
Payload
A family living in the shadow of a space elevator struggles to survive in a dystopian future. An Australian independent sci-fi short, shot in Melbourne, Bendigo, and on Lake Eppalock in Victoria.
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“Payload” by Stu Willis · Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
How it was made
Shot in Melbourne, Bendigo, and on Lake Eppalock in Victoria, with visual effects supervised by Alex Fry.
- Live action
Filmed with a camera, with actors and real locations.
- Visual effects
Computer-generated imagery combined with filmed footage.
- Independent production
Made outside the major studio system.
Credits
- Writer and director
- Stuart Willis
- Producer
- Thomas Bicknell
- Director of photography
- Robert C. Morton
- Music
- David Barber
- VFX supervisor
- Alex Fry
- Cast
- Dylan Russell, Shane Nagle, Margaret Rivette, Joanne Owen-Smith
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