Brilliant, immersive POV footage of slick drone maneuvers dressed as a STAR WARS dog fight, composited of practical in-camera effects with touches of 3D VFX:
Watch in-depth behind the scenes:
Hodor’s Sacrifice – GoT: Season 6 Episode #5
•May 25, 2016 • Leave a Comment
Game of Thrones is a remarkable and groundbreaking feat of television storytelling, period. Although I’ve found myself questioning a few scenes and story-lines lately — like Arya Stark and absolutely everything about Dorne — it is scenes like this that should remind us all of how powerful the momentum of narrative is, when a good character makes a stand and holds their own against the forces of antagonism.
Read Kristian Nairn’s official interview about his thoughts on Hodor’s final moment, here: http://www.makinggameofthrones.com/production-dia…
Don’t be too sad for Hodor’s departure though, in his next life, the Many-Faced God has given him a new identity where he speaks the universal language of doof doof:
You can listen to more of Kristian Nairn’s mixing and DJing skills @ his Soundcloud or http://www.kristiannairn.com/
HODORHODORHODORHOLDOORHOLDTHEDOOR :'(
•May 25, 2016 • Leave a Comment
The Nostalgist [short film]
•May 23, 2016 • Leave a CommentWith properly tuned ImmerSyst Eyes & Ears, the world can look and sound like a paradise. But the life of a father and his young son threatens to disintegrate when the father’s device begins to fail. Desperate to avoid facing his traumatic reality, the man must venture outside to find a replacement, into a city where violence and danger lurk beneath a beautiful but fragile veneer:
Directed by Giacomo Cimini, The Nostalgist is based on a short story from Daniel H. Wilson, who has a PhD in robotics and is a New York Times best-selling author.
Cats Chics Guns. by Concept Artist Richard Anderson
•May 23, 2016 • Leave a Comment
“Death in Space” by Thomas Lucas — Amusingly Dark & Random Ways to Perish in Outer Space [animation]
•May 20, 2016 • Leave a Comment“Death in Space” is a collection of 2 second scenes depicting the many ways to meet an untimely death in outer space, by Cardiff, Wales-based animator, Thomas Lucas — poking fun at the careless curiosity of human nature:
Created and Animated by Tom Lucas / Post production – Gorilla / Sound Design – Alice Knipping / Special thanks – Cloth Cat Animation / ©Tom Lucas 2015.
Donnie Darko: 15th Anniversary Screening
•May 19, 2016 • Leave a CommentSpeaking of sci-fi & blasts from the past; Richard Kelly’s writing-directing debut DONNIE DARKO will be screening at an independent cinema here in Auckland to celebrate the film’s 15th anniversary, because that’s what good stories deserve!
The original, theatrical cut will be screened June 10th at 8:30pm / R16 Violence and offensive language. — https://www.facebook.com/events/257750461243882/
Combining a high school coming of age story with a mindbending metaphysical thriller, Donnie Darko quickly became a cult favorite and helped make Jake Gyllenhaal a star. Now, we are celebrating the 15th anniversary of Richard Kelly’s writing-directing debut with Madman Entertainment NZ and hosting one special screening at our cinema June 10th. With a star-studded cast including Drew Barrymore, Jena Malone, Katharine Ross, Mary McDonnell, Patrick Swayze and Noah Wyle, Donnie Darko follows the title character, a disaffected teen who begins having ominous visions of a demonic rabbit. You won’t want to miss this funny and hauntingly original film on the big screen again!
My dad took me to see this when it had a limited run at Rialto, New Market. I had zero knowledge of it let alone expectations, and it turned out to be one of my favourite cinema experiences. I do have a lot of those. It’s funny, I remember desperately wanting to talk about it with someone when no one had even heard of it. Same thing happened with Shaun of the Dead. I am so happy DONNIE DARKO is a celebrated cult classic.
DEAD 7 — Say Bye Bye Bye to Zombies because Backstreet’s Back, Alright!
•May 18, 2016 • Leave a CommentWhile looking for movies to watch I came across a story too random to possibly be true; Nick Carter of Backstreet Boys fame co-wrote a screenplay about zombies and turned it into a movie with his 90s boy band friends.
DEAD 7 stars Nick Carter, A.J. McLean, and Howie Dorough from The Backstreet Boys, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick from ’N Sync, Jeff Timmons from 98 Degrees, and basically all of O-Town (Erik-Michael Estrada, Jacob Underwood, Trevor Penick, and Dan Miller). DEAD 7 has not surprisingly been described as a collection of tropes that recall everything from The Magnificent Seven to The Walking Dead to Inglourious Basterds:
This post-apocalyptic Western follows a group of gunslingers as they look to rid a small town of a zombie plague.
90’s boy bands v.s. the dance-move impaired seems a little unfair to me, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t intrigued enough to watch at the very least 10 minutes of it. Double points if they steered clear of making it a musical. Here is a favourite from the past:
Yeahhh, 90s music video production value; nothing like it. Take notes all you numerical directions, some quality fun’ness went down back then.
Four Minute Supercut of Matthew McConaughey Making Weird Noises [movie montage]
•May 17, 2016 • Leave a Comment
Alllright allright alright, as if Owen Wilson was contractually obligated to say “wow” or whisper in every film he is in, Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey makes lots of noises in his. Noises that are not words. Noises that do not convey much information other than “Hi I am Matthew McConaughey and my mouth can make this sound.”
Métamorphose — Perspective Changing Wire Sculptures by Matthieu Robert-Ortis
•May 10, 2016 • Leave a Comment
Hand Star Wars (1990) [fan film]
•May 4, 2016 • Leave a CommentNo, no, no. It is not some creepy sci-fi porn with Princess Leia giving Han Solo a little rub and tug. It’s a quirky low-budget Star Wars fan film from 1990, re-enacting the Death Star trench run scene from A New Hope. Directed by Itami Rose, the literally handmade Super 8 film was shot entirely using, you guessed it, nothing but hands:
Meteor Space Junk Burns Across Southern California Sky
•May 2, 2016 • Leave a Comment Enters atmosphere with its own pumping theme music too:
On my way home and caught this on the freeway. The camera doesn’t capture it very well but the meteor was sparking a lot and had a green light to it. (Song is: Mt. Eden — Sierra Leone [Tommie Sunshine & Live City Remix])
According to NASA, the green hue that is described of the explosion indicates that the object contained magnesium, which suggests this was probably man-made space debris coming back down to Earth. Different metals glow different colours. The Griffith observatory additionally confirmed that the this blazing ball was likely a piece of descending space junk. Still, a cool capture.
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