FORBIDDEN DREAM - Cyberpunk Short Film

[Dystopian420]

Pretty creative, actually. Good job. I guess some people expect you to have the budget of FOX media? lol

[Relativisticism]

Fake, they don't use bullets in the future. Don't you know that copper and lead are too hard to come by so they use plasma? Using carbon nano tubes are made into micro batteries that fill the bullet to supply power to generate the plasma shell. This is common knowledge, cyber technology 101.

[Crion100]

ugly and boring

[Frostystraidlazed]

Haha the tripods as geiger counters (why not though) :D Also, might be a little easier to put the gas mask on before the helmet. :P Loving the calavera tattoo at 6:21 :)

[Frostystraidlazed]

Haha the tripods as geiger counters (why not though) :D Also, might be a little easier to put the gas mask on before the helmet. :P

[Frostystraidlazed]

Haha the tripods as geiger counters :D

[cybermutagen1]

Be nice if it wasn't always dystopian. The Venus Project!

[Bjornieman]

...it reminds me of some of the masterpieces of Turkish cinema, like "Korkusuz" and "Dunyayi Kurtaran Adam". Really.

[Kennfield]

b b b b bladerunner!!

[YouMakeMeSick2010]

i was about to have a go about it not realy being cyberpunk but more just dystopian future but well played indeed nice twist.

[sgt0pimienta]

JAjajaja!

that water fx sounds like minecraft :D

[TheMrbubl3s]

@sgt0pimienta YES! That's what I thought too! Especially the first one.

[doneman]

Ive seen this movie before. Slaves = replicants hunters = blade runners. Anyway very well filmed congrats!

[GoodFriendsForever]

Cyberpunk class? I wanna join

[triggerbangfloat]

Whats with the super sized earrings at 5min... are they for picking up wi-fi.

[AlitaAngel]

Half Life 2!

[radioactivegamer]

Her pose when she's looking at the sun reminds me of the box art for Out of this World/Another world.

[jbgandhi2]

be better with daryl hannah eye makeup. not sure about the shemagh.

interesting "mount" at 6:00.... uhm....

nice Arbeit macht frei reference.

[RiceMan9315]

I suddenly see the plot of "Blade Runner" being applied here... nothing wrong with that, but when the second text box came up, and it was later revealed she was an Android, that movie came to mind.

[Isaiah6517]

I am taking the matrix class.

[FriedEggsInTheSky]

'Cyberpunk class'?!!

[hanslol]

You should watch "Time of Eve" (The Movie).

[nailbomb420]

hawesome!!!

[mercifuge]

Good unexpected ending.

[Blizzier666]

Lol, he have magical camera-tripod in the beginning..

[plackonteeth]

lol the spaceship was made in Spore

[plackonteeth]

AWSOME U ONLY HAD 2 ACTORS BUT IT LOOKS LIKE U HAD TONS!!

[Tormentofprophecy]

@plackonteeth wasn't it 4?

[janus131]

This was pretty good! :)

[Gunbarrelguru]

cool costumes, but everything else screams amateaur way to hit the hot girl

[Gunbarrelguru]

cool costumes, but everything else screams amateaur

[OMin0u5]

also, I´ve had stronger cyberpunk experience changing the battery on my cell phone, please evolve with your moviemaking skills:)I´m not saying I could do better, I´ve just seen much better..

[OMin0u5]

well,for getting beaten by the rifle-butt the girl looks quite undammaged, also breaking a neck of trained soldier requires much more skill than she could possibly aquire+for the elite hunters,those guys are really lame..sucked so hard the sides of my lcd came in.watch less blade runner:)

[Gunbarrelguru]

@OMin0u5 Why would anyone want to watch LESS blade runner?

[WannabeDetectiveAlex]

Eh...it was O.K.

[gabeivan21]

Is that a houndstooth or a plaid neckercheif?

