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Daybreakers/Undead – A Special Live Event

To all of our local tassie readers and listeners we’re very very happy to shoot you though some really cool information for a special live event happening in our State’s capital sometime very soon.  Undead was a funky little independant zombie horror film that caught a lot of folks off guard and made back its meager million dollar budget and it lead the two film-makers to being “discovered”.  Now their follow up film Daybreakers is getting ready to burst bloodily onto the scene and the two directors, The Spierig Brothers will be in town to talk abot that film, their history and whats coming next.

here is the official word on the event which is coming up VERY VERY SOON.

A Blood Soaked Weekend.

Les enfants terribles twins, Peter and Michael Spierig, Directors of the cult classic Undead and the new vampire thriller Daybreakers, and Ben Nott ACS, Director of photography of Daybreakers and ACS Cinematographer of the Year 2008, will be appearing in Hobart on Saturday the 22nd of August at the Philip Smith Centre (2 Edward St, The Glebe) for a one-off event organised by the Tasmanian branch of the Australian Cinematographers Society.  Saturday morning, from 9.30am to 12.30pm, there will be a ‘Meet the film makers, follow their journey’ and Q & A session, followed at 1.30pm to 4.30pm by a screen writing and directing master class with the Spierig brothers, hosted by film guru Jonathan Dawson.

NEWS FLASH!!! The Spierig brothers have just signed on to direct the remake of the Errol Flynn Hollywood classic, Captain Blood. Now we’re talking!!! This is an exclusive opportunity to hear from these gifted young film makers. The boys are on the cusp of Hollywood greatness, and Hobart’s their only port of call.

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!!! On Sunday, from 11.30am to 3.00pm, Ben Nott ACS, Director of Photography on ‘Daybreakers’ and ACS Cinematographer of the year 2008, will be conducting a film lighting master class. Ben’s journey from wrangling cattle on his parents’ central Queensland property to shooting blockbuster Hollywood films is no less extraordinary.

Ring the booking hotline 0458 942 700.

SPACE IS VERY LIMITED – BOOKINGS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED!

Website: www.freycinetpost.com/bloodsoakedweekend

Costs are-

Main event Q&A Saturday 0930 to1230 $15 (Concession $10)

Sperig screenwriting and directing master class Saturday 1.30 to 4.30. $100

(Concession $75)

Ben Nott ACS film lighting master class. $100 (Concession $75)

Bloodlust – all three $175 (Concession $125)

(Note: We are only covering costs. Our aim is to foster cinematography.)

To all of our Local folks or even some of the nearby readers in Melbourne, this may well be worth a look in. These boys are on the cusp of breaking into the really BIG time and clearly have an eye for shooting things in a very interesting way. Also Ben Knott is widely regarded as the next great Australian cinematographer. Take this opportunity to meet them, talk to them and pick their brains about independant film and how they do what they do!

As you can see Daybreakers is pretty spectacular and is totally worth checking out.  And as a side note us cool-shiters will be heading down and hopefully watching District 9 on the same trip!  So twitter to us and let us know if you’re going to be there! or feedback on the blog below!

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