Sci-Fi Short Film “Firmware” | DUST [Video]

A young woman and her decommissioned military droid struggle to escape a nuclear exclusion zone, hoping to find a better life on the outside– free from the oppression of the forces that keep her there.

“Firmware” by Calvin Sander Romeyn

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More About “Firmware”:
1990. 20 years have passed since “The Incident”. Civilization has collapsed and national borders have been forgotten. The walled-off “Alcazar Exclusion Zone” has emerged as a small functioning society- a melting pot of survivors from around the world. A young woman and her decommissioned military droid struggle to escape, hoping to find a better life on the outside– free from the oppression of the forces that keep her there.

“Firmware” Credits:
Created by Calvin Romeyn

Cast:
Zaraiah – Angel Celiz
AL1, Old Man – Reece Presley
Misha “The Exploded” – Sam Krochmal
Ivan “The Ambitious” – Suksham Shan
Resistance Leader – Clarie Johnstone
Tannoy Voice – Miglė Kužmarskytė
Droids – Sam Romeyn, Reece Presley
Droids (Voice) – Calvin Romeyn
Additional Performance Capture – Angel Celiz, Reece Presley, Sam Krochmal, Sam Romeyn, Calvin Romeyn
Screaming Woman (Voice) – Avery Taylor
Children (Voices) – Fraser Romeyn, Wesley Romeyn
Gintars “The Taser Wielder” (voice) – Jessica Wong
Nikolaj “Dog’s off The Leash” (voice) – James R. Cowley
Additional Voices – Larry Clay, Jeff Hlookoff, Noah Penner, Angel Celiz, Isaac Kuntz, Emily Wildeman, Jeff Hlookoff, Calvin Romeyn, Sam Romeyn, Welsey Romeyn, Fraser Romeyn

Crew:
Produced and Written by Calvin Romeyn, Sam Romeyn, Noah Penner
Composer – Jose Pavli
Sound Design – Sam Boulton, Anize Amestoy
Visual Effects – Calvin Romeyn
Colour Grading – Brite Point Media
Lead Animator – Fred Smith
Animators – Austin Wright, Emily Chin, Calvin Romeyn
Rigging Lead – Will Inglis
Additional Texturing – Francois Van Eeden
FX Artist – Sam Li

Performance Capture by Beyond Capture, Vancouver
President & CEO – Graham Qually
Production Manager – Maeve Russell
Studio Lead – Vandy Sok
Animation Supervisor – David Raposo
Producer – Rommel Cruz
IT Manager – Eitan Israelov
Tools Programmer – Sinead Kearney
Shoot Master – Ryan Basaraba
Realtime Technician – Parker Hartzler
Camera Lead – Ali Heraize
First AD – Matt Lautrup
Capture Technician – Russell Ma
Audio Technicians – Carlos Rodriguez, Nathan Aron Romer
Production Coordinator – Jenny Zinger
Associate Producer – Mitchell Roberts
Production Coordinator – Bradley Tyler
Facial Lead – Albert Poblete
HMC Technician – Nicole Wheatley
Facial Animators – Morgan Gonzales, Jessica Gonzales
Mocap Editors – Guillermo Aguero, Ashleigh Ayers, Audrey Ayoub, Joshua Brown, Andres Ferrat, Andrea garcia de alba, Kendell Maloles, Julian Martinez, Angelo Nunez, Savian Sills
Brand Manager – Ryan Kearns
Movement Director – Charles Douglas
Marketing Manager – Monika Qually
Financial Controller – Jesse Wirachowsky
Infrastructure Development – Jamie Smith
Prop Maker – Kenzo Babin
Behind The Scenes – Ruby Alstad, Emily Doyle, David Van Dyke, Ben Dextraze
Assistant (to the) Director – Tina Romeyn

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