TAKERS // Sci-Fi Action Short Film

Ойын-сауық

After his son is chosen for sacrifice by a mysterious alien race, Hugo must make a crucial decision.
About me:
My name is Jake Mitchell and I am a 17 year old filmmaker. This work was created for the visual supplement for my application into USC's school of cinematic arts. This is the full cut.
CAST
Josh Tipis as Hugo Albrecht
Ryan Miltenberger as Hans Albrecht
Jennifer Vossler as Adelle Albrecht
CREW
Directed, Produced, and Written by Jake Mitchell
Cinematography by Jake Mitchell
Assistant Direction by Steph Landry
2nd Unit Cinematography by Caleb Swelbar
Sound by Tim Seneker
Boom Operation by Tim Seneker, Nate Parker
Lighting by Aria Brice, Mitch Buckey
Production Assistance by Alex Miltenberger, Amber Maloney
Edited by Jake Mitchell
Visual Effects by Caleb Swelbar and Jake Mitchell
Score by AJ Hochhalter
EXTRAS
Logan Heck as Ian o' Connor
Rebecca Heck as Ian's Mother
Linda Mitchell as Citizen 1
Tracy Mitchell as Citizen 2
Gunman 1 by Seth Boyer
Gunman 2 by Ryan McNerny
Gunman 3 by Xavier Hall
Gunman 4 by Jordan Waugh
SPECIAL THANKS TO
The Underground
Ryan Hartsock
Caleb Swelbar
AJ Hochhalter
Donald Garver
Mike Garver
The Wilson Family
The Patton Family
The Snyder Family
Bob Majors
Ed Richter of Journal News
The extras on the cutting floor
and my parents

Пікірлер: 38

  • @donkenmuir9504
    @donkenmuir95047 ай бұрын

    Well done. Worth watching. You did marvelos film

  • @DrachenGothik666
    @DrachenGothik6663 жыл бұрын

    I knew this was gonna be sad when I saw the relief-mat foam being used for the message capsule things the aliens sent, and simple strip magnets to hold the light piece on the capsule and that Hugo used on his terribly done "armour". The making-his-armour-montage scene where he's just banging away on a piece of steel cable made me laugh, too. Gotta admit the concept was kinda neat, though. I liked that part. Made me picture a backstory of Earth (or a colony of humans on another planet) having been invaded and they demanded periodic tributes from us.

  • @LightlessInTheShadow
    @LightlessInTheShadow9 жыл бұрын

    My word... wow Jake! It turned out so amazing! Like I was watching a real A movie! good job!

  • @MrDalvrin
    @MrDalvrin Жыл бұрын

    Loved it; Great work!

  • @jasoncentracchio4836
    @jasoncentracchio48364 жыл бұрын

    I hear some Mass Effect 3 music and Reaper sound effects. Hell yeah!

  • @zackatk77
    @zackatk779 жыл бұрын

    Jake, you have talent sir, of this there is no doubt. Josh is a friend I've met through KZread and his role was brilliant. You certainly wrote it very well. Keep up the awesome work!

  • @kellysavage7073
    @kellysavage7073 Жыл бұрын

    that was very very damn good and very truly Awesome to watch.

  • @themousethatroared3371
    @themousethatroared33716 жыл бұрын

    I never leave comments on films, but this is impressive.. Amazing that you did this at 17! Of the hundreds of short films I've seen, this has to be one of the top five.

  • @lindamitchell3393
    @lindamitchell33939 жыл бұрын

    Great Job, So proud of you Jake!

  • @devinminges1997
    @devinminges19979 жыл бұрын

    Great job Jake! I'm Proud of you man

  • @84staci
    @84staci7 жыл бұрын

    Wow .... Nice !

  • @xetaprime
    @xetaprime4 жыл бұрын

    I really liked it! Thought it was well shot and acted. But, the idea that that suit could do anything, at all, pulled me out of the story. And wasn't the rocket upside down? Still, great work. And another post said you were 17? If that's true I'm more impressed! Good job!

