :D

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 2 месяца назад

      My cat needs a nap after about 15 minutes of filming, her cat union's rules :)

  • @OwenMech
    @OwenMech 2 месяца назад

    Love the minor rendition of twinkle twinkle little star

    • @williamhedges1519
      @williamhedges1519 2 месяца назад

      Sometimes I find the perfect music for a shot.