Day Zero - A Halo Fan Film

This short teaser film set in the Halo Sci-Fi Universe is set in the questioning room of a UNSC base on Earth, a little while after the Covenant's invasion of the planet Harvest. UNSC Ensign Officer Langley is tasked with interviewing and gathering information from all of the survivors of the attack. Sera Jenkins is survivor #212,371.

Making this film has been a wild ride, and it wouldn't have been possible without the help of my amazing cast and crew. Many of us hadn't ever worked on a semi-professional set so we had to teach their positions on the job. Thankfully everyone did amazing and we were able to come out with a fun project. As you might be able to tell from the vagueness of this short, it is actually a teaser of a much larger and more action packed film that I have had in progress for a while. I will have more information to share in the weeks to come! Stay tuned for that.

This fan project is inspired by the Halo videogame series published by Xbox Game Studios and Bungie.

CAST
Sera Jenkins - Klara Havlicova
UNSC Officer Langley - Nico Field-Dyte
Jilan Al-Cygni - Anastassia Kivela

CREW
Director - Max Chadwick
Director of Photography - Brandon Harvey
Script Supervisor - Siena Wagner
AD - Simrit Saini
3rd AD - Jonas Janz
Cam Op - Tanner Geringer
2nd AC - Noah Trinder
1st AC - Teddy Kewin
Sound Mixer - Nathan Blackmon
Boom Op - Finn Roberts

Editor - Max Chadwick
Assistant Editor - Brandon Harvey
Musical Score - Nathan Blackmon
VFX Artist - David VanDyke

The music we created was based on the incredible work of Martin O'Donnell. We tried our best to create a sound that fit the past work of the franchise.

3D Print File for the badge was done by Nicholas Yelsa. You can find him on instagram @nick_yelsa117

The actual printing of the props was done by Damon Siebert: ModelA3DHobby.
Thank you so much for you hard work Damon!

Shot on:
A-Cam - RED Scarlet-W
B-Cam - Ursa Mini Pro g2

Lenses used:
Tamron 24-70 G2
Canon 70-200 2.8

This film was edited in Davinci Resolve and graded with Dehancer Pro

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