Making a Low Budget Sci-Fi Film | The Utopia Trial

SPOILERS AHEAD! WATCH THE FILM FIRST! Take a behind the scenes look into The Utopia Trial. See how this ambitious short film was made on such an incredibly low budget.
And a special thanks to Andrew Tudor for filming most of the on set b-roll you see in this video.

Links to cast and crew:

Watch the film itself here:

VFX Breakdown of the film:

Storyboard Comparison here:

Listen to the original soundtrack:

0:00 Introduction
1:05 Concept Art
1:33 Costume Design
2:26 Storyboards
3:22 Filming
5:30 Editing
6:13 Drone Creation
6:43 Animating
7:31 Compositing
8:13 Creating the Lasers
8:33 The City
9:48 Heads up Display
10:06 Sound Design
11:15 Music
12:17 Colour Grade
12:54 In Conclusion

Music in this video:
Chill Wave by Kevin MacLeod
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[avtpro]

OMG you animated the Dynamics!? Amazing Job!

[avtpro]

So well organized. So well done. Very lean. No Fat or waste in the story. I moved directly with very strong intent. Excellent structure.

[Fluffytoebeans]

I just came across this and then watched the movie today (1st of July 2022) and I must say that I think you did an outstanding job with both the making of video and the movie! I look forward to seeing your other movies, Thank you for sharing them!

[AllanGildea]

Congratulations Liam, to you and your team. Outstanding quality across the entire project. Every success to you all.

[TDTH]

Only in bradford would love to collab on a project.