Sci-Fi Short Film "It Came Nameless In Spring" | DUST
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Something bizarre has come to Los Angeles - men are dying and women are disappearing. Vulnerable and unprepared, Kat ventures out into the unknown.
"It Came Nameless In Spring" by Brian Otting
Starring Magen Mattox and Corey Rieger
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"It Came Nameless In Spring" Credits:
Director: Brian Otting
Writer: Brian Otting
Producers: Brian Otting | Bernie Stern
Cinematographer: Adriaan Kirchner
Editor: David Otting
Production Designer: Anthony Pearce
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Hey everyone! I'm Brian Otting, writer/director/producer of IT CAME NAMELESS IN SPRING. Thanks for watching! This was my first short film and I learned a lot. AMA.
Thank you for making the great work:) from korea
The main fight sequence was excellent, not quite sure how she escaped in the end but it looked super realistic and I bet that took a while to get right.
Wow!!! It’s an amazing film! Great acting, great visuals…
There no way you made this film
Intriguing, I would like to see what happens next. One minor mistake? Around 5:03 from the shadows it looks like someone tosses the backpack from the left and she climbs over from the right.
A lovely example of "show, don't tell". The horror is compounded by the impression that the entity is so detached from the suffering its inflicted, like a traveler picking berries by the roadside while stomping on an ant colony.
Thanks! Well said!
Interesting parallel, well said.
I do wish this had closed captions, it is very difficult for me to follow the dialog without it.
Yep. Me too.
Same
I didn't want to be the 'bearer of bad news' - but I found this video to be almost unwatchable due to the loudness of the music vs the quietness and garbled sound of the dialogue. And I'm wearing headphones!! It was unwatchable, I couldn't understand what was being said!! 😥
I had no problem. On an iPad with AirPods.
@@UpChuckLiberals that's y
Great story. Lead actress was terrific, when she saw her husband when she gets home, you could see the heartbreak in her eyes.
"You are the love of my life"
"We look alot the tempests of chicken" -- whaa
Only complaint is it needs subtitles, I had a hard time understanding what some of the actors were saying
Well done, a good example of what can be done with story and acting, without needing a lot of CGI to hold it together. If anything, it captures the essence of what people might actually go through in such an ET apocalypse scenario. This could definitely be extended much further into a feature film, or a series.
Thank you so much. Would be cool to revisit with more time to tell the story, for sure.
What was the story? I didn't understand the ending because I couldn't hear it; even after replaying it many times.
yh its called the Purge. A lot better than this rubbish
Just watched your short video. As a lover of sci Fi for over 60 years I am impressed. It kept my attention and reeled me in. I liked the premise and the ending leaves an opening if it's something you choose to add to. I would love to see more.Thank you for sharing!
Thanks mb! I am also a sci-fi lover for many years. It's an incredible genre and I hope to make more in it.
You have a TON of questions to be answered my friend! Great job
The sound was awful, couldn't hear any voices over the background screeching violins.
If that's your first film, you have a crazy good future ahead. I can't wait to see what you do next.
Thank you so much. My second short film is playing festivals now. You can watch the trailer for it on my channel.
I must agree with you Russ.
you don't lower a lever action when reloading you just reload and keep it aimed
Yup
The title alone caught my attention. And the rest held my attention. Loved it.
OMG thank you -- took me FOREVER to think up a title! They're so hard for me, lol
@@brianotting Very poetic actually
@@gargoyle38 Thank you!
Excellent! She'll become the badass they never wished to come upon.
I loved it. Humanity succumbing to the urge of necessity, the good people repressing what makes them human in order to win the fight against destiny, against each other, and survive... I also liked the Lovecraftian monster in the sky. This is a concept that deserves a whole series.
Except the one chick didn't shoot the other chick. I was kinda left unfulfilled personally. If they are really in an ultimate struggle for survival, this isn't even a question.
My first question in that situation would be less "where'd you get the gun?", and more "where do you get a gun?"
That's what happens when you break into the house of Holly Holm. You almost get choked out.
The guy probably died from drinking that pool water. Also, thanks for having CC enabled DUST. Made it so much easier to understand the dialogue.
Confused about what's going on, I wanted to know more about the entity
Now featuring "The World's Least Effective Choke!"
Good, except for the sound quality. Conversations are inaudible.
