"We just want to make movies. Whether
it's your Aunt Ethel's dog's wedding or
the remake of 'The Rock Horror Show' on the
moon. We're interested."
nondogDV
nondogDV is a small Hong Kong-based
DV production partnership. Despite the 'noble
aspirations' expressed on our manifesto page,
we're not snobs or breatharians (a group of
people who claimed to have spiritually developed the
ability to live on air!)
Below are the services and facilities we offer to
finance the day-to-day running of
nondogDV:
- Promotional video magazines/features
- DVD/VCD/CD-Roms brochures and advertisements
- Website content and streaming media (Flash,
QuickTime, etc.)
- Music videos
- Straight-to-DVD feature videos and films
- Infomercials for broadcasters
Creative Options
nondogDV is equipped to make
straight-to-DVD movies and digital video movies for
release at digital film festivals. We have the capacity
to shoot quality video that can be successfully
transfered to film, a perfect option for film producers
looking to make low-budget projects.
nondogDV shoots and edits its
movies in the DV (PAL DV25 420) format utilising both
4:3 and 16:9(anamorphic) ratios. We have invested
heavily in developing a film look through
a combination of filters and lighting equipment.
We welcome proposals from people who have backing for
their own projects and could use our assistance. We are
writing scripts and plot outlines to pitch to people
who like what we are doing and are in a position to
make small investments.
Low-Budget Movies
The most exciting thing about filming in DV is its
adaptability to a guerrilla-style of film
production. The small size of a crew and cast frees
filmmakers up to shoot in locations most major film
companies would have to spend weeks and huge amounts of
money organising for. This is not to say that DV
filmmaking doesn't have its gruelling moments, but
then that's the fun of guerrilla
filmmaking.
The upshot is that the advent of DV is putting the
creative power back in the hands of those with an
idea, opening a window of opportunity for
the re-emergence of the classic autuer.
Straight-to-DVD market
In the same way that straight-to-video low-budget
films were a feature of the home-video revolution of
the early '80s, so to do DV produced films have the
capacity to feed the growing straight-to-DVD market.
This is a good way to bypass the need to make expensive
film prints of your film for cinematic release.
Increasingly, the straight-to-DVD market is finding its
niche through distribution through the internet. The
key to its future success is the making of content,
content and more content. That's where us
low-budget filmmakers will have a role to play.
Pre-Sell your Movie with a Trailer
Looking to get a bigger budget for your feature film
project? Roger Corman, Hollywood's most successful
low-budget film-maker, often raised finance for his
films on the strength of a movie poster and an idea.
The modern day equivalent to this is to shoot a
promotional trailer, the kind of thing you see at a
cinema advertising upcoming films. A low-budget trailer
shot on DV with the film look can be a powerful
promotional tool in interesting prospective investors
in your film.
Big-Budget Movies
Think DVD and all those extra features viewers have
come to expect with their DVD copy of your film.
nondogDV can make video diaries or
the making of documentaries to compliment
your DVD release.
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