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Watch: Adam Marisett's 'AMP' Robot Sci-Fi Short Film from Vancouver
by Alex Billington
August 6, 2013
Source: Vimeo
"These days we need to be a little… resourceful." Yet another excellent sci-fi short film to feature today. This one featuring another robot! Vancouver based product company Triton Films (behind Somnolence and Blomkamp's Tetra Vaal) has launched their latest short AMP, written and directed by up-and-coming filmmaker Adam Marisett, an animator on District 9 and many other notable films. This plays almost like a pitch or proof of concept for a Firefly-like futuristic TV show, but it has some flair and I dig the robot character, he fits in well but gets beat up easily. There's some stellar concept art during the end credits, too.
AMP comes direct from Vimeo and Triton Films online - no synopsis available. The short film was directed by Adam Marisett, written by Adam Marisett and Casey Chourney, and produced by Gabriel Napora. Cinematography is by Cliff Hokanson, with music by Sean Beeson and Pontus Rufelt. Starring Matthew MacCaul and Elysia Rotaru. Not much other information was provided with this, as it's more of a demo reel or proof of concept pitch from Triton. I love that one shot of the Vancouver skyline with the Coreley building digitally added in, it reminded me of Tron Legacy, which was also filmed primarily in Vancouver.
15 Comments
1
hot damn that is what I call impressive! major props on that amazing animation and compositing, and for once, a VFX short with a smart cracking script and interesting actors.
Linkfx on Aug 6, 2013
2
Thank you for your kind words. A lot of time was spent on the FX / animation .
Casey Chourney on Aug 6, 2013
3
and it shows. hit me up if you guys ever need an vfx help!
Linkfx on Aug 6, 2013
4
Nicely done man, what'd you guys use to composite? Nuke or AE?
axalon on Aug 6, 2013
5
Nuke
Casey Chourney on Aug 6, 2013
6
What a piece of mathematical beauty that software is. What did you guys render in?
axalon on Aug 6, 2013
7
WTH!? People are getting hella good at CGI on the small scale.
DAVIDPD on Aug 6, 2013
8
The director is a visual effects artist - its his day job. Lots of vfx artists move into directing these days.
nathan on Aug 6, 2013
9
This is what happens when you VFX artist don't have a union and no healthcare and must adhere to unreasonable demands of the studios, just so someone can get the Oscar for cinematography when 80% of the movie was done in a green studio.
Jeffrey Lamar on Aug 8, 2013
10
Half-Life 2's Dog with better parts.
Christian Luis Rivera on Aug 6, 2013
11
This is awesome. It's like a pretty nifty fusion of 'Half-Life' and 'Firefly.' I will definitely be keeping my eye out on this guy for sure!
Chris Bob on Aug 6, 2013
12
Some cheesy dialogue and a bit of an abrupt ending but some nice vfx work for a freebie. 😉
nathan on Aug 7, 2013
13
great cgi but for the rest very very mediocre...
Avi on Aug 7, 2013
14
Love it! Felt a star wars influence up in there.
Danimal on Aug 7, 2013
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