M dot Strange find a way Sundance
In the vast hierarchy of the Sundance Film Festival with its Hype Machine, big stars and license fees Indie, a young appointed Movie Maker M dot Strange, seem to have a little chance to earn a lot of attentionA man of 27 years, San Jose, he gave new meaning to the concept of “studio” Jamming eight computers and its place in the production of “We Are the Strange”. The film has a great visual vocabulary in the vast Web, animation, video games and children Nursery Rhymes. And Doll. Many puppets.
But his film received a first night at midnight last Friday in the Egyptian theatre, a very coveted location at Sundance, and a number of members of the public midmovie left.
But what would be crushing for another young filmmaker did little for M dot Strange, who arrived at Sundance with a huge audience in its wake. Over the past two years, he has since sending a video on YouTube blog people know that the film was long. And then, two months ago, he finally with a trailer and, almost immediately, it has been downloaded hundreds of thousands of time.
While we talked about the Kimball Art Center, Park City, he checks the page and showed me that over 648000 people had already trailer for a film, where he is writer, director, facilitator and coordinator of impact.
Kevin Donahue, Vice President of Content YouTube, said M dot Strange has an audience in part, to talk to him. “The originality of the work is quite high, but it also has a real relationship with its audience,” said Donahue. “He has a film school online and a very active community.