Prey: A Tale from the Future

A technical marvel to achieve a true stereoscopic film in just 48 hours, it also suited the genre. Nice subtle hints towards the girl's true identity, felt her turn and the hero's demise at the end could have been drawn out a little more, but overall a great entertaining film.

In the near future, a man (a downed pilot) tries to avoid detection from a, (sort of) relentless cyborg/big jawa creature, while escorting a young woman to the hatch that leads to the underground city where humanity survives. One of the heavy hitters in Heat 10, Strang have always set the bar high with challenges they set themselves within the 48HOURS. Multiple split screens, a DVD commentary over a feature film and now 3D. For me, while this was a great technical achievement it was certainly at the expense of the film as a whole. The audio suffered in places and there were visual glitches as well. More importantly, not much happened in the story. This was a simple get from point A to point B and wait for the inevitable. I was disappointed that the creature didn't play a larger role in keeping the tension levels up. This character was hardly in it at all. Apart from one glory shot, the 3D was a bit pointless. I took my glasses off a couple of times to see what it was like and there was very little difference. Still, I'm not about to tell you how to go about your film-making! I don't believe this is a strong enough film to make the finals, and would only do so due to the 3D being a point-of-difference. The audience vote probably supports this opinion too. Great work though; ambitious as always!

My keyboard died halfway into this movie, so powerful were the 3D effects. Fantastic intro. Great costumes. The 3D effects were cool when they were obvious, but there were a number of scenes where it didn't seem to make much of a difference. Loved the VFX shot of the girl's eye when the twist is unleashed. Great work and an incredibly ambitious short.

A technical marvel to achieve a true stereoscopic film in just 48 hours, it also suited the genre. Nice subtle hints towards the girl's true identity, felt her turn and the hero's demise at the end could have been drawn out a little more, but overall a great entertaining film.

In the near future, a man (a downed pilot) tries to avoid detection from a, (sort of) relentless cyborg/big jawa creature, while escorting a young woman to the hatch that leads to the underground city where humanity survives. One of the heavy hitters in Heat 10, Strang have always set the bar high with challenges they set themselves within the 48HOURS. Multiple split screens, a DVD commentary over a feature film and now 3D. For me, while this was a great technical achievement it was certainly at the expense of the film as a whole. The audio suffered in places and there were visual glitches as well. More importantly, not much happened in the story. This was a simple get from point A to point B and wait for the inevitable. I was disappointed that the creature didn't play a larger role in keeping the tension levels up. This character was hardly in it at all. Apart from one glory shot, the 3D was a bit pointless. I took my glasses off a couple of times to see what it was like and there was very little difference. Still, I'm not about to tell you how to go about your film-making! I don't believe this is a strong enough film to make the finals, and would only do so due to the 3D being a point-of-difference. The audience vote probably supports this opinion too. Great work though; ambitious as always!

My keyboard died halfway into this movie, so powerful were the 3D effects. Fantastic intro. Great costumes. The 3D effects were cool when they were obvious, but there were a number of scenes where it didn't seem to make much of a difference. Loved the VFX shot of the girl's eye when the twist is unleashed. Great work and an incredibly ambitious short.