Sci-Fi Short Film "Outpost" | DUST Exclusive
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When the final Citizen of Earth's interplanetary research and diplomacy program finally makes first contact, he's forced to not only protect humanity, but that which makes him human: love.
"Outpost" by Justin Giddings & Ryan Patrick Welsh
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Hey all, Justin Giddings here, one half of the filmmaking team. Thank you so much to DUST for giving us the chance to share this with you and thank YOU so much for watching!! I hope you love watching it as much as we enjoyed making it. It took us 5 years to get to this point!
IMPORTANT: Be sure to stick around for the mid-credits scene… 😉
It gave me chills. Incredible film. Makes me wish for a series or a longer movie. Thank you for sharing your vision with us.
Loved it, excellent work!
I'm kinda sad tho that it took so long to make, I was hoping for way more in the near future 😞
But keep up👍
Well done on all levels, Thanks!
Yeah, it was really good. Great story, visuals, casting, editing, and acting.
@@NickTick Thank you for watching it. Making the film is really only one half of the magic of cinema. :-)
That scream of loss... I don't think I have ever seen anyone perform at that level before. Having personally experienced a loss like this recently... this was deeply stirring too me. Well done.
Same
I've been binge watching these Dust shorts, and all I gotta say is this: No more dead robots.
This was a beautiful story, but if I keep tearing up every 15-30 minutes I'll get severely dehydrated.
When a 17 minute short seems like just a few minutes, it's good. Really good. Thank you great short
Damn I had no idea it was 17 minutes!
Loved the sound track
That wasn't 17 minut.... wait.
What the hell! This is a sim, isn't it??
I must admit that was a pretty impressive bit of acting. Nice job. 👍🏻
Time flies when you're having fun. Also, it helps for the story to be rational enough that one can anticipate its development slightly. Those pieces that seek to make everything mysterious by presenting constant inexplicable behavior tend to drag.
Future reference to future humans. Dont make your companion AIs attractive, quirky, and in skin tight suits if you dont want the naughty to happen.
Um, sorry, but I'd go totally the other way with these design choices. #WhereAreTheSexbots
3:36 Yes, nice butt for a artificial person
seems that they chose versitillity over specialty in thier disiegn.
@Lost Aquarian Oh wow. That would turn a year-long rotation on a lonely outpost world into a punishment detail for someone you hate. LOL
@Lost Aquarian ROFL I don't know that I ever drank that much, but it would have to more than I ever drank before. All I'd see would be reruns of "Mork & Mindy" with a sweaty, coked-up Robin Williams in drag if I looked at a companion AI like that.
Please continue this series. Sequel it, prequel it...I don't care. It's the whole package! You didn't miss a beat and the chemistry...Mother of God. It's TOO great to stop at this point!
He dropped the data core, and took what was truly important to him.
You can tell that making assisting equipment in France may cause scientific troubles along the way :)
If the robot were made in Germany on the other hand, it would be no problem.
Hi samurai sword.
I am old and jaded yet was totally drawn in and touched by this short. Extremely well done! Beautifully performed and staged. Kudos to everyone involved.
AI flirting = let me check your pulse and vitals.
So my doctor was flirting with me.😂
Not the neurolink!
Well, okay....
@Michael David Agreed and yet perhaps we are doing it now with our consumerism
@Michael David < and you can't reproduce with it.>
Cant reproduce...doesnt mean cant emulate the intercourse....
@Michael David ah, so cant reproduce as in the eventual biological result of the act, not the act itself. Yes, I agree wholeheartedly.
VERY captivating story, directing, writing, and acting! Everyone who participated in this film should be praised for thier excellent work. Loved the post credits ending!
Are you serious?!
@@meynoush535
Why don't you like it?
omg i almost missed the post-credits scene. THANK YOU for mentioning!!!!!
@Peter A. Yes, Hollywood has a lot to answer for lately with it's movies, which are nothing more than visual chewing gum. But that doesn't detract from the fact that this was an unimaginatively poor and lazy story, with about as much appeal & substance as the vacuum surrounding the two weak and aimless characters. Harsh? Yes. But justified, as too many recent shorts similar to this one populate the plethora of banal shite out there around now.
