First documentary in the pipeline

November 24th, 2009 productions

I’m happy to announce that Nick Dorra Productions in now branching out into documentaries as well! Together with director Antti Takkunen I have been developing a documentary about the dynamic duo of Energia productions, director Timo Vuorensola and producer Samuli Torssonen.

We were drawn to their story as people who have a vision and pursue it regardless of what anyone else says. They’ve also said publicly that they want to wreck the Hollywood model of making films. This twin attitiude of pursuing their own thing and challenging old models of thought makes them exceptionally interesting and their story worth telling.

This monday we were at the Energia offices and shot an interview with Timo, which went very well. We’re trying to soon catch Samuli on tape (correction on memory card) as well and then it’s off to plan the structure & visual side of the doc. Antti has some very interesting ideas about storytelling in documentaries, which we hope to be able to use in this project. It’s still early days with the film but we’re sure that we have a big story in the making.

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What’s up? getting into gear

August 3rd, 2009 productions, shortfilm

I’m back from my holiday away from work & the internet. I must say I didn’t miss much, in either sense of the word =) But now it’s time to get back to business, and the first thing I want to announce is that our next short film What’s up? is well into production by now.

The folks at Anima Vitae, led by director Meruan Salim, started with modelling and rigging of the main character already in June. The film will be pushed along at a leasurely pace, as down-time on the studio’s bigger projects allows it. The final date for the premiere is set in spring next year, but it’s also very well possible that the film will be finished earlier.

As a sneak preview, here are two development pictures of our hero, Huuhaa: