Immortality, flying, and a god AI — all in six chaotic minutes.
Post-Human is a scifi proof-of-concept short based on the award-winning and bestselling series of novels by David Simpson. Amazingly, filmed over just three hours by a crew of three, the short depicts the opening of Post-Human, drawing back the curtain on the Post-Human world and letting viewers see the world and characters they've only been able to imagine previously. You'll get a taste of a world where everyone is immortal, have onboard mental "mind's eye" computers, nanotechnology can make your every dream a reality, and thanks to the magnetic targeted fusion implants every post-human has, everyone can fly (and yep, there's flying in this short!) But there's a dark side to this brave new world, including the fact that every post-human is monitored from the inside out, and the one artificial superintelligence running the show might be about to make its first big mistake.
Practical Effects
Flying sequences achieved with three people in three hours — madness.
Production
Proof-of-concept that punches wildly above its budget weight.
Director
David Simpson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The entire short was shot in a single three-hour window with a skeleton crew of three people.
The 'mind's eye' computer concept predates similar AR interfaces in mainstream scifi, rooted in early transhumanist fiction of the 2010s.
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