www.modelmanmovie.com We are currently in preproduction, seeking funding. help us make our movie! contact us: info@modelmanmovie.com More information about the film: “The Model Man” is the story of a young man who suddenly finds himself at age 25 overweight, unhappy, and unsatisfied with life. Gregor reconnects with an old crush which motivates him to do something about his appearance to garner her attention and hopefully, her love. The transformation is a rocky one and over the course of the film Gregor realizes that his physical change may actually be the smallest change that occurs. The story plays on many current-day themes including obesity, body image, and self-worth, but shown through the lens of an everyman, 20-something, a perspective that hasn’t really been shown on the big screen yet. The unique production process: The protagonist is played by Burt Rutherford, who by the first day of production, will have gained over 70 pounds specifically for the film and will lose it all for the second half of the movie. Working with a tight budget, there are neither fat suits, nor special effects. This also means that Rutherford will be in the running to smash two standing Hollywood records: the most weight gained for a role and the most weight lost, currently held by Vincent D’Onofrio (“Full Metal Jacket”) and Christian Bale (“The Machinist”) respectively. The filmmakers hope that the actual weight loss and the film’s overall message may inspire others struggling with their …
Nikos Deja Vu – Substantia – Short Film Substantia We had to create fluids, fire, freezing and melting ice, energy fields and a growing plant. Mayec Rancel & Jose Angel Soto met at the CICE 3D Animation and Digital Post Production class in Madrid. Two young animators with a story to tell, they were fitted into a project together outside of this school at the end of the September 2005. This project became Substantia. ”Substantia is a metaphor. It describes a strange universe somewhat like our outer space, inhabited by heart-shaped planets that are constantly exposed to fire meteors speeding around them. There are also mysterious tear-drops that fall through this space. They are rare and few, but once in a while, a planet’s path coincides with a tear’s, and from the encounter springs life. Thus begins an eternal cycle of life and death, plenitude and suffering, and seemingly random events take shape into a larger scheme. With Substantia we were trying to tell a universal story, says Mayec. One that would give a sense of meaning to all the seemingly random events in life that make us suffer or thrive, grow or wither. That includes many different ideas like friendship, love, learning, death, suffering, fear and loss.” Concept design The overall goal of the concept design of Substantia was to express the emotion with just basic elements of visual symbols: colors, shapes, strong contrasts and textures. The team needed to tell a lot with very little, so that it could be felt …
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