MetaFilter posts tagged with film and short

Teaser Trailer to Motion Picture Deal in $300

filthy light thief — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:04:37 -0800

Fede Alvarez, a Uruguayan filmmaker, posted a short live action/CG video on YouTube back in early November (prev). The short, which features mysterious robots destroying Montevideo and cost approximately $300 to make, received interest from Hollywood days after being online. By the end of November, news spread that Alvarez signed a deal with Ghost House Pictures, reportedly worth $30 million. For now, Alvarez has a six-figure holding deal to wait while Ghost House hires a high-end scribe to turn the idea into a feature. The six-figure deal will be applied against a seven-figure fee if Ghost House makes the film, though Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert are already set up to produce the film. (via) Fede Alvarez is part of two production groups, Aparato and Murdoc Films. The Aparato site has a demo reel that features more of the production from the company (but it's behind a flash interface, so no direct link), and the Murdoc Films blog features more clips. Some are comparing this short to Alive in Joburg (video, prev-ious), the short that was adapted to become District 9 (prev-ious).

CGI-brows short mockumentary

planetkyoto — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:04:40 -0800

CGI-brows (link goes to video on Vimeo which contains a naughty word but is otherwise SFW.) A short mockumentary about extreme emoting through SFX by RocketSausage (Dir. Andrew Gaynord) which has won the Virgin Media Shorts People's Choice Award for 2009.

In no way related to the playing off of

fatllama — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:01:03 -0800

The Cat Piano: an animated short by The People's Republic of Animation.

Single Link Silent French Sureal Slapstick

hydrophonic — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:14:04 -0800

Artheme Swallows his Clarinet is a rather bizarre short film from 1912. Blatant padding: Twice a year, film archivist and preservationist Serge Bromberg (Lobster Films) presents a selection of shorts from the early years of cinema while providing accompaniment on the piano. This year, the Retour de Flamme fest is July 13. Can't make it to Paris? There are DVD collections, or you could watch a few more clips: Balloonland, The Fireman of the Follies Bergere (nsfw), and Le Cochon danseur (previously).

Bonsoir, Monsieur COK!

boo_radley — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:06:57 -0800

Bonsoir, Monsieur COK!
Dans un formidable élan de générosité notre patron adoré nous offre enfin la possibilité de voir son FILM sur la toile!
A short film about efficiencies in bomb manufacturing.

I know... is craaazy. But I love it.

miss lynnster — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:29:28 -0800

The Lost Tribes of New York City

Scintillation

carsonb — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:13 -0800

Scintillation
a short film by Xavier Chassaing.

Trouble at' Mill

chuckdarwin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:44:39 -0800

A Matter of Loaf and Death is the new BBC Christmas short from Nick Park and Aardman. In the mock murder mystery, Wallace and Gromit start a new bakery business, Top Bun. The short, Park's first since 1995, will introduce a new love interest for Wallace, Piella Bakewell, a bread enthusiast.

Heroes

fearfulsymmetry — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:12:53 -0800

Super Powers, winner of the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Best Narrative Short (possibly NSFW - a couple of swear words and adult theme)

Cecil, a short film by Terribly Timely and the Fashionably Lates

ambulance blues — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:31:39 -0800

Cecil, a short film by Terri Timely (SLQTP)

Dog Years. A short film.

Ufez Jones — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:37:05 -0800

Dog Years. A brief, but touching short. Official site here.

"...the geek factor is high, there's no doubt..."

loquacious — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:28:10 -0800

Jedi Gym

Poor people drive our economy, okay? Poor people ... with checks.

grabbingsand — Thu, 22 May 2008 04:43:40 -0800

"America's most valuable resource is poor people." The award-winning Internets Celebrities (Dallas Penn, Rafi Kam and director Casimir Nozkowski) take on check cashing joints with a short documentary called Checkmate. Don't know the IC? Educate yourself with Bodega, Cereal Is Dope and the incredibly informative Urine Nation. (via Hip-Hop is Read)

Little Minx' Exquisite Corpse

carsonb — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:49:28 -0800

the eyes of every man riveted upon her
she turns back and faces forward, at peace
she walked calmly disappearing into the darkness
without missing a beat, she asks, "Waffles for breakfast?"
she stares longingly at what she has lost
five short films from little minx.

Possessed, A Short Documentary About Hoarders

jack_mo — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:22:22 -0800

POSSESSED is a short documentary film that 'enters the complicated worlds of four hoarders; people whose lives are dominated by their relationship to possessions'.

Short dutch films

whir — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:31:10 -0800

The short films of Floris Kaayk and Sil van der Woerd blend live-action footage and computer animation. Metalosis Maligna. Swim. Duet. Order Electrum. All links coralized, as the sites seemed pretty slow to begin with. Direct links: microbia (cached), Sil van der Woerd (cached). via, via.

I'm 71. I've got a right to be loud, lady. I'm gonna die soon.

miss lynnster — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:29:34 -0800

In 1964, Mel Brooks won both the Oscar & BAFTA Best Short Film awards for The Critic. His first film, it revolves around an old man heckling abstract animation that he doesn't understand. Youtube (lower quality) | brettratner.com (higher quality)

Along came a spider ...

bwg — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:44:01 -0800

"... straight out of Down-Under, explosive stuntman-editor-producer-writer-actor-director Nash Edgerton delivers his latest effort, "Spider", a 9-minute action-thriller that gives an all-new meaning to old Peugeots, stunning blondes and love-jokes."

The War Prayer

empath — Mon, 28 May 2007 16:37:04 -0800

The War Prayer -- Mark Twain's post-humously published anti-war classic, brought to life.

Hit Record [dot] Org

pxe2000 — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 06:34:47 -0800

Hit Record -- the website of child actor-turned-respectable young thespian Joseph Gordon-Levitt. [more inside]

Shall we kiss?

growabrain — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:51:16 -0800

On s'embrasse?

To live is to remember.

maryh — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:06:49 -0800

Ilha Das Flores video "A tomato is planted, harvested and sold at a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. The end? No. ISLAND OF FLOWERS follows it up until its real end, among animals, trash, women and children. And then the difference between tomatoes, pigs and human beings becomes clear." A remarkable and devastating 12 minute film from director Jorge Furtado.

Animated Canadian Shorts

MetaMonkey — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 04:52:54 -0800

50 Animated Shorts from the National Film Board of Canada Focus on Animation. Including René Jodoin, Norman McLaren, Caroline Leaf and more. [streaming quicktime]

Big Screen Version

nitsuj — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 08:52:03 -0800

Big Screen Version [.mov, 9.5MB - 3 min.] is the title of a short film described as "Split-screen talking heads and flying graphics collide in a musical homage to the self-righteous rhetoric of Fox News." made by film and videographer Aaron Valdez. Other gems of his include Politics, Any Way You Slice It, and his regularly updated vlog.

7:35 de la manana

still — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 09:59:51 -0800

Last night I didn't fall asleep until early in the morning. And I've got a long day ahead of me. So, what the hell is making me smile at seven thirty-five in the morning? (embedded quicktime)