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The need for traditionalism!?

Sun, 07/12/2009 - 12:41 — Per

The world is pacted (!) with people wanting to tell stories, to entertain, to move, to make a change - through film making. That is good. There are also plenty of ways to get a movie made, and new ways are added each day. That is even better!

Still many years after Francis Ford Coppola talked in Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse about how video (or at least easily accessible ways of film production) would transform the professionalism of movies, and through this, film would really become an art film. That change hasn't come, has it!?

I will be in charge of what perhaps could be called the most traditional side of this production - to set up the production practically and be responsible for what "normal" movie financing we can find. Our plan is to do The Pact as a Swedish-Canadian co-production; shoot in Canada, post-production in Sweden. This way we hope to attract and secure financing through The Swedish Film Institute, Telefilm Canada and other soft-money providers for the industry on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

This work will be mirrored in this blog, and I hope to get good assistance from you all to do this in the best possible way. So any kind of input is welcome; who to work with, what to do, what NOT to do etc. I'm really looking forward to working together on this.

Sure film is art, but most of all film is a lot of traditionalists desperately clinging on to old tracks leading nowhere. That traditionalism adds nothing to the business other than making a norm out of mediocrity. I'd love to find new ways. I believe The Pact Project can be a part of that search. Let's bust those tracks!

Per

traditionalist producer

Sour

Wed, 07/08/2009 - 12:30 — EvilSpin

Over at Ronnestam.com I found Sour, a Japanese initiative to crowdsource a video. Check it out!

- Jerry, aka EvilSpin

In remembrance of M.J.

Sat, 06/27/2009 - 23:55 — Anders Wilhelmsson

In honor of MJ I have posted this video which gives proof to Michael Jackson's imprint on remix history. Well perhaps the video is more of a spoof than a remix, but what the hell!

MJ, you were one of the greatest!

On the air

Wed, 06/24/2009 - 13:52 — Spiral Architect

Our director/producer duo Henrik and Anders have just been heard on the air on the Swedish national radio's P3 Kultur program. The stream can be heard here, fast forward to the second hour of the program.

Sir Ridley Scott's new Blade Runner project open to the public

Mon, 06/22/2009 - 14:45 — Anders Wilhelmsson

Some great news for all of us who loves Blade Runner! Sir Ridley Scott is working on a new project called Purefold, a series of 5 to 10 minute episodes to be released on the web under creative commons licence and will be looking for the input of the audiences. Visit http://www.purefold.com/ and support this initiative from an established Hollywood director.

In the media: Svenska Dagbladet

Wed, 06/17/2009 - 12:47 — Spiral Architect

So, we've hit the no 2 national Swedish paper: SvD

A TPP-background image for Twitter

Fri, 06/12/2009 - 09:35 — AndersSjoman

If you are on Twitter, and if you want to show your support for ThePactProject, we just uploaded a background image on Twitter on our Flickr-channel.

You can access and download it here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thepactproject/3619049706/

ThePactProject - Twitter background

ThePactProject posted a photo:

MEDEA Grants ThePactProject Research Funding

Mon, 06/08/2009 - 15:38 — Spiral Architect

ThePactProject is proud to announce that it has today received initial funding for the MEDEA (site, blog) research program at Malmö University. The program aims for co-production in collaborative new media, creating new initiatives for exchange between industry and the research community.

From the statement:

"Upon assessing the applications we focused on the following:
potential
realism
effectiveness
We were able to provide funding for ten applications and in stiff competition the board has decided to endorse your application!"

ThePactProject celebrates this decision and expects this to be the starting point for a long and rewarding cooperation. We will return shortly with our plans.

Presenting Henrik Sylvén - Wingman!

Sun, 06/07/2009 - 22:14 — Henrik

I'd like to tell you about a fellow pioneering project called Artemis Eternal. This is a live action sci-fi/fantasy short film using Crowd sourcing and Crowd funding much the way we do. The project is run by ûbercool filmmaker Jessica Stover and I first noticed them last september when researching these novel ways of filmmaking. I was instantly impressed with their site and how they care for their supporters and fanbase. The supporters are called Wingmen and via a genius map you can follow the progression of the production aswell as a visual representation of your support. Truly impressing and a big inspiration for us. Ok, I gotta go, I'll flesh this out tomorrow. Meanwhile have a look at a Wingman promotional video and if you're in the least bit interested in Scifi/fantasy or innovative filmmaking, go to artemiseternal.com and become a Wingman too. Like me!!