Customers Demand Refunds For a Silent Film's ‘Lack Of Dialogue’
Michel Hazanavicius’ loving homage to 1920s-era cinema The Artist might well be attracting the attention of film purists round about now, as it welcomes numerous awards and garners nominations across the board, but that hasn’t stopped UK cinema-goers demanding refunds for the silent film after complaining about, hear us out, a distinct ‘lack of dialogue’. A silent movie with a lack of dialogue you say? Ludicrous!
Cinematic Psychedelia: ads play over the top of a Scorsese film
So our interpretation of a 'trippy' moment was blown out the water not so long ago, as a set of movie goers experienced a set of advertisements playing over the closing minutes of Martin Scorsese's Hugo.
Indie Game: The Movie. A videogame film worth watching to premiere at Sundance
Of the significant amount of buzz surrounding this year's Sundance Film Festival, this has definitely captured the hearts and minds of we nerds: a feature documentary about the pains of the 21st century independent artist that is the indie game designer.
Indie Game: The Movie Official Trailer from IndieGame: The Movie on Vimeo.
Tom Hanks sci-fi web series to stream on Yahoo this spring
Tom Hanks has elected for his animated vision of a post-apocalyptic future, called 'Electric City,' to premiere on Yahoo this spring. Extra details were revealed by the man himself via a Q&A at CES.
The series has been gestating under-the-surface for a while. The 20 episode series that Hanks and his company 'Playtone' have been working on for years is going to comprise of 3-4 minute long captures of ambiguity within a dystopia.
Slipknot members establish film production company
Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor and percussionist M. Shawn Crahan (a.k.a the Clown) are set to lift the veil on a new production company, Living Breathing Films, at the Sundance Film Festival next week.
This eclecticist outfit, ran by self-admitted movie buffs (Corey bought $10,000 worth of DVDs when Slipknot began to make money) seems to be aiming straight down the same vein as the band they originate from. "Our movies are going to be psychological. They’re going to affect you. When The Exorcist came out people got up and left after 15 minutes and that turns us on," Crahan told Rolling Stone. "If I haven’t got someone to leave in five minutes for at least one of my films then I’m not doing my job."
An Interview with Brad Hansen
You may know him more for two particular viral videos that go by the names of 'The Lion King Rises' and 'WALL-ETHEUS.' With the rather novel idea of syncing the audio of all-new movie trailers to the scenes of those that fit in an almost oxymoronic way, Brad Hansen has recently received massive viral success.
Surpassing a million hits within seven days, we had to talk to him and find out more. How does he create these mash-up trailers? What else does he do besides these creations? And just how does one connect a children's film with the audio of something less...youthful?
As Brad allows us insight into the conceptualising process, "First I find a new trailer that people are really interested in. Then I just think about what characters, themes, and visuals seem to match up well, that would make an interesting counterpoint. If I can also think of a clever title spoof, then I know I'm in good shape!"
Prometheus trailer parody. Audio sync with Wall-E scenes
You probably already know about the the Alien quasi-prequel Prometheus, and also about the the Pixar animated film Wall-E. Two films of opposite polarity in terms of age appropriacy, brought together in a rather humourous parody.
New Line Studios hire director for Police Academy Reboot
New Line Cinema has hired Scott Zabielski to direct the long-overdue eight iteration of the Police Academy films...you know, the ones from the 80s and 90s with Steve Guttenberg and that guy who made all the sounds.
Dark Knight Rises trailer parody. Audio sync with Lion King scenes
So after a fantastic trailer for The Dark Knight Rises, breaking iTunes Movie Trailer records by exceeding 12.5 million views in just 24 hours, Youtube user MovieMaestroTen has made the pitch perfect parody, syncing the audio from the Batman trailer with scenes from Disney's The Lion King.
An Interview With Atomic Productions
With their slick, stylish, creatively-inventive spoofs of two of last years most accomplished and masterfully-made films, Atomic Productions' parody trailers of Inception and The Social Network – respectively known as Inebriation and The Brocial Network – have together grossed just under 2 million views on YouTube.
Not bad considering their combined production takes up but a small portion of the group's already highly impressive filmography, they're made on a shoe-string budget and came out of a challenge by creative director Andrew Adam's college professor who urged the group to try “something funny with that sort of grave seriousness” that they knew so well.
The first trailer and poster for The Hobbit released
Believe it or not, it's been ten whole years to this week that The Lord of the Rings trilogy – now celebrated as one of the most beloved and acclaimed series of films of all time, and rightly so – began its cinematic journey with the release of The Fellowship of the Ring. How time flies. A fitting time then to satiate the orc-like appetites of Tolkien and LOTR fans across the globe with the first-ever look at prequel two-parter, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
The Dark Knight Rises trailer emerges from the shadows
So we've all been given an early Christmas present in the form of an all new Dark Knight Rises trailer, with all the fantastic pacing, set pieces and understated over-theatricals you can't help but get pumped at from a Christopher Nolan-directed picture.
Amazing Spider-Man official website goes live. More info revealed
Columbia Pictures and Marvel Entertainment have revealed a generous amount of tantalising, juicy information about the upcoming Spider-Man reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man, with the launch of the film's official website.
This week in new releases
We all like the word 'new,' adds a promotional sheen to stand your product out from the rest. But where can you identify all the new media to cross your path? Sure there's 'new game releases' and 'new film releases' pieces; but where's the convergence? That's where we come into it, introducing This week in new releases.
The camera that filmed Star Wars sold for £400,000
Got a spare £400k handy? If you had you would probably invest it in something more impactful on your life than a 35mm Panavision PSR camera from 1977...that is until you learn that truth that this was the very camera that filmed the first Star Wars movie.
Music video celebrates iPhone Games with Real-life versions
Have you ever wondered what iPhone Games looked like in real life? Neither did we; but Hey Geronimo have answered peoples' aforementioned wonderment with their music video titled 'Why don't we do something?'
We see the likes of Fruit Ninja, Plants vs Zombies, Cut The rope (cutest rendition), Flight Control and the classic Angry Birds. Unsurprisingly, it went viral pretty rapidly, and reminds us everso of Le Internet Medley. It seems that pop culture is changing...into birds killing pigs and death wishes against fruit. Take a look below.
This week in new releases
We all like the word 'new,' adds a promotional sheen to stand your product out from the rest. But where can you identify all the new media to cross your path? Sure there's 'new game releases' and 'new film releases' pieces; but where's the convergence? That's where we come into it, introducing This week in new releases.
Playstation movie store viral ads take us into virtual reality
So Sony's recent viral campaign to promote the newly introduced video store on PS3 presents us with a virtual reality experience that we whole heartedly crave for.
Created by the recruited agencies Studio Output and the Marshmallow Laser Factory, Sony appointed them to build a series of viral films to promote the Playstation Video Store (via the tagline 'Great films fill rooms'), which resulted in the VR shots we got here, using 3D mapping, a steadicam and head-tracking via attached Playstation Move controllers.
IP crimes=child labour and murder. McGruff the Crime Dog said so
The Department of Justice and McGruff the Crime Dog have released their latest media campaign yesterday, targeting the wide world of piracy.
The campaign ties the aforementioned piracy and counterfeiting to to rather unwanted outcomes such as drug trafficking, gang violence, child labour, and the usual suspects of the industry.
HMV Joins The Digital Age With On-Demand Service. Are They Too Late?
HMV today marks its move into the digital marketplace with its appropriately-named on-demand rental service ‘HMV On-Demand’. From the iTunes Store to the Android Marketplace, Amazon’s LOVEFiLM Player to Blinkbox, it’d be fair to say that online movie rental services are far from in short supply.