Ataque de Pánico! (Panic Attack!) on Youtube
Fede Alvarez from Uruguay uploaded this short film to Youtube last month (November, 2009). As he told the BBC’s Latin American service Mundo “I uploaded (Panic Attack!) on a Thursday and on Monday my inbox was totally full of e-mails from Hollywood studios.”
Alvarez directs commercials and specializes in Special Effects. He has recently signed a deal with Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures to develop and direct an original science fiction film to be shot in South America. “Panic Attack” has been compared to Neill Blomkamp’s “District 9” documentary like depiction of a robot invasion.
Very reminiscent of the effects used in Independence Day, one of my all time favs. No wonder he got the big contract. $300 though?
its cool
$300? Only if his time is worth less than 10 cents per minute! That took some major editing time. Very nice indeed.
$300 goes a long way in Uruguay.
I can see how he could do it for $300. His time was worth it because he got the big contract out of it. This is great stuff!
Ummm… $100,000 short film in LA