"Weapon of Thought" | Sci-Fi SHORT FILM (30min)
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- A depressed physicist uses self made technology to project his sisters thoughts into three dimensional space in order to find their parents killer.
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This film was made during the 2020 lockdown in South Africa and was filmed in 3 days.
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Written and Directed by : Brendan Wassermann
Produced by : Daphne Jefferis, Brendan Wassermann
Starring : Kristen Raath & Roget Ellis
Key Crew:
DOP : Diego Ollivier
Production Designer: Jacobus Smit
1st AD: Westley Durand
Costume, Hair & Makeup: Bronwen Kilian
Sound Mixer: Nicolas Stephens
Post Production:
Edited by : Jamie Taylor @_house_on_fire_
VFX : Gigh Zack
Post Sound : @audiophilepost
Music : Daniel Martins
Colorist: Nic Apolsti
Crew:
1st AC : Juan White
2nd AC: Themba Mabaso
DIT: Briony Mcleod
Gaffer : JP Dupreez and team
Grip : Riaan Hannekom
Best Boy: Shannon van Aswagen
Property Master: Mickey Erasmus
Swing Gang: Kamogelo & Crew
Unit: Lincorn Mkhabela & crew
Gear: @panavisionofficial
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Connect: brendanwassermann@gmail.com
Instagram : @pixel_seed
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Thank you for capturing such deep emotion. Sadness, depression, love. There is silence now, the ringing in my ears is more than science hears. I, I am joined with you in fears. So lonely, yet so together. Someone is in the cosmos and who cares.
Respectfully, NHG
Wow, Thank you for this. Truly thank you.
Kudos and Accolades to everyone that had anything to the making of this . Better plot acting and soundtrack than a movie four times longer with millions spent. Loved this in all aspects !!! ... Thanks a Mint and may this only be the opening door for much bigger things on the horizon .
This was really wonderful! I'm not always a big fan of the twist ending or the "this was all in his head" endings, but i think this one fit perfectly. In some ways, the brother did find closure through "killing" the murderer. I think that closure is what allows him to accept his sister's love & support at the end. Previously, it was as if he had to hold her at arms length because love & kindness (& sugar!) would only lead to weakness and they would never be able to find this man who held such grave significance in their lives.
I think he had to confront the killer because he was unable to confront the killer when he was a child. And so maybe, as well, he felt inferior in that way to his sister. She even said, "I was the one who was there" when, in actuality, they both were. He feels guilt and weakness when he did the smartest thing possible. And his sister did not choose to be in confrontation with the murderer, it was just where she was when the murders happened. He places worth (or lack thereof) on this false idea, false dichotomy of bravery.
I also like that it is actually HIS mind who produces the answer that the murderer doesn't even remember this killing that was so horrifically devastating to the siblings. To be able to come to the conclusion on his own that his loss had no "deeper meaning" is actually incredibly brave as, I think, it is quite literally this very fear that follows him throughout the time we see him.
Anyway, apparently I liked it. 😁 Great writing, acting, directing... everything. Thank you for sharing this.
Ps. Is there a special significance to the sister and the pills? She is obviously using them to cope, but was she also selling them?
Thank you for your in depth analysis and how spot on it is. What a wonderful comment. As for your question there is no special significance of her selling pills it was just an addition to showing she lives her own life beyond her brother. This is the extended cut and those parts were cut out from the festival run version. I really appreciate your comment and I wish you all the best.
Such intensity so much grief, I love the girl let it out in song instead of turning it Inward,, Bravo 👏
A true master class in what the South African film industry is capable of! Incredible work and congratulations to the team for bringing such a great piece to life on screen. 👏
I thought the plot was decent. The pacing dragged in a few scenes.
For the festival run we cut about 4min out of the film and uploaded the extended version here , figured why not show it all.
Thanks, glad you did! @brendanwassermannFILM
Seriously? A song in the middle?
Are the songs that the sister sings and the one over the ending credits available somewhere?
Hi there , apologies as it is not. It was all made for the film, I am glad that you enjoyed it, it’s appreciated.
Very cool looking, compelling idea. Great production design, kudos right there.
Unfortunately the story delivers its essential context in that cliched way of "people telling other people the context they already know" I was asking myself "Who are they after? why? what happened?" and the brother tells the sister all this context that she already knows. That's writing 101 on what not to do, the context needs to be organic, motivated and delivered in a compelling way, like a conflict (not an argument, as in here, where people already know the context being told to them)
Let the viewer organically experience the context along with the main character, not be forcibly told it after the fact.
I did like that he went all the way to track his parents' killer down, but then to have it be through the head device...it felt a little "it was all a dream/in his head." it took the weight and point out of the whole plot...what then? does he actually go and try to avenge his parents? show that.
So proud of you bru, such a huge accomplishment - punching way above anyone else, and cannot wait to see what comes next - your truly flying the flag high for what South Africa can produce!
Very deep & dark but emotions will be like that sometimes
OMG what a *great* film. Wonderful acting; the range of intense emotions these two exhibited was truly engrossing. Interesting story with a real science-y current running through it, as well. It seems so crazy to me that more people haven't seen it.
Thank you very much!
I was invested...until the song and dance...wtf is this? the longest music video intro for a mediocre song I didnt ask to hear?
lol nice try tho....almost had me
Same....I was really into it. Then I stopped watching on principle.
I was like, what is this? An ad for the singer?
Luckily it was fairly short.
Ya that part I was like..huh but honestly loved da music!!
@@tarekwayne9193 it was not an ad (else they'd have shown the title & author, neither of which are known)
Amazing Wassies, so proud of you boy
A mazing!!! I was captivated
Did the hologram give anyone else Lawnmower Man Vibes? When the face was becoming more clear and visible idk its been two decades or more since i last watched the film obviously inspired by the book Flowers for Algernon
Drinking hot coffee like it's water, WTF? SUBTLE ACTIONS that aren't natural ruin the belief of a story line.
Revenge isn't always sweet.
what's the song @14:49 ?
الترجمه غير موجوده مظطر الي الخروج
'promo sm' ❗
Brilliant! Gratitude!
Well done. Feels lika a professional production, has its own look and the story is interesting enough. The ending didn't make complete sense to me. What was it supposed to mean that the killer had a photo of the protagonist's family on his chest of drawers? Also, I can understand that the main character felt regret and maybe a sense that his life had lost its purpose now that he killed the murderer, and therefore intended to take his own life, but why was he hooked to the brain interface? What exactly did this thing even do?
On another note, I've always found German acting to be hard and cold. Even the emotion conveyed by the trembling nose and lips of the actress seem buried under a layer of ice. I used to think Germans just are like that; now I think it manifests a certain self-loathe that Germans carry around with them since WW2.
Could it have been his mother's or father's brother? A cousin? That was strange. Why wouldn't the man remember what he had done?
Hi there , the ending represents the protagonists obsession with the killer , it was all in his head, he was sitting with the fmri headset on the entire time imagining what he would do. The family picture, furniture and props in the scene was all shown throughout the film.
Getting revenge on the killer didn’t give him closure even in his thoughts but reconnecting with his sister did.
Also this film is entirely South African
@@brendanwassermannFILM of course it didnt give him closure - because he knew it was just virtual/fake
real life revenge, on the other hand, would have given him closure
Hammer Film - echt abgefahn ! ! !