Aug 27
Behind the Scenes: Dragonfist
It’s been a long time since I’ve updated this blog, but I’ll likely post a few things over the next week, here. It’s been an incredibly busy year so far, with twenty-one weeks of anti-torture actions, production on a new book (Zakery’s Bridge), promotion for the old book, some new and strange music in the works, and now a short film. About a month ago, Shrieking Tree sent this in to the 48 Hour Film Project. Hope you enjoy it. More to come soon.
This film was created for the 2010 Des Moines 48 Hour Film Project. Thomas J. Buxtehude directs a fantasy epic about a dragon who terrorizes an old English town in 1753. After years of committing unspeakable acts against the townsfolk, Luciferous lures an unnamed hero out to battle him to the death.
As part of the 2010 48 Hour Film Project rules, teams were required to use a character named Carl or Carla Ross who must be a plumber, use coins as a prop, and use the line “Who came up with that?” Other requirements included the color bars and tones at the beginning. For some reason we thought adding extra tones would be amusing.
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