[TWORable]

Cybr punk class?? sound cooool. actually until 8th minute i did not get what was cyberpunk about that... second thing: she was on run, so why did she stop to "enjoy" wind and sun?? It lacks "hi-tech, low life" philosofical aspect... but anyway goooood :)

[TWORable]

Cybr punk class?? sound cooool. actually until 8th minute i did not get what ws cyberpunk about that... second hing: sh was on run, so why did she stop to "enjoy" wind and sun?? It lacks "hi-tech, low life" philosofical aspect... but anyway goooood :)

[lg3ndOneill]

You'd think those guards would be in more of a hurry to catch her. also that chick is preeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeety

[lg3ndOneill]

Oh wait! its a tripod for a camera! duh

[lg3ndOneill]

I love the MASSIVE gieger counter that looks like a Halo warthog turret

[Ashoova]

kinda boring

[Zkrudriverz]

this was horrible

[knottyroots420]

@Zkrudriverz why say anything

[MrBawsy]

I like. Similar concept to "The Second Renaissance part 1 & 2" from "The Animatrix (2003)" (short prequel animation to "The Matrix (1999)". Presenting the question what is freedom and who should have it? Gets the brain juices flowing which is always a good thing. *ThumbsUp*

[Deathrune456]

that gaurd must've been chronically arthritic. Great movie though

[Dogofwarno7]

There is a class in cyberpunk? that sounds like a kick-ass piece of learnage.

[MsBickle76]

What a twist. she went to android heaven... reminds me of Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? :/

[musjew24]

I love cyberpunk and dystopian work! I was expecting some half-baked, shot through a camera-phone piece of crap, but this was honestly outstanding! Keep it up.

[DeadlyDreamerX]

@musjew24

Exactly, butt the only thing I don't like is interstellar and space travel element present in Cyberpunk world.

[musjew24]

@DeadlyDreamerX I agree with you. I personally prefer "detective cyberpunk" set in futuristic cities; featuring hackers and shady corporations etc.

[DeadlyDreamerX]

@musjew24

Unlike Ghost in the shell; Nehi Tsutomu's works BLAME! and Biomega are labeled as Cyberpunk. But guess what? They are set far in the future, and the concept is truly vague.

Of course, we love Futuristic cities. But we all got crappy skyscrapers instead of beautiful mega-complexes, along with intra-connected buildings. Do you not agree?

[ross817]

There's a cyberpunk CLASS? Man, I want to go to your college!

[trinarybit2]

Faraday cage clothing, not just a fashion statement.

[volnutt333]

hot girl!!!

[couchfort]

I sincerely laughed my ass off when the girl got rifle butted,. Not gonna lie, that was epicly hilarious.

Overall, the voice dubs were humorously corny, and while the general idea was cool and it played out alright, I think you could have expanded a lot more on the character and the world. It seems like you just tried to cut it together so it would fit in a 10 minute time frame. I hope since 2008 you learned by now to never sacrifice story for time frames, cuz you can clearly write well

[monteoner]

even tho the geiger counter thing was clearly a tripod, and the effects when the girl gets shot the second time is pretty crappy (first time was pretty neat), i thoroughly enjoyed this and also the concept of having a cyberpunk class is just smashing

[carmind]

you,ve almost got it, good work. ciberpunk class? humm, great work

[yumchin42]

Extremely well done. I'm a huge fan of the Cyberpunk lifestyle and this movie really speaks on both Cyberpunk sci-fi and anarchism. I love it!

[TheParanoiddd]

it looks cool anyway

[TheParanoiddd]

3:17 it looks like starcraft terran vessel for transporting units.....similar

[Erdenbek]

I actually based it on the Terran transport vessel

[harmonicajimbo]

not bad, a bit too much like blade runner, Im impressed that you did it. Good luck with future projects, work more on the scripts, good job.

[davedavedaveannoy1]

Well, it has a nice plot but the graphics were....I dont know, ify.

