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.
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.
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.
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!! 😥
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!
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.
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.
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.
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 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!
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.
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.
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!
@@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
@@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.
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
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.
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.
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!
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Well-acted, beautifully shot, with crisp direction, seamless editing and a building tension highlighted by that eerie, dissonant soundtrack. Well done. 3.9/5.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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 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(?).
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'.
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?!?
Am I the only one who thought, "Flying Spaghetti Monster!" upon seeing the entity at the end? 🙂 Great short film. The suspense was unrelenting and the sound score was an integral part of that.
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.
Great concept, great storytelling, very good actor, sound effects are pretty darn good, lighting and cameras great ! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK ‼️👏💯. Kudossssss to all the TEAM !
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.
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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.
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.
I am confused what is it and what does it do
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
Only complaint is it needs subtitles, I had a hard time understanding what some of the actors were saying
Great story. Lead actress was terrific, when she saw her husband when she gets home, you could see the heartbreak in her eyes.
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
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
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.
See? I told you there's really a flying spaghetti monster.
The sound was awful, couldn't hear any voices over the background screeching violins.
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?"
Great realistic fighting. That is real world fighting for survival with what there is around you.
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.
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!
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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 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!
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 :)
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.
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.
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.
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!
"You are the love of my life"
"We look alot the tempests of chicken" -- whaa
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
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@@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.
That was an EXCELLENT fight scene!
The acting, choreography, pacing, motivation, angles and believability.... haven't seen one that good on a while.
great teaser - I want to see more of this story.
The way he was blue... that's real man
Good, except for the sound quality. Conversations are inaudible.
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
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.
U r simply not
Is that the flying spaghetti monster Brian?
@@kristiankorner7665 lol I can not unsee it now
That's what happens when you break into the house of Holly Holm. You almost get choked out.
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.
Very good, Brian: well done, you and everyone else involved in this project.
☝️😎
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!
Please Sir, can I have more. That was awesome. Make a great movie.
More please!! 👍👍
Certified Gold!!!!!😁
WOWEEEEEEEEEE! 👏🏻👏🏻🤸🏼♀️🤸🏼♀️🤸🏼♀️ THIS was unexpected and FANTASTIC❣️👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻BRAVO!🌹
Choreography was AWESOME & acting SUPERB❣️👏🏻👏🏻🌹🌹🌹
Blessings to you and your viewers~
Enjoy the rest of your day!
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Learned something here!! Crayons can be candles!! Like my Crisco Candles!!
I wish it was a full movie, it's such a great concept. Great job.
Well-acted, beautifully shot, with crisp direction, seamless editing and a building tension highlighted by that eerie, dissonant soundtrack. Well done. 3.9/5.
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.
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.
Even when the world is ending humans still cant get along.
Excellent !!!! Would love to see a continuation of this story.
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. 🙃
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.
Another awesome short. Really nicely done.
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?
Great video. Excellent acting. Extremely compelling. Was ready for more.
Corey Rieger and Magen Mattox are incredible actors. I was lucky to have them.
Nicely done!
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?
This could so easily be showing on Netflix well done and executed
Please sir may I have some more shorts? Also what was the function the crayons had when being burned other than to melt?😅😆😆
Great female fight. Well-directed and well-executed.
Woww impressive fight scene too...this was great.
Nice... would love to see the whole story!!
Wow, this was REALLY good!
when a post apocalyptic theme meets a SHTF context
Exactly!
Great to see a short film on RUclips for sure
Dust has the best sifi shorts.
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.
Confused about what's going on, I wanted to know more about the entity
That's outstanding for a first attempt, you will be a major success.👏
Well made, and great suspense. It holds you attention.
10 out of 10. Do more.
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 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(?).
I've seen this on dust, abd it was always a favorite 😍
It has a name - Flying Spaghetti Monster
Great! Ready for Part 2!
Well done. Really enjoyed this. Especially good fight choreography. Realistic.
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.
Great story. Well made. Hope you continue the story.
its a damn spaghetti monster.
That was freaking good!😊
Excellent!
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.
Why no knife for a back up weapon/tool?
Am I the only one who thought, "Flying Spaghetti Monster!" upon seeing the entity at the end? 🙂 Great short film. The suspense was unrelenting and the sound score was an integral part of that.
from a fellow filmmaker, well done.
Excellent underscore! Very impressed
Thes sound design on this is epic.
At this point I'm convinced "short film" is short for "I can't come up with an ending for this"
I LOVED IT... WATCHED TWICE
Paused it at 05:02. The dialogue is indistinct and CC is unavailable. I would like to watch this one with intelligible dialogue. Can you fix it?
Impressive. I enjoyed it
Excellent short film, very engaging. Looking forward to more!
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.
Great concept, great storytelling, very good actor, sound effects are pretty darn good, lighting and cameras great ! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK ‼️👏💯. Kudossssss to all the TEAM !
Thanks so much!!
Wow...a story told many different ways, but elegantly so here.
Thank you!
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 🤣
Very good!
Intriguing concept. Well done.
That was great, great atmosphere. Music was spot on.
Wowsa soooo good‼️👏🏼