So, I’ve mentioned how during Spring Break, most of the good ol’ [variaBILM] team got together, and cranked out another short feature, just seconds longer than SPORES. Well, thanks to the manic diligence of Ben Hartzell, TROIS: The Final Hour is about to be released. Mark your calendars, because May 11th is TROIS Day! And if current thought trends are to be believed, it sounds like we’re planning to throw the whole thing up on Vimeo for the best balance of quality & distribution potential.
When we shot the film two months ago, all I really had to do was help brain-storm an insane, dystopic universe, a bare-bones plot, and then run around Beloit for two days dressed as a French Cat-Burglar. After that, my “responsibilities” ended, and Ben H. has been carefully treating the thing ever since.
Now, after painstaking color correction, layering in visual effects frame-by-frame, and (by hand) manufacturing 145+ sound effects, the film is at long last, how do you say, le fin. (Holy cow, Ben. Thank you!)
Over the last couple of days, I’ve had the superlative pleasure of generating content for the TROIS website (linked via image [also devised by Ben] above), and if it’s not too early to say – I am convinced that TROIS is probably one of the most earnestly entertaining things I’ve ever had a hand in. It’s been an absolute thrill – and I can’t wait to see what people think of it on Wednesday.
Looking forward to it.