after a few months dilly dallying around, working, travelling, biking, i finally got the gumption to start on my project - a samurai flick inspired by Masaki Kobayashi. This one stars Richard Priest, Ricky Grove and Melanie Greaves. The trailer is one approach i am thinking of visually, but am still experimenting on how the final film will look like. The current black and white look is an homage to Masaki and those samurai films from the 1960s ...
Inspired by the works of Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke. The following is a break-down of the two films Excursion and Aberration. Originally, Excursion was meant to be a single machinima to celebrate the director/writer's favorite aspects of Sci-Fi. Most notably the alignments to the Space Odyssey film/book series from Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke. However, due to the film's critical success, the sequel Aberration was created. Even though the director/writer ...
“Excitement…Danger…Suspense…as this classic adventure story sweeps across the screen!” Robin Hood: an everlasting figure. He stole from the rich and gave to the poor; no matter who you are, you’ve got to have heard of the famous Nottingham folklore, he’s known worldwide and naturally there’s been many film adaptations of this interesting character, but which one is ...
As we approach the end of 2012, we leave behind the 50th anniversary celebrations of perhaps one of film’s most iconic characters, James Bond. It’s often hard to believe that the Bond franchise has been around for about half the amount of time that the medium of film has been with us. Skyfall was a fitting tribute; it effectively combined both the classic elements from ...
Before I kick off my review of The Hobbit, I need to set a few things straight. I didn’t watch the film in 3D and I didn’t view it at 48 frames per second, the subject of much debate as to whether this is the future of how films will be projected to cinema-goers, or is just a handy way of making audiences nauseous. I’ll be the first to admit that I wasn’t particularly ...