Buck Rogers and the World of Tomorrow short fan film movie

This is a 5 min. short film I did for my Intermediate Editing class at the Art Institute of Colorado where I am majoring in Visual Effects.
In addition to being influenced by the serials of the 1930's and 40's complete with bad audio and acting, the movie is inspired by the way Buck originally appeared in the early Twentieth Century,and has several nods to my fav movie Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow by the awesome Kerry Conran. This film took a total of four weeks to complete from start to finish. Everything was filmed in front of a green sheet thumbtacked to my living room wall, and the models/animation was done in the 3d studio max. Compositing was done in Adobe After effects.
The Buck costume was based on the soon to be released Buck Rogers 1/6 figure by Gohero.com's Steve Forde. Major kudos to Steve for reviving Buck as he first appeared back in the 20's/30s.

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[illusions97]

Hey man! Great job! Kerry conran ismy cousin , I'll send him the video.

[deLeon666]

@illusions97  Awesome!

[gallusrex]

So is the little robot at the end another one of GoHero's / Steve Forde's clever creations?

[deLeon666]

Lol, no it's all original.

[deLeon666]

Hmmm, that's the author of Lensman right? You've given me something to think about.....

[ZacharyWyman]

Very nice. I loved the Sky Captain references. Was Altair-4 a reference to Stephen King's The Tommyknockers?

[deLeon666]

Thanks!

Altair-4 is where the 50's movie Forbidden Planet(starring Ann Francis and Leslie Nielsen) takes place. Forbidden planet was also the debut of Robby the Robot. The red wind up robot in the end of my movie is based off of Robby the Robot, hence htey came from the same place. I should also add that Wilma's hair is styled after Ann Francis's in Forbidden Planet.

[icomefromearth01]

ah this is the cheese i want on my pizza. nice job.

[jpiechocki]

@illusions97 I have a script for you rcousin.

[jpiechocki]

Too much tech, not enough story, bad writing, and bad actors with Rockies accents. The first rule you learn at USC is that you have to kill your babies. In this case, cut out excessive visual effects, and you will have an great piece that can get you work in LA, the only city that pays talented grads 150K+.

[Fizwalker]

Damnit! Where's Twinky?! Kidding!

Great work. I really liked it!

[Kremmen2001]

Fantastic.

[thatguyKarl]

the GUN! YES!

[cilversky99]

Stunning!

[martinez7855]

very good i liked it very much put it on my twitter page,i grew up in lakewwod,good to see a talented colo dude.rich

[subliteral]

Nice design work! Retains a classic retro feel while creating a believable environment. I think you could have pared some frames throughout , though, most notably the action sequences. The pacing of your cuts worked best in the end sequence , where a slower pace did help to end the tension & bring things to a close.

[AlanHollow]

Oh man. I use to have that same toy robot that was shown at the end.