[rext08]

great stuff seriously it was pretty good coulda used some music though but other thanthat it was pretty darn good

[Bodacious468]

the very first scene was really iconic of the future planet

[Jow45metal]

Yet dystopian, it shows signs of hope!

[stormfox1]

robots are basically just an extension of our own hands, of our own efforts, they shouldn't be viewed as anything greater

[mccareca44]

try again with a better script.

[MartyredxMaiden]

that was amazing, and beautiful.

the ending was so surreal, almost identical to how some of my dreams look, I am baffled and captivated by this. You all who worked on it will have a cult following one day!

[aquateen53]

Those are lights not speakers. I like this movie very good. Excellent theme.

[n0madc0re]

Er, too much influenced by Blade Runner (scenario is exactly the same).

[inventiveinsanity]

I'm only 1:48 in and I've had to pause to tell you to fire the guy who did all the voice-work. Voice-overs, etc, etc. It was TERRIBLE! :D So incredibly forced. Try harder.

Sorry. I have to stop at 4mins in. This is terrible.

[Shinobistrider]

that's Half Life 2 with a woman instead of Freeman ;)

[phantomzassassin]

no that bad but i dont like the space ship bit at the start same with most movies tbh cept the firefly series cus in space you cannot hear anything no noise

[cptnwilliamread]

Character dialogue was obvious, props and budget application was 8/10, locations2/10- story overall 5/10. Not all bad, not all good.

[owrflow]

Nice short!

The way she moved revealed that she was a female before she took the mask off.

[PPunchStyle]

them moves like we are in counter strike :P

[edgerunnerer]

Good stuff.

[Eooyz]

This was great work I believe. Concidering the budget you made the special effects really work, my favorivte is when she is shot on the roof. I was impressed at how realistic it looked.

[ilikeflickerstick]

This is awesome. You guys did a great job! I love the way you showed the slave woman getting popped in her artificial dome. Cool sound effects too.

[i8am8jesse]

so, was she suppose to run like a retard?

[rudeydudey05]

I wish i had a Cyberpunk class when i was at Uni. playing Bloodnet, watching Blade Runner and reading William Gibson sounds like my thing.

[BudgetBachelorChow]

"This is a final project for Cyberpunk class."

That's one damn cool university

[kaputtmanxD]

damn right!

[biporio]

@BudgetBachelorChow I wonder if they discuss about the cultural impact of Street Fighter?

[cutiebrowngirl]

@BudgetBachelorChow That would be my major with a minor in steampunk.

[MattXICE]

yo awesome video!! i think the acting was the only thing that cud be better but everything else was awesome

[gbboi]

great locations! great custome! bad actings!

[unriselyrical]

I never knew camera stands could do that!

[Iriatv]

@unriselyrical AlL iS nOt WhAt It SeEmS tO bE

[Shaihuluid]

Nice twist ending, but the film fell into the "Blade-runner ripoff" schema. Loved the big-brother style loudspeaker at the beginning. The combat scenes were irritating and seemed to be inspired straight from metal gear solid 1, hows that for odd? after about 8:27 the green-garden gets old. Still, a well-shot film

[MrSoprano0125]

Good work! Loved it!

[anonymouschan]

Why do I think one of the Guards is going to say  'GET OUT OF HERE STALKER'.

[taistelutomaatti]

I don't know, but they certainly don't look like the Duty faction stalkers in S.T.A.L.K.E.R, they're wearing helmets and bulletproof vests and the gasmasks do not actually carry any resemblance to those seen in the games. Plus the guards are equipped with some sort of M4 variant where as only few of the weapons in Stalker weren't Russian.

[stridingshadow]

Speaking of weapons in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. SoC, there are 32 basic (unmodified) models, including a knife and one Sci-Fi Gauss rifle.

Considering the knife as an eastern block weapon (it bears a writing in Russian), there are 16 eastern block weapons in the game, 15 western weapons, and one sci-fi weapon. Only as few as half of the weapons in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. aren't Russian/Ukrainian :P

[taistelutomaatti]

Still, this short doesn't carry any resemblance to Stalker.

