Colin West McDonald
An aging scientist gets help from his young neighbor to build a time machine.
An ash-collecting robot witnesses the collapse of the universe as he slowly drifts beyond outer space. The film is part three in director Colin West McDonald's series The Robot Scriptures, focusing on the "origin, evolution, and exodus of artificial intelligence." This particular film was based on a piece by cartoonist Joel Priddy.
"We Were Not Made For This World” is a existential sci-fi short film directed by Los Angeles-based filmmaker Colin West McDonald, based on a comic of the same name by cartoonist Paul Hornschemeier that features a rapidly declining robot wandering aimlessly through the desert (via Brian Heater @ laughingsquid.com). Directed by Colin West McDonald [cwestmcdonald.com, twitter.com/CWestMcDonald] Based on "We Were Not Made For This World" by award-winning cartoonist Paul Hornschemeier [forlornfunnies.com] || Costume Designer & Robot: Tina Matthews || Narrator: Mark "Big Poppa" Stampley || Narrator Recording Mixer: Fred Bogert || Additional Foley Artist: Felix Blume || Graphic Design: Jeff Brush [jeffbrush.com]
A young man gets deeply involved in a perhaps contrived mystery when burning rocks start falling from the sky.
A young woman's ghost investigates the mysterious events that led to her own murder.
