Helio is a cool sci-fi short film that looks stunning
In a world of darkness where light is hard to come by a man that finds himself suddenly caught up with a rebel group and finds himself on the run from the authorities but he holds an object they may hold his freedom as he makes his way through post-apocalyptic city but with the hunt on will he make it or will he be gunned down like the rest.
Helio: Website: http://heliothefilm.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/heliothefilm
Cast: “Masked Miner” – Barrett James
“Head Councilor” – Dennis Keiffer
“Strong Rebel” – Dio Johnson
“Lead Tagger” – Derek Chariton
“Doctor” – Chuck Wigginton
“Riot Councilor” – Erik Denton
Crew: Writer/Director – Teddy Cecil
Producers – Teddy Cecil, David Kenneth
Co-Producers – Nick Cofino, Brett Miller
VFX Supervisor – Brad Phillips
Cinematographer – Byron Werner
Editor – Carlos David Rivera
Music + Sound – P. Daniel Newman
Production Designer – Kurt Braun
Costume Designer – Elizabeth Van Dam
Line Producer / UPM – Kris Murphy
Casting Director – Debbie Sheridan
Art Director – Bryan Decker
Make-Up Dept. Head – Elissa Prager
VFX Editor- Dawn Turner
This is a solid piece of work with good cinematography there is a good build-up of suspense and the director does a good job of slowly showing you what kind of world our protagonist lives in.
The storyline is good it feels fresh and not over complicated man fed up with his day to day struggle is faced with an opportunity of freedom but before he can choose circumstances force him to action.
The acting is good with only a few moments where it takes you away from the story this could have been avoided by cutting away earlier on some parts but this is a minor criticism
The VFX do the job but do pull you out of the world a bit in some places where you find yourself racing an eyebrow
Sound is solid well recorded and put together nicely top marks
Conclusion: this is a good short film despite being 20min the pace feels good defiantly worth a watch