Great realistic fighting. That is real world fighting for survival with what there is around you.
Why are so many of these short sci-fi story so bleak and depressing? Not to disparage Brian Otting specifically, the filmmaking and storytelling were good and I hope he does more, but I've seen minor variations of this short video a few dozen times already. If you took all of the short sci-fi videos on youtube and randomly selected three, I bet two of them would have the same plot, pacing and mood as this one. Again, let me say that I think Brian Otting did a good job, just wish he put more effort into creating something not as similar to the multitude of others.
I must say this score to this dust has to be the creepiest one I've heard yet I really enjoyed it
Thank you. My brother David did the sound design and we worked for a very long time putting the soundscape together. Appreciate it.
Even when the world is ending humans still cant get along.
The way he was blue... that's real man
Funny how even short films like this pick up what so many of those Netflix/Prime etc. productions do: Much too much of poorly lit conversation and just a few secs of the impressive CGI (which is ALWAYS the title pic or the thumbnail). So this will be a smash hit. Congrats.
Masterpiece. Camera work is astonishing. Mattox makes it perfect; I'm sure she'd be perfect in any major production. Main story is as sad as human history and back story is thrilling. Soundtrack matches every small movement at any second of the film. Directing can't be better.
See? I told you there's really a flying spaghetti monster.
its a damn spaghetti monster.
Very well made short. I could easily watch a lot more of this story. Please? May I have another?
Another what? This was a waste of time. What the hell did that cloud have to do with anything?
A continuance would be welcomed , however , I suspect it's a one off as usual . No harm in exercising the imagination .
@@yannikavadas1490 I guess I am just old fashioned where stories are concerned. I still believe that a story should have a beginning, a middle and an end but that's just me. Take care and Maranatha
5u
@@tribulationprepper787I believe that's just the standard format. Everyone should exercise Creativity and think outside the box instead or relying on the standard format.
Stories can be told while using a format that is different from the norm, having studied creative writing, they don't stick to the standard format.
This is an absolute lesson in how to build tension....well done...
Appreciate that. I studied quite a bit of Fincher's thrillers like ZODIAC when prepping for this :)
Blasphemy! Sacrilege! Outrageous! The Flying Spaghetti Monster is benevolent, not malevolent. If he should appear in the sky with his noodly appendages probing the city it would be to fulfill His just cause, not murder and kidnapping. Other than that, and the main character thinking that a bunch of random prescriptions is going to help her husband, I've no other complaints at this time.
Valid on all points 🤣
OK. Dystopian future. People at odds for basic resources. I get that. Alien that only shows up at the very end, and doesn't really do...anything. Bored now.
At this point I'm convinced "short film" is short for "I can't come up with an ending for this"
Certified Gold!!!!!😁
the crayon candle was a very nice touch
Thank you. Saw it on a survivalist website, had to use it.
This kind of candle really exists/works?
when a post apocalyptic theme meets a SHTF context
Exactly!
Learned something here!! Crayons can be candles!! Like my Crisco Candles!!
Twisted and cool.
You know what? I'm getting really sick and tired that all sci-fi seems to do nowadays is horror and/or dystopia. Authors are stuck in this rut and it's depressing. I wish they'd be original and try doing something uplifting. It's supposed to be escapism, not 'dump more horror on top of an already horrified audience'.
Lack of good writing and no imagination,
Being scary is much easier than being encouraging.
Why do I keep watching these? I mean, they're well-made but in the end the only thing I get is "WTF was that?" and "Well, there's 15 minutes of my life I won't get back".
Looks like Microsoft's Cloud has come alive and destroyed civilization - - - Bills Dream
Indeed. His buddy K.S. would be gleeful.
So much talent and care taken to craft this, can't wait to see more from you. Some complained that the music drowned out the dialogue, but considering the score as an indispensable character this was not an issue for me...those discordant tones were.more menacing than words. I loved it.
Ok holy sht.. that fight choreography between the women is on the level of The Last Of Us.
So organic, so raw, still fast paced, the sound design.. i really wasn't expecting that
Then suddenly: Eldritch horror for a split second, promptly cutting to a single-scene performance that kind of blew my mind.. just her stare and the slow creep of the tears coming in.
Please do more, please
Reminded me of Betty Gilpin and Hilary Swank fight in “The Hunt”
Thank you! I have more on the way, but very different. Glad this one resonated with you.