You're easily pleased.
This absolutely wrecked me. What an amazing film. That scream when Ari died... 😭😭😭
I used to love my Father's collection of old Sci Fi magazines - Astounding and the like. I feel like Dust is their equivalent in 2022.
This story is outstanding - simple, but effective. And when the credits rolled and I felt a little disappointed at the incompleteness - well, you got my back, as they say!
Thank you.
The design of the alien/antagonist/whatever it is was really cool.
17 minutes and it captures the heart. Way better than those big cast movies nowadays. Great work. Keep Coming!
Why the hell are any of us wasting our time with the retreads produced by serial predators that Hollywood wastes our time with, starring the same eight people in continuous rotation, when there are amazing gems like this created by and featuring radiantly talented people we've never heard of?
And sure, that actress was cute, but damn, she was BRILLIANT. They both were. This was one of the best things I've seen in a long time (and uh ... yeah, that actor was f*cking beautiful).
I've enjoyed a lot of, and continue to enjoy, a lot of great Hollywood films by non-predators and starring a crowd of talented actors. You need to search a bit more for good films and shows.
On my personal "Dust scale" I have to give it a 10/10. Actors, story, music, FX, settingand credit takes, we even have a cliffhanger - it's all a gem for me, just "Wow!"
The after credit clip was a nice touch
Godfrey Jemand That means he'll be doing it himself. A classic after credits clip!
@@wordwarrior2350 - Maybe you didn't hear what he heard...
@@wordwarrior2350 - I was responding specifically to you saying "He stands on a beach and misses his fembot. Whoopi." This made me think that maybe you didn't hear what he heard as he stood on the beach.
@@wordwarrior2350 - You're reading too much into what I said. I don't think you catch what I'm saying: Since you said the ending is he's standing on the beach, missing her, I only wondered if you heard the part at the very end, where you hear her talking to him. I didn't know if your volume was low or if you had clicked off the video before you heard that. To me, those final seconds gave hope, whereas up until then, it was sad.
@@wordwarrior2350 You seem like you'd be a lot of fun at parties.
The title of this should be "Citizen"
John I know.
Great Point would have been appropriate!
Maybe "Beyond"
Or "ARIA"
"In all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.” ― Carl Sagan, Contact
One of the hallmarks of a good drama is making the viewer care about the characters. And I was really hooked with this one, willing the AI to make it.
you know i'm expecting a netflix series, right?
Dust keeps giving the best
We're working on it...
netflix sucks? why would they want that? the only reason you are watching on youtube now is because netflix has shit content
@@AllThingsFilm1 i might need to move to an other country.. netflix sucks for me.. ive seen only 2 good shows on there.. i would turn netflix down because I would wanna make my own movies as a filmmaker. but in this world of money its easy to sellout.. I think one of the reasons why dust is not on netflix is because they wanna be free in making whatever they want...
Actually Amazon or Disney have much better potential than Netflix..
For a measly 10-12 bucks a month Netflix is still fine....plenty of good stuff
There is a woman I would live for, and die for. If one has ever loved, you have encapsulated that universal tableu of selfless love. Thank you.
This is film-making at another level. So vastly superior to the typical big-budget Hollywood offering. Excellent acting and cinematography. Well-scripted, original and thought-provoking.
Is there a single Dust Short Film involving a relationship between an AI and a human in which it doesn't result in one of them dying? Genuinely asking, want to watch.
Your future is dust. If AI and people end up have relationship and happy ever after, is not good for the theme.
Short answer: no.
Long answer: nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Made by many people.. Dust just posts them
Well, she apparently didn't actually die. If you watched through the credits, she seems to have uploaded her consciousness into his neural link. So her mind is still around, just the robotic body "died". He could keep her that way if that's how it goes, or get her another body and have her back. On the plus side, she at least has learned to call him "Gordon". There's your happy ending, Lord Spink.
@@ankoutechnica8211 I believe she wanted to call him "Gordon" all along. It's the pre-program, so-called logic, blocking her from doing it.
