Fred
Claus
Filmed
in London and Chicago, EMP’s team followed the
efforts of director David Dobkin and his all-star cast
in this ’07 Christmas comedy. Featuring Vince
Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Kevin Spacey, Cathy Bates and
Ludacris.
Lost BoyS: The Tribe
The Corey’s
are back, and we were there to create some featurettes
for this new Warner Premiere video property.
300
TV Specials,
expanded DVD Content, a complete In Movie Experience
for the HD DVD release and a dozen web-based video journals
encompasses the package we built for Zack Snyder and
Frank Miller’s epic.
Return To House on Haunted Hill
Shot in
Bulgaria, EMP created a series of character based Additional
Content for the DVD, as well as an explanatory piece
for the ‘Navigational Cinema’ component
available on the disc, which allows for an interactive
experience with over 90 versions of the film playing
out depending on the choices made by the viewer.
The Brave One
Jodie
Foster stars in this Neil Jordan directed thriller lensed
in New York City.
Invasion
Nicole
Kidman and Daniel Craig team with Joel Silver to update
the classic ‘Body Snatchers’ story, and
EMP came along to provide coverage.
Ayamye*
In Ghana,
West Africa, bicycles provide much needed transportation
in rural communities. Ayamye* is a moving, life-affirming
film that proves sustainable solutions to crisis are
not always complex. Nominated for the Social Justice
Fund at Santa Barbara Intl. Film Festival.
Tales From The Crypt, Seasons
1-7
We created
a series of extras for the collectors on these iconic
discs of the infamous and groundbreaking television
series. Working with John Kassir and Jack Wohl each
disc has it’s own unique offering of additional
content sure to please new and old fans of the show.
Dukes of Hazzard 2
We worked
with Warner Premier in creating some unique marketing
pieces as well as fun DVD extras for this prequel to
the raucous southern fried classic.
The Fountain
The long
awaited Darren Aronofsky sci-fi film was aided by a
strong EPK package assembled with EMP.
Burned
A short
web-video introduction to Dean Kuipers’ new non-fiction
book “Burning Rainbow Farm”, featuring interviews
with Dean and John Sinclair. Rainbow Farm is an untold
(‘til now) American tragedy, thoroughly researched
and written over the past 5 years, published by Random
House.
Tales from The Crypt Season 5
For this
installment of the cult horror series re-released on
DVD, we are working with EC Comics, John Kassir, Jack
Wohl and our crack graphics department to adapt one
of the original comic stories to a video animation featurette.
Tales From The Crypt Season 4
With a
spooky commentary featuring writer Alan Katz and the
Keeper himself serving as master of ceremonies, we once
again provide some insight into the hit television series
and the wealth of top notch talent that participated
in this season of shows.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Destined
to be a modern noir classic, Shane Black’s film
is complemented by an assortment of DVD extras produced
by us.
A Scanner Darkly
Richard
Linkletter’s adaptation of Philip K Dick’s
classic sci-fi novel has been completed in stunning
rotoscoped animation. Our DVD content will reveal the
processes used to create this unique looking film, from
principal photography through post production and sound
design, including some rarely seen footage of PKD himself.
House Of Wax
Two behind-the-scenes
docs, a gag reel and a video commentary of making-of
material instead of the movie augment the DVD version
of this cultish Dark Castle film.
Ultimate Matrix Set
Out from
under the cloak of secrecy, we proudly reveal the completion
of The Matrix saga across ten DVD's. Anchoring the myriad
scene analyses and process studies are two crucial documentary
films; Return To Source and The Hard Problem.
Return To Source
When the
first Matrix production got going back in ’'97,
all key cast and crew were given a reading list to tackle
before being given scripts. One of the books was Out
of Control, a survey/study of the various theories around
machine/computer evolution and ‘"domination"
over man. We returned to the author, Kevin Kelly, for
a lengthy interview before embarking on an odyssey of
our own, interviewing well over 80 intelligent minds
for the two films included as “"Roots of
The Matrix”. Return To Source explains causality,
determinism, ideology and iconography and other heady
hints woven throughout the Matrix stories. The explainers
of these philosophies are themselves scholars, experts,
visionaries and iconoclasts, making for a lively discussion
of this sci-fi story as interpreted philosophically.
