Probably
the single most amazing aspect of 405 is that this film was not
created by an army of special effects artists. It was not a project
that took years to complete. And it did not cost a million dollars to
create.
In
fact, 405 was created by just two people, in only three months, with
the only expense being their time and personal home computers.
Bruce
Branit and Jeremy Hunt
are visual effects artists currently using their skills for various
television shows, commercials and feature films. All of the visual effects
seen in 405 were created solely by the two. It was a process
that took over three months of nights, weekends and any spare moments
that could be found. In addition, Bruce and Jeremy also filled the roles
of camera men, editors, compositors and sound effects editors. 405
is their first independent project together.
"A
lot of the things we did on 405 -- the tools and techniques
we used to do the effects, the sound, the editing-- are on
par with what big productions are doing...except we did it
at home. It's about the tools of filmmaking finally becoming
affordable to anyone." .......................................................................--
Jeremy Hunt
"What
405 means to me, is that it is now possible to create almost
anything you can imagine. It's no longer just big studio films
that can create blockbuster images on film. That was George
Lucas's vision years ago, that one day anyone would be able
to put their ideas on film, and today anyone can." ......................................................................--
Bruce Branit
Bruce
Branit is an Emmy nominated visual effects artist who has worked in
film and television for six years. He has worked as a supervising animator
on Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Other credits
include Spawn, Devil's Advocate and visual effects supervisor of the
TV movie G-Saviour. Bruce is originally from Kansas City.
Jeremy
Hunt is a native of Southern California who has been working in the
visual effects field for three years. He has worked as a supervising
animator on The X-Files and the space battle sequence for the hit
Backstreet Boys video "Larger Than Life." His other credits
include Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Seven Days
and G-Saviour. His first memory is seeing Star Wars at the age of
three. Go figure.
Probably
the single most amazing aspect of 405 is that this film was not
created by an army of special effects artists. It was not a project
that took years to complete. And it did not cost a million dollars to
create.
Bruce
Branit is an Emmy nominated visual effects artist who has worked in
film and television for six years. He has worked as a supervising animator
on Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Other credits
include Spawn, Devil's Advocate and visual effects supervisor of the
TV movie G-Saviour. Bruce is originally from Kansas City.
Jeremy
Hunt is a native of Southern California who has been working in the
visual effects field for three years. He has worked as a supervising
animator on The X-Files and the space battle sequence for the hit
Backstreet Boys video "Larger Than Life." His other credits
include Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Seven Days
and G-Saviour. His first memory is seeing Star Wars at the age of
three. Go figure.