Sci-Fi Short Film: In Suspension - DUST
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Date: 2024-04-01
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ivanobar1
Lydia was scheduled for a strata approval to 7, right
If the judge, strata 9, could both see and touch her (presumably a 6 could pass through a 9) then doesn’t that mean that Lydia had been approved to a higher strata.
In which case, it’s a greater tragedy: Lydia thinking that her beau was not going to be approved for strata 6, and she was not going to be approved for strata 7 (her whole reason for hitting accept was so they could be together in strata 6) is a misreading of both their worthiness of the next strata. She is both accepting of and a product of the strata system; she just wants her beau to come-up to her finer strata; she approves of the hierarchy.
It also seems that the strata system is artificial vice natural. Physicist speak of multiple dimensions whose inhabitants don’t interact, but there was no mention of mastering dimensions, or possibly we were just supposed to assume that.
But if it was all artificial, then the hierarchical world they created to strive for is like the social structures we live in today (more-so in the past when the social strata were brutal, perceived as natural, and largely condoned.
The strata in the film are more even more contained and divided, ensuring less friction because interaction can be completely controlled.
One can remain in their strata and not be bothered by lower strata (out of sight out of mind. Maybe that is a correlate to our borders abd neighborhoods; segregation.
Great film! Can easily be adapted to a full length movie. There’s a lot in this short, a full length movie could contain even more.
Thanks for a great and thoughtful film.
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Lydia was scheduled for a strata approval to 7, right
If the judge, strata 9, could both see and touch her (presumably a 6 could pass through a 9) then doesn’t that mean that Lydia had been approved to a higher strata.
In which case, it’s a greater tragedy: Lydia thinking that her beau was not going to be approved for strata 6, and she was not going to be approved for strata 7 (her whole reason for hitting accept was so they could be together in strata 6) is a misreading of both their worthiness of the next strata. She is both accepting of and a product of the strata system; she just wants her beau to come-up to her finer strata; she approves of the hierarchy.
It also seems that the strata system is artificial vice natural. Physicist speak of multiple dimensions whose inhabitants don’t interact, but there was no mention of mastering dimensions, or possibly we were just supposed to assume that.
But if it was all artificial, then the hierarchical world they created to strive for is like the social structures we live in today (more-so in the past when the social strata were brutal, perceived as natural, and largely condoned.
The strata in the film are more even more contained and divided, ensuring less friction because interaction can be completely controlled.
One can remain in their strata and not be bothered by lower strata (out of sight out of mind. Maybe that is a correlate to our borders abd neighborhoods; segregation.
Great film! Can easily be adapted to a full length movie. There’s a lot in this short, a full length movie could contain even more.
Thanks for a great and thoughtful film.
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pf4773
Good actors, great production value, editing not crisp enough, too languid a pace for the basic plot: that people keep missing each other so no lasting connections can take place, sometimes despite our best intentions. I can't stress enough to filmmakers that if you are going to develop a short film, the ending has to really pop. I see far more short films with a good to great beginning and middle, but. then the ending seems too much either a foregone conclusion or anti-climactic. I wonder about the idea, for short filmmakers, of getting together screening audiences prior to the final cuts, to see how the audience reacts. Regardless, I so appreciate any filmmaker--it is SO difficult to put together such projects involving so many people, gear rentals, and special effects. Thanks so much.
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Good actors, great production value, editing not crisp enough, too languid a pace for the basic plot: that people keep missing each other so no lasting connections can take place, sometimes despite our best intentions. I can't stress enough to filmmakers that if you are going to develop a short film, the ending has to really pop. I see far more short films with a good to great beginning and middle, but. then the ending seems too much either a foregone conclusion or anti-climactic. I wonder about the idea, for short filmmakers, of getting together screening audiences prior to the final cuts, to see how the audience reacts. Regardless, I so appreciate any filmmaker--it is SO difficult to put together such projects involving so many people, gear rentals, and special effects. Thanks so much.
