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Date: Sun, Apr 29 2012 23:39:44
Hello Spinners! I'm an award-winning short film and music video director, and I need your help! I'm filming a very ambitious new fantasy movie called "Dreams of the Last Butterflies", and I'm looking to hire an incredible spinner for our opening sequence. Here is my website with my previous work: http://thousandnames.com/ We are shooting in *3D* with a professional cast and crew. This is no ordinary movie, my friends - we have 8 beautiful girls that will be transformed into Butterfly Queens, famous fire breathers, contortionists, ballet stars, and much, much more. It is going to be EPIC. Here is our blog to see some images and find out more about the film: http://dreamsofthelastbutterflies.tumblr.com/ For the beginning of the movie, this is what I envision: A single hand, in a field of blackness, as dark as outer space. The hand holds a pen - but this magic pen is glowing a deep blue from the inside out, lighting up the darkness around it. The hand then begins to spin this glowing pen in incredible swirling patterns. And then, as the narration poem of the video starts, the hand stops spinning and begins to actually write the poem onto the darkness with elegant writing - and the pen shoots out a bright blue light ray, causing the words to appear glowing in space! We will build a one-of-a-kind glowing pen with LED's for this effect, and the writing will be CG. It will look amazing, I promise. So! I need to find the right person for this. Here is the tricky part: this spinner needs to be based close to New York City, USA, or within easy travel distance. Spinner community, do you know anyone who this would work for? We are shooting in Mid-August. And yes, this would be *PAID* - not a ton, as our budget is not huge, but it would be definitely worth your time. ;) As I've just signed up to this forum, I'm not sure about getting messages, so please also reply to [email][email protected][/email]. Thanks in advance everyone! I hope to bring your amazing skills to a much wider audience!! Very best, Zina Brown Director/Producer Thousand Names Productions
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 00:03:53
zinabrown wrote: This is no ordinary movie, my friends
W-we are frie- friends? .____. -
Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 00:06:16
Wow, that sounds awesome. D: First friend for taichi. :P
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 00:14:11
I think that hippo2626 or Kam should be in that if it is in USA or i.suk should be in it if you are australian.
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 00:15:30
Too bad I'm in Philippines. :(
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 00:25:31
New York is pretty dead when it comes to Penspinning these days.
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 00:31:38
I recommend using high quality and high fps camera for this scene and make it so ppl wanna start psing...!! One request though... Show us the preview!! Lol
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 00:31:39
Toronto should film for this we are pretty active here =) but this is awesome!!! Penspinning being promoted to a whole new level!
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 00:35:14
YESSSSSSSSSS NOWS MY CHANCE
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 01:02:21
We're friends? :D I'm not sure if there are any active pen spinners in New York.
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 01:15:08
Hippo would be best for this, he's the artistic one :D
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 01:24:54
i think smooth style would be perfect for this scene. just saying.
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 01:36:30
Yeah :/// I mean, there's a few around the area, and as far as other EST goes there's myself and probably BaiMai in FL that would be interested. It's too bad the best super pro ppl aren't closer to NY ;-;
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 01:36:37
this sounds exciting. too bad im not in new york. lol
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 01:48:56
@Van lol
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 01:59:27
yos... im in NY... its ~5 hours to get to NYC :o
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 02:00:42
I think @Iota would be a good fit for this, not from NY, but in the USA and great spinning.
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 02:01:22
im too noob for this.
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 02:04:51
Thanks for suggesting me but too bad I'm not in America :-(
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 02:07:04
Van wrote: im too noob for this.
dude try plox, you're like right there, and you aren't too noob ;-; aside from probably BaiMai it doesn't really get too much higher in level of spinners than you and I around EST, unless I'm forgetting ppl somehow (sorry if so hehe) -
Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 02:08:40
I would love to try, but my parents may not let me T_____T I am in New Jersey by the way
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 02:09:26
D: wasnt there something like this a few months ago? ._.
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 02:10:03
Van wrote: im too noob for this.
but your style is really smooth and wouuld look great. its not like the ppl who watch the film are going to be looking at your linkages or something. if its smooth its a win. basically. -
Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 02:18:38
Damn if I was only a bit closer... I'm out of Buffalo, NY which is about 9- 10 hours from NYC... Oh well...
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 02:32:16
I sent an email. :p
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 02:58:12
I did as well, might as well. I really hope they can find someone on the highest level to do it and represent PS, or manage to get someone farther away i.e. West Coast, or international :////
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 03:10:36
Lol you guys don't really understand. You don't need to be top tier pro spinner to do something like this. Any person that can do just simple freestyles is good enough. You're not trying to impress other spinners, you're going to impress the general public.
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 03:23:15
Loanshark wrote: Lol you guys don't really understand. You don't need to be top tier pro spinner to do something like this. Any person that can do just simple freestyles is good enough. You're not trying to impress other spinners, you're going to impress the general public.
@Escorpio123 again? -
Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 04:20:33
Not sure if Toronto is "close" to NYC... But I guess I'll try.
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 05:31:53
definitely must be smooth style
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 11:26:41
nice nice,this shud be great. As the film had been made n released,i will buy the ticket n watched at cinema :)
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 14:02:41
Hello Spinners! Thanks so much for everyone's reply! We're very excited about some of the responses so far, so keep them coming! Some truly amazing talent in this community. We'll be reviewing videos for the next week or so, so if you think yourself or someone else might be a good fit for this, please do send us video links! Or, you can post them in this thread and we'll see them as well. Thanks again! Zina
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 14:18:55
I highly reccomend Iota. :) I mean, just look at this guys spinning! [B]www.youtube.com/user/IotaUPSB[/B] I think he has the kind of style & knowledge of actual pen spinning aesthetics (angles and planes of rotation) that would be perfect for the scene. Maybe this will do for pen spinning what the Labyrinth did for Contact Juggling ^^
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 15:29:57
If only we ha S777 in the USA, he'd be perfect for you. Iota will definitely do well, however.
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 15:49:09
Please, pleeeease tell me you will let us see the movie first, rofl.
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 17:40:59
I'm in NY, but I don't feel I'm qualified for something like this. :/
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Date: Mon, Apr 30 2012 21:55:25
the combo should start of with an i-sonic.... it would help give the pen a magic feel
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Date: Wed, May 2 2012 23:17:21
Wow, It has been a while since an opportunity like this has shown in the forum. I am not in New York :(
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Date: Tue, May 8 2012 03:18:05
Thanks again for your help, everyone! We've found about 4 spinners that are within our travel range, and they are all awesome! We're consulting with our producers and are considering which one we think will be the best fit for the movie. We can't wait to show you all the movie when it is done later this year! Hopefully we can really show off how amazing and unique pen spinning is to a much wider audience. :) If you have any more recommendations, feel free to email me at [email][email protected][/email] Best, Zina