 | Captivity - Trailer 2 Top cover girl and fashion model, Jennifer Tree has it all - beauty, fame, money and power. Her face appears on covers of hundreds of magazines. At the top of her game, Jennifer is America’s sweetheart. She is loved and adored and sought after. Everyone wants her. But someone out there has been watching and waiting. Someone wants her in the worst way. Out alone at a charity event in Soho, Jennifer is drugged and taken. Held captive in a cell, Jennifer is subjected to a series of terrifying, life-threatening tortures that could only be conceived by a twisted, sadistic mind. Directed by: Roland Joffe Starring: Elisha Cuthbert, Daniel Gillies, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Michael Harney, Laz Alonso |
Captivity – Trailer 2
May 17th, 2007Brooklyn Rules – Trailer
May 17th, 2007 | Brooklyn Rules - Trailer Written by three-time Emmy winner Terence Winter (the Sopranos) Brooklyn Rules s a powerful story of loyalty, friendship, and sacrifice. Set in Brooklyn circa 1985 against the backdrop of John Gotti’s rise to power, the film revolves around three lifelong friends whose different ambitions threaten to shake their enduring bond. Directed by: Michael Corrente Starring: Freddie Prinze Jr., Scott Caan, Jerry Ferrara, Mena Suvari, Alec Baldwin |
Patrick Scruggs Jr
May 16th, 2007 
Patrick Scruggs Jr is a young great LA based animator. His reel conjures up cliche action movie phrases like “action packed” and “an adrenaline rollercoaster” or just plain rad (I’ll stand by those qoutes too). He was taken in by Buck after graduating from school and quickly gained some serious animation chops there.
Scrugg’s animation style feels like a boys wet dream. His bold camera moves and great sense for timing are absolutely perfect for stations like G4, and Spike TV. Scruggs had a part in some recent big projects like the Offf title sequence and one of the Pass It On animations. Personally, I have always been a big fan of the G4 spots he worked on, the anime style and solid movement he was able to get out of it seems better than the real thing.
Action Packed!
Eli Guerron is Osito
May 16th, 2007Eli Guerron’s montage is more technical than most of the work we post on Motionographer, but it’s wicked polished and infused with a solid design sensibility. Eli’s pretty young (by my standards, at least), but he’s one of those guys who works his gonads off to improve every chance he gets. And it shows.
There’s another important reason I’m posting Eli’s reel. Notice how he lists his roles for each project at the bottom of the screen? This should be standard practice for all freelance/individual reels (regardless of how technical they are). This kind of full disclosure is not only helpful and informative, it’s ethically the right thing to do. I’ve heard of more than one case of people slapping projects into their reels even though all they did was pass by the designer’s desk on their way to the coffee machine and suggest that the deer head be chartreuse instead of pink.
The way I see it, reels are a necessary evil. Evil because they essentially reduce every designer/director/animator/visualist to a 2-minute binge of bite-sized eye candy. Necessary because they do conveniently represent (however distorted those representations might be) individuals and studios in an industry that crowns king he (or she) who can grab the most eyeballs in the shortest amount of time.
So since reels aren’t going away any time soon, let’s at least be up front about what we, as individuals, have done. Let’s be clear about exactly how much influence we had over the end product. I’m not saying that every reel needs to have complete credits running at the bottom like some obnoxious, self-flagellating ticker tape of humility. I’m just saying that Eli’s example is a good one to follow. Simple and easy to implement.
When I recut my reel (which unfortunately is comprised almost entirely of medicore student work), I will do the same. I hope you will, too.
G’Raffe updates with some whimsical work in a variety of styles. Go, G’Raffe! Go!
May 16th, 2007Adaptation vs original screenplay
May 16th, 2007For many different reasons authors who adapt their own books into screenplays are not so common. I would appeal to the reknown saying: “zapatero a tus zapatos”. Even though there are some like Nicholas Pileggi (Goodfellas, Casino), Michael Blake (Dancing with Wolves).
It would be unfair to say that an adaptation can not be as good as an original screenplay, I guess because it is a specialty to write one.
In Colombia that country at the south of America where i was born, (I will be mentioning it a lot) Film industry is being possible in our movie theaters. To give an idea of what I´m talking about: 24 movies were produced in the past 3 years and growing (that much ha). Most of the stories come from adaptations. A movie like Maria Full of Grace which screenplay is an original by Joshua Martson, a californian writer, producer, director is an 80% american movie.
Visa U.S.A 1986
Britney’s New Message To Her Fans
May 16th, 2007
Spears just posted the following new picture and message on her official website:
“The reason for this letter is to let everyone know that their prayers have truly helped me. I am so blessed that you care enough about me to be concerned and will continue to live in this brighter state with all of you by my side during this trying time. We are all lights of the world and we all need to continuously inspire others and look to the higher power. You are all in my prayers. Godspeed.
Love, Britney”
