When the sun sets on the cinematic summer of 2014, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes will stand out as one of the season’s best. Like so many of the best sequels, it moves the story forward in a way that honors what happened previously while telling a story all its own.

The film-makers decided to take a ten-year leap with the story, which leaves a lot of space for between-story (as opposed to back-story). Online video and magazine Motherboard worked to put together three film shorts to help fill in the gaps between the two movies. All three are well-made. Here’s “Struggling to Survive,” the briefest of the three. It’s always good to be reminded that short stories can still be powerful.