Coming up with the look of BackSpace was a tremendous amount of fun. As we explored the style, we started off in Cinema 4D, Photoshop, and After Effects. When we were ready to head into production (virtually) we jumped into Unreal Engine 5. We’d never used Unreal Engine before and it blew us away.
Below you can see the style frames we created with the models and the stills from the completed film. The final results almost feel like an amazing graphic novel and the live action adaption :)
Great new article on BackSpace over on Shoutout LA where we talk about the film and our inspiration in creating it. We chat about those first moments seeing Return of the Jedi and the behind the scenes on Raiders of the Lost Ark and of course those wonderful John Williams’s scores that we find so inspiring.
Article Excerpt:
Nick: I can clearly remember going to see a film for the first time at a theater. It was Return of the Jedi and I was 3 years old. It was like the gates of heaven opened before me and heaven was weird! It was filled with Robots and Bounty Hunters, Jedis, Darth Vaders, Ewoks, and Stormtroopers!
Needless to say, like so many other kids, Star Wars changed my life forever. At the time though – I wanted a lightsaber. It wasn’t until I saw the Behind the Scenes of Raiders of the Lost Ark on TV one night that things would change again. They were playing it in between commercial breaks of the film itself. I saw Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Harrison Ford laughing and hanging out on set.
Up until that moment, movies just happened. They were beamed into theaters or televisions from some unknown place. But this was amazing. This meant people made movies. People! I was people. So did that mean that maybe I could make a film one day too?
As we get ready to release our upcoming short film, BackSpace, we wanted to release a sneak peak at some of our favorite images! BackSpace is a fully CG film, with the Voice Talents of Paul Haapaniemi, James Brinkley, and Holly Standbrook.
Here’s a handful of our favorite shots from the film.
Absolutely over the moon that BackSpace has been picked up by Dust and Gunpowder and Sky! We’re super excited to be working with the Dust team to release the film to their huge audience (millions!) of sci-fi fans!
DUST IS THE SCI-FI DIVISION OF INDEPENDENT STUDIO GUNPOWDER & SKY, with cutting-edge short films, daring new series, innovative podcasts and award-winning feature films, DUST is the world’s premiere sci-fi destination.
For more info, make sure to check out the Dust website below!
As with all of our films, it’s always a special moment when the project lands on IMDb. BackSpace is now listed with the rest of our films and we couldn’t be happier! And if you’d like to check out the official poster, we’ve included it in the Adventure Company Posters Gallery below. So exciting to see each of the releases lined up together!
More announcements on BackSpace coming soon!
We are SO EXCITED to announce our newest project is a sci-fi adventure titled BACKSPACE! Shortly after we wrapped on Tales from Black Manor, we wanted to return to crafting entire worlds. This new world is BackSpace.
We’re thrilled to be working with Paul Haapaniemi, James Brinkley, and Holly Standbrook again, a cast who we worked with on our other projects including feature films Danger! Danger! The West and the Ruthless, Tales from Black Manor, The Umbrella Factory, Jack the Ripper, and Around the World in 80 Days!
Here’s the Official Logline:
BackSpace
In the farthest reaches of BackSpace, Hunter and Mono search for a lost pod containing the coordinates to a black hole.
More on BackSpace coming soon!