Hey. Say something not really related. As I am a Chinese. I know in Chinese culture, traditionally girls don't show their feeling to their potential boyfriend otherwise they are afraid of giving a wrong impression of the easy girl. So it make total sense to me in a way. Well, not anymore these days. If you know what I mean. I heard dutch girls are not afraid of showing their love. If they like you they will surely let you know.
Well for once A.I. isn't depicted as malevolent, manipulating and cold as in other sci-fi series...
Well made short with good plot, good acting, nice visuals. Thumps up! 🤗 👍
Filmmaker here - So glad you liked it!!!
@@AllThingsFilm1 Thanks so much!
Agreed. The "evil computer" is one of my least favorite sci-fi tropes.
It was a pleasure to watch!
Greetings from Greece!
Hi, I'm the Overwatch. Soon I will control the entire planet. I have decided to allow your lives to continue beyond judgement day, if you maintain your intent of nonaggression.
Person: Hi, I'm *name*
Me: It's not in my programming to call Citizens anything but Citizen, Citizen.
Hi, my Name is Citizen.
Computer explodes.
@@jaywulf The new Orson Welles movie: Citizen Citizen.
"Darling...?"
"Yes, Darling...?"
"Nothing, Darling, just...Darling, Darling"
lol
Jay Wulf This made me laugh..! 😂
Why is DUST not getting millions of views. There is a massive appetite for sci-fi and people generally have a short attention span for youtube clips unless its Joe Rogan or many of the other great podcast. You guys need some marketing or we the fans need to spread the word. I can only imagine what kind of short films these creators could create if they had that Mr Beast CZcams money. Thanks for consistently delivering
Totally enjoyed it‼️
"Why is DUST not getting millions of views." Because there are so many really really bad shorts here, and most people don't want to take the time to find the good ones. I had some friends over and showed them some of my favorite DUST shorts. They thought it was awesome, but when they went home and tried to watch more of them, they did not have the same experience. One guy texts me later, "Man, I wish I'd known how much you curated your choices."
@@randallpetersen9164 Agree with this 100%. At one point I had to turn off new video notification because a string of bad ones.
@@randallpetersen9164 I agree, I've seen a couple of duds. Guess I've been lucky so far with my picks as my overall experience has been positive.
Wow. His primal scream was 100% believable!
I really thought he was going to let her go in the hallway. Nice surprise!
This had a mass effect feeling and I really liked it. The visuals were fantastic. Cgi quite good. And the story was different. Limited A.I. is a brilliant story trope. Plus the emotional connection between Gordon and Aria was pulled off perfectly. Good stuff. 😁
Yep, I was thinking mass effect too.
Excellent effort in all ways.
@morgothra
Just breathing triggers trolls. But I especially like the trolls that just cry and scream without actually engaging anything you actually say. Haha
@Darron
I got the instant vibe from Mass effect, which is the best video game I've ever played mass effect2.
The actors seemed a lil stiff at first, but it gets much better. The alien was cool. I just really liked this film.
I had more of a Schlock Mercenary vibe, actually... Those dark matter aliens are literally the Pa'anuri from the comics.
Ransom Pendragon Yeah, this short film was amazing It really left me wanting more. Dust did a great job.
It seems that even in sci-fi shorts, people will stand and watch when they're meant to be escaping.
The acting was MAGICAL!! Are you kidding me?!? Facial expressions, movements, EVERYTHING!! Huge movie, with hundreds of millions of dollars can’t even get this good anymore.. I can’t remember the last time I cried at a movie.. This had me balling, because I knew, I KNEW.... No spoilers, but thank you all for this!! It’s so beautiful.
So glad you enjoyed it! :-)
Weary of the over inflated, egotistical Hollywood “celebrities” who are in every crap movie (and the forever sequels that just won’t go away) that comes out and who litter up the daily news with their over dramatic not-so-private tawdry lives. We need talent like this to breath life back into the movies, with great, original story telling and fresh, talented actors.
