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Watch Best European Short Film 2002 - 10 Minutes


In our continuing study of great, award winning short films, we look at “10 Minutes” by filmmaker Ahmed Imamovic. 1994. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Rome, Italy. How many different things can happen for only 10 Minutes. The film won the award for the best European short film in 2002.

MUTO a wall-painted animation by Blu

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

The new short film by Blu
an ambiguous animation painted on public walls.
Made in Buenos Aires and in Baden (fantoche)

http://www.blublu.org/
http://www.blublu.org/sito/video/muto.htm

music by Andrea Martignoni
produced by Mercurio Film
assistant: Sibe

An absolute must see.

A Great Short Film Shot On A Cell Phone

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There are many who have questioned whether the cell phones could ever become a viable platform for creating films. Watch this submission to the Rox Mobile Phone contest, and it may start to influence your understanding of the form. Moreover, the iPhone, though it still has its naysayers, is already producing a cottage industry of mini steadicams and other strange inventions for shooting movies.

Short Film: This Guy Is Falling

This Guy is Falling


A creative, quirky short reminiscent of 80′s alien comedies, all done with a green screen.

Short Film: Airplane Lands on Jeep On Freeway

This short was destined to become a class and sure enough it made huge waves and got the filmmakers a lot of work. The reason: they made this incredible action special effects sequence out-of-pocket on home computers.

There are a lot of great books (and ebooks) out there about working in Visual Effects and Special Effects with easy in-camera techniques or commercial software you can run on any decent home computer.

Another great place to look is http://videocopilot.net for tutorials and inspiration.
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