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While $10,000 is not terribly cheap for a 20 minute film, it does make very logical sense considering they had to rent locations, an HVX200 camera, lighting gear, a P+S Technik 35mm lens adapter and lenses. Additionally, they fed their cast and crew, and even paid all of them. Any time you can do a no-budget film and make sure everyone gets paid something for their labor, that’s a very good thing to encourage people to help out with future projects you do.
Despite the rather bumpy beginning that strains the suspension of disbelief, the final acting and visuals guarantee that this is a film that has some lasting appeal, especially to people who like off-beat love stories. For other filmmakers, it’s a good look at ways to do a lot of things right in a low-budget short. I would definitely watch this again and I wouldn’t mind showing this to friends.
While Terminal isn’t perfect, it definitely shows a lot of promise and is an intriguing take on both relationships and airports. With this strong a short under his belt (as well as the executive producing he did on December's Best of Show feature, Eleven), I definitely look forward to Mr. Puga’s next film, whether it be another short or if he decides to move up to directing a feature.
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The
director of two feature length films and half a dozen short films,
Jeremy Hanke
founded Microfilmmaker Magazine to help all no-budget filmmakers make
better films. His first book on low-budget special effects techniques, GreenScreen Made Easy, (which he co-wrote with Michele Yamazaki) was released by MWP to very favorable reviews. He's curently working on the sci-fi film franchise, World of Depleted through Depleted: Day 419 and the feature film, Depleted. |
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