Month: October 2011

Indie Director Makes “TwitFlicks” To Fund Movie

Indie Director Makes “TwitFlicks” To Fund Movie

What do you do if your Kickstarter-like campaign to fund your independent short film isn’t working? If you’re Dutch director Eddy Terstall, you take requests for mini-movies on Twitter for a fee, calling them “Twitflicks”. By doing just that, Terstall raised about €120,000, way more than the €20,000 he was looking for, so he is…

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Universal Buys “Grim Night” After Trailer Goes Viral

Universal Buys “Grim Night” After Trailer Goes Viral

You know your work never goes unnoticed when you have studios vying for your indie work. That’s what happen when Universal won the rights to Brandon Bestenheider and Allen Bey’s Grim Night. Basically the films is about two people who lock themselves in their homes in an effort to hide from creatures called Grims. But…

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Steven Spielberg Hires Unofficial “The Adventures of Tintin” Opening Sequence Animator

Steven Spielberg Hires Unofficial “The Adventures of Tintin” Opening Sequence Animator

A opening title sequence says a lot about a film, besides telling you who directed, edited, stars in etc, the opening title sequences basically sets the tone for the film. From the lighting, camera panning, and music, you will understand the context of what you will see for the next hour and a half. But…

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Details Revealed About Joss Whedon’s “Much Ado About Nothing”

Details Revealed About Joss Whedon’s “Much Ado About Nothing”

Briefly: The Internet went wild Sunday night and Monday morning after hearing about Joss Whedon’s secret project Much Ado About Nothing, which had already finished shooting. Entertainment Weekly got more details on the project from interviews with Whedon and stars Sean Maher and Amy Acker. It turns out the film is just what we thought,…

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“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Viral Has Fans Hunting Flowers

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Viral Has Fans Hunting Flowers

What I love about movie virals are the scavenger hunts, the fan interaction, and most of all the way it draws you into the world of the movie. The Dark Knight, Limitless, and Tron Legacy have all done that, and now the people behind The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo are working on a little…

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