Product Description

The Ultimate Indie Filmmaker's DVD. B R O K E N is a indie short film shot for $8000 and has over 100 visual effects shots. The critics agree: "BROKEN is essentially a demonstration of the mastery of horror imagery and techniques...effective and professional. Looking forward to BROKEN: The Feature." - Roger Ebert (Film Critic Chicago SunTimes/Ebert & Roeper's) ------- The release of the Special Edition DVD has over 3 hours of Special Features including: 6 Commentary Tracks covering - Directing - Producing - Visual Effects - Music Score/Sound Design - Cast and Crew - Film Geeks Unite - Pre-Production: Concept Art / Location Comparison - Costume Design Gallery - Storyboards: The ENTIRE Collection - Storyboards: Comparison with Final Shots - Rehearsal Comparison with Final Scene - Blocking Action in a Scene - Evolution of an Action Sequence A Director's Best Friend - Finding Your Shot - Production: Recipe: "How to Make a Guacamole Gun" Special Effects Make-up Breakdown - Anatomy of a Stunt - How to Get Pro Looking Guns with Little or No $$$ - Tips on Producing an Indie Film - Post Production: How to Make DV look like Film! - Color Correction Lab - Color Correction Comparison - Visual Effects Breakdowns - The Title Sequence - Visual Effects in Indie Film - Cinematography in Indie Film - Sound Design/Composing in Indie Film - After the Short: The Making of BROKEN - Marketing: Promoting a Short Film - Alternate Ending w/ Commentary - The BROKEN Shoot: Gag Reel! ...and tons more. If you are going to make an independent film, this DVD is a must have!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #34721 in DVD
• Published on: 2005
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Format: NTSC
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 300 minutes

Customer Reviews

Really not that good...
Well first off I think the first two reviews are written by the creators... Who in the normal public writes THAT much like that about a movie? *cough* no one *cough*

Roger Ebert has it right.. a "demonstration" theres no good story. All this is, is just a technically well done movie... yet 0 story or background etc... Some of the editing is really bad and there are huge jump cuts that dont match up to anything and look really off....
I really dont think it is as good as people are making it out to be.. and people i've watched it with say the same.

Some of the bonus features are a joke... but some are pretty cool.
IF you want to kill an hour or so get this and run through it. At least you can get inspired to do something yourself after watching it. Interesting to see it after all the hype etc.

Just Okay
The value of this product isn't the story or the quality of the production. It's the marketing. What these guys have done is take a pretty unremarkable story, dressed it up to look pretty, and marketed the crap out of it. I learned nothing from the DVD extras. I'm not saying that this is a crap product, though. I respect what they've done and look forward to broken the feature length movie.

Not all that glitters.
I am not a professional film critic, so this is just my lowly indie film maker opinion (I believe most other comments on this site are from the filmmakers themselves, no proof, just a hunch)

FILM

Poor plot, poor acting, low end effects, GREAT MARKETING!

SPECIAL FEATURES

definitely worth the money if you are an aspiring weekend indie film-maker with your teenage friends...

...but if you are serious about learning how to pull off effects, or enjoy watching short films, well...you know that feeling you get when you're falling back in your chair and you catch yourself, and then still fall anyways? it's a lot like how you feel after you watch this DVD, and then glance at your wallet.


Regards,