Horror Short Film "Carrie's Doing Great" | ALTER
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An aspiring video game artist uncovers a conspiracy that the local neighborhood watch are kidnapping the town's creatives and turning them into mindless civil servants.
"Carrie's Doing Great" by Alex Salkicevic & Bryce Kraehenbuehl
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More About "Carrie's Doing Great":
Carrie is at a crossroads in her life. Currently, she’s spending all her time developing a video game with the hopes to begin a stable career from her passions. However, her parents are be-coming impatient with her lack of progress and urge her to apply for civil servant work at the local job centre, Next Step. After a strange interaction at the employment agency, she catches up with her friend Jake to discuss the progress of her video game. Carrie is shocked to find out that her close friend is giving up on his ambitions to find a steadier career path. That night, Carrie comes face to face with the local neighbourhood watch’s otherworldly conduit, a giant sheep monster, and discovers all the young people are being brainwashed into mindless civil servants. Known as the local heroes of the town, these essential workers provide a noble purpose to society. Realising she is the next line for repurposing, Carrie must now go on her path alone as she comes face to face with her ultimate existential fear.
"Carrie's Doing Great" Credits:
CARRIE: Lauren Koopowitz
JANICE: Tiffany Knight-Knight
JAKE: Antoine Jelk
CREEPY MAN: Gerry Masi
STEVE: Nigel Tripodi
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Alex Salkicevic and Bryce Kraehenbuehl
PRODUCER: Morgan Wright
CINEMATOGRAPHER/COLOURIST: Michael Tessari
PRODUCTION DESIGNER/COSTUMES: Catherine Frances
MAKEUP/SFX: Liana Krassas
EDITOR: Bryce Kraehenbuehl
SOUND DESIGNER: Sam Byrne
ANIMATOR: Brydon Whitburn
COMPOSER: Christian Thompson and Mike Gordon
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Hi ALTER community!
Alex and Bryce here, the directors of Carrie's Doing Great. Thank you so much for watching our film. We hoped you liked it and enjoyed the wild ride.
We would love to answer any questions you have about the film. No matter what it is, just comment below and we'll get back to you!
This is our first short writing and directing together and it was so much fun to make. We were lucky enough to work with an amazing cast and crew that helped bring this little film to life.
How did y'all come up with the idea?
How was the cast picked?
Was it fun making the film?
Thanks for the great horror short. It really shocked me at the last part. I honestly thought that Carrie was going to finish her dream. ☺
What is the meaning behind this film? What does it symbolize?
Hi @@esahcaeeneiradgbo2464!
- The initial idea came when we were brainstorming ideas for a small series of films and one of us imagined the scene at the mailbox where the mob is shouting "Jake, Jake, Jake". The idea being how creepy and in a way funny it would be to see a mob of people celebrating the mundane like we do our sports stars.
- Funnily enough initially Carrie was going to be a guy (Gary) but we worked with Lauren on a music video and she was just such a great fit for the role we decided to work on the script with her and we think it was the best choice as she was amazing to work with and really became the character!
- And it was great fun to make the film! As with all films there were highs and lows but in the end we're super excited to share our film to everyone.
- And thank you for watching! We're really glad you enjoyed it :)
Hi @@THETRIVIALTHINGS
It wasn't out main theme of the film but I think that's a really interesting idea!
@@twoupfilms6618 Great film! Thanks for making the horror film! ☺
Society is like this a lot, telling people they can’t follow their dreams, and they have to do what society tells them this film strikes a chord, losing what makes you you is truly terrifying
Communism in a nutshell.
@@kendallchristoun ha lol
@@kendallchristoun Oh yeah of course, because you really believe that capitalism isn't responsible of the same consequences ? Capitalism brainwash people into thinking that studying hard or working hard will always be rewarded. When in reality, it's a handful of wealthy that are diriging our lives, and we are the slaves of their perfect pyramidal system. At least, on the paper, communism is meant to make all men and women equally wealthy. But as everything potentially good, humans just f*cked it up and made dictatorships out of a dream of equality. Not saying that communism is the answer, but a bit more of equality and support between citizens wouldn't hurt in our self-centered western societies.
This makes me want to go to my local grocery store and just start randomly cheering on one of the workers there for no reason...
😂😂😂
I love it.
This one hit home for me today. My son has told us he doesn’t want to continue with college and we’ve been so disappointed and frustrated but I guess he needs to follow his own path. Maybe I was meant to watch this today.
Let me guess, he's gotta video game he wants to work on?
Have you checked his arm?
