Private Project

Future Tense

Miles Oblander, a quantum physicist stationed at the South Pole discovers a coded warning emanating from the ice and must decide if he is brave enough to follow the clues in face of unknown peril.

  • Samuel Carrillo
    Director
    Joy
  • T. S. Daly
    Writer
  • T. S. Daly
    Producer
  • Samuel Carrillo
    Producer
    Joy
  • Harry C. Wolohon
    Producer
    Flint, Out of Exile, Jurassic Pet
  • Cain Graham
    Key Cast
    "Miles Oblander"
  • Dale Neihaus
    Key Cast
    "Olek"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Techno thriller, Sci-Fi
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes 17 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 13, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.4:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Samuel Carrillo

Samuel Carrillo is a Guatemalan-American Director and filmmaker. An award winning, Emmy nominated film Director and Cinematographer best known for his most recent award winning feature documentary ‘JOY’, as well as TV special ‘Grit of Greenwood’ and now Director and Producer of ‘Future Tense’.
Studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe New Mexico for a bachelors degree in Cinematic Arts and technology. Totaling 5 years of experience as a Director and Cinematographer in the film industry.
With several years of experience as a Photojournalist for Telemundo Oklahoma and KOCO 5 News ABC.

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Director Statement

Future Tense began it’s life as a feature length script (written by Tim Daly). The short film is nothing more than a passion project (directed by Samuel Carrillo), a proof of concept for the full length feature. Our short film, ‘Future Tense’ is a small vignette (opening scene) of a hopeful feature film that the short is based off.

This short has taken us about two years to get finished and finding the correct support and collaborating with many local film businesses in the Oklahoma City area ‘Shyrock Fabrications’ who 3D printed “Miles Device” (named the McGuffin), also Metro Technology Center construction team who helped build the complete set from ground up in their in-house studio, and a MetroTech graphic artist who made us a custom energy drink logo that the main character drinks throughout the film, and Harry Wolohon (co-producer) who provided us with resources, gear and students to help shoot the film over a two day period.

The core purpose for this project is to highlight the difficulty and doubt that there is in making a movie with little to no money. As reflected in the short we get a chance to see a character struggle in proving his unorthodox methods revealing a shocking twist.