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When Off-World Officer Cole Freeman finds the missing research vessel ATROPA, he discovers an inconsistency in the ship logs. He wakes the crew from hypersleep, and they soon find themselves caught up in a much bigger mystery.
Series Description: A troubled Off-World cop, running from his past, finds himself slammed directly into it when he boards the mysterious spaceship ATROPA.
"ATROPA" by Eli Sasich
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More About "ATROPA":
A love-letter to the grungy science fiction movies of the 70s and 80s, the seven-episode digital series ATROPA features a twisting sci-fi plot, dazzling visual effects, and legendary genre actor Michael Ironside (Total Recall, Top Gun, Starship Troopers).
Making-of article:
https://illusion-almanac.com/2021/03/26/the-making-of-atropa/?fbclid=IwAR0PpBH6sPVJhVIdmtXC4KSd6Pa6md8ciH8cndEcU-zh6k1cHxLzW_CapnE
"ATROPA" Credits:
Corridor Productions
In Association with Vimeo
Created by ELI SASICH
Directed by ELI SASICH
Written by CLAYTON TOLBERT and ELI SASICH
Story by ELI SASICH & CLAY TOLBERT
Produced by LIEREN STUIVENVOLT ALLEN
Produced by CHRIS BRYANT
Executive Producers ELI SASICH & CLAY TOLBERT
Director of Photography GREG COTTEN
Production Designer ALEC CONTESTABILE
Edited by ELI SASICH
Original Music by KEVIN RIEPL
Costume Designer DAGMARETTE YEN
Visual Effects Supervisor RYAN WIEBER
Spaceship Visual Effects Supervisor TOBIAS RICHTER
Spaceship Visual Effects by THE LIGHT WORKS
Associate Producers RYAN WIEBER, GREG COTTEN, KEVIN RIEPL, &
CHRIS SASICH
Cast
Detective Cole Freeman ANTHONY BONAVENTURA
Moira Williams JEANNIE BOLÉT
Jacob Sanders CHRIS VOSS
Captain Robert McKay DAVID EDELSTIEN
Andrew Jensen BEN KLIEWER
Boys on Beach QUINTON RIEPL, KAEDEN REIPL
Unit Production Manager LIEREN STUIVENVOLT ALLEN
1st Assistant Director BOMAN MODINE
2nd Assistant Directors NATHANIEL SHRIVER
Production Assistants SHANE LEARY, BRENDAN PETERSON, BRADLEY SPECHT
Script Supervisor STEVE MONTAL
Art Director CLAYTON BEISNER
Set Decorator SOPHIE PETER
Property Master BOB ST. LAURENT
Key Art P.A. KEVIN SWANSTROM
Art P.A. JACOB ARZOLA, JESSICA MILLER, & DANIEL MacDONALD
Art Intern ADAM VELAZQUEZ
1st Assistant Camera BRIAN WHITE
2nd Assistant Camera/D.I.T. RYAN SUMMERSETT
Key Grip COLIN ANGLE VICTOR WANG
Best Boy Grip KENNETH BAUER CARLOS ORTEZ
Dolly Grip ELY GONZALEZ
Gaffer ARJUN PRAKASH, ANDREW FISHER, & JEFF GODSHALL
Hair & Makeup Department Head MANDY ARTUSATO
Additional Hair & Makeup PRELL CHARUSANTI
On Set Costumer McKENNA DUFFY
Sound Mixer/Boom Operator YU-TING SU
Additional Boom Operator (EPISODE 6 ) REESE MILLER
Supervising Sound Editor MICHAEL AULT
Sound Editors LEO MAGRIN, & JOHN MAX REPKA
Additional Sound Editing ALAN GUZMAN
Orchestration - Susie Benchasil Seiter, Chad Seiter, & Kevin Riepl
Music Editor - Eric Wegener
Conductor - Susie Benchasil Seiter
Orchestra Contractor - Nicole Garcia
Performed by Cinema Scoring
Recorded at The Bridge, Glendale, CA
Score Engineer Milton Gutierrez
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(futuristic music) (sinister music) - All right. Rook to... (huffs) Rook to C8. (hologram tower moves) - [Electronic voice] Knight to C5. Check. - Okay. You're getting good, Mo. I'm impressed. (sinister music) (sighs) - [Electronic Voice] Proximity alert. Proximity alert. Proximity alert. Proximity alert. Prox-- (sinister music) - This is OFG Officer Cole Freeman to unidentified vessel, please respond. (tense music) (typing on keyboard) Repeat. This is officer Cole
Freeman, please respond. (togg
les switches) (spaceship speeding up) (tense music) (thrusters propelling the ship) (eerie music) (Cole toggles switch) It can't be. (suspenseful music) Atropa crew, this is officer Cole Freeman initiating manual override to come aboard your vessel, via off ware government ordinance SL52485. (tense music) (laser scanning) (tunnel impacting ship) (tense music) (heavy doors opening) (typing on door controller) (air hissing) (clanking on the background) (lights turning on) (ominous music) (tense mu
sic) (electronic devices turning on) (Cole typing on keyboard) (timer ticking) What the hell? (tense music) (air hissing) - 38 days ago, your beacon
disappeared from radar. Communication efforts with
the ship have been useless. - We were supposed to lose contact. - At year 5. - So how long have we been asleep? - Eight months. - Then why'd you wake us? - Well, the flight recorder