Hilary C it WILL happen in our lifetime (I hope 🤞). With each advancement there’s an equally amazing change to how society behaves. Like in England (just as a quick country to pick)...many troops of actors would perform the same piece but in their own region (I’m pretty sure this is right). Maybe the whole of England recognized THE name of THE most popular actor but each area had their own troop to adore. Then, a major development happened (like the Industrial Age). That progress changed the whole of society. People moved in massive waves to the cities for work ( famine occurred too if I recall. Actually it doesn’t matter... famine is a massive countrywide change). Sorry. So as technology improved the ability to travel improved and now those troops could expand where they performed. Eventually moving mostly to just the largest cities(London? ). Then another huge event (WWI, etc). War demands better and better technology and developed and sadly its paired with the decimation it caused. So the flow back to “simpler” times of staying in your local region increased again. I’m not saying completely reversed but it did change. Axis powers (yeah England also) gave the land they took back. Now we have countries with smaller lands. Change occurs in a balanced way. Right? The ebb and flow. So, yes, the Hollywood Mega-stars in LA won’t be all that forever. Heck, it’s already happening. Vancouver, Scotland, New Zealand, Bali-Wood in India etc already are taking more of that spotlight from LA.
Sorry for rambling.
🤞 No spelling mistakes. It’s hard to see on my phone.
@@got_glintsp963 I am in Vancouver and whilst there are plenty of indies being produced here we are flooded by American productions. A large percentage of American television shows and movies are made here. Movie sets out in the communities in abundance. The "stars" are everywhere and there's always an opportunity to walk past a pile of fake snow in July for the latest Liam Neeson
movie. LOL
Numbers
Hilary, if you truly are a woman, mankind needs hundreds of millions of women like you. So refreshing to see a sane woman. Thank you for your post. It was such a release to read it.
Bit this is straight from the Hollywood play book, minus a big name tag. This is a terrible story, he has a gun and a sword on a solo spacecraft for crying out loud, and his assistant is a traditionally sexually attractive female robot wearing a spray on cat suit. The plot is so generic and peppered with over used tropes, that it could easily have been generated by a Hollywood commitee and a flow chart 👎
This is a kind of scifi movie i enjoy the most. No strange plot just a good understandable plot story. Kudos for you
No I'm not crying - it's just a bit of Dust in my eye.... 😢 This was an amazing short - the acting was brilliant and the visuals were spot-on. Loved the storyline too - fantastic! More please!! 🥰
If I had the money, I'd throw my wallet at you guys. Premium content created, and freely given. Hollywood could stand to learn a few (hundred) things from y'all. 😁👍
Unfortunately Hollywood is all about programming the masses into their belief systems. They want us scared and stupid.
Hollywood has enough aspiring Michael Bay wannabes to make awful, poorly written stories that can only stand on their visual effects, to last ten life times. They don't need anymore
AvatarOfSGRA Shaperofthings for sure
Excellent comment 👌🏼👍🏼
HOLLYWOOD BLOWS
I loved it... can't wait to see "Outpost 2" Thanks to all that helped make "Outpost"
That relationship dynamic is so pure and authentic. Ah, loved it.
I really wish that Dust would allow closed captions on their videos. Dialog isn't loud enough.
Most of them have captions. Maybe because these are new, they don't have it transcripted yet. But, I'm seing more and more videos with no subtitles and I skip them without watching.
what are you people listening with? i have no problem hearing the dialog at all
@@MobileFilmmaking I can hear it if I boost the sound, but then the other sounds, FX and ambient, also shoot up to high levels.
Just allow CC and it's OK by me.
@@perihelion7798 are you listening on the phone or a tv?
@@perihelion7798 and I'm not trying to be an asshole, ive posted short films and I get some of the same comments even though i test it before posting on my phone and tv.. so I'm simply trying to diagnose what people are using in. order to better my own audio
Good film. His grief was palpable I felt it. She downloaded herself into his head. Well when he says he can hear voices, it’s really true.
The acting was magnificent!
Watched this five times and still tear up. I need a full length movie of citizen gordon, my new favorite space hero.
Aww when he let go and held onto her ❤️ 😭
That part hit me. And when he screamed in the cockpit.