The Hard Problem
Can robots
take over the world? Can a fully immersive virtual reality
exist? The Hard Problem continues into the realm of
science when analyzing the same issues as the philosophic
study. Where is Artificial Intelligence today, and where
is it headed? Is The Matrix a plausible fantasy of some
realistic future? We went back to school with some of
the brightest minds, many controversial in their field,
all mavericks pushing at the envelope of possibility,
to bring this engaging topic to screen.
Burlyman Chronicles
The Chronicles
stand as a benchmark example of the many other features
and facets of the content we've created. From commentaries
to frame by frame dissection, over 30 hours of new material
was generated for this collection. Burlyman Chronicles
is a feature-length linear verite narrative from day
1 to day 270 in the making of Reloaded and Revolutions.
We present the working life of this team of hundreds
as they pursue the goals of each shoot day, from the
director brothers to the floor painters. It is a human
tale of the Herculean task to create the science fiction
of The Matrix universe.
Starsky & Hutch
Comedic
content and somewhat straightforward interviews with
the very funny Ben Stiller and enigmatic Snoop Dogg
were created and generated for the DVD release of this
film based on the original TV series. Original content
developed with Todd Phillips and the cast complement
the humor of the movie while spoofing the typical Behind
The Scenes process.
Gothika
Learn
more about the young director Mathieu Kassovitz as the
cast and crew outline the making of Gothika. A focus
on visual effects and a commentary with the director
and the DP are also featured. Interviews with Halle
Berry, Penelope Cruz and Robert Downey Jr. round out
the extra content on the DVD release.
Spider-Man 1 Collectors Edition
At long
last we are able to complete a portion of the documentary
features created during the making of the original Spider-Man
movie. The features will be presented with the upcoming
Collector's Edition of the film.
Thumbsucker
Director
Mike Mills brings us this small independent film with
a stellar cast. Interviews and documentation of the
production with Keanu Reeves, Tilda Swinton and Vincent
D'Onofrio will be featured on a DVD release of this
Sundance favorite, based on the novel by Walter Kirn.
matrix reloaded
Another
heaping taste of the more than 600 hours of footage
amassed on this epic project, including a dynamic analysis
of the Freeway Chase for the Home Video release. We
also created programming for the international TV market
and a number of dynamic press packages.
Matrix Revolutions
For the
DVD release, we created dynamic verite multi-angle components
and in depth documentaries detailing the work of ESC
and the miniatures department. We also generated television
specials for HBO, TBS and the International market.
These were very well received and ranked very high in
the ratings.
Matrix On Line
Massive
Multi Player On Line Games are the future of gaming,
and this title, produced by the Wachowskis, promises
to be an epic. We detail the early phases of the games
development with writer Paul Chadwick and the Monolith
team.
Animatrix
A look
at respective styles of the seven directors behind the
Animatrix films is complemented by an investigation
into the history and culture of Japanese animation.
In total, we add an additional one and a half hours
of material to this already packed disc.
Enter The Matrix
The video
game is a companion piece to Reloaded, and features
over 1 hour of additional narrative. We explore the
world that the game exists within, and talk to the key
developers behind the project. Our documentaries appeared
as cover mount discs with various gaming magazines,
as well as a companion disc included with the game itself.
T3, The Game
More work
with our friends at Atari, this time profiling the innovations
that went into the creation of the new Terminator 3
video game featuring interviews with the cast, including
interesting remarks by Arnold Schwarzzeneger. The finished
work was featured as a cover mount disc with the major
gaming magazines.
Spider-Man
Nominated
for best overall DVD, as well as for best DVD Feature
by DVD premiere awards, our work on Spider-Man has captured
an audience of it's own.
