Every once in a while, a film comes along that proves you don’t need a big budget to get a good result. Gareth Edwards did it to spectacular effect with Monsters, launching a career that has seen Edwards return this year with his epic blockbuster follow-up, Godzilla.
The sci-fi genre is one of the hardest to pull off on a low budget, largely because of the visual effects concerns. In spite of the obstacles facing him, however, New Zealand director Ferand Peek had an idea and saw it through to completion, resulting in the sci-fi short, Mis-drop.
300 years in the future, a forensic accountant reviews the video stream from one mercenary’s drop-pod which has been damaged during the initial stages of a colonial invasion.
Elliot Travers stars as the soldier in the lead, joined by Maria Walker, Larry Rew, and Joseph Sherman-Mendez.
Peek is firing on all cylinders here, directing from his own script, and also producing the film.
He was able to complete the film, the majority of which unfolds over one long-shot, with the help of some post-production studios in Wellington – home, of course, to Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies, with Jackson himself thanked in the credits.
You can read more about how Peek made the film here, and head to the official site to download it. Enjoy.
Mis-drop by Ferand Peek from Ferand Peek on Vimeo.
