Ridley Scott's son Luke shatters cinematic boundaries with sci-fi short film Loom



He is an acclaimed commercial director who has pushed through his work to step out of the shadow of his father, Ridley Scott.



And now Luke Scott is transcending boundaries in video technology with a visually-arresting 20-minute short film, Loom.

Shot in coordination with RED Camera, the sci-fi short features Giovanni Ribisi and Jellybean Howie, although cinematographer Dariusz Wolski just might be its star.



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Dystopic: Loom opens with a shot of its conflicted star, Giovanni Ribisi

Lensed on the RED EPIC in 3D, while highlighting the capabilities of the prototype 4K REDray 3D cinema laser player, Loom is both written and directed by Scott, and co-produced by his father.



The film follows Ribisi's character Tommy - a lab tech who genetically modifies meat and begins a dangerous at-home experiment he struggles to perfect.

In the lab: Ribisi plays Tommy, a lab tech who genetically modifies meat for the masses

At odds with himself: Tommy debates the proprietary rights of genetic modification of the human species

Construction: The film was crafted to test the limits of the colour range and exposure, allowing viewers to see fine details often lost in dark scenes

At work: RED initially presented Loom at the 2012 National Association of Broadcasters [NAB] Show this past April and released it online on Wednesday

Walking the line: Allegiance appears to shift as Tommy begins a dangerous at-home experiment

It ends with a monologue taken from the conclusion of Darwin's Origin of Species, leaving many of the story's questions left unanswered.



'There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved,' says Howie's character.

Visually, Scott - who directs for his father's production company RSA - gives nod to the filmmaker's 1982 classic Blade Runner, shooting the piece in the tone and style of the dystopian thriller.

...But the experiment is one he struggles to perfect

Caught in the fire: Tommy is visited by inspectors who suspect he is involved in some illegal activity

Climax: The film ends with a monologue taken from the conclusion of Darwin's Origin of Species, leaving many of the story's questions left unanswered



Falling apart: Tommy breaks down with the realization his experiment has failed

Constructed for 3D, the piece was crafted to test the limits of the colour range and exposure, allowing viewers to see fine details often lost in dark scenes.

RED initially presented Loom at the 2012 National Association of Broadcasters [NAB] Show this past April.

The company has since continued to screen the film, and on Wednesday President Jarred Land released it online via REDUSER , with a disclaimer for cinephiles.

'Here is a web version to tide you over till you can get to one of our screening, which you really need to do,' he writes. 'Seeing it 4K 3D on our Laser projector is worth seeing.'

Loom is next scheduled to screen on September 11 at the The Los Angeles Short Fest .



In cinemas: Loom is next scheduled to screen on September 11 at the The Los Angeles Short Fest

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