@@sbalogh53 nice
@@LadyDi0514 ... Sorry if I was insensitive. We had the same problem with our son when he was 15. Dropped out of school and got a job flipping burgers. Eventually went back to finish high school and started university. Then he dropped out there as well saying he was bored. Now he is working on a railway station which is far below his abilities, but it is what he wants to do and since he is already 26 we have no real influence any more. It is his life and all we can hope for is that he makes something of it whatever path he chooses.
@@sbalogh53 thanks
as an artist who wants to drop out of school so badly, this scares me
Well on the bright side she was able to "finish" the game... yeah she's doomed to live it out, but hey I'm an optimist 😁😁
Parents are natural dream killers.
Reality is a dream killer lol
"SOME!"
And even when you have great supportive parents, the whole society around you will try to force conformity unto you 😔
They are.
Not all but most because they have been brainwashed as well and only want “the best for you” the problem is they can’t admit they have no idea what the best for you is ONLY YOU DO.
Great work! Perfectly showed the stigma artists go through in the society, where people, especially family members, look at their passion as something impractical & not a real job. Also showed how parents shutter their children's dreams to mold them into something they don't want to be just so they could show them off to other people.
jokenlovebot Parents want to live vicariously through their children. The mother was upset because she couldn't brag about her daughter---so it's all about her! "Oh, we just want the BEST for YOU!" Yeah, right.
Exactly how I was think about this as a deeper meaning
My granddaughter is off to college today. She won an art scholarship. She is naturally gifted. She's extremely ambitious & we will support her. I've raised her since she was 13 months old. I'm super proud of her. She did this on her own. I will be crying all day. A mixture of happiness but a little sadness because I will miss her. 😪😪🥰🥰
Exactly!!
This is true life horror. Society pushs you to be something you don't want to be all the time. If you don't resist, you just become one more robot without soul and part of the system. Btw, 80's mood is always welcome.
When parents arent supporting their children, shattered their dreams instead. Parents should have let their children choose what they want to be when they grow up, because at the end money isn't what's important. Passion and loving what you do will make you a great individual.
I admit, my sisters and mother tried this to me a lot of times, forcing me to take jobs being offered, jobs I don’t even like. They’re all ashamed of me that time because I’m taking college too long and they felt I am hopeless to graduate so mom started to say that before it’s too late, I should quit because they already spent too much for my tuition fees but the truth is, I lost motivation because it’s difficult getting money from them until they finally were fed up and forced me to quit school and get a job. What I did was, in order to afford tuition, I entered scholarship by working in the university, quit the job after a year to focus on my business and I graduated. They’re all proud of me now except mom. Pandemic stopped her to see me and my success. Wish me luck to convince her that being an entrepreneur is still a worth paying job.
you can do it bestie! i trust u
Well.. I do not know you, but I am incredibly proud and inspired by your story. Thank you
Sometimes the run-of-the-mill jobs don't stifle creativity, they make it possible to have the ability to afford to work on projects until they become something...
That is if you still have time and energy left to do your real work, after 7-9 hours of mind numbing grind... Good luck!
Um yes ... but not in this town apparently !
@@Johnny_T779 exactly. People ignore just how much our jobs take away from our lives. Sad reality.
That’s exactly what everyone says right after “when are you going to get a real job?”. That’s not how art or creatives work.
@@Pit_Lord As someone who is creative and artistic, I agree to disagree. 🙂 It would be great to be able to solely pursue creative ambitions and dreams with no need to worry about housing, food, and healthcare, but that isn't how most peoples' lives work.
Watching this makes me happy that my parents actually support my dreams and my passions on what I am gonna do as a job in the future for myself.
This is by far one of the most relatable horror films I've seen. It is very common for creative people to be faced with a lack of support from family and those around them, especially if the career they are working towards does not provide immediate financial reward. Carrie's life itself was like a game. It was the equivalent of being stuck on one level and not being able to progress to the next. This was well-written. Good job 👍🏾
The sheep monster thing reminded me of another horror movie. Its called Black Sheep really horrifying. I will never count sheep again. 😳
I’ll watch it!
If you're referring to the Jonathan King horror comedy, I concur.
@@MisterG2323 Some parts I laughed but the other parts were scary. That's just my opinion ☺
Black sheep is an amazing work of dark comedy
Who knew a baritone could sound so terrifying
I know right that's why I stopped playing it. ☺
Baritone. A Tuba is much bigger.
@@MyRealityIsProof better?
I’m a musician, but I can relate to this. The amount of times I have heard, “when are you going to get a real job?”, “you should get on a normal schedule”, etc is beyond count and having a degree in music doesn’t change that at all. Might be worse actually. This life isn’t for the thin skinned.
That was excellent.
I love how it started off with a things are off kilter vibe. This balanced out the what is going on with Carrie moments of what's real and what's not.
