Thanks to Cracked for sending me here and to you guys for using St Peters Square as a location. Hopefully, if they decide to make this a feature length film they'll film in Manchester as a homage. :)
This is exactly like the movie "Jumper" starring Hayden Christensen. The only difference is that the guy in this short film needs a device to teleport (wherever he sees), whereas Christensen's character has the power to teleport (after seeing where he wants to go). This was an interesting form of plagiarism for a short film.
teleporting appeared in fiction decades before you were born. teleportation aside, this short and the movie "Jumper"(based on a 1992 book) have nothing in common.
At the distance from the black hole depicted in the picture, tidal forces are not sufficient to kill a person. It takes at least thirty seconds for a person to die in vacuum. If the device stayed with him without him holding it, he didn't panic the wrong way, and he had a picture of anything on Earth with him, he would have been able to return. But I wouldn't bet on all of those happening.
The fact that the black hole is large actually helps - tidal forces are weaker for big ones. If the device had a small amount of momentum relative to him, he might have been able to catch up with it by launching his shoes in the opposite direction. It all depends exactly where he got dropped.
OUCH!!! That has got to hurt, being beamed into a black hole. Although it probably wouldn't hurt for more than a few microseconds. This is good. Thanks for sharing.
I needed to have a link between the prop and the destination so that the audience would understand the final teleportation ;) I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for your feedback
He just thought about going back to his apartment, too. The keys to his car were first; a rail(?) ticket second; the picture 3rd. All of those were just to trigger thinking about a place. That would have to be the biggest "Oh, Fuuuuuuu..." moment in the history of humankind, though.
Wow, the ending was spectacular, I gasped so loud because of the way he sat on it while thinking about the picture I just started laughing because of how cool and INSANE that would be if The Device was the real deal XD
Well he wasn't an astronomer either! I can't think which is worse; being turned into a messy deflated carnival like balloon or passing thru a cloud of micro meteors which has the same sort of outcome, I guess?!
Hmm. That means he got into the black hole instanteniously, without being affected by the tidal force. Therefore, he might even live to see how the singularity looks on the inside. - VALID POINT!!!
Very good! Doesn’t try to deliver some complicated moral, about like the Twilight Zone episode where the guy had a watch that stopped time, then broke it.
It was Shot at 24 fps and 1/50th. Don't change the shutter speed or you will lose this "motion blur" we're used to in films. Use ND filters or close your aperture if needed. Hope that helps :)
Loved it. Stellar job. No put intended. Love it even more because it makes me wonder about the following 5 seconds after it ended: 1) Tech that interfaces with the human brain (or maybe something else) physical contact (even through clothing)....Maybe a "will multiplier"...awesome 2) The idea that that, even though this kid hasn't been to the places he looked at, he still had a connection to them somehow. So much so, that that tech knew EXACTLY where to place him....suggests that we are all connected to everything else in a way that cannot be explained. NOICE! 3) Maybe he's not human....was drawn to his own technology....and made the common mistake of his people...sitting on the damn remote!!!! Thanks for sparking the ol' noggin.
I like the short :) I knew he was going to mess it up somehow... the fun was trying to predict how... When he started spreading all the brochures around I thought it might cause indecision with a bit of him sent to each location. . The final scene being a "piece" of him maybe an ear to keep it g rated... then you hear the "beep" of the device calling for it's next "user/victim" :)
Simple, but very well composed. There is an elegance to that. I would love to see what you will do in the future with a true budget with your talents and imagination. Great communication skills!
absulutly good job guys :) i am proud of this beautiful work ;3 the end is really catchy cuze you don't know how he gonna survive there and if that thing is with him or not xD
Amazing short, sweet and to the point. I wonder what it would take for RUclips to do a short film week...heck there seem to be enough scifi shorts to fill a week
Actually, the Alien who made the device made a similar mistake, but in all the universe, there is a place that actually sucks more than a black hole.... Earth! That's how the device got here.
I agree with JXT! I found this from Cracked, and it was good. Subtle, yet it got my attention. No dialogue, but still speaks volumes. I hope you make more stuff like this
The very essence of a short story. Great job.
Plot twist: he ends up in a physics laboratory that created the picture of that black hole.
I hope so, these shorts need enough light for people to start paying more attention to alternative or independent movies and shorts.
short and to the point.
not boring, not repetitve, I am waiting for your new jobs
Clever, succinct and most importantly, satisfyingly complete.
