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From: "William Hennes" <williamhennes-AT-charter.net>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 09:17:56 -0700
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Oko - our 2006 short puppet film's trailer


Very cool!
Yep, the one on Mathieu's site is a bit too dark to make out.  However the 
one on dockfilms is not as dark and much easier to see what is going on.
Here is the link....
http://www.dockfilms.com/froko.html

William


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mathieu René" <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 7:47 AM
Subject: [Puptcrit] Oko - our 2006 short puppet film's trailer


> The short film my frequent colleague Daniel and I worked on back in 2006 
> is
> now finished, and ready for distribution. It is meant for film festivals 
> and
> TV stations.
>
> We finally saw it on a real cinema screen during a film festival just 
> about
> two weeks ago.
> We're proud of the result. Not unlike something the director said in a
> speech once: we were in way over our heads, but we pulled something off, 
> and
> the long wait was worth it.
>
> A trailer has been made, and for now can be seen on my Lab blog:
> http://creaturisteworkshops.blogspot.com/2009/03/oko-2006-puppet-short-film.html
>
> Tell us what you think, I'll transmit the comments to the director.
>
> The same trailer (probably in bigger screen size) will soon be available 
> on
> the Director's website when it officially goes fully online this week or
> next. If you are interested in seeing the short film, please contact Alain
> Fournier, the Director. He has it on DVD.
> www.dockfilms.com
>
>
> The future:
> Mainly the same creative team made another short puppet movie in 2008,
> filmed in December.
> It should be ready later this year, the CGI department has a lot of work 
> to
> do, considering we shot it all on Red camera (four times the quality of 
> HD)
> with a lot of scenes shot on green screen.
> This one is a lot more dynamic, due in great part to the puppet type:
> tabletop rod puppet.
> We made all the rods removable and interchangeable, for special scenes, so
> direct action and reaction is totally smooth. i can't wait to see that one
> on the big screen!
>
>
>
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