Fede Alvarez: from Uruguay to Hollywood

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Fede Alvarez: from Uruguay to Hollywood

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A guy in Uruguay, Fede Alvarez, made a Youtube video about giant robots invading the capital. The movie is a little over 4 minutes long and costed him 300 bucks to make. Now he has a $30 million Hollywood deal! Check his short film out. You wouldn't believe how this guy could possibly make this, let alone for 300 bucks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dadPWhEhVk
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Rudy...the link didn't work
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Oops... Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dadPWhEhVk
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That was freakin amazing!!
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The video is really amazing... but somehow I really doubt it that he could pull this off with only 300 $ Maybe I'm just skeptic by nature, but it seems to me like there's a much bigger budget involved.
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Well, if he already owned the software and did the work himself, the CGI part would not have cost him anything but time. Also, there is no film cost anymore.
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But what about the extras? I counted at least thirty people in a scene, unless of course they're digital...
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Personal friends, doing it for free (or a beer) perhaps? ;)
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Rudy wrote:Personal friends, doing it for free (or a beer) perhaps? ;)
Free food and beer. It's amazing what people will do for freebies. :P
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This looks strangely familiar. :lol:
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