  • @MisterRandom2
    @MisterRandom25 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like the Reapers from Mass Effect.

  • @chronologie4
    @chronologie49 жыл бұрын

    Loving it. Great Job!!! :)

  • @wazwazz7103
    @wazwazz71039 жыл бұрын

    ty very nice

  • @xznoman
    @xznoman8 жыл бұрын

    ok but future alien tech opens the door to a lot of artistic license

  • @JakeLMitchell

    @JakeLMitchell

    8 жыл бұрын

    Haha indeed it does. Often seems like the only motivation for plot points in most sci-fi films.

  • @williamtomkiel8215
    @williamtomkiel82154 жыл бұрын

    The plot, etc. something had to happen . . . The SOUND- upmixed into DSU as 5.3.4 excellent woofage, good TR in the midbass, excellent immersion

  • @maxkaplan5465
    @maxkaplan54658 жыл бұрын

    Jake, dude! This is sweet, I love the sound and set design. Will there be a BTS?

  • @JakeLMitchell

    @JakeLMitchell

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Max Kaplan Sadly no. I really wished I would have chose to take some!

  • @TERRAMOUNT
    @TERRAMOUNT8 жыл бұрын

    i like it!

  • @jv-lk7bc
    @jv-lk7bc4 жыл бұрын

    good effects and sound. I can feel the limitations of time and budget, but its a strong story, could really benefit from being fleshed out into a longer, much more detailed piece. with more of the hows and whys filled in.

  • @jv-lk7bc

    @jv-lk7bc

    4 жыл бұрын

    one refinement I'd throw in: whomping up a power-suit from scratch in a night is a stretch, but farmers are great improvisers and modifiers, so if he already had (or could borrow from best friend or love interest... better yet neighbor who pines for him but he's too arapped up stuff ) something like the folk-lift-suit we saw in the Aliens movie ( just the farm equipment version, which would be even more readily weaponizable).

  • @britwatson3782
    @britwatson37824 жыл бұрын

    U r the future

  • @davejan744
    @davejan7445 жыл бұрын

    Was there a point??

  • @spiritangel1367
    @spiritangel13673 жыл бұрын

    This was alright. 👍

  • @paolomartini150
    @paolomartini1504 жыл бұрын

    So It looks like a normal movie. Enough to get interested but so much left out. Why would the aliens give them the bazooka to shoot back at them? What was that white piece added to power it up and where did it come from? why the exoskeleton? Don't look and puff. Is that what happened to his wife? Why did the missiles/bazookas/hologram generators had his name on it? Why did they tell him that they were coming? Why am I writing this?

  • @misssiberia69
    @misssiberia694 жыл бұрын

    Has anyone else noticed the overused family foto idea in scifi movies. Always gotta look at a picture b4 the crap starts.

  • @teemoney116
    @teemoney1164 жыл бұрын

    Huh?

  • @stevebrown8807
    @stevebrown88074 жыл бұрын

    Close yer mouth Jake, we'e not a cod fish -- Mary Poppins

  • @MikeJones-wx1hu
    @MikeJones-wx1hu5 жыл бұрын

    Mediocre at best.

  • @hilaryc3203

    @hilaryc3203

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah? Which channel is yours on?

  • @MikeJones-wx1hu

    @MikeJones-wx1hu

    5 жыл бұрын

    I don't need to have published videos to recognize mediocrity.

  • @MikeJones-wx1hu

    @MikeJones-wx1hu

    5 жыл бұрын

    What difference does that make? I know mediocre video when I see it.

  • @hilaryc3203

    @hilaryc3203

    5 жыл бұрын

    Answering it once, was quite sufficient. Thank you.

  • @MikeJones-wx1hu

    @MikeJones-wx1hu

    5 жыл бұрын

    No beginning, no plot, no ending. So typical of the shorts on KZread.

  • @trikebum5
    @trikebum54 жыл бұрын

    I am unable to watch any video that has a Chevrolet as it's most interesting character! Thumbs wayyyy down.!

  • @flamindigo
    @flamindigo Жыл бұрын

    w t f ?