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SynthoidSounds
A caste system, in the upscale future tech world, defined by parallel dimensional stratum, enforced by prism. An interestingly original way to present these metaphorically contemporary concepts. Lydia is very well played by the astonishingly beautiful Nicole RainTeau, nicely done. Sort of a Romeo & Juliet type of ending, but the idea of overlapping parallel dimension sets as a solution for overpopulation, that is truly unique.
Definitely one of the best productions yet offered by DUST. What I don't get are the dislikes. What, no action scenes, explosions, spaceships, aliens. .. requires actual thought and contemplation. Well, we can't have any of that sort of thing going on around here, now can we
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A caste system, in the upscale future tech world, defined by parallel dimensional stratum, enforced by prism. An interestingly original way to present these metaphorically contemporary concepts. Lydia is very well played by the astonishingly beautiful Nicole RainTeau, nicely done. Sort of a Romeo & Juliet type of ending, but the idea of overlapping parallel dimension sets as a solution for overpopulation, that is truly unique.
Definitely one of the best productions yet offered by DUST. What I don't get are the dislikes. What, no action scenes, explosions, spaceships, aliens. .. requires actual thought and contemplation. Well, we can't have any of that sort of thing going on around here, now can we
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batterbury4477
This is the type of movie that you watch several times- each time there is another meaning, each time something resonates with a question in your own life. The unfolding of the story is perfect. The writer introduces the key concept of people existing on different 'strata' and the obsessive goal of moving up to next level. I so get when Sam says to Lydia that if he can't be promoted than she could ' come down' to be with him - really great to see Lydia's reaction. interesting choice in production interiors - the blankness of Lydia's 20th century apartment, the moody 1940's noir vibe of the bar, the glass and metal of the office. Thanks&
keep creating!
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This is the type of movie that you watch several times- each time there is another meaning, each time something resonates with a question in your own life. The unfolding of the story is perfect. The writer introduces the key concept of people existing on different 'strata' and the obsessive goal of moving up to next level. I so get when Sam says to Lydia that if he can't be promoted than she could ' come down' to be with him - really great to see Lydia's reaction. interesting choice in production interiors - the blankness of Lydia's 20th century apartment, the moody 1940's noir vibe of the bar, the glass and metal of the office. Thanks&
keep creating!
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Meowbay
So unrealistic though. Would never happen. Always surprises me how people are portrayed as if they're all limp obedient robots when something bad is about to be done to them. This is not the reality. People are agressive, obstruct, hit, kick, scream, move away, run away, and they'll never walk straight into their captivity as fearful little birds or something. And yes, that goes for women too.
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So unrealistic though. Would never happen. Always surprises me how people are portrayed as if they're all limp obedient robots when something bad is about to be done to them. This is not the reality. People are agressive, obstruct, hit, kick, scream, move away, run away, and they'll never walk straight into their captivity as fearful little birds or something. And yes, that goes for women too.
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ProfessorJayTee
The love story itself is good, but I didn't care much for the racial undertones--dark-skinned people mostly shown clearly sucking up to, and trying to be promoted to 'higher strata' to be with the light-skinned blonde types. There is no visible questioning of the unfair (and racist) system, merely an attempt to manipulate it once so the two can be together.
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The love story itself is good, but I didn't care much for the racial undertones--dark-skinned people mostly shown clearly sucking up to, and trying to be promoted to 'higher strata' to be with the light-skinned blonde types. There is no visible questioning of the unfair (and racist) system, merely an attempt to manipulate it once so the two can be together.
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bryanfisk7904
The caste system at its best, where the untouchables are literally untouchable, unseen and unremembered.
Downside for the upper-caste, the lower-caste can literally be naked all the time and put their unmentionables in your mouth while watching you on the toilet.
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The caste system at its best, where the untouchables are literally untouchable, unseen and unremembered.
Downside for the upper-caste, the lower-caste can literally be naked all the time and put their unmentionables in your mouth while watching you on the toilet.