The working axdream versus taking a job angle was also very well done giving the viewer a reality angle.
Then the way this film went to creepy and down right insudious was nicely crafted.
This looked like a lot of fun to make and is successful in delivering the horror.
Thanks to Alex and Bryce, their cast and crew for a great ride.
Loved it.
Peace.
Hi Robert!
Thank you for your kind words! It was a really fun film to make and we are glad you enjoyed it.
Alex & Bryce
If you think because I have ALTER notifications on I’m just going to stop what I’m doing to immediately watch this, you’re absolutely right!
Well this is the version of The Stepford Wives...Alter's way. Great short horror!!!
Nothing says, "Get the hell outta dodge!" better than a neighbor with TWO torches in hand, herding some unwilling youths into the night.
Even parents that were born in the 70s had this attitude toward their children, grown or not. This gave me flashbacks. Thanks for the scare
😂
this is one of those short films that just looks so high budget and professional
I’m Indonesian , and I love ALTER 🤍
A little heavy handed with the metaphors but still very relatable and well made. Excited to see what else this director and writer will do.
There's always that one guy...
Gawd! Parents ruin EVERYTHING! Lol
Yeah they do! 😳
Listen, unless you’re the Roses and end up with a crappy motel you can renovate, get out of that tiny town after graduation.
Don’t look back!
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When money became first priority, and society only accept you when you do their standars. Oh poor Carrie, she shouldn't come back home after fight 😅
Holy cow that went there and didn't come back. Truly horrifying. 👍👍👍
Carrie is Laura Koopowitz shes the one who did ashvlogs. That like ARG murder mystery thing a few yrs back. It’s funny seeing her acting in something now because back when I saw her everyone was trying to figure out if she was alive or dead because ppl didn’t know what an ARG really was. This was very good with great cinematography.
Yes I was thinking the same
Beautiful ... Yet so sad.... Its my story, its your story its most of our story.... Our happiness is always burden on our parents 😭😭
It had me at MS DOS and the floppy disk! 😍😍😍
So in the end is she trapped in the video game
I can normally deal with horror quite well, but this one punched me right in the gut and almost made me panic 😅
Great job capturing this fear!
I like Alter short films because they have stories to them, they're not just horrors with jump scares at the end. They manage to portray characters that are interesting and you root for them, they have a storyline, and they don't always end up with some demon jump scare at the end. I like how they often leave things up to your imagination. All within less than 20 minutes (usually). Many modern horror films can't manage that in 90 minutes, so it's brilliant Alter can do it in less time.
I'd love to see this as a full length feature with a more expanded backstory where she fights back and the town like literally crumbles into the earth at the end
Everyone else can play critique-the-short, film school edition. I just wanna say this was freaking awesome and thanks to everyone who helped make it!
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Omg Carrie snap out of it. Nooooo we loose her
Lol the old guy in the red shirt!”Caaaaahhhruh!Caaaahhhruuuh ! Caaaaahhhruh!” Instead of “Carrie” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂🤣🤣😂
The atmosphere , storyline & acting was just superb. Shout out to the crew that set this up together.
Loved this! Cool concept and well executed by all involved
This is really strange
i have been binge watching these shows and i noticed some thing...
when there is a family depicted, they are always dysfunctional in some way.
Even when the family is not the center of the story and the antagonist is some one or some thing else,
the family unit is never happy.
This scenario terrifies me so much more than monsters and axe murderers.
Really loved it! Well crafted and directed! 👏🏽👏🏽
Shiver...
Amazing film. Brilliant video. Well done. Great concept.
Certified Gold!!!!!
I think many of us feel this way. From ours jobs to how we're supposed to behave. Its all a giant crock.
The system and government is run by a banking cabal of criminal psychopaths. Why things are so twisted in the world and they blame it on us so they feel "absolved" of their crimes.
oh so the best thing for her was to be a mindless robot,beautiful
Watching this made my nerves go all over the place because society is really like this, crushing your dreams making your work how they want you too for the rest of your life.
That was worth the watch. If my folks got all "The Faculty" and "Body Snatchers" on me, I'd put them out of my misery.
That's crazy, she scanning apples😂 awesome movie!
This was so inspiring!!! One of the best shorts I have watched. Highlights perfectly the issue with our society and how imprisoned we are without realising it sometimes…
Imagine if we could leave in a world where everyone was doing what they truly love, how different would everything be…
Wow. Disturbing, prophetic. Very well done.
Alter always being amazing with the scary content.
