(suspenseful music) - Well, that's very
nice of you to say. - Oh, you really
think so? (laughs) - Yeah.
- I think it's very- I think it's very- I think it's very- (pensive music) - How long is this gonna take? The rest of the day? Longer? - If it was my life
in danger, David, I'd be glad of the assurance. Yes. I get it. I screwed up. But having her
face hanging there, it's not exactly helping. - I expect not. Did you get a last name? Just Holly, then. And you brought
her here to what? Show off?
- I didn't know
that she was going- - This will go a lot quicker if you just answer my
questions straight, David. - Well, you know exactly why
I brought her to the office. And it's not like it ended
the way that I expected. - What did she tell you? - Her name's Holly. She liked my tie. - No alarm bells at that? And you mentioned
you work for Perfection? - She asked about Perfection. - And you said you were
the head technical honcho and that you could hook her
up with a tour of the office, show h
er the multimillion-pound
research facilities, and let her have a play with the commercially-sensitive
computer equipment. Something like that? - Something like that. - Is that how you
usually pick up women? By offering them
a free makeover? - I'm not perfect, but with my help, the right girl can be. - I am simply trying to
ascertain what she got. Why are Perfection so upset
about this particular loss? - Okay. Well, the world is augmented. In our brain- - Nanobots. I'm aware of this, David. - Ye
s, nanobots. But have you any idea what
they actually do? See... See, most people, they
just take it for granted. But look. Prefrontal cortex,
temporal lobe, optic nerve. Visual data comes in
from the eye, the retina. But with nanobots,
we can hijack that flow before that data
reaches the brain. These screens,
they're a delusion. (chuckles) A
shared hallucination. My brain shapes an
image, here a screen, and shares it with other
bots in the vicinity. In this, with the
bots in your brain. Essenti
ally, the visual data that you're
receiving is being... Hacked. Now, as you can imagine, the applications for
the cosmetics industry are revolutionary. The nanobots can be made
to augment anything. An improvement to your face. Change of color. Absolutely no physical
makeup necessary. Well, the effect is
somewhat limited. - What is that? - That is the future. How we lose the limits. - That's what she took? - That's what she stole. It's a prototype. It puts out a signal that creates an utterly
lif
elike augmentation, tricking the brain
of anyone nearby into believing
that, effectively, the wearer is someone else. It's light years
ahead of its time. I mean, that little
beauty allows the wearer to become whomever they want. You know, to
anyone. To everyone. And appear, even feel, utterly real. But, of course, there are flaws. - Flaws? - It borrows a bit
of the user's brain to process the illusion. It puts a kind of strain
on anyone who's wearing it. It can be... Unpleasant. We haven't found
anyone who can wear it for more than
quarter of an hour. Any longer than
that... (chuckles) Their brain turns to soup. (computer chirping)
(ominous music) This conversation is to remain within the walls of
Perfection, of course. - So you're saying
it's impossible for
someone to use it? - No, I'm saying
that we haven't yet found the subject who can. - What are the chances
Holly could handle it? - Small. Very small. - She did get into
the heart of Perfection by lying about your tie. - Well, I mea
n, she wouldn't
understand it anyway. What it is. - So who else knows
about this apart from me? - Just my team. Uh... Dr. Vargas, Dr. Marquez,
and Terry Crier. But that's all. - I'll need to speak with them. - They'll be at home. - That won't be a problem. I must say I'm quite impressed. The things you can
do with technology. What was her name? - Oh. Um... Well, I can look it up for you. - You don't know. (computer chirps) What about her name? - But it's not- - Or hers. - I'm sorry, I don't know
. - Why not? (suspenseful music) (chuckles) Well. Suppose I haven't quite gotten
used to it yet, but still, thanks to you I
understand a little better what this thing
actually is. (sniffles) It gives you a hell
of a headache. But, you know, if it'll help put a
stop to all of this, I'll work on getting the
hang of it. (sniffles) - Holly, please. - I've had this thing
on for three hours. Are you impressed? It's been fun playing
with you again, but, um, I've got three more
appointments to get to, s
o... - You're not thinking straight. Listen to me. Look at what you can do! It's... It's incredible! I mean, it doesn't
matter what you've done. You know, we can work that out, but you're actually wearing it! And using it! - All that matters is
the end result, yeah? That's typical. (gunshot cracks) (Holly sighs) Yeah, yeah, two wrongs
don't make a right, blah, blah, I get it. Even in the beauty industry,
killing is an ugly business. But then again, I don't
have to be the one to do it. Someone el
se can. (upbeat music)
Comments
Amazing how much better a film can be when the makers actually explain what's going on instead of just writing 1/2 a story and then forcing the viewer to figure out the rest. Great job!
been a while since I've been hooked from beginning to end with no dead space. Flawless.
Thanks for having CC enabled
Blade runner/ Total recall… yup this could be a big screen hit 🎉
Excellent ! Thanks once again, DUST.
YES. Impressive cyberpunk story, tight script and flawless execution. Really good.
Everybody keeps saying to these short "that was great, make a whole movie" in the comments. I recently listened to an interview with Neil Blomkamp ("District 9", Oats Studios) in a podcast. He produced some remarkable shorts with his Oats Studios which you can watch for free on his website, also short films. He said if you are thinking about making a full length movie you can barely get around traditional movie making and financing and this leads to all sorts of limitations like a certain plot structure, budgets for everything and so on. He knows the business and I believe he's right there. What we love about these shorts is they don't do all that traditional movie stuff. They sometimes don't give a f*** on how you're supposed to make a movie and for them, it works. It might not when the creative minds behind those shorts get forced to integrate into the traditional movie world... In other words: be careful what you're wishing for, or that dream might become a nightmare.
Well done... I was caught up quickly in its world.
Very good work on soundtrack... I guess, thanks to Andrea Possee. The music just keep the whole experience focused of what will happen next. Great job. The whole team made a remarkably good short movie.
I agree that this would make a superb full movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great. Gotta turn this into a full movie
What an awesome concept!
Excellent!! Thank you!
Great stuff... My compliments!
I daw this about 2 years ago. Still good!
Really good! I wonder what'll happen next. O_O I really hope there can be a second part, no matter how small it is!
Amazing 👍🏻👍🏽👍
Wow that was wicked!! Times 100. Amazing how technology can change the strcuture of humans and their faces,eyes, etc. The end was bone-chilling, Holly was hiding inside that woman this whole time. Too bad for that man, she killed him.
Excellent video / great story
Coming to a future near you!