A technology thief stumbles upon an alien conspiracy while on a mission to retrieve a piece of state-of-the-art communications hardware. After the additional theft of a mysterious alien artifact, the thief is pursued by strike team and tracked down by a unstoppable super soldier.


Xenosphere was filmed using a Krasnogorsk K-3, 16mm camera, using black and white reversal film. Animations were made using Flash.


Starring:
Technology Thief - Micah Rademacher
Super Soldier - Adam Celing
Tracker - Andrew Heimerman
Scientist - Michael Schachtner
Senior Scientist - Jeff Spoon
Laboratory Assistant - Carrie Tarr
Military Officer - Eli Kranski
Military General - Jay Salinas
Woman In Black - Kassi Dallmann
Military Advisor - Jacob Pasterski
Supervisor - Timothy Hemling
Initial Contact - Tim Stankevitz

Complex Security -
Brian Tews
Chris Rice
Adam Page
Jon Barsness
Sean Brennan

Shock Troops -
Steven McDowell
Kaleb Schad
Matt Meade
Mark Schachtner
Timothy Hemling
Andrew Heimerman

The Alien -
Jeff Spoon
James Hart
Mark Schachtner

Additional Crew -
Shawn Williams
Sarah (Little) Durran
Brad Mehlbrech
Mary Jane Connor
Renee Lynn Gaspard

Written, and Directed by - Michael Schachtner

Fight Director - Micah Rademacher

Digital Effects -
Jacob Pasterski
Michael Schachtner

Creature Effects - Michael Schachtner

Creature Puppeteers -
Kassi Dallmann
Micah Rademacher
Tim Stankevitz
Jason Stofflet

Pyrotechnics - Mark Schachtner
Cinematography - Michael Schachtner

Additional Camera Operators -
Micah Rademacher
Jacob Pasterski
Jeff Spoon
Adam Celing
Timothy Hemling
Carrie Tarr

Special Thanks to -
Diane Bywaters
Gary Shufler
Jay Salinas
Guillermo Penafiel
Greg Taft
Bob Badger
Matt Walters
Judy Schachtner
Harold Ninmann
Jay Bosch
Steffen Schlachtenhaufen
The Central Wisconsin Shotokan Karate Association
The University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
The Stevens Point Police Department

Filmed on location in Stevens Point, Wausau, Beaver Dam, Waupaca County, and Columbia County, Wisconsin

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