"Ataque de Panico!" (Panic Attack!) was created in Uruguay by Fede Alvarez according to the BBC he has been offered a $30m (£18.6m) contract to make a Hollywood film, sponsored by director Sam Raimi.
The short film features robots invading and destroying Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. It is 4 mins 48 seconds long and was made on a budget of $300 (£186).
I really like the look of this film, and it definitly has a blockbuster feel to it lets hope he will be successful in making this short into a feature length film. Its also another example of what a great tool youtube is for amatuer filmmakers.
If you think you know your movie quotes FilmFour has a monthly quiz to test your knowledge of famous quotes from movie, I think I managed about 50 but theres people on there with over 400.
A mysterious DJ is sent to a busy city block to mend a series of tragic events that occur in our everyday lives.
I really enjoyed this film when I first saw it in 2005, I loved the concept and director Jamin Winans executes it brilliantly. His latest feature length film has been getting good early buzz and it'll be interesting to see what this talented director can produce.
If you could rewind or undo a fateful event, would you? This riveting and unusual short film puts the power to change the world in a whole new perspective.
“SPIN” was shot over two weekends and one afternoon in June of 2005 for a total of about 35 rigorous hours of shooting. The shot list was ambitious at over 200 shots, and our original plan was to shoot it in two very long days using the Sony HDV camera. We shot “SPIN just north of the central downtown Denver area in a beautiful new area called Riverfront Park, adjacent to the Platte River. The location was ideal considering a number of different events had to occur, including the car crashing into the cyclist.
We gathered props and talent for “SPIN” in a variety of ways. One great resource was MySpace - through MySpace bulletin posts, we were able to obtain a free car, a free bike and two of the cholo’s who are arguing. Brandon Carrillo and Cesar Bejarano had never acted before and volunteered to spend a hot day in the sun with us and did an outstanding job.
Directors Statement
"SPIN" came about after watching Hayz II (who stars in the film as the main character "Scratch") scratch and spin records at one of his hip-hop shows. It made me wonder what would happen if just a touch of mystery was thrown on the turntables and everyday people, places and events could be influenced by the flow, speed and direction of a record.
The beauty of "SPIN" is that it traverses all gender, age, cultural and personal interest barriers - it is a film for all people everywhere on the globe. The no-dialogue format allows the story to be told in every language.
“SPIN” launched on the Double Edge Films website on August 11th, 2005 and emails began pouring in from every corner of the earth. In addition to international exposure on the Internet, “SPIN” has been invited to over 60 film festivals, has won over 35 festival awards and played to millions on television. “SPIN” has also generated interest from European and American advertising and music video producers.
Film Director and Producer Bios
Jamin Winans was born on December 4th, 1977. He grew up near Denver, Colorado and had an interest in film since the age of 10. Growing up in a family that didn’t own a TV for much of his childhood, Winans naturally became fascinated by TV and the movies. At the age of 10 he picked up a camera and never set it down. By the age of 14, he was writing, directing, and editing his own films, and by 17 he wrote and directed his first feature length film.
After graduating from high school, he spent a year as a film student before leaving college to begin his professional film career in his hometown of Denver, Colorado. In 1998, Winans established Double Edge Films - a film company striving to create original and independent work.
Double Edge Films’ primary goal was to produce their first feature film “11:59”. This began a seven-year journey, over which time Winans wrote and directed numerous projects including two critically acclaimed short films; “Blanston” and “The Maze”. The financial backing for “11:59” was finally realized after “Blanston” was accepted and screened at the prestigious Cinequest International Film Festival during the spring of 2003. Winans began production of “11:59” during the fall of 2003. Completed in 2005, “11:59” premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival and has continued a successful festival run winning the following awards: best narrative feature at the Kansas International Film Festival, best feature at the Flint Film Festival, best editing at the Cyprus International Film Festival and nominated for best screenplay at The Method Fest Film Festival.
In addition to their fictional work, Winans and the Double Edge Films team write, direct and produce local and national commercials, music videos and promotional and industrial videos.
Producer Joe Sekiya Joe Sekiya, 26, was born in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. In high school Joe started to take his love of movies more seriously by requesting that he be allowed to turn in a movie instead of an essay about the topics discussed in class. He graduated in 1997 and went on to pursue a marketing degree at Metro State in Denver.
During that time he met Jamin Winans and in 1998 Joe teamed up with Jamin to produce the feature film “11:59”. During the next seven years Jamin and Joe continued to raise money to produce “11:59” and in the meantime they produced several short films including “Blanston” and “The Maze”, and the latest, “SPIN”.
In the fall of 2006, Joe moved to Los Angeles to pursue other endeavors in the film industry. Credit: HDFest
As the light fades and the city goes to sleep, two forces emerge. They are invisible except for the power they exert over us in our sleep, battling for our souls through dreams. One force delivers hope and strength through good dreams; the other infuses the subconscious with desperation through nightmares. SciFiScoop Article Link
A rag doll fights a monster that has been stealing the souls of his people.
I watched this computer animated short film in 2005 and was recently intrigued to see it had been made into a feature film. Shane Acker is obviously a man with a talent for visuals, the short pulls of the post apocalyptic look amazingly and has an almost Burtonesque feel to it. While the visuals are amazing it'll be interesting to see how successfully the plot is developed into a feature length film. Either way Shane Acker is definitly someone with a unique vision and someone to look out for in the future.
Synopsis
9 is a sentient rag doll who appears to be the last of his kind, living in the ruins of a decaying parallel world, and is hunted relentlessly by the Cat Beast, that has killed eight of his rag doll kindred by stealing their souls with a canister-like talisman, and then proceeding to skin their bodies for clothing. 9 was formerly accompanied by his friend and mentor, the one-eyed 5, with whom he scavenged the ruins of their world in search of tools that would help them survive. However, the Cat Beast attacked 5 and stole his soul with its talisman. 9 had just barely escaped the same fate thanks to a gem that pulsates whenever the creature approaches.
In an attempt to destroy the Cat Beast, 9 prepares a trap baited with a lure designed to look like one of the rag doll people. This gives 9 a chance to subdue the creature long enough for 9 to steal its talisman. The creature breaks free and chases 9 through the building, cornering him on a wooden plank elevated high above the floor. Just as the Cat Beast crawls along the unstable plank and approaches him, 9 leaps to safety and knocks the plank down. The Cat Beast plummets to the floor below and is impaled off-screen by the falling plank. After setting up a memorial for his kindred, 9 puts his gem and the creature's talisman together to create a larger canister that releases the souls of all the creature's victims, including 5. Before vanishing, 5's spirit turns to 9 and nods in acknowledgment of 9's victory over the Cat Beast. 9 arms himself and sets off to parts unknown, leaving the canister behind.
Production
The short film took four and a half years, on and off, to create. Acker used Maya 1.5–5.5, Photoshop for the textures, After Effects for compositing, and Premiere for editing. There are homages to Acker's influences like Brothers Quay and Pixar placed throughout. Most of it was rendered at 720x540 pixels on a three-computer dual-processor render farm. For distribution at film festivals like Sundance, Rhythm and Hues Studios offered to print the short film to 35mm using their film printer and image resizing techniques. The credits show that beyond Acker, there were five other animators and three other lighters that worked on the film. Source: Wikipedia
9 has also recently been made into a feature film adapted from the short film, is produced in part by Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov and Jim Lemley, and is scheduled for release on 09/09/09.
Shane Acker directed the film and, with Pamela Pettler, wrote the script. The lead voice actors are Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Crispin Glover, Martin Landau and Christopher Plummer.
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