Sci-Fi Short Film “Moondays” | DUST
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🪐 You are entering a fictional zone: reality has been suspended.
A group of lunar colonists participate in a high-tech drug trial that quickly spirals into deadly chaos.
“Moondays” by Mark DePasquale
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🎬 Director’s Statement:
My team and I crafted Moondays as a testament to how virtual production can empower indie filmmakers to tell visually ambitious stories that typically require blockbuster budgets. More than that, I wanted to use the sandbox of the tech to create something that I hadn’t really seen it be used for: an absurdist comedy. The result is what I describe as a very dark episode of Futurama. Something that’s dripping with all the aesthetic swag of a sharp sci-fi thriller, but bursting at the seams with classic slapstick gags and cartoonish characters. It’s such an unlikely pairing that the contrast itself becomes part of the joke. A sort of meta satire on the state of virtual production filmmaking today. Most modern sci-fi films take themselves really seriously, so I wanted to make sure that ours didn’t.
🎞️ About the Film:
Written and Directed by: Mark DePasquale
Produced by: Jillian Sczesnak and Joe Florentino
Executive Producers: Shelly Sabel, Darren Goldberg, Chris Marsh, and Alden McLellan
Director of Photography: Jelani Paul
Production Designer: Dave Lieber
Script Supervisor: Kelsey Lynn Stokes
1st ACs: Rue Sawant, Nick Ortiz, Lenlee Hosang
2nd AC: Sam Li
Gaffers: Ted Goodwin, Christian Deweever
Key Grip: Katie Colwell
Best Boy Electric: Tim Sergio
G/E Swing: Eric Martin
Sound Mixers: Natalie Cordero, Sedona Regan
HMU: Maiko Ando, Max Leary
Costume Designer: Lucy Mitnick
Costume PA: Joanne Chuang
Art PA’s: Eleanor Scott, Hannah Taylor, Molly Kramer
BTS Photographers: Sonya Dagata, Bettina Avila, Nick Deveau
Technical VP Systems Director: Michael Kohler
Studio Manager: Colton Suarez
Volume Operators: Ren Ciarrocchi, Ryan Paz
Production Coordinator: Arora McCargar
Key PA: Sophie Penn
PA’s: Emily Jasani, Zoe Glasgow, Chi Tran, Vuong Hoang, Caleria Gonzalez, Ohmer Khan, Jean Pham
Stunt Coordinators: Lenlee Hosang, Nick Ortiz
Editing and VFX by: Mark DePasquale
VFX PA: Greg Joblove
Monster Designer and Modeler: Roie Karni
Colorist: Cedric Von Niederhausern
Sound Design and Mix by: David Leaver
Score and Original Music by: Pierre-Philippe Cote
Recording Engineer and Additional Music: Dominic Voulanger
Score Coordinator: Ryan Strauss
Special Thanks: Fuse Technical Group, Disguise, Stype, Jaron Berman, Nicholas Carlson, Rosanne Limoncelli
Production Company: Atlantic Pictures
Made in Partnership with Fuse Technical Group and the XR Stage Times Square at New 42 Studios
Cast:
Kate Buatti
Olivia Stuck
Kent Mcguire
Jori Felker
Sydney Richman
Lauren Buatti
Kathleen Felker
Jeff Luteran
Shane Speigel
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