This is the sequel Jumper needs. I'd love to see Hayden Christiansen accidentally jumping to Coruscant mid-Jedi Purge.
It's amazing how much story can be crammed into three minutes. That look of horrified realization is priceless.
finally a short with an idea and not just cool effects. Gret job guys!
One of the most powerful devices made and he tosses it on the couch like a remote.
Thanks to Cracked for sending me here and to you guys for using St Peters Square as a location. Hopefully, if they decide to make this a feature length film they'll film in Manchester as a homage. :)
This is exactly like the movie "Jumper" starring Hayden Christensen. The only difference is that the guy in this short film needs a device to teleport (wherever he sees), whereas Christensen's character has the power to teleport (after seeing where he wants to go). This was an interesting form of plagiarism for a short film.
I liked that they used Antony Gormley's 'Another Place' in the movie. Nice touch guys.
Haha, that's exactly what I'd do, bust out all the travel magazines! Totally big "OOPS" at the end, I love it!
Short but so good....i was even upset at the end for the poor man...outer space is not the place.
Like a Frederic Brown story put to film...Well done!
teleporting appeared in fiction decades before you were born. teleportation aside, this short and the movie "Jumper"(based on a 1992 book) have nothing in common.
The price of air fares these days, who wouldn't want one of those? I sure as hell would.
some sort of "Jumper" with an even cooler ending.
At the distance from the black hole depicted in the picture, tidal forces are not sufficient to kill a person. It takes at least thirty seconds for a person to die in vacuum. If the device stayed with him without him holding it, he didn't panic the wrong way, and he had a picture of anything on Earth with him, he would have been able to return. But I wouldn't bet on all of those happening.
The fact that the black hole is large actually helps - tidal forces are weaker for big ones. If the device had a small amount of momentum relative to him, he might have been able to catch up with it by launching his shoes in the opposite direction. It all depends exactly where he got dropped.
"Die he die?"
Yes, Aleksey, he died.
Ops! He had such good vacation plans!
Really neat! It has a shocking ending that stays with you.
OUCH!!! That has got to hurt, being beamed into a black hole. Although it probably wouldn't hurt for more than a few microseconds.
This is good. Thanks for sharing.
Technically wouldn't light be stretched therefore for him it would feel like forever.
Pure brilliance.
PERFECT ending. Did not see that coming :)
Thanks! I'm glad you like it :)
I enjoyed this short film a lot ! I hope you will make another one !
Great little film. Good job. We're adding it to our Top 15 list. :)
Cool beans. I like the comical twist of the ending... although I COULD see it coming...
I needed to have a link between the prop and the destination so that the audience would understand the final teleportation ;) I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for your feedback
There's something kind of funny and incredibly disturbing about that ending at the same time, the way it just fades to black on that picture. Creepy.
I had good time thanks to you guys.
Everybody is wise after the event. I think that's pretty good stuff!
I must add that it was very cinematic
Man that made me swear loudly at the end there; nice trick. Throughout it I was thinking I'd be trying a ticket to Disneyland.
He just thought about going back to his apartment, too.
The keys to his car were first; a rail(?) ticket second; the picture 3rd. All of those were just to trigger thinking about a place.
That would have to be the biggest "Oh, Fuuuuuuu..." moment in the history of humankind, though.
wasn't a rail ticket, it was a Manchester tram ticket.
jumper-esque! I like it!
I was waiting for a good punchline and thought it'd be good if he ended up on the moon. That was even better though! Haha nice one!
The moral of the story is don't play with strange devices you find lying in the street.
I loved the ending.
Wow, the ending was spectacular, I gasped so loud because of the way he sat on it while thinking about the picture I just started laughing because of how cool and INSANE that would be if The Device was the real deal XD
Love the ending, wasn't expecting that part which I found to be the best part of the movie itself.
Nice one, story well told and looked great. A good film doesnt have to cost the earth
Brilliant.. Wow ...
Well done..
Cute ending. I LIKEY!
Yes indeed, personal teleportation surely was invented by this movie, no doubt.
Excellent. Well done & I loved the ending. There are worse ways to die I guess. Lucky he wasn't a Volcanologists.
