Strike Media has released a new trailer for their animated film 5000 Space Aliens. The movie deals with the idea that 5,000 aliens are residing on planet Earth and endeavors to introduce its audience to as many as possible throughout the runtime. Director Scott Bateman has turned found footage, vintage photo studio pictures from Romania and Venezuela, scraps from a hundred-year-old psychology textbook, and more into five thousand one-second shots of animated characters. That’s 83 constantly moving minutes, making the movie feel more like a ride than a movie, according to Strike Media. 5000 Space Aliens was Medusa Underground Film Festival’s ‘Best Picture’.
Scott Bateman on 5000 Space Aliens
Scott Bateman is the director of 5000 Space Aliens. His earlier works include The Bateman Lectures of Depression and You Your Brain & You. Bateman’s unconventional method of funding his projects is through game shows. He won $100,000 and a cruise on Who Wants to Be A Millionaire, and was a one-day Jeopardy! champion. The entire film was animated by Bateman.
“Storytelling is everywhere these days, it’s ridiculous,” Bateman said. “But not everything has to tell a story. I believe movies can do other things as well, and still be fun and entertaining to watch. So with 5000 Space Aliens, I set out to create an entertaining, non-narrative film. 5000 Space Aliens has a visual rhythm of one shot per second, and it is an absolutely hypnotizing movie-going experience. It’s like a ride: you don’t have to think, you just let it wash over you. The music acts as a thread through the whole film, your friend who’s on the ride with you.”
“Also, I wanted to make a film but had no money at the time,” the filmmaker said. “So I was looking for a way I could make a movie all by myself. This was a fun challenge, as it’s been one so rarely. I did all this animation, created all this music, did the editing, all of it. I had a blast making this film, and I’m so happy it’s a blast so audiences can experience this groundbreaking, one-of-a-kind film. There’s never been another film like this.”
Director Scott Bateman and producer Lucas A. Ferrara developed 5000 Space Aliens, coming to digital download globally from 21st November.
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