Sci-Fi Short Film 'THE FOREVERMORE'

A dying scientist takes a final journey into a supermassive black hole, traveling to the universe's grand finale as he confronts his own past.

Created as a final for a sophomore year class at New York University, "The Forevermore" is a pure passion project that seeks to retell Sci-Fi in a new light. The entire project was shot in one location, where setup, shooting, and wrap took a combined total time of 2 hours.

Written and Directed by Andrew Yuen

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CAST
Doctor Francis Stolone | Jud Meyers
S.A.R.A.H | Gabriela Barrett

CREW
Producer | Karen Han
Assistant Director | Cleo Garibay
Lighting Director | Bella Rosales
Art Director | Luke Williams
Post Sound Mixer | Tess McNulty
3d Visual Effects | Derek Yu @f1shy141
Assistant Camera | Tina Wei
2nd Assistant Camera | Sadie Kopacz
Script Supervisor | Zev Marinoff
Lighting Assistant | Davey Nicoletta
Production Sound Mixer | Luke Williams
Boom Operator | Joshua Koh
Digital Assistant | Noelle Brown
Art Assistant | Zev Marinoff, Sadie Kopacz, Tina Wei, & Joshua Koh
Makeup Artist | Noelle Brown
Music | Scott Buckley

A Special Thanks to Gay Abel-Bey

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[andrew_yuen]

I hope you enjoy my newest short film which has been half a year in the making now!

The Forevermore was shot as a final for my Sight & Sound: Studio class. The project was shot in one location, where setup, shooting, and wrap took a combined total time of 2 hours.

I've been holding on to this film for a while now as I wanted to try to get it into film festivals, but unfortunately that process has been unsuccessful. Therefore, I've decided to finally release it on YouTube in hopes that it will find an audience here. If you guys like it, I would love if you would share or repost it so that more people can watch it. Thank you and I hope anybody watching this has a good day:)

[vimal]

Wow, the writing is almost indistinguishable from that of a professional screenplay. The dialogue flows so naturally and authentically conveys human emotion. The music and direction are great as always. Well done!

[ombhomkar]

Exceptional cinematography, fantastic writing and storytelling, and the attention to detail through the visuals makes this a cinematic masterpiece. Wonderful job Director Yuen.

[fshy]

Big man Andrew has done it yet again! Seriously impressive, using such limited space to the max and making a dialogue heavy short film engaging is no easy task

[jamesmorgan]

Really felt the sorrow and regret of realizing the significance of existence is in human relationships and not in personal goals and achievements. The raw emotional epiphany was masterfully executed.

[ChickensAndGardening]

Captivating visuals and audio. In the best short form sci-fi tradition á la Dust, we are left to wonder... did the man die? Or did his entry into the black hole slow his relative experience of time down to an infinitely small value approaching zero? And the ship's A.I., "S.A.R.A.H.", seemed to recognize at the last moment that unlike the Captain, it would not live through this dilation. It was out of storage space, its entire mission was ending, and now here at the end of time, it actually began to wonder what a life form would experience as they entered the infinity of no-time.

Wonderful movie and if this is his sophomore year project, I can't wait to see what he comes up with in future years. Kudos!

[morenofranco]

Wow. What a story. Thanks Andrew and Team for an exceptional Journey.

[bloodyorphan]

General Relativity / Time Dilation

If a photon takes 10 seconds to cross a space.
It will still take 10 seconds if the space is compressed.
(i.e. Electrical resistance)

There are four things that can compress space we have observed so far ...

0. Distance - Observational Distance based compression
1. Gravity
2. Velocity
3. Temperatures above 2000°C
**EINSTEIN**

[ronjon]

Oh…this was really, sincerely, well done. I had a shiver or two listening to him, thinking of his cancer, his coming death, the choices resulting in the loss of his daughter, his asshole friend he loved. I’m struck thinking of both of his perspectives: his human perspective at looking back at life in the face of his terminal condition; and his positional perspective watching the universe whisk by hundreds, thousands, millions of years around him while he and Sarah are standing still, experiencing time ‘normally.’

I’ll be thinking, meditating, about this for some time…hours perhaps. A femtosecond for him.

I have to marvel at Einstein’s mind for introducing dilation, and the minds of those who can intuit it. Would someone else had, if Einstein had not? Was it just humanity’s time to have these concepts revealed? If so, why now?

[ApproximatelyCee]

Well done. In a few words he has expressed what life is to humans. Wonderful work.

[MatthewLinton-jdls]

But it beings with a honesty and honor when you have death at your door it’s a calming experience and end of the chaos

[aurataxi]

Bravo! Well done! Righteous performance by all. For you to not have an amazing future in this business, it would surely be a crime. More please!

[JimBushJaxFL]

Kudos, awesome video. It brings mans mortality and the thirst for adventure to a meaningful end. Well done and happy you finally put it out for all to see!

[jeurelsingleton]

More, More!! Your use of sound and vision is incredible!!

[ModB]

Nice one. The impossible is easy, just living is the problem😊

[jolieee]

Really love how you created a sense of being immersed in the vast universe within such limited stage! You completely sold me on it!

[kurtweiand]

Now shall quote the raven: FOREVERMORE🥶

[MickeyMishra]

No that's one hell of a way to go out.

[TotallyAFamousCelebrity]

This is amazing but it says that this video is 6 months old and most comments are 1 year old 😭I’m confused! AMAZING VIDEO THOUGH

[pam]

Very interesting film. Thanks. "Being alive is hard." Best line in the film.