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Very curious of the group's thoughts on this, I made this short film, which I think is hilarious but after showing it to my Grandma and some family members I am second-guessing my sense of comedy. Is this funny? Or is this just weird? Looking for feedback by people who like comedic films.

The short film is about a group of hackers who send one last message to the government before being arrested.

See the short film here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBRBHeeufgU&t=592s

It’s called “Cellar Noire” and you can watch it here: https://fawesome.tv/movies/10829509/cellar-noire or on any Fawesome app.

I wrote a movie about the three scariest things I could think of: losing my wife, the apocalypse, and claustrophobia.

It took me three years working entirely by myself. My wife and friends provided a few minutes of voice work but otherwise I was alone. My $5k budget consisted of a new Windows desktop with GPU, a 2nd hand Samsung Galaxy S23 phone, tripod, mics, some lights and props.

Finally it was released on streaming on Fawesome.TV (which I’ve been calling Tubi’s little upstart brother). Here’s the synopsis:

Cellar Noire: A claustrophobic psychological survival drama. Trapped after a catastrophe, Warren battles isolation, grief, & his mind, with a talking skeleton as his only companion. A dark, intense journey of despair and resilience. Zbigniew Winzig's sophomore entry in the "DIY Solo Film" movement.

The Devil’s DVD Bin did a very kind review (with spoilers) of the film that you can read here: https://thedevilsdvdbin.wordpress.com/category/cellar-noire-2026/

Now I can rest 🙂

• Biggy

My first animation venture using opentoonz, krita and Vinci resolve

You can support me on youtube:

https://youtu.be/wYL7U6LPgv0?si=8O-27kQL8mhGIFHY

I made a action crime comedy thriller for about $24K that was pure guerrilla style in Sacramento, long weekend shoots, a skeleton paid crew (DP, sound, gaffer, AD), and mostly deferred actor pay. Wrote, directed, produced, and starred in it myself. I had to film it 2 times because of lost footage. I hope you will be able to watch it. Its streaming free on Tubi or you can rent it on Prime Video with NO commercials too.

Tubi- https://tubitv.com/movies/100059912/look-behind

Prime Video- https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0QFB8ZJW09METQYC0RIP10CU57

Look Behind is about a cop and a lawyer who's families were killed. They meet someone willing to help them get justice, but its an eye for an eye.

We have released a new film snippet of our upcoming (Teen made) Indie film called Hope lives on the streets.

Watch it here: https://youtu.be/BMn5MMRn7Qw?si=35Q-QDORoDAzQSvj

Also if you haven't already seen the old teasers

Watch them here:

Teaser #1: Hope Lives On The Streets | Official Teaser Trailer - https://youtu.be/XxBehVqJiyk?si=hmluidNRZQhVb4PO

Teaser #2: "Meet Carl Peterson" (Ft.Stephan Khan) -

https://youtu.be/GKfVdQzW7pw?si=EFrGAiLo8sGsFqzn

Teaser #3: "Meet Gordon Reed" (Ft.Keagan Perry) -

https://youtu.be/Xskfmx3hIX8?si=ZvoSZQDxg1X-bxW9

Hey, we’re Spark Of An Idea (SOAI, pronounced “Sway”), an independent animation studio based in Texas. We recently completed our first short, Is Typing…, and immediately started developing our next project.

KOLORS is an animated psychological thriller following Aneon, a college baseball player struggling to move forward after a life-altering experience.
The film unfolds against the backdrop of Penney University, a fictional HBCU in New Orleans, Louisiana. Baseball, friendship, competition, and memory all collide as Aneon tries to reconcile his present with what happened to him.

We’re currently developing the film and wanted to introduce the project here for the first time. Here’s a look at some of what we’ve been building.

What do you think?

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