Freddie Wong's third Video Game High School crowdfunding campaign has received plenty of attention, but the other half of Rocket Jump has launched a massive Kickstarter project of his own. Brandon Laatsch is behind Birth Of Fan, a feature-length fan film adaptation of the hugely popular Minecraft video game. Laatsch introduced Birth of Man with a 90-second teaser on the Freddiew channel. It establishes the film as a classic 'hero's journey' coming-of-age story, but as with most Rocket Jump productions, the visual effects shine the brightest. Though Birth of Man will be live action, it is set within the blocky Minecraft world, and Laatsch has done a great job of translating the game's grid-based commands onto the screen. As Laatsch explains in his pitch video, he was inspired to create a feature film based off Minecraft after being disappointed by Hollywood video game adaptations. He notes that the world...
- 2/7/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
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