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OsirisMalkovich
I loved this, it was really well done!
But I can't help but wonder, what stops the poor people from following the rich into their homes and stealing everything What stops the poor from watching the rich while they're in the bathroom
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I loved this, it was really well done!
But I can't help but wonder, what stops the poor people from following the rich into their homes and stealing everything What stops the poor from watching the rich while they're in the bathroom
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mauibill7233
There was loads of fiction, but where was the science I saw a techy future, the kind that will not be accessible to the majority of people. Disheartening in a way. Just another method to assert superiority of one class over another.
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There was loads of fiction, but where was the science I saw a techy future, the kind that will not be accessible to the majority of people. Disheartening in a way. Just another method to assert superiority of one class over another.
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angel_machariel
She made him promote despite him not having the full 100% social credit to request for a promotion. So she got demoted for this illegal act. But level 9 does not have the power to also to undo Samuel's illegal promotion
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She made him promote despite him not having the full 100% social credit to request for a promotion. So she got demoted for this illegal act. But level 9 does not have the power to also to undo Samuel's illegal promotion
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michaelquaid4679
The premise is incredibly interesting. And I'm sure they did the best they could with everything else on a limited budget.
It's really a shame this isn't getting more views. One of the hidden gems
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The premise is incredibly interesting. And I'm sure they did the best they could with everything else on a limited budget.
It's really a shame this isn't getting more views. One of the hidden gems
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Silverizael
I'm a bit confused on how this would work for literally anyone who's married I would presume kids automatically get promoted to the next stratum as well, but what about spouses Especially working spouses
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I'm a bit confused on how this would work for literally anyone who's married I would presume kids automatically get promoted to the next stratum as well, but what about spouses Especially working spouses
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ricrandmfx
Interesting concept. Not the 1s flick I've seen of this idea but, this was well presented either way.
My question: Is this basically what Suckerborgs Shmetaverse is going to be like in 5-10yrs
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Interesting concept. Not the 1s flick I've seen of this idea but, this was well presented either way.
My question: Is this basically what Suckerborgs Shmetaverse is going to be like in 5-10yrs
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jitkundough
This idea was encapsulated in an old Billy Paul song, Me and Mrs. Jones; it's al about that forbidden thing, however it's incongruity is from the main character being too careless to be in her job.
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This idea was encapsulated in an old Billy Paul song, Me and Mrs. Jones; it's al about that forbidden thing, however it's incongruity is from the main character being too careless to be in her job.
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MMAGamblingTips
Straight out of the Black Mirror verse. Very good. Will need to watch again to catch the finer details but seemed like a metaphysical substrate re: our modern class based hierarchical systems.
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Straight out of the Black Mirror verse. Very good. Will need to watch again to catch the finer details but seemed like a metaphysical substrate re: our modern class based hierarchical systems.
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dust
A great variation of the class system. :). most humans are, I think, quite happy to be in their little niche, it's the outliers, the dreamers, who just won't stay where we supposed to. :). nicely done.
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A great variation of the class system. :). most humans are, I think, quite happy to be in their little niche, it's the outliers, the dreamers, who just won't stay where we supposed to. :). nicely done.
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d0nj03
Yeah, this settles it. You can no longer find the good films on DUST (like this one) by the Likes/Views ratio, it's no indication of anything. Dislikes/Views was actually useful and now it's gone.
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Yeah, this settles it. You can no longer find the good films on DUST (like this one) by the Likes/Views ratio, it's no indication of anything. Dislikes/Views was actually useful and now it's gone.
