I usually don't post a lot on things like Machinima, but this one is kind of incredible.
What would happen if you took 44 minutes of audio from 28 Weeks Later and painstakingly animated every scene (sometimes even matching the camera angles used in the actual film) using the videogame Halo 3?
You'd get this:
Hey all!
"This is a thank you to our fans."And a mighty cool "thank you" it is.
ALL OF YOUR COPY!
Worked on two projects this week where quite a few people missed some very key points on some pretty decent auditions.
The first was a basic one. Producers sent us in a 30 second spot that was WAY over written. We've seen that before, no big surprise, but the agency did provide time codes at the top. I would say only one out of three people auditioning had noticed. Two thirds of the people coming in to read had prepped a 60 second style read, and were completely unprepared for a faster take.
The person who booked the job came out of the one third that noticed the time code.
The other was a bit more obscure.
We got a great TV spot for a luxury car. Very simply written, sophisticated with a little bit of a wink. They not only had time notes, but little storyboards and descriptions of what was happening in the spot. The twist to the commercial was the music, an old 1990's cheesy hip hop jam, to allow the spot to not take itself too seriously.
First I was shocked at how many people had completely disregarded the notes and storyboards (I would say almost a third), and had decided to just deliver their best Sloyan or Lyman impressions.
Only ONE person caught the music cue and knew what it was.
Guess who booked the job.
In this age of Blackberries and iPhones, not looking up a piece of info (in this case a music cue) LITERALLY meant the difference between booking a job and not.
Just some warm fuzzies to leave you with for the weekend!
The inspiration behind characters like Megaman.
Produced by the same company that recently brought us T.M.N.T.
Here's the teaser!
I dig this on SO many levels.
First up, it's a trailer for a cool looking comic, and I'm a nerd.
Secondly, the voice is my pal Chris Emerson, and he doesn't have what you would consider a "CLASSIC MOVIE TRAILER VOICE OF GOD" voice.
Thirdly, I find it be a really engaging way of drumming up interest in an indie property. I think the combination of visuals and voice is really interesting.
Lastly, I just dig using a conventional marketing tool (the movie style trailer) in a fairly unconventional way (promoting a comic book).
I'm very impressed.
Check it out (don't forget to hit the "HQ" button):
More info on Unbeatable:
www.razorwolfentertainment.com
From the Youtube link:
After being hired at Hanna-Barbera Cartoons Inc., MacFarlane was given a chance in 1996 to direct a sequel entitled Larry and Steve, a seven-minute short broadcast as part of Cartoon Network's World Premiere Toons.
Although not as crude as the first short, it still retains the same random feel with sight gags that mirror gags later used in Family Guy.
I'm proud to introduce you to a new project my pal Lee and I are undertaking.
Movies You May Have Missed!
Here's a quick teaser we just cobbled together:
This is hip hop.
This video was filmed in one take. The audio was recorded simultaneously with the video.
Nyle "Let The Beat Build" from Nyle on Vimeo.
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