short film
rebooted
Once a terrifying villain of the silver-screen, a stop-motion animated skeleton struggles
to find purpose as an out-of-date special effect.
“One of the most inspired short films I’ve seen…I am obsessed with this love-letter to Visual Effects.”
- Ian Failes, Befores&Afters
CREW
Writer & Director: Michael Shanks
Producers: Chris Hocking & Nicholas Colla
Executive Producer: Michael Shanks
Supported by Screen Australia & YouTube
through the Skip Ahead Initiative.
Script Editor: Mike Jones
Script Consultant: Laura Lethlean
Director of Photography (Animation): Gerald Thompson
Stop Motion Animator/Puppet Builder: Samuel Lewis
Stop Motion Animator (Opening Sequence): Glen Hunwick
Director of Photography (Live Action): Max Walter
1st Assistant Camera: Lucas Brown
Aerial Cinematography: Davor Breznik
Gaffer: Albert Garcia
Best Boy: Louis Walter
Art Director & Production Designer: Rennie Watson
Costume Designer: Chloe Greaves
Sound Recordist: Chris Hocking
Casting: Nicholas Colla & Chloe Greaves
VFX Data Wrangler: Kevin Luk
Production Assistant: Nicolette Minster
Behind the Scenes: Lukas Yannkutsos
Editing & Visual Effects: Michael Shanks
Editing & Visual Effects: Kevin Luk
Editing & Visual Effects: Chris Hocking
Colourist: CJ Dobson
Tooty Booty Design & Animation: Alyssa Smedley
3D Animator: Jack Nolan
CGI Creature Motion Capture: Fika Entertainment
Creature Suit Build: Russell Sharp @ Sharp FX
Music Composed & Performed by: Michael Shanks
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/361551491
“Rebooted is a marvelous 12.5 minutes”
“A gorgeous silent short film… While the short film’s cynical attitude is astute - and at times heartbreaking - Rebooted’s fatalism about Hollywood fickleness is ultimately eclipsed by hope”
- Meg Shields, FilmschoolRejects.com
“The best short film I've ever seen. Fantastic and creative directing full of references to the past of the Hollywood film industry, an exciting human story with an inhuman figure at the center of a cold and alienated world, great use of lighting and photography, I can go on and on but there is really no point. Excellent and brilliant film, I do not have one bad word to say about it.
- Ido Dvora, Letterboxd
“Visually, the short film is nothing short of a masterful blend between visual effects and cinematography.”
