€70,000 to fund the live action portion of the film. There was no money left for visual effects so the director did them all for free over a 6 month period:
A British fighter pilot pursues the german ace that shot down his friend across sky and country… with murder in mind. But he discovers it’s not so easy to kill a man when you have to look them in the eye.
You can read more about the movie over at the website – HERE
€70,000 converts to $110,000 USD today which seems like a lot of money to me for a 9 minute movie. They did a nice job on it though.
Thoughts?
Hat tip: Kevin
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14 responses to “The German – A Short WW2 Related Film With Zero VFX Budget”
nice movie, I liked it..
but that German pilot was a retard from shooting from that position. over the fence with no cover/concealment whats so ever..
Pilots are not supposed to fight on foot, don’t expect one to act like an experienced Sturmtrupp.
Very well done. I had no idea about Ireland in WW2, so I learned something new as well.
You’ll enjoy this, animated but incredibly detailed and well done: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk5yM11AyYg
The full movie can be found on liveleak, albeit not in HD.
Sharing similar links? Alrighty, i’ll leave this one here:
Battle of Leningrad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQB14UlAGhw
1) When a prang seems inevitable, endeavor to strike the softest,
cheapest object in the vicinity, as slowly and gently as possible.
~advice given to RAF pilots during WWII
2) WEBLEY!!!
“Welcome to Ireland”
I expected a car-bomb. I was disappointed.
I expected everyone to be drunk and eating potatoes… I too was disappointed.
+1 million
And two more:
IL-2 Cliffs of Dover: Pulse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LMftuei6Fw
IL-2 Forgotten Battles: Open your eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibtFE5RM3Y8
There are better Cliffs of Dover videos out there ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9KLw8rMY7s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy7ntJt_ns4&feature=related
Fantastic game if your PC can take it.
And this is the best online deflection shooting I’ve ever seen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G60fP6EPZIo
#thumbs up#
$110,000 may sound like a lot of money if you’re thinking of making a movie with your buddies using dslr and a mac book pro, but from the credits, this was a real production. Real film movie camera, real crew, aerial photography, helicopters, period costumes and props, actors, etc. $110,000 is a bargain. I’m betting a lot more than the VFX was done for favors, bargains, pints of beer and a song or two.
Very well done. I knew about Ireland being neutral but not about the internment regs.