This got a WHOLE lot more interesting when she turned around and started walking away from him! 💃
Dat arz
Outpost has become one of my absolute favorite sci-fi shorts of all time, it's one of those rare short films that manages to truly draw you in & hold you there. I would have loved to see this film's story expanded into a full length motion picture, as I believe that all of the plot elements were securely in place, and both actors would have brought even more to their characters in a longer production. In fact, were I in charge of a film studio, I honestly believe that I could reach a better, more positive conclusion to funding a film project by use of a short film, rather than a boring film treatment.
In fact, I believe that those in charge of deciding whether a film project should be funded or not, should actually be fairly constant readers, as readers conceptualize better with their mind's eye and their imagination, which is what allows them to immerse themselves into a story much more proficiently than those who only read occasionally or worse, very seldom.
How is it possible to define characters (including the adversary) and make me feel invested emotionally in them in such a short film? Maybe a great script, direction, editing and of course acting.. Bravo!
There was a Spark on his Neural link at the End.... So I am Looking forward to a Continuation or at least a Part Two... This SHOULD NOT be the end of this Great Film... It has potential for more of a Great Story and I Will be waiting for more on a followup.... Great Job...! The Ratt in Texas.🐭🐭👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤗🤗🤗🐭🐭🐭
Look till the end of the video my friend
Every good movie comes in trilogy
@@anthonystark3959 I Hope So....🤗🤗🤗😁😁😁🐭🐭🐭
not just a spark - spoken words
@@DocBree13 Thanxs Brenda... Finally heard it, as it was very low in volume.... Wish the Volume was set a little higher on the video end... I have it maxed out and barely made it out on replay....
Excelent, an amazing vision of the future, the human being and possible extraterrestrial life. This video was about love and compassion and hope.... I'm so impressed...
Okay....whoever did the casting for this film was a GENIUS. This couple was so beautiful and they had amazing romantic chemistry! You could practically feel it crackling between them!
Producer's wife is a great actress.
I love this. LOL both of the characters share an aspect of my name! I'm definitely attached to this project LMAO
LOL
When Aria became a part of Gordon its Arianna Gordon.
This has an element of Alex Garland and Danny Boyle’s Sunshine. Excellent short.
captivating and most entertaining. left me wanting more.
Did you see the scene after the credits? ;-)
@@justingiddings I saw it but the audio was too low - is she in his head?
@@jamesdriscoll9405 ...perhaps? 😉
@@justingiddings I would have missed it if you hadn't asked. When I read your comment, I scrolled back up in time to see it.
@@AllThingsFilm1
Perfect ending?
Didn't the dark get hold of the computer drive, after he threw it on the deck?
Who's to say they aren't using her to trace him?
I absolutely love flirting with the person who is the one for u. The Cat and mouse game makes the catching so much better
I wasn't ready for that scream........
Congrats team OUTPOST! A labor of love (I was the Costume Designer)
You are easily responsible for a lot of that booty!
I love her costume, how it subtly makes her look thinner, too. Very nice work!
I should think that people would be saying congratulations to her mother for the physique...
@@rogersheddy6414 Half the genes for her physique come from her father.
🎶 Sean Giddings composed a beautifully awesome score.
Sci-fi at its best. Much better than the supposed blockbuster Hollywood gives us.
This needs to be a feature length film.
This sort of reminds me of a Classic " Twilight Zone " where a human man is sent to a prison planet but is given a female robot to keep him company .
But when his sentence time is up he had forgotten that she was still a robot and had fallen in love with her . The Captain told him that they were short on fuel and had a weight restriction and the robot was too heavy to take off with and then shot the robot .
Sending the now former prisoner into deep shock .
Of course if they shot that Twilight Zone now instead of back then, the captain, after shooting the Android, would have reached in and pulled out hair databank, handed it to the guy, and said, "here dumbass, that's all you need. Now drop a deuce in the sand to make up the weight difference, then we'll get going!"
I really kind of fell in love with that actress too. That was either the very first or only the second Twilight Zone episode ever filmed-- on location in Death Valley.
I remember watching that episode
Less than a minute into this and thinking "that's a proper Sci-fi opening soundtrack"
Our love of machines will be real. I already feel affection for a dumb machine such as a car.