says it's March 15th. - And? - It's June 9th. - Oh, we missed my birthday. - Obviously the flight
recorder malfunction
ed. - Captain, at the rate I was traveling, I wasn't expecting to catch
up to you for another 98 days. And I'm not convinced it's a coincidence. - Where are you from again? - I'm an officer. - Yeah, I got that part. But where? - Valley Forge. What was your takeoff point? - Great. So you're outpost security. Why they're taking it so seriously? - Jensen, just cool it. - He was a detective
on the colonies, once. - How do you know that? - He's my--
(spaceship gets impacted) (alarm blaring) (tense mu
sic) - Is that what I think it is? - It's us. (suspenseful music) (ominous music)
Comments
Hey everyone! Co-writer and director of ATROPA here. Very excited to share the series with you – be sure to catch all seven episodes, releasing one-per-day this week. I'm happy to answer any questions below, and hopefully some of our awesome cast and crew will chime in as well. Many thanks to the team at DUST, and to everyone for watching and supporting the show. Enjoy!
Freelance Storyboard Artist JC here that worked on ATROPA. Congrats to the cast and crew of ATROPA. Thanks to DUST for picking up the show and showing it to the world. Really awesome to see this again. Good job everybody!
The use of reflections, authentic atmosphere achieved by lighting, and a soundtrack that beats with heart of the story. Crazy to think that was only 9 minutes. Casting was on point. Hats off to a well orchasted team effort!
I honestly don’t understand why you so very talented people are not making major films & TV shows these shorts remind me of classic television the outer limits, the twilight zone, people want escapism & you all serve it up in boatloads! Bravo Dust! Bravo!
Thank you Eli and Dust! I hope you all enjoy the show
Okay, this first episode is really phenomenal and leaves you breathless. Can't wait to see the next episodes! Gorgeous and perfect soundtrack. I'm too intrigued by the fact that the name ATROPA is the opposite of the word PORTA A in Italian (DOOR A). I love these things!
Wicked!! A new series from DUST, even before I've watched it (to get an early comment) you just know its gonna be awesome. Cheers Dust dudes.💯®💯👊🏽
This is absolutely stunning. This is what science fiction is supposed to be. Can't wait to see the entire series.
You know it's good hardcore scifi when there's good metal sturdy interior, i cant wait to see more of this scifi is coming in strong and is here to STAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
I just watched all seven chapters of "ATROPA" It was like watching a movie , The good part it was better the of the junk I've been seeing on television. Thank you for the right balance of science and fiction .It was just cam good.....
After watching the entire series, I come back to comment on the first: watch them all. Very satisfying.
I like the ingenuity of how the officers ship moves with independently moving engines.
This is a "must watch"! I was hooked, glued to my screen, binged the first 6 episodes, just waiting with baited breath on the final episode... The urgency and tension never drops, keeps you on the edge of your seat all the way through every episode, and then the cliff hanger at the end of the episode leaves you wanting more... I can't wait for the final installment! Truly impressive work, thank you to everyone involved in making this masterpiece - even more impressive to know it was done on such a low budget! Well done, and keep on producing such excellent work!
That's phenomenal, super excited to see more. This must have cost you a fortune and taken ages. You should all be proud of yourselves, the end product is stunning.
Worthy of the big screen. Bravo! 🤗
..WAIT A MINUTE!!!??! This is incredibly good, amazing.... how the hell am I only now learning about this in fall 2023?? ATROPA is spectacular - thank you, and my compliments -
This looks amazing. The music score, special effects, and everything is great. The ending is a twist that's unexpected. Can't wait for the next one. Hope the next episodes are much longer. Overall this is a good start to a great series. Thank you it's a great watch.
Excellent Two parallel Universes colliding in real time. what a cliffhanger!!
This 7-episode series is better than most of what comes out of Hollywood. The story line, the script, the acting, the musical score, the judicious use of awesome special effects.
Honestly, it was much better than i expected . I can’t wait for the second part! Amazing 👏👏👏