The General Lobsterdance Productions Film Thread!

[jellydonut25]

[klen7]

[kiryugoji04]

Here's a set of screenshots from the second half of Alizarin's principle photography. All of my gratitude to the many wonderful people who made this adventure possible. Now onto the second unit shoots!

[kiryugoji04]

[Inui Takumi]

[kiryugoji04]

So at the 11th hour I wound up getting whisked away for two weeks to drive a South African band for a whirlwind tour all over the Eastern United States. That's the God's honest truth. As such, I wasn't in town to complete the necessary post-production duties that still remain for Nivis Ex Machina. SIGH.

However, we're now on track to premiere it at GFest and, apparently, whoever is in charge of updating the GFest website mistakenly assumed that we've made a versus film.



Lawl.

After GFest, Nivis Ex Machina should be up on the interwebs for public consumption within a fortnight. Yay!

[jellydonut25]

I look forward to consumptioning over the interwebs.

[klen7]

I'll be heckling in person...after the dealer's room.

Since Mechina is clearly a robot can you release some concept art or suit pictures of the Nivis Kaiju?

[XvGojira]

So finally made it back home and settled in. Saw Nivis at G-fest and it was fantastic. The friend's timid wife was pitch perfect. Can't wait for it to get fully released!

[kiryugoji04]

I'm so glad you liked it, man! Nivis X Machina: Snowy Winter Showdown (Hurr hurr) got a really positive reception at GFest this year and for that I am ridiculously thankful! Unfortunately, the film will have to be further delayed due to issues with the sound mix. UGH. Believe me, I'm more frustrated by this than any of you are.

IN THE MEANTIME, enjoy this new music video we've just released, featuring Sexy Pirates and also Ebirah (kind of)!

[XvGojira]

Decent song. Is the lead singer a girl or a guy? I can't quite tell.

Great work on the miniatures!

[kiryugoji04]

[XvGojira]

[kiryugoji04]

UPDATE.

Firstly, Nivis Ex Machina's sound mix is being worked on again. Here's hoping for a September release date. @___@

Secondly, here's a little snapshot of Lobsterdance's next big kaiju project that Josh and I are writing, currently codenamed PROJECT WONDERFUL:



This is from a very early draft we're working on right now so everything's subject to change still. I thought it was an evocative little morsel though so I wanted to share it with you guys. If you spoke to me at all at GFest, this is the film I would have described to you as far as, "What's next?"

[XvGojira]

As they say, "You can not rush art!"

Although I am wanting to see it again. And do you have the Ultraman Sorta short up anywhere? I've been itching to watch it again and show a friend or two. I still occasionally giggle at the bird call/it's an 80's thing joke every now again.

[kiryugoji04]

[XvGojira]

That's fine, no hurry.

And are you heading up to Alaska just to see what the polar opposite of Georgian weather is, or is it job related? I honestly can't understand why people would live in a climate like that. I had an ex who's mom volunteered to go to the Antarctic, because that was a dream of hers or something. She's done it several times since. Cuh-Rayzee

[kiryugoji04]

It's for a job. We're shooting advertising material for a fishing lodge up there. XD

[kiryugoji04]

Well I guess I can't put off editing Alizarin forever. Let's see how close I get to having a nervous breakdown this time around.

On a side note, I spent the last two weeks of September in Los Angeles, taking the Stan Winston school's miniature building class at New Deal Studios! It was AMAZING. I will be sure to share pictures soon. Look forward to more miniature mayhem in the near future.

[jellydonut25]

I look forward to a fuller report on the Stan Winston school. Seems like it'd be pretty freaking awesome...

[kiryugoji04]

[kiryugoji04]

We're building a new building this weekend - our first out of wood instead of foamcore board. I'm gonna try and document each step as we go on the off chance it might be useful to anyone else.

So anyway, this is how it all starts:

[kiryugoji04]

Gonna post more miniature stuff here in the near future but in the meanwhile, here's a film we just made for a festival last week.



It tied for second place out of twenty films! I didn't write or direct this but it was shot in my house (the garage is my workshop and if you look closely you can see the palm trees from the Pirate Song music video!) and I also crafted the weird time travel device the Time Travelers wear on their wrists.



Anyway, enjoy!

[kiryugoji04]

Nivis Ex Machina.

Picture: 100% locked.
Sound: 99.4% Complete.

Release imminent. Off the record, we're gonna say Friday.

[kiryugoji04]

At long last, Lobsterdance Productions is proud to present to you NIVIS EX MACHINA, our absurdist holiday drama five long years in the making! It is the story of a warm holiday gathering of friends, which erupts into a domestic dispute that quickly spirals out of control. Oh, right, and there's a giant robot. Small detail.

Featuring the vocal talents of famed dubbing voice actor, Ted Thomas (Godzilla vs. Gigan) and brought to life with 99.9% practical effects work, we hope you will enjoy watching NIVIS EX MACHINA as much as we enjoyed creating it!