@@brianotting gladly looking forward to it
I like how the atmosphere is established and the trapped are turning against each other. I like how only at the end do you know what is trapping them all. What is moving is that on one hand the wife is deeply in love yet finds violent strength against another innocent. Also, the husband's illness does a nice job of countering the cliche of the strong-husband protecting wife, by subtly providing a rationale why the wife volunteers to go out. Well done!
I like how she raised the rear sight as she fumbled with the rifle over the girl on the floor. She's unfamiliar with firearms and desperately trying to figure it out in a panic.
I wonder if that was scripted or ad lib. Either way, it was brilliant!
It has a name - Flying Spaghetti Monster
Omg, that background noise all the time!!! I was getting Vuvuzela flashbacks!!! Is there a more traumatizing noise than that in the history of man?!? It should be classified as a weapon of mass distraction!!! Why would you inflict that on your audience?!?
that sounds like a you problem...
Totally agree, the background noise added nothing to the atmosphere but distraction.
I sure wish it explained what the hell that cloud (nameless) was... alien, natural phenomena, whatever. But, I guess that's the point. The need for survival and what we do in order to achieve it is pointedly clear. Who are the 'real' monsters... in Spring(?).
That was an EXCELLENT fight scene!
The acting, choreography, pacing, motivation, angles and believability.... haven't seen one that good on a while.
At 09:15, shouldn't there have been glass on the floor? You know, from the glass that she'd just broken over the other woman's head just seconds before?
Please Sir, can I have more. That was awesome. Make a great movie.
Woww impressive fight scene too...this was great.
Please sir may I have some more shorts? Also what was the function the crayons had when being burned other than to melt?😅😆😆
great teaser - I want to see more of this story.
Very cool. I think her arguing about her immunity to spores when they discussed who goes out would have clarified his condition in a useful way, but I loved the film even with that ambiguity.
Absolutely SPOT ON BRIAN! Great writing, acting, cinematography! The only “crtique” from my end, and I’m, not a film maker, is the sound effects. They did, follow the mood and the story line, I just found that pipe organ, bag pipe? tone, drove me insane…. Lol, if I were them, and those were alarms of some kind? I’d of died doing everything I could to silence them! LOL, NICE WORK! GREAT STUFF!
Good beginning - why is she walking toward the giant brain cloud thing at the end? I guess its tentacles are grabbing women? Has similar feel to the film SKYLINE. Would love to find out what the THING in the sky is.
I don't get it. What is the tentacle-cloud thing? Why did the husband die? Why don't women get killed? Why are they trapped? Why did the other woman try to murder her?
I find the background noise really distracting. Silence is much more scary.
Great to see a short film on RUclips for sure
Dust has the best sifi shorts.
A note for the director: She practiced with the shotgun right-handed, held it at the ready left-handed while moving in the hallway, then aimed it right-handed at her adversary. No one would switch like that.
OMG, someone else noticed this. It's a non-starter for me. Ruined the short. So easy to get this right, and failed miserably.
I'm not trying to be mean, just giving my honest opinion. While I didn't find it terrible, I don't get what everyone is so thrilled about. I even tried re-watching it, to see if maybe I missed something.
This should be a full-length movie or a series. Kudos.
Thes sound design on this is epic.
Good concept, mysterious, open ended cliff hanger.
I will say the background music was a bit overpowering. Couldn't hear or get drawn into much of the scenes with the constant buzzing soundtrack tracking over the audio.
As a first film, it is quite impressive though!
This could so easily be showing on Netflix well done and executed
Very good, Brian: well done, you and everyone else involved in this project.
☝️😎
I agree with many of the positive comments here but would offer a couple criticisms if you're open to it. First, it looks almost as if the whole story took ten minutes "their time." His beard didn't grow, they didn't get dirtier, they weren't exhibiting signs of weight loss or dehydration. Please remember aging effects/time's passage.
Second, while I do like the realistic pacing, choreography, and story of the fights, that headlock did not look real. Improvements could be made. For example, her face reddening. A tighter lock around her throat. Etc.
Overall, however, I enjoyed the short ride.
Drinking water from a swimming pool? Good way to get really sick.
I was thinking the same thing, like dude, where's your water filter kit? lol
Did you miss the scene with the filter in the jar?
@@nyhamnplattan Looked like a life straw (copyright) to me.
i mean they conditions look pretty grim soo...