Then let's put it this way, other then the other Eastern european assault rifles in the game there are only three western assault rifles: Belgian FN F2000, German H&K G3 and American LR300.

And no, if you're European, Ukraine and the Eastern bloc are not "west".

[jungleman68]

it did remind me of the film

[JusticePigeon]

Very good. But I have to ask, why no music?

[Shaman145]

Seems an awful lot like "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"

[eggbertvandersteen]

very nice locations.

[MTotenkopf]

why in the plot the guard hit the works just becouse. dosnt make sense the girl was not out of control or being lazy. for example i seen the jews work better if you shoot the one that is not doing anything they just get right to work again.

[dervxerox]

Nice

[xxrobfalconxx]

I quite liked watching that. The special effects were pretty cool. My only critisism though is the unconvincingness (if thats such a word?) in the combat scenes. I dont think you could knock out or kill somebody with a pro wrestling type snap mare though lol.

[Qazaq]

well, she was not quite normal

[larwa556]

So, I see you are fan of Blade Runner, eh?

Same here :)

And this movie is cool too!

BTW - she scared the shit out of me in 7:07 :)

[TranceMatzl15]

Great !! it´s awesome

[g0d2]

2:52 that neck break was way too easy.

[Erdenbek]

she's an android

[lolomghaha123uuu]

@Erdenbek ah, so it's kind of foreshadowing. i like it =)

[Enysvar]

I dont know if I like the violence, but great visuals. Long shots are awesome!

[Baltican]

The plot doesent make sense to me. Why the hell would they make people slaves if they could just forcibly deport them? How could they get the public´s support? Who would they enslave? Why would the goverment hire people to hunt them down and kill them? It doesent make sense. Just to punish them? The point of punishment is rehabilitation into society.

Seems to me they dont need rehab. And how the hell do they identyfy them?!? And why is the slave a robo-cheerleader!?

Mwaaargh!!!

[Qazaq]

slaves are not humans, so the society has no problem with them working there. u don't rehab a runaway slave, especially if they kill people, look at the history of American slavery, for instance

[nooneatnowheredotcom]

play some Matrix-style music for the chase scene and it will be awesome!

[scarlethideout]

I wish there weren't so much plain text to do the storytelling, and some music would've been nice. Otherwise, very cool.

[tgseason12]

Pretty cool.

[ilikeflickerstick]

awesome work you guys

[kmoosmann]

Hehe, they are using videocam tripods in the first shots...

[meatconstruct]

I think you need to use a little imagination when watching short films like this. There is no point trying to deconstruct art. Nice themes and imagery.

[sequential32]

They dont look like slaves, more like escaped cheeleaders from juvy lol

Nice film though, it has a Blade Runner feel to it

[TheFactoryOfLight]

So so true... she's like a mix of Milla Jovovich's Ultraviolet and Holly Valance... It's rather tacky, innit? I mean, with less money you could have focused on themes... Too many uniforms and so few facts. Shame.

[sequential32]

cyberpunks mostly that way.. its a noir

only the main character's POV is all that matters

[TheFactoryOfLight]

Well, I say, I'll call that plastic cyberpunk, no more.

[chazzplaya]

the clothing for escaped slaves is hawt

[chazzplaya]

Pick up the can

[fehercsongor]

This is really good. But not Cyberpunk.

[Warsie]

oh yea. lol cyberpunk class

[Warsie]

5. Why didn't she run towards the sun/wilderness given niggas were still shooting @ her.

6. How was she able to defeat the agent to quickly :/

7. LOL a cyberpunk class

8. WWas this made in Russia (the names)?

[Warsie]

uh.