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AmaraMesnik
Hey! This is Amara Mesnik, writer/director of In Suspension. I'm so excited to be launching my film on Dust! No matter your stratum, feel free to leave a comment or question here: )
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Hey! This is Amara Mesnik, writer/director of In Suspension. I'm so excited to be launching my film on Dust! No matter your stratum, feel free to leave a comment or question here: )
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stultuses
Awesome
The story is the full feature and the effects enhance the story not distract from it like far too many sci-fi's do
This could easily be turned into a series
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Awesome
The story is the full feature and the effects enhance the story not distract from it like far too many sci-fi's do
This could easily be turned into a series
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christophe36000
I understood nothing as usual with dust ( how the scenario always ends ) but I liked the entire movie and its special atmosphere including the great acting.
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I understood nothing as usual with dust ( how the scenario always ends ) but I liked the entire movie and its special atmosphere including the great acting.
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Snapper314
Interesting concept.
But sad that People would let themselves be so controlled by anyone. Actually those people behaved more like sheep, which is pathetic.
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Interesting concept.
But sad that People would let themselves be so controlled by anyone. Actually those people behaved more like sheep, which is pathetic.
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dust
Wow, this actress has the kind of beauty that is truly a distraction. She's like a work of art even before she begins acting (which she does very well also.
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Wow, this actress has the kind of beauty that is truly a distraction. She's like a work of art even before she begins acting (which she does very well also.
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kevinth66
Got bored 3 minutes in, fell asleep. I'm only here because I had to rewind my watch list. Did anything happen No, wait, never mind, I DON'T CARE.
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Got bored 3 minutes in, fell asleep. I'm only here because I had to rewind my watch list. Did anything happen No, wait, never mind, I DON'T CARE.
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kemreaktion903
I really liked this. There is a lot to explore for this premise and there is a lot of potential for a tv series or a full motion picture.
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I really liked this. There is a lot to explore for this premise and there is a lot of potential for a tv series or a full motion picture.
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seejisings
my thought process is having a hard time trying to grasp any concept out of this. for the first time I feel mentally incompetent. shit.
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my thought process is having a hard time trying to grasp any concept out of this. for the first time I feel mentally incompetent. shit.
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dannysolid
Be kind to the people you meet on the way up, because you're going to meet those very same people on the way down. - Jackie Gleason
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Be kind to the people you meet on the way up, because you're going to meet those very same people on the way down. - Jackie Gleason
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HebaruSan
In our world, marriage can be used to get approval for legal immigration. This system would probably carve out similar exceptions.
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In our world, marriage can be used to get approval for legal immigration. This system would probably carve out similar exceptions.
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KingTeddy1
This is definitely full length motion picture worthy. It left me wanting more and it kept my attention the whole way through.
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This is definitely full length motion picture worthy. It left me wanting more and it kept my attention the whole way through.
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BradGryphonn
That was brilliant work. I got sucked right down this rabbit hole and didn't want to leave. The story just pulls you in.
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That was brilliant work. I got sucked right down this rabbit hole and didn't want to leave. The story just pulls you in.
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woodstoney
This was a surprisingly well done story with some minimal cast members yet the drama was very nicely displayed. Great job!
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This was a surprisingly well done story with some minimal cast members yet the drama was very nicely displayed. Great job!
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scottjones1426
Very nice! Excellent acting paired with an engaging plot and a twist ending to boot. What more could one ask for!
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Very nice! Excellent acting paired with an engaging plot and a twist ending to boot. What more could one ask for!
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Jackofallthetrades
Was this shot in the UK It looks like the Battersea Power Station in the background during the closing scene.
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Was this shot in the UK It looks like the Battersea Power Station in the background during the closing scene.
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eatsleeprun
Dust knows how to pick the gemstones, well done Dust, the film is very sweet and lovely, coated with science
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Dust knows how to pick the gemstones, well done Dust, the film is very sweet and lovely, coated with science
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timothyknox272
Really enjoyed the love story mixed in with incredible special effects. Dreamy flow to the whole work.
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Really enjoyed the love story mixed in with incredible special effects. Dreamy flow to the whole work.
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GreatGreebo
This was an amazing story! WowI would watch a full length movie or even a series based on thisamazing!
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This was an amazing story! WowI would watch a full length movie or even a series based on thisamazing!
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