Made on a Mac
p2pnet.net News:- Almost exactly a year ago MacCentral ran a story on Helmut Kobler’s Radius,’ a sci-fi flic made for the Net.
“Most of the film – from the editing to the visual effects to the sound/music – is all done on the Mac,” said MacCentral. “Kobler’s PowerBook G3 500 has become the ‘digital hub’ (as Apple would say) of it all.”
“Radius is unique in that it’s very high quality as far as net films go (35mm, epic locations, 148 visual FX shots, etc.), but it also breaks ground in that our Web site lets fans track the making of the movie day in and day out,” Kobler told MacCentral at the time.
“We really wanted to show people what it’s like to make an indie film – not a sugarcoated version of filmmaking, but a realistic ‘in the trenches’ perspective – and so we post lots of candid journal entries, production pics, sound and visual effects trials, and tons of unscripted ‘you are there’ video clips. This has never been done before, especially with this sort of detail.”
Back to the future, Radius is now a done deal and you can buy a two disc DVD set for $19.95.
“The DVD includes the Radius film itself (all-out sci-fi action) and over four hours of Making Of content, all organized like a Guerrilla-Film-School-on-Disk which shows aspiring digital filmmakers how they can make their own quality films on a low budget, using Radius as the model,” Kobler is quoted as saying on MacMinute here.
“This content is very Mac-centric, explaining how we used the Mac for everything such as editing, visual effects, sound, music, DVD authoring, marketing and more. There’s even a 7.5 minute video dedicated solely to why PowerBooks make such great choices for indie filmmakers, and how to get the most out of them.”
Whether you buy the disc or not, make sure you go to the site and watch the ‘How we did it’ movies. Very cool. Very interesting. Truly wave of the future.
Are you getting the message, Hollywood?
Probably not.
July 1st, 2004 at 4:23 pm
I love it, one of their own cronies is showing how to cut them out of the loop. (well I lump the RIAA and MPAA into the same pile of fecal matter)