Uplift Universe - Video Entry: Justin Michael Goney

Justin Michael Goney is entered in the "Uplift Universe Challenge" update: View Challenge Page

Latest Update: Work In Progress: Hephaestus Prototype

Thanks for checking out our team's entry thread. Here's a partial outline for our short's story. I'm not putting the whole thing here right now, because I don't want to spoil how the final short plays out. We'll all be looking forward to your feedback/criticism. Our team consists of:


Jacquelyn Piette


Sárhidai Péter

Justin Goney





[Opening title]

[Establishing shots]: Earth in decay, world landmark in ruin….

Narrator gives backstory about how Earth is a wasteland from pollution and overpopulation. The climate has been changed, and there are no more natural resources to sustain life

(Shows spaceship leaving Earth, arriving at new planet)
Narrator explains that the Earthlings found a new planet, which they named Persephone and was inhabited by meek quadripedic creatures they called the Hephaesti, named after Hephaestus due to their skill in creating nice things. The two races coexisted peacefully for a while…

[Jump forward about 30 years; shot of protagonist walking down the street]

Narrator (protagonist): “The humans didn’t learn from their mistakes in the past. The Hephaesti have become second class citizens, while the humans continue to exploit them and their planet. It makes me sick.”

[Shots during monologue]: Hephaestus being beaten down by the police, “No Hephaestus Allowed” sign on a door, (some other example of msitreatment/exploitation)

Protagonist continues, “I just don’t think I can take this anymore.”

[He walks into an alley, sighs, puts a gun to his head when…]

Here's page 1 of our storyboard

Here's page 2 of our storyboard.

One version of our alien.

Another version of our alien.

This is the personnel carrier the Earthlings are going to use to flee Earth.

Here's the model of the carrier.

This is only going to be in one shot, but it looks great anyway.

This is a lo-res version of the alien.

That Eiffel Tower model is EPIC WIN.

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