Portal - No Escape

Portal: No Escape
Directed by Dan Trachtenberg
Produced by Cathleen Alexander
Stephen Hens
Ashley Adams
Based on The Portal series
by Valve Corporation
Starring Danielle Rayne
Music by Mike Zarin
Cinematography Keith Dunkerley
Edited by David Trachtenberg
Release dates
  • August 23, 2011 (2011-08-23)
Running time
 7 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Portal: No Escape is a short fan film directed by Dan Trachtenberg. The film was released on August 23, 2011. As of September 2016, the video has received over 18 million views.[1]

Plot

Chell (Danielle Rayne) wakes up in a room with no memory of who she is or how she got there. She notices something on the back of her neck. Using a piece of a mirror she has just broke, she discovers that it is a bar code. Seemingly concerned, she also spots mysterious tally marks drawn on a wall. Alex spends the following hours, or even days, decoding the graph in her mind, exercising, and eating food provided by the guards, while being observed by a security camera. Soon, she discovers the meaning of the scribblings, and finds a Portal Gun hidden behind a wall panel. Alex learns how to use the device, and when an officer comes to intervene, she drops her bed on him, and escapes. She manages to run away from the chasers, finding herself on a roof of a building, in an industrial area, and uses the flinging technique to jump to another building. While walking away from the officers, Chell realizes that she is in fact surrounded by giant screens that give an illusion of an open world.

Production

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Trachtenberg said that the film was produced on a few thousand dollars.[2] Additionally, according to Trachtenberg's tweets on Twitter, the film wrapped up production in early 2010; it took an additional year and a half to complete post-production.[3]

Reception

The film was well received upon its release.[4][5] On its first day, the video has reached 800,000 views.[3] The video was later featured on VentureBeat's "Top 10 Best Gaming Videos of 2011" list.[6] The film was so well received that New Line Cinema initially approached Trachtenberg to direct the film adaptation of Y: The Last Man.[7][8][9]

References

  1. ↑ Trachtenberg, Dan (August 23, 2011). "Portal: No Escape". YouTube. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Dan Trachtenberg's 'Portal' catches gamer love, Hollywood buzz". September 1, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Young, John (August 24, 2011). "'Portal' short film is all kinds of awesome". Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ Marshall, Rick (August 24, 2011). "Portal: No Escape fan film is surprisingly great". Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  5. ↑ Wood, Roy (August 27, 2011). "Portal: No Escape, A Live Action Short Film". Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  6. ↑ Crawley, Dan (December 9, 2011). "The 10 Best Gaming Videos of 2011". VentureBeat. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  7. ↑ Rubio, Justin (January 10, 2013). "'Portal' fan film maker tapped to direct 'Y: The Last Man' movie". The Verge. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  8. ↑ Hart, Hugh (January 10, 2013). "Portal: No Escape Director Snags Y: The Last Man Movie". Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  9. ↑ Skipper, Ben (January 15, 2016). "Cloverfield sequel director Dan Trachtenberg caught Hollywood's eye with this Portal fan film". Retrieved September 19, 2016.

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