“The Survivor” is a three-minute
short I made in 2011. It’s a post-apocalyptic short about the after mass after
the world changed drastically overnight. The atmosphere had a sudden and
unexplained change, 80% of the world population disappeared and strange
creatures roam the earth eating anything in their path. Jason Korinth was recon
in the military before the sudden change and now serves his new community
finding supplies and other Survivors. Don Kaffie follows Jason out sometimes,
but is not as brave. The third character is The Survivor, who we never learn
her real name, and in the full story I created they end up calling her Su
because she refuses to say her name.
I wanted to prove that people could
be working, going to school, and create an outside project on their own
time. I spent about one month on
pre-production, writing and fixing the script, finding locations, casting
actors, getting small crew, and finding all the equipment and money for props
and costumes. All of that, and right before shooting I had to create the room
and decide of a color feel for the movie. After all that shooting was only two
days that took place in a one week span. Shooting went as smooth as it could,
with some stunts that included pulling Johnie Wood IV down a hallway by a vest
under his jacket.
For the poster I took the design
from the titles of the movie. The bright orange light helps set an uneasy mood
for the film. The broken text shows that something is off about the world. The
main characteristic about the poster I want people to know about is the use of
the character Jason as the “I” in survivor. By the fact the movie share its
name for a character, most think that that is were the title comes from. In
fact the title is about Jason. Jason lives in a world were people have gone missing;
even his wife of 3 years, and those left are as quite sane. He faces death
almost every time he leaves the small community they made, yet he always finds
the will power to keep going and survive.
"The Survivor" has made "Official Selection" in two film festivals.
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