Prospect: A Great Sci-Fi Short From Shep Films

“Prospect is the coming-of-age story of a teenage girl on a toxic alien planet. She and her father hunt for precious materials, aiming to strike it rich. When the father is attacked by a roving bandit, the daughter must take control.”

Above the wonderful father/daughter relationship and the great angle on the coming-of-age tale, the rich sound scape of alien animals shrieking in the forest is what lends this short all its credibility.

Prospect, by Seattle-based Shep Films, premiered at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival.

Woolf + Lapin Loves Guillaume Blanchet’s A GIRL NAMED ELASTIKA

Stop-mo, thumbtacks and string. That’s what Guillaume Blanchet’s award-winning short needed to bring Elastika to life. And how! Elastika is not your typical grrrl.

She’s young, dreamy and fearless, she drives cars way too fast, she’s also a yamakasi. She likes adventure, fireworks and unrelenting seas.

“From the day I conceived her, I’ve been a worried father,” says Guillaume. “And a proud one too.”

Oculus Rift, Félix & Paul Link Up at SXSW

Screen shot 2014-03-10 at 10.41.20 PM Félix & Paul show off their VR experience of musician Patrick Watson workshopping a song on the piano as his dog rolls around absentmindedly. The 360 degree experience in question is a preserved moment that when replayed using the Oculus rift goggles gives you the impression of being there and well, present.

Vice’s Motherboard caught up with the directing duo at Oculus’s booth at SXSW.

We could show you a 2D version of the Patrick Watson experience, but it would be such a poor substitute that it’s probably best not to.