Our dogs say it is safe if correctly used, cleaned and treated 😂
Great female fight. Well-directed and well-executed.
The Soundscape , I wont call it " Music " , certainly added a LOT to the ambience . Great , realistic Fight scene .
Thank you! The sound design was done by my brother David. We created much of that from piecing acoustic musical elements and various real world drone sounds together to create the "soundscape", so yeah -- not exactly music.
I LOVED IT... WATCHED TWICE
There was a 60's cult movie named "THX1138". Same basic story line and very same ending where the guy being chased by a cop climbs a long ladder, opens the hatch at the top and discovers the Earth.
10 out of 10. Do more.
Deep af
That man filled his canister with pool water , poured it in a glass and drunk it😦😦
from a fellow filmmaker, well done.
Is that the huge Shitcloud that they talked about in the movie Kingpin? 🤣
Another awesome short. Really nicely done.
More please!! 👍👍
I wish it was a full movie, it's such a great concept. Great job.
Fantastic. Really enjoyed it. I wouldn't have thought it was your first film. Great work👏
Thanks, appreciate that. Maybe all those late nights watching countless films rubbed off a little. 🙃
I really did like this. The atmosphere was wonderful. It had a very Mythos feel to it. The acting was excellent.
The only complaint I had were the scenes that faded to black. I feel it's overdone and makes it difficult for me to follow the film. At least you didn't have long scenes that are unwatchable because the director wants to simulate night.
I do hope that you finish the story as a movie or in any other medium.
Thank you, Jay
Thanks Jay! I think often times when a film fades to black throughout the film, it's because the director didn't design their transitions correctly, or something was cut that made the transition shots no longer work... Both of these reasons resulted in me fading to black! 😂 Lesson learned.
WOWEEEEEEEEEE! 👏🏻👏🏻🤸🏼♀️🤸🏼♀️🤸🏼♀️ THIS was unexpected and FANTASTIC❣️👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻BRAVO!🌹
Choreography was AWESOME & acting SUPERB❣️👏🏻👏🏻🌹🌹🌹
Blessings to you and your viewers~
Enjoy the rest of your day!
Blessings~✨💫🌟
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Great video. Excellent acting. Extremely compelling. Was ready for more.
Corey Rieger and Magen Mattox are incredible actors. I was lucky to have them.
Great job, very compelling. Like any great short fiction, it leaves you wanting to know what happens next. And thanks also for your twist on the very tired " helpless women threatened " cliche.
Good luck, and please keep up the good work.
I've seen this on dust, abd it was always a favorite 😍
☆Trigger Warning☆ you will be subjected to sheer terror! Jump scared and screams may result, from viewing this material. If you are not conditioned to viewing heavily suspenseful material, and you have a heart condition, please, consult your physician before viewing. ☆
Wow, the use of sound is very effective in creating a sense of terror and dread. Yikes. I don't usually peep things that are so intense, and this one had me screaming, to the point that my neighbors might call the cops... They live a quarter mile away!
It's the Flying Spaghetti Monster!!!! 😄😄😄😄
It's a giant ball of floating femme flesh integrated into its bloated body via abducting tentacles that somehow kills men with its presence... turning us into monsters as we fight one another... interesting allegory for atheism.
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A very Lovecraftian style. I for one found it to be a quite insightful and inspiring short film that is far greater in scope than anything created by the detestable and unimaginative Hollywood crowd. 👍👍👍👍👍🙂
Murky audio with sotto voce murmuring cries out for captions.
Brilliant concept, destroyed by an astoundingly bad noise track.
That's outstanding for a first attempt, you will be a major success.👏
Nicely done!
Wow, this was REALLY good!
Impressive. I enjoyed it
he wakes up to a strange noise, which is shown to be the lady practicing cranking the lever on the rifle, but why didnt they use the sounds a lever gun makes? dont know what god aweful shuffling noise they used, but that was not anything near what it was intended to be, which draws the question, you had the lever gun right there, why opt to not use the sound it makes?
That was the actual sound from the actual gun, recorded in that actual take 🤷♂
Perfect example of what the average US-American want: fear, individualism, enough violence and a lot of drama. In short: for poor people, not knowing how to live naturally, let’s not even talk about enjoying life, based on love.
I have to admit, this is one I couldn't figure out.