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A paranoid inventor goes to any lengths to protect his new time machine. When things go catastrophically wrong, he is forced to use the machine in a desperate bid to put things right. A ridiculous sci-fi conundrum.

Written, directed & edited by Robin King
Starring David Crow & Chris Hayward
Director of Photography Mirko Beutler
Camera & Lighting Assistant Amy Newstead
Sound & Music Nat Saunders

This film was written, shot & edited in seven days as part of the second round of selection for the US TV show 'On The Lot' (a kind of X-Factor for film directors). I submitted my first film "Ten Thousand Pictures of You" (vimeo.com/2554266) to the competition, and got a call one night from Dreamworks saying that I should make a new film in one week, and that it and my submitted film would be watched by Steven Spielberg...

The film was written in 2 days, prepped in 2 days, shot in 1 day and edited in 2 days. (All while I also had to get a visa application ready in case I got through!) Apparently Spielberg liked them, but I didn't quite make the cut for the show proper.

Shot on a Z1, edited in FCP. Minimal colour correction and the split screen work was with the 8-point garbage removal tool.

For those of you who are interested, I also made a documentary about the making of Unpossible, called "Mission:Unpossible" (vimeo.com/2728263).

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  • Nilz 10 months ago
    Considering you are working with a pretty cliche subject, this was really well written. Very funny, confused just enough to still sort of know whats going on. I think that technically the cinematography and lighting (maybe it was the lack of color correction) needs some work, but really it was only certain shots which were a little funky.

    Had a lot of fun watching it, I added it to my group vimeo.com/checkit , hope you don't mind.
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  • Alan Ogilvie 10 months ago
    Good luck!
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  • Mister Groonk 10 months ago
    how did you know? i'm a sucker for time travel stories.

    well done!
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  • Ozan Akinci 10 months ago
    Very nice! The pace of the film is not one second boring!
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  • AttackoftheXiongmao 10 months ago
    That was intense xD
  • Aviv Hadar 7 months ago
    Don't watch time travel videos while high.
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  • BigSamm 8 months ago
    )))
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  • James Beacham 7 months ago
    Clever!
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  • Stephen Niebauer staff 7 months ago
    So good!
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  • Stephen O'Brien 7 months ago
    great job with temporal mechanics. Spot on!
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  • Stephen Lewis plus 7 months ago
    My head hurts.....
  • Paul Wong plus 7 months ago
    ^^^ wut he said. I liked it, I would like to see the story on an excel spreadsheet to see if it was accurate. =P
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  • Sunny Dawn 7 months ago
    Cool!
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  • Geoff A Charters 7 months ago
    It was great mate. Nice image for the z1. Great story and well done getting that far on "on the lot."
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  • Luc Alexandre 7 months ago
    Awesomeness!
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  • Stan C. 7 months ago
    Enorme.

    So fun and well done for a really short movie.
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  • Peter Sylver 7 months ago
    Very cool, I like it, reminds me of Torchwood
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  • Nate Drake 7 months ago
    Hi Robin

    Good work. Very nicely thought out, layering the character's various encounters and indicators. It might have benefitted from just a few more seconds spent on defining the hero's character. The plot suggests that it's a man getting his comeuppance for being a nasty guy (Kills a stranger with a screw driver, turns out to be him) but some of the drama seems to rely on the audience sympathizing with him, which is difficult is he's the bad guy. You've used the light and the space really well.

    You did well to battle to the deadline. I believe that working under pressure, with tough constraints makes anyone a much more creative film maker.

    It follows a very similar "gimmick" premise as the film Primer which is well worth a look for anyone who enjoyed Unpossible.

    Keep up the good work!
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  • Jaygali 7 months ago
    Wow I loved the film.All the Best.Very creative work there haaa:-)
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  • Igor K 7 months ago
    Pretty good. Seems like the idea was taken from Timecrimes - an amazing cult Spanish movie...
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  • BBWorld plus 7 months ago
    ahahaha... FANTASTIC!
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  • Jordan Fountain plus 7 months ago
    Sorta Confusing. But overall awesome.
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  • watchana phromobol 7 months ago
    It confused me for a while but overall "fantastic".
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  • b gd73 7 months ago
    paradox. Sucks. go punch yourself.
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  • SRS 7 months ago
    kinda confusing but amazing and well thought out video
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  • Stephen Lazotte 7 months ago
    Brilliant! I loved it, great work.
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  • Saif Zahir 7 months ago
    Really well-done planning on your part, working out the temporal mechanics of it must've been a bit of a brain-bender for some points.
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  • credonaut 7 months ago
    Have you read Stanislaw Lems "Star Diaries"? I suppose so. Anyway, brilliant adaptation!
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  • Nono Moviola / NzV 7 months ago
    Ajajaj. Mola.
    Well Done!
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  • Carl Rider 7 months ago
    Very nice - well thought out - I bet that was a nightmare to edit, bet you had to go back for pick-ups...

    I liked every second of this film -- If it's not yet you have to get this in festivals.
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  • gordon mccann 7 months ago
    Great!
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  • Carrotkid 7 months ago
    Cool film - great work!
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  • G SAMUEL 6 months ago
    Interesting. Well edited and nice flow! Could very well make it into a shorty with this being th centerpiece! hmmm
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  • ianjackes 6 months ago
    Boggles my mind lol, Great video man.
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  • Emmanuel Tenenbaum plus 5 months ago
    hahahahahaha very good concept, what a mess! :)
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