Sci-Fi Short Film 'Strange Alloy' | DUST

An other worldly poetic reflection on the sources of the collapse of humanity.

"Strange Alloy" by Loïc Bramoullé

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"Strange Alloy" Credits:
Creature design, sculpt, surfacing: Loïc Bramoullé
Rig: Vincent Donaz, Daniel Quintero
Animation: Vincent Donaz, Daniel Quintero, Benoit Vincent, Aurélie Vigneron
Tracking, lighting, rendering: Rachad Meya, Loïc Bramoullé
Color grading, compositing: Vivien Ebran, Loïc Bramoullé
Matte paintings: Loïc bramoullé
Cloth simulation: Caroline Lobato
Particules & flares: Niels Prayer
Produced with the support of SupaRésidence ©

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[SADISION]

"I guess they teach their children of competition instead of empathy" a line that hits hard

[plisskensghost]

Looks great but could barely make out what the character was saying.

[chrisanderson]

Nice work but would be improved if we could understand the dialogue which got buried in the music.

[mikeobaugh]

Looks interesting, but the dialogue is being buried by the music and sound effects, making it extremely difficult to understand. This is one of those times when captioning would be very helpful. I think I can make out the story thanks to the few bits of dialogue I can understand. The animation is very well done, would love to see this story taken to the next level.

Edit: So the captions ARE working (thanks @px43). That helped improve my appreciation for this piece. It might help to EQ the soundtrack so that the narration stands out a bit more. It took me a while to realize it was in english.

[chriscooper]

To me this is less pessimistic than humbling and thoughtful: a historian's commentary on humanity from a very removed viewpoint. We had our time and passed, like so many species before us. And hey, the rodents outlasted us, no surprise!

Well-crafted.

[kevinkall]

Collapsing in one generation is not slow. going to be much quicker from today forward than compared to today in past.

[mountainwabbit]

I absolutely love this. The explorer’s monologue is clear if you are listening on high-end audio equipment, which, unfortunately, not everyone has. The audio track could be remixed so it is clear for everyone.

It’s a beautiful little work of art.

[pauls]

If so much relied on dialogue, it should be prime in the soundtrack, anything else just background. Little bit of audio editing needed but overall well done!!

[RodgerDodger]

SO ON THE POSITIVE SIDE!
THE ART WORK VISUAL ARE VERY SUMPTUOUS‼️👍

[AcapulKero]

Seems that this was only the trailer. I want the whole movie! Brilliant!

[AngeliqueHope]

Everything that needed to be said was said in less than 2 mins. Incredible. And also very sad. Well done.

[TheJoshDM]

Audio balance is way off on this. The dialogue is being smothered by the music and ambient sounds.

[marcusmoonstein]

The sound is so bad I literally can't understand what the character is saying. The dialogue is indistinct and the background music is far too load. For future videos you may want to first upload the video onto a private channel and have a friend watch it with a regular device to give you an outsider perspective.

[Failte]

Visually beautiful and a thought provoking message. However had to turn the captions on to get the message. Impossible otherwise to understand.
Yes, i often wonder how the 21st century will be summed up by people, say, 1000 yrs from now?

[Hellvard]

I don't get. How the authors could create such stunning visuals, and at the same time make dialogues barely understable due to bad sound design? Did authors not showed this film to someone else before the premiere?

[DexFlett]

Oh, man, that was wonderful. The animation was superb, the dialogue/monologue was touching. Although very short, it was very beautiful.

[BomageMinimart]

The audio is terrible. Everything is packed into a very narrow band of high frequencies and there's so much reverb/delay that it's almost impossible to discern anything.

[kitcarpo]

Empathy being desirable. Philisophicaly, the issue becomes really important when people have empathy for the evil.

[bobronsons]

i couldnt understand a single word that was being said. Which is sad because the animations and music were fkn incredible

[LucidDreamer]

Can't you make the music any louder? I can still almost hear what the characters are saying. Please tray again.