The story of a crab astronaut.
Now Javier Chillon tells us about his movie "Decapoda Shock":
I wanted to create something completely different from my previous short film, Die Schneider Krankheit. There were a lot of new ideas and techniques I wanted to experiment with, so I wrote the script specifically to include them all within a wild, offbeat story.
The film took two years to complete. The variety of locations, the large cast, and the extremely limited budget made the process very long and challenging. For example, the first scene featuring the astronaut took a full year to shoot, using three different locations and three different actors —two of them just for the hand shots.
The project was self-produced by cinematographer Luis Fuentes and me. With a total budget of around €1,500, we had very little money to work with, so we did everything ourselves and asked friends for help. Luckily, we had some incredibly talented friends, and given the circumstances, the outcome was surprisingly successful.
We used a Canon XL-H1 HDV camera, which we chose simply because a friend owned one and generously let us borrow it throughout the two-year shoot. Visually, we aimed for a comic book aesthetic. To achieve that look, we used orange as the dominant color—appearing prominently in costumes, props, and overall design.
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