Film Category

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250 Introductions of 185 People, Groups, & Things

By Jessica Njoo | November 22nd, 2010 in Film

First impressions are everything. So what better way to celebrate them by making a video comprising entirely of introductions. Watch and rewatch and rewatch and rewatch all your most loved, disliked, hilarious, awkward, inappropriate and most definitely memorable characters from all your favourite films. Yes!

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The Third and The Seventh.

By Jessica Njoo | November 22nd, 2010 in Film

Every now and then someone, somewhere creates something that makes you stop and actually look, take in what they have created and say ‘Woah’. This film is exactly the type of thing that deserves a ‘Woah’ response. ‘The Third and Seventh’ is a full CG animated piece that will make you do double, triple, even quadruple takes.

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Harry Potter Gets An 8-Bit Interactive Make-Over

By Flavia Browne | November 19th, 2010 in Film

Everyone’s favourite wizard is back! No, we’re not talking about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 – it’s Harry’s interactive Summer School experience on the interwebz! In 8-bit glory! For those of you stuck in the artistic sensibility of the 1980s, prepare to be right in your element. The gang at The Station have crafted a ‘choose your own adventure’ style story of Harry and his friends as they battle their way through Summer School.

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Daft Punk Talk Tron

By | November 19th, 2010 in Film

Ahead of the long awaited release of Tron: Legacy, the French musical powerhouse that is Daft Punk have opened up for the first time to Dazed & Confused about the highly secretive film collaboration and reflected on their humble musical beginnings which spawned their stellar career.

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Red Riding Hood Rehash

By | November 19th, 2010 in Film

Catherine Hardwicke’s Red Riding Hood (starring Big Love’s Amanda Seyfried, the incomparable Julie Christie ala Doctor Zhivago and Sirius Black himself – Gary Oldman) made its internet debut yesterday, alluding to a dark, gothic and beautifully-shot brooding tale of forbidden love threatened by a nasty werewolf-esque stalker.

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This is a film about bad things that could happen

By May Tusler | November 17th, 2010 in Film

Bad Things That Could Happen from This Is It on Vimeo. Bad Things That Could Happen is one of those “I wish I’d thought of that” short films made with…

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Soundscaping With Ace Norton

By Dewani Shebubakar | November 16th, 2010 in Film

He’d be a fun guy to have at the dinner table, Ace Norton. That, or he’d be painfully obnoxious, arrange his meal into the shape of something suggestively phallic and flick gravy-dipped (if you’re lucky) peas at you. Either way, we’d still happily invite him around in the hope that some of his unfailing, relentlessly fun, tongue-in-cheek, up-yours creative madness would rub off on us.

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Remember The Sandwich

By Dewani Shebubakar | November 16th, 2010 in Film

Through sweetly endearing illustration and mixed-media animation, director Sean Christensen invited us into his personal memories triggered by a sandwich his sister made for him when he was 12.

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Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre Starring Alice In Wonderland

By Flavia Browne | November 11th, 2010 in Film

Australia’s own Mia Wasikowska (pronounced WASH-EE-KOV-SKA, for those playing at home) has been rather busy the last couple of years with projects like Alice in Wonderland, The Kids Are Alright, Restless (with director Gus Van Sant, due for release in 2011 and now, Jane Eyre. And now, excitingly, we finally have our hands on a full length trailer for the film. Yipee!

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Linotype: The Film

By May Tusler | November 10th, 2010 in Film

Calling all typography nerds! Linotype: The Film is a feature-length documentary film centered around the Linotype typecasting machine invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler. Today, very few machines are still in existence and only a handful of dedicated people know how to operate them.

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