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Carmentis

A grief stricken miner finds himself injured on the desolate planet Carmentis and must overcome his personal demons in order to survive, but can he get there before the planet freezes.

Short Film
Length
15 mins
Release Year
2019
Genre
,
Production companies

Lonely Astronaut

Region filmed
Perth
Photo credit Dave Le May ACS © Jaclyn Hewer

Synopsis

Mac, a grief stricken miner, wakes to find himself injured on the desolate planet Carmentis.

At odds with his own emotions and EVE, the AI that controls his space suit, he struggles to reach both physical and mental safety.

Exacerbating the situation is an oncoming eclipse that threatens Mac’s life with freezing temperatures.

Mac’s journey pushes him through a touch physical and emotional journey as he is forced to confront and overcome his personal grief in order to survive.

Close of a person wearing a spacesuit staring into the distancePhoto credit Dave Le May ACS © Jaclyn Hewer

Production Information

Writer & Director

Antony Webb

Producer

Jaclyn Hewer

Directory of Photography

David Le May ACS

Production Designer

Emma Fletcher

Editor

Merlin Eden

Composer

Ash Gibson Greig

Sound Designer

Xoe Baird

Studio Facility

Johnny Ma Studios

Post Production Facility

Siamese

VFX Production Facility

Last Pixel

Siamese

Post Sound Facility

XB Studios

Key Cast

Ben Mortley

Adriane Daff

Jo Morris

Building the set

Johnny Ma Studios is the home of Carmentis.

A 100sqm film and photographic studio located in Maylands with white wall/cyclorama and black wrap around curtains, the studio aims to help professional to emerging film makers and photographers.

Virtually the entire film was shot in this space.

Behind the scenes of Carmentis at Johnny Ma Studios. Green Screen. Best Boy Tobiyaez Haynes, Best Boy David Duong, Production Designer Emma Fletcher, 3rd AD Callan Manners and Suit Build Matt Williamsen creating Wisp reference points for Mac Ben Mortley.Photo credit Dave Le May ACS © Jaclyn Hewer
Behind the scenes of Carmentis at Johnny Ma Studios. Green Screen. Best Boy Tobiyaez Haynes, Best Boy David Duong, Production Designer Emma Fletcher, 3rd AD Callan Manners and Suit Build Matt Williamsen creating Wisp reference points for Mac Ben Mortley.
Cast and crew of Carmentis standing on the set of a rocky planet with a green screen in the backgroundPhoto credit Louise Coghill Photography © Jaclyn Hewer
Behind the scenes of Carmentis at Johnny Ma Studios. Left to right: Set Build Kim Potter, Production Designer Emma Fletcher, Set Build Paul Fimister, Gaffer Dion Borrett, Makeup/Hair Supervisor Kiana Jones, Data Wrangler Kent Hosokawa, 1st AD Clare Blake, Best Boy Johnny Ma, Director Antony Webb, Producer Jaclyn Hewer, Suit Build Matt Williamsen, Lead Actor Ben Mortley, DoP David Le May ACS, Grip Oakie Diggin, Production Assistant Anastasia Lambetsos, 1st AC Ben Berkhout, 3rd AD Callan Manners, Sound Recordist Trevor Hope, Key Grip Clint Lawrence, 2nd AC Laure Bernard.

Creating Carmentis

“A short film like this has never really been attempted in Western Australia, especially not at this level.

The film was incredibly challenging for all involved, pushing our team to go above and beyond what they were used to and I am very proud of every single person that worked on the film and the results we achieved.”

Antony Webb, Writer/Director

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