Month: June 2004

As MacMinute reported earlier today:

K2 Films has released its science-fiction action film, “Radius,” as a two-disk, US$19.95 DVD. Despite being shot on 35mm film, in such locations such as California’s Death Valley, and featuring over 150 visual effects shots, “Radius” was made by a first-time director on a budget of under $60,000. The low budget was achieved through classic guerrilla filmmaking frugality, but also by extensive use of the Mac, director Helmut Kobler told MacMinute. Editing, music, sound and visual effects were all done on Macs using off-the-shelf software. Also, the director says he managed the whole production from a PowerBook G4, working mostly from various Starbucks cafes around Los Angeles.

Very inspiring! 😀

The group I was with for last year’s 48 Hour Film Project, The Fuzz (who created the Washington DC winning entry, "Weather Man"), was this year followed by an NPR reporter. The 14 minute segment (twice as long as the finished film!) which resulted aired on NPR Weekend Edition earlier today, and is now archived on NPR’s website:

http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1964406

Enjoy!

MB

Well, it looks like the group I was with for the 48hr Film Project last year is going to be featured on NPR this weekend! Phil Harrell from NPR followed them around during this year’s 48 (of which I wasn’t a part, due to an unforseen work overnighter the day before), and this Sunday on Weekend edition, there’s going to be an epic 14-minute piece on The Fuzz—- That’s longer than the finished film!

To tie everything in, an official Fuzz website has been launched for the occasion. It’s great—- It’s like the Weekly World News, but instead of Batboy, it’s about us!