“David sat down with us and hammered everyone out in a couple of days. Originally intended to be a feature-length film, 'Kung Fury’s' longer run time would stretch them both, but fortunately Sandberg had a good idea of how he wanted the film to play out. Scott’s 15-year experience in the industry includes work on commercials, while Sandberg cut his teeth directing music videos. This was just another challenge.”įor both Scott and Sandberg it was a completely new experience. “It was like any other big project that we’d taken on - except he’d already filmed everything, which is not our ideal way of working! But every job is different and, and every job, no matter what the expectations are, has its own set of challenges. “In May 2014 we started talks with David, the director, and Laser Unicorns, the production company,” explains VFX Supervisor Cameron Scott. Stockholm effects house Fido jumped on board shortly thereafter to handle the film’s countless effects shots, but it soon found that Sandberg’s approach to shooting would be highly unconventional. The trailer immediately struck a chord with an audience raised on b-movies and beat-em-ups, helping the campaign to net a whopping $630,000.

Almost every shot includes a sight gag or explosion, and it’s the kind of film you have to watch in five-minute chunks so you have time to digest the sheer amount of crazy things happening on screen.ĭirector, writer, and star David Sandberg launched the film with a teaser, inviting fans to invest via Kickstarter. The 30-minute film is a love letter to cheesy 80s sci-fi and kung fu movies, complete with arcade bots, dinosaur cops, laser eyes, time travel, and Adolf Hitler. 'Kung Fury' was never exactly going to be a normal production. How this Swedish effects house breathed life into David Sandberg's bonkers vision.

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