Well he wasn't an astronomer either! I can't think which is worse; being turned into a messy deflated carnival like balloon or passing thru a cloud of micro meteors which has the same sort of outcome, I guess?!
Hmm. That means he got into the black hole instanteniously, without being affected by the tidal force. Therefore, he might even live to see how the singularity looks on the inside. - VALID POINT!!!
Yeah, this was pretty freaking cool.
Nice. Unexpected ending
Yay! Something fun and original!
this is internet. you are never the only one
Very cool concept and ending. Well done!
I'm pretty sure I remember seeing this on a Cracked.com article. I'm surprised it doesn't have more views. Definitely like.
Very good! Doesn’t try to deliver some complicated moral, about like the Twilight Zone episode where the guy had a watch that stopped time, then broke it.
It was all about the twist at the end ;)
Cool short! I wasn't sure where it was going but the ending was great.
butt the end was funny
Very clever. Nice camerawork too!
Great! Fantastic!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I was thinking the same thing! Loved the ending though.
It was Shot at 24 fps and 1/50th. Don't change the shutter speed or you will lose this "motion blur" we're used to in films. Use ND filters or close your aperture if needed. Hope that helps :)
well done! i loved the ending.
Simple and fresh...
Short and Sweet, nice!
Awesome! As we say up nawth, wicked cool!
Original concept Slick production values intriguing storyline.BRAVO!!
Loved it. Stellar job. No put intended. Love it even more because it makes me wonder about the following 5 seconds after it ended:
1) Tech that interfaces with the human brain (or maybe something else) physical contact (even through clothing)....Maybe a "will multiplier"...awesome
2) The idea that that, even though this kid hasn't been to the places he looked at, he still had a connection to them somehow. So much so, that that tech knew EXACTLY where to place him....suggests that we are all connected to everything else in a way that cannot be explained. NOICE!
3) Maybe he's not human....was drawn to his own technology....and made the common mistake of his people...sitting on the damn remote!!!!
Thanks for sparking the ol' noggin.
no *pun intended...fat finger syndrome
This was cute! Loved it.
Well done, very good and so simple.. staying with in the scope of your budget ^_^
Very good story, with a symbolic ending. Well done!
That was freaking AMAZING! The ending was fantastic!
Kept me watching, good ending!
Fantastic film guys!!! I really loved it, make more, it looked better than all of the movies I've watched this year!!! Fantastic job, thank you all :D
I like the short :)
I knew he was going to mess it up somehow... the fun was trying to predict how...
When he started spreading all the brochures around I thought it might cause indecision with a bit of him sent to each location.
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The final scene being a "piece" of him maybe an ear to keep it g rated... then you hear the "beep" of the device calling for it's next "user/victim" :)
loved it. Shop it around in hollywood.
awesome ...would like to see more
Very good video: short, funny, well done. Congratulations.
Oh, nice...very nice indeed.
cinematography looked awesome and the idea is just great :)
Simple, but very well composed. There is an elegance to that. I would love to see what you will do in the future with a true budget with your talents and imagination. Great communication skills!
That was brilliant
absulutly good job guys :)
i am proud of this beautiful work ;3
the end is really catchy cuze you don't know how he gonna survive there and if that thing is with him or not xD
Indeed, it could have make a nice alternative story! Thanks for posting :)
Amazing short, sweet and to the point. I wonder what it would take for RUclips to do a short film week...heck there seem to be enough scifi shorts to fill a week
Actually, the Alien who made the device made a similar mistake, but in all the universe, there is a place that actually sucks more than a black hole.... Earth! That's how the device got here.
Awesome. I loved it.
The guys face at the end was like oh sh*t
Excellent story and presentation. Great ending☺
I agree with JXT! I found this from Cracked, and it was good. Subtle, yet it got my attention. No dialogue, but still speaks volumes. I hope you make more stuff like this
This is by far the best short story Syfymovie I have seen, and let me tell you, I’ve seen dozens of them! Great story, well told!
Fantastic!!
That was Excellent.
There's no place like home! There's no place like home! Can you hold your breath, keep your eyes closed and retrieve the device in a zero g vacuum?
great ending!
very creative...sad too...
This is pretty damn good for a short film. I hope the cracked article gives you the popularity deserved!
Awesome short!
Life changing, world changing device of practically limitless power. Throw it on the couch and sit on it.
Bravo !
very nicely done, tks for video.