1. The pigs are jackasses. Why did he beat her?

2. I thought she was going to take the gun and shoot him. Surprising to see she pull that. Felt like a cop-out

3.How does the government track down 'escaped slaves' given methods of presumably defeating those. Also surprised the space colonies didn't pulll some shit out of The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

4. Why didn't she take the repeater rifle when she left

[Qazaq]

my thoughts

1. for taking off her mask, maybe they didnt want to see how they resembled humans.

2. the place was filled with other guards

3. read Phillip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" book

8. looks like they're from Kazakhstan, former Soviet republic. university is in USA

[shawnbaden]

The visuals and pacing reminded me a lot more of THX 1138 than Blade Runner.

[CrowaX]

Is this short inspired of Resident Evil? I think the camera angles in your short look alot like the ones in the RE games.

[Vulfi93]

7:15 Hunter Fail. Shoot to KILL.

[adlezknil99]

Very Blade Runneresque

[tkmccampbell]

just out of random curiosity is that a tripod at the beginning?

[Theriomalstrom]

I think it is

[arionex]

There were few errors during the playback of the video itself but overall this is a piece of art. I love cyberpunk and steampunk culture and I'm personally writing a short cyberpunk related story that I hope to create into a short film in the future. Your work has inspired me to continue, and those last words I've heard them before... "Do Androids Dream"?

Keep up the great work.

[Vulfi93]

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Isaac Asimov

[Theriomalstrom]

Phillip K. Dick actually

[squidge316]

I in fact loved it, nice special effects, colours, and shots. I liked the ending too.

Great Work!

[memorieslive]

Great job. This really inspired me to make a cyberpunk short myself! Thanks and keep up the good job.

[Milkityeah]

Its great that you try, but its basically ripped off Blade Runner instead of getting 'inspiration from it".

Its just a story put in Blade Runners reality. You may be good director, but this is getting you nowhere. Try be more creative.

[SeanDeigh13]

nice. it has it's flaws, but it's pretty nice for anamateur video.

[mindelo23]

The story is similar to Half-Life 2

[hawaiianboii7714]

that was pretty epic! i need a gas mask like those

[Kogerii]

your vid's the second search result for 'cyberpunk' and 'android'. you remember what writer the android we were shown in class was based on

[bps3013]

Recommendation: redo (or just delete) the text scroll and let the audience fill in the blanks. You're jocking Blade Runner too much and it detracts from your effort. There's a fine line between being "inspired by" and "ripping off" and you're a little too close to it. Good luck!

[Warsie]

no-keep subtitles. It's hard to make out what they're saying.

[Cybergig00]

Great work.

5/5

[SlytherinGirl999]

I loved it!!!!!!! I too am into filming and I want to make a short film. Help or suggestions for a theme?

[Erdenbek]

Thanks. Shoot about anything that moves and inspires you.

[017howh]

Love short film, definatly one of a favourite on youtube. great effort Erdenbek

[CellarDoorFilm]

great film, my only complaint is instead of being inspired by "blade runner" it IS blade runner for the most part.Also, if you could manage to find realistic looking ak-47's why settle for a tripod to fill in as a gieger counter? But that last point is just me being nosey i guess. Was this for a film class?

[Erdenbek]

We originally wanted to use shovels. Tripod was the last minute solution. For the people outside of film/photography world, it may look awkward and futuristic. True, 'Blade Runner' or more correctly its literary source, Philip K. Dick's novel "Why Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" was the main inspiration for our film. We also used elements of 'Equilibrium' and 'THX 1138', such as humans' suppression of emotions. The inspiration for the sun sequence also came from 'THX 1138'.

[Erdenbek]

There was an idea in Dick's book that wasn't explored enough in Blade Runner. By hunting and killing androids who were almost indistinguishable from humans, human hunters became more dehumanized, and by running, surviving and dreaming of freedom, androids were becoming more human, in a sense. We wanted to take that idea further and it became central to our film. Hence, revelation of slaves being androids becomes the twist of the story.

[Kogerii]

The first related video is "a gay cyborg" ;P