My parents did this to me when I was 20 years old. They told me that arts (music, acting, writing, art, etc.) were okay as a class or a hobby but not a profession. They even went to the great lengths to convince my older brother who was my bestfriend at the time to lie to me about giving it up and I did as directed. I gave up my dream and ambition to be a writer and artist. My parents are dead and their lies died with them - I have been so free the past couple decades and look forward to no more interference.
Calvin Got A Job - Dave Chappelle Skit
First one I’ve liked without seeing the end. It’s already horrifying me how true this really is in retrospect. Ahhhhh
Did you just look into my nightmares?? This is me and my mom telling me to "Make something of your life!! lol) Don't follow your dreams because they aren't MY dreams!!" Parents do this to their children every single day! Your movie was a little creepy with the sinister chanting and the black goo coming out of her arm!! Very well done! I love new ideas for a new generation of horror fans!!
The scariest horrors are the ones that hit close to home
I would like to see something like this turned into a movie. I enjoyed a lot.
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Lots of love from India.
It has been "scientifically proven". The reason children are required to attend school for 12/13 years, is that this is the exact amount of time that it takes to totally crush a child's will. 😋
Source?
@@anaalina5964 It's a joke! 🤣
@@AMYBIERHAUS oh...
Okay, cancel all plans to emigrate to Australia!
i love dystopian worlds like this. like i dont wanna be in them XD but i love the concept of a world thats not normal.
Best one I've seen in a while I wish you could do more maybe you can good luck to you
This was an incredible short but ultimately I can't say I liked it because of how much it viscerally affected me as a former artist who's had to adapt to a "regular" job stuck in his hometown 😂😅 GREAT film though, loved the acting and the production!
Isn't this the exact portrait what our society imposes on us...what a masterpiece Team Alter 👌
It's what the banking cabal imposes on us since they are the ones that run society.
Being a garbage man or clerk in convenient store is...successful? Hell what does being a delivery driver make me?
Cream of the crop!
the sound is very good. really makes the tone of the movie.
On the surface it seems teenager who is full of dream is being punished by society members even by her parents.
However, my theory is slightly different.
Carrie has two roles. Outside role, Inside role.
In the beginning outside Carrie is programming a game. The Game has an important meaning. The Game means their lives, our lives, our society, our world. Outside Carrie is trying to create a game(= computer program which should be working almost perfect). However she made a mistake in somewhere she dont know anything about. She knows she made an error in somewhere because she is seeing the game from outside.
Now after her wakeup it is inside Carrie. Because you are inside, you can't know the error. That is why the game seems working fine when she and Jake are sitting together. However, inside Carrie end up being punished by some error made by Outside Carrie.
Carrie inside or outside means us. We are being punished or slaved by our own mistake. That is the message I understood.
Perfect!
I've never seen something so funny and spoojy at the same time. A demon sheep that makes people fall in line. Good film.
Disturbing, Wild & brutal ... this was just brilliant ... in cinematography, script and acting. Agree with below comments on artism and non conformity. Proud this was an Australian production.
Awe that was sad and quirky and funny!! She was doing great!! Untill all her artistic was drained from her,fkn parents hey!! 😳🤖
Wow what great ending. now that's a happy ever after. Thats all it took for carrie to finally get a job. jeez.
I’m sure carries doing great aswell👍🏻
Another masterpiece by Alter
This is truly terrifying, my lifelong fear that always torments me is losing my creativity, what makes me who I am, this scares me so much and I love it, but I have just one question, what is the black thing in their arms?
YES
OMG THIS IS INCREDIBLE 👨🏼🦼👨🏼🦼👨🏼🦼
and relatable lol 🥴
If the game was so important it would've been the main thing that was in her bag first🧐
For good ones like this i let the ads run, so the artists get some pay, and hopefully dont have to go scan items at a cashregister
This film upsets me so much!
The ending is shocking
VEry good, vaguely reminded me a little of The Stepford wives, similar concept.
Or Aldous Huxley book. Brave New World 1932.
Wow I didn´t need a horror to call my life out like this
Wow this is very artistic and a brilliant idea!!
I feel like I Carrie. Sometimes life going like this... and that's very sad.
Best MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!! YOUR DOING A VERY GOOD THING, EVERYBODY IS HAPPY FOR YOU. THIS HALLOWEEN IM A SHEEP
Community pressure
This a absolute masterpiece.....👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
The Director need to Visit my Home ASAP WITH THAT SAME MUSIC.
🥸🤭🤠🤒😮🧐 📺 👀
Woa, this was all like ... Stepford Wives: The Next Generation.
this is the best one so far
Anyone for the Stepford Wife's.
🔥🔥🔥 ON FIRE 🔥🔥🔥
Great story 👍👍👍👌
And all for $7.50 an hour; society is thriving.
Seriously
The System gets us all. 👾👾👾