A Comedy About A Nuclear Engineer Shot In A Real Cold War Missile Silo

The literal - life missile silo setting really aid make this short film something special . A atomic railroad engineer lets his art hobby get in the way of his chore — but when something goes askew , it may just save him .

author and theatre director David Soll , who produces political ads as his day job , fund Silo through a successfulKickstarter campaignand drive the rights to shoot in a decommission Cold War - era projectile silo in the Adirondacks . This particular silo is owned by Alexander Michael , an architect who has been restore the bread and butter quarters . The master shaft of the silo is flooded , however . The squad really used CG to carry the bent and cleaned up the drier portions to make it look like it did when it was dynamic . you could take more about Soll and the project at theHollywood Reporter .

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