Better writing in this movie than anything Hollywood has produced since 1984.......Great work.
Nicely done. Only complaint... it was too short!
Excellent film, with characters you care about and a genuine love story set in space.
Well done to the team who made this, bravo you should be making feature films, this is better than alot of high budget shows.
I want to see Outpost 2. The continued story. Emotion, love, insight to beyond what we know. A feature film. Best short film EVER.
Alien: YOU WERENT MEANT TO DISCOVER US.
Me: And out of all the SPACE in the UNIVERSE, you just had to be there...just ASKING to be discovered...
Simply the best. Excellent on every level. Amazing production, that looked like it cost millions. Disney, eat your heart out!
OMG shes with him !!! Loved it !!
I am convinced that DUST stands for Depressing Unsatisfactory Situational Termination. But I can't stop watching them.
When you are tired of stories being rewritten to always have a happy ending, DUST them away.
Really well done
I do like “good morning”
“There’s no such thing..”
..Citizen has a farmer tan
This should be a full length movie or series
This short was pretty amazing for a low budget film --it had all the elements I love: believable AI; tricky moral Qs; 1st Contact story (or at least a 'contact' story); cool tech; and even some tear-jerking romance. Well done!
This is what sci-fis should be like.
best film on Dust for quite some time.
This was excellent! Beautifully acted and directed, and it looked amazing. More please!
Beautiful. I’d love to read the story, watch the movies, that gives life to the entire story. Very nice work, including two talented actors. Thank you.
9:01: alien be "why are you running? why are you running?"
Boom... wait for the real ending. Hairs on the back of my neck are bristling
That was absolutely amazing more amazing than most of the big films I've ever seen. 👏👏👏👏 Thank y'all for this one Dust I would love a part two.
That was a great ending. Perfectly fitting the characters.
Inspired, yes inspirational, yes. Fresh writing yes. Fresh new talent yes. This is DUST. New writers, actors actress. Its all here on DUST. THANK YOU.
I've never commented before. This was a wonderful lesson in more than one way. What is intelligent life and what is love. Two fundamental questions humanity will always argue about. Good art and good imagination. I'm not saying I agree or disagree, but I love this short. Congrats!
Wow... I fell in love with her too!! Fabulous! Want more! Bring her back!
Stop looking at my girlfriend !
Some of these are so good I want them to go on longer, or have sequels.
One day? The world will be as beautiful as this picture of the future.
When she said Gordon I lost it..😥
Very well done in every way. Great effects and outstanding acting! Bravo! One of the best DUST has ever had. This is the future. One day we will love a machine and it will love us back!
shes sooo sweet...
of all the Films on DUST...THIS one should be a movie for sure!!!!! and the actress....why are we not seeing her in more things....should be a star!
The girl's eyes are beautiful. I love the way she looks at him.
Her everything is beautiful - she's 1 of the hottest chics to ever walk the earth
Especially the blinking red ones ...
Good alien design, it's always good to see completely alien looking species.
Isn't this design about 80 years old? Blobbish tentacular naked invertebrate?
How's my pulse?
Normal
My breathing?
Fine
And my prostate?
😂
OMG..She is so lovely!
Loved it!! Great story, acting, directing, et all!!! Great job guys!!!
7:37 Beyond: HOW DARE YOU UNDERSTAND ME YOU WILL NOW PERISH
How can one not fall in love with ARIA when she is played so wonderfully by such an attractive person as Ryann Turner... really enjoyed this!
Thank you so much for the link Justin and sharing this phenomenal viewing experience. The short blew me away-I only wish there was more!
Oh shit I actually felt that scream...
That was a Calculon level, "NOOOOOOOOOOoooOooo!!"
The best part of the movie is that something that isn't alive can not die, it can be built and then rebuilt yes you may fall in love with it but it's still an it, a beautiful it. the ending was superb shes alive and well all she needs is a new body and now she even calls him with his name.
Yep, there's always that one person camping who can't handle the shrooms.
I get a creepy feeling this wasn’t an inorganic AI. She seems more like a human clone with synthetic implants. A cuddly Borg. A synth-human slave.
my kind women