A short fan film set in the Alien universe has been released today. Alien: Lost Transmission is 28 minutes long and takes place a month after the events in Alien: Romulus. A salvage crew retrieves classified materials from the Romulus Station, and they are intercepted by a Weyland-Yutani ship.
Two characters called Colin and Naomi, are trapped inside a small maintenance room, hiding from a Xenomorph that is tearing its way through the crew. In order to survive, they have to escape the room and reach the escape bay, but a Xenomorph is on the vessel hunting them.
Alien: Lost Transmission is written and directed by Connor Botts and stars Gabriela Fuentes, Benjamin Mayer, and Jacob Daniels with an original score by Brian Bryson.
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Same here. My head about exploded when my mum bought me the Special Edition DVD.
To be fair, I did say the films, not just Alien. Hudson drops the f-bomb 18 times in Aliens. There's 25 in the entire film. 85 f**ks in Alien 3 (according to a quick Google).
Echoing what others have said, this is very well put-together. I was most impressed by how clear the dialogue was, as that's always a bitch to get right on a low budget.
Definitely needed to be shorter, though. Two people sitting a room talking for half an hour isn't really what I was hoping for with an ALIEN short film.
Just to clarify, I'm not offended by profanity and I'm not against swearing in an Alien script, it was just the excessive use that didn't feel natural. My guess is it was an attempt to heighten the tension of the situation give the limited screen time / resources of the project. It just really jumped out to me. I'll give it a second watch and see it still does.
Yeah, if you can't drop a couple of F bombs while welding a door shut and condemning others to die at the hands nightmare creatures of the void...when can you?
I'm the same. I read somewhere that it's a sign of intelligence in a person. And to paraphrase a character I hate, I choose to believe it.
But I have some commentary, FWIW.
It's a one act play.
But at 28 minutes it's long enough that it needs more story.
What is 'more story?' It doesn't mean longer script. It means the drama needs some kind of structure that pulls me through a progression of story beats. Even if it was an audio drama (or live stage play), in which the story is told through dialogue only (e.g. My Dinner with Andre), to satisfy as a narrative it needs some sense of progression in order to best hold my attention.
Either that or make it short. The shorter a story gets the more 'experimental' it becomes. A 3 minute music video is a type of short film; a 30 second TV commercial is a type of short film; a 10 second Station ID is a type of short film. The shorter a short film gets, the more 'rules' it can discard in its unorthodoxy and get away with it.
Oh, and Ben; your acting skills are impressive. Is there nothing you can't do?
Best of luck on the next one!
TC
If any of the content was has any intellectual value is merely coincidental and if there is any sudden virality to the content is not intended. ....basically.
Appreciate all the effort that must've gone into this so hate to give critical feedback but some items for me that didn't work.
Main one for me was the use of bad language or the over use. It wasvery off putting from the opening and took me out of the experience. The script felt a bit off in general, some repetitive narrative / lines didn't help. And part of that for me was down to delivery.
All in all a big thumbs up. Hope that doesn't come across too negative, just being honest. Just some tweaking to the script and delivery for me. Well done all involved.
That set looked amazing! I was really impressed with how well dressed it was. It genuinely looked part of the Alien universe, as did the costuming. The film looked well shot as well! I did kinda miss the Alien presence a little bit - but what you did with just that Neca wall-bust was pretty clever, as was the use of the CG tail. That took me by surprise, and I was genuinely impressed with it.
A really well put together fan production! Bravo to all involved!
I came here to say exactly that.
A full low budget film could be done in a limited space, be it a big room or a single level on a ship. Where characters are trapped, with a focus on a good story, nice dialogue and great performances. And of course, then the Alien just tears their world apart in interesting ways.
Loved the way the guy died. Quick, memorable, looked great. Good use of CGI there, really impressed.
Only gripe is it felt like 20min of talking in a room. But it's a fan film and for fun so who cares, great job overall!