Cradle 2 The Grave
A Cinemax
On Set special was created and then expanded upon for
the DVD on this Joel Silver action hit. Additional DVD
features profile the stunt work and fighting featured
in the film, as well as the music of DMX.
Ghost Ship
Fun dvd
content featuring the prosthetics team, production design
and visual effects will be available on this wb home
video release.
Exit Wounds
Highlights
of this disc include our hilarious day-in-the-life with
funny man Anthony Anderson, along with a number of other
special features and Easter Eggs.
Romeo Must Die
For
this WB release, in addition to an HBO special, we created
fourteen special features, detailing the stunt work,
fight choreography and production design of the feature.
Yuzen On Surf
The Yuzen
family is one of the oldest manufacturers of Kimonos
in Japan. Centuries ago, they developed techniques for
dyeing and painting the silk, resulting in elaborate,
intricate designs. These techniques are still in use
today. Every year Yuzen chooses a modern collaborator
to make use of their product in a unique way. In Yuzen
On Surf, Takuji Masuda combines the old-world craftsmanship
of Yuzen with some of the modern masters of the surfing
industry. This film documents two ways in which Takuji
brought the silk to the sea. First, selected Yuzen fabrics
were used in the finishing of seven high-performance
surfboards. Takuji then re-created five modern paintings
in Yuzen technique, the resulting silks were then sewn
into Aloha style shirts. Both the boards and shirts
were put to use in the thundering surf of Oahu, and
then displayed in Tokyo.
I Am An Icon
Todd Terry
ia a legend in the world of House Music. He was one
of the originators of the genre; a warehouse party dance
music craze that originated in Chicago and New York
and moved rapidly throughout the world, pre-dating raves
and modern Electronica. This short documentary profiles
Mr. Terry for Channel 4 in the UK.
Independent films by the
director and visual artist, Doug Aitken:
Blow Debris
After
the world has been thoroughly disintegrated, suddenly
the process reverses, and everything comes together
again into an order more perfect than before but devoid
of human inhabitants.
Diamond Sea
Unlike
a documentary, Diamond Sea is a visual experience, incorporating
music and film on multiple screens to capture the bizarre
landscape of Diamond Area 1 &2 in the country of
Namibia. The film was shot entirely inside a zone that
had been sealed off from outside access for 90 years.
This visual journey shows high tech diamond mines an
unforgiving desert along an even harsher coastline.
Electric Earth
Electric
Earth makes the unseen link between the electrified
texture of our urban environment and the nervous beat
of our own bodies. It deals with the unattainability
of the absolute present. "Electric Earth"
won the Primo Internazaionale, best international artist
award, at Italy's 48th Venice Biennale. "Electric
Earth" was featured in the prestigious Spring 2000
Biennial Exhibition at the Whitney Museum of Modern
Art.
http://www.adobe.co.uk/motion/spotlights/aitken/main.html
Eraser
Described
as a nature docu-myth. A linear film of a seven-mile
trek across the tiny Caribbean island of Monserrat in
1998, nearly two years after the dome of the Soufrières
volcano collapsed. A strange landscape that begins with
views of the shore to foliage trying to emerge from
the newly formed abstract barren contours of lava rivers
through the deserted town. The film builds from the
restrained momentum of desolation toward strange glimpses
of abandoned bulldozers, empty stores, and burned-out
huts; staccato shots of a deserted airstrip; the sudden
appearance of a lost herd of cattle; and finally the
desolation of the landscape mirrored in the overcast
sky. Also presented on multiple screens in surround-sound.
Cathouse
Cathouse;
a room-size, kitty scratch box with carpeted walls into
which were inset three monitors showing three people
making repetitive and tense gestures. This film stars
Iggy Pop in the role of the patriarch.
Monsoon
Traveling
into the depleted rain forests of Guyana, 'Monsoon'
explores the haunted landscape of Jonestown, some twenty
years after the tragedy that befell the commune there.
Originally installed at the 303 Gallery in NYC, it now
travels to select European museums as part of Mr. Aitken's
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