Watch Ben Craig's Short'Modern Times'That Has Studios Buzzing« FirstShowing.net

If you're already wondering if the title has something to do with Charlie Chaplin, it does, but you'll find out exactly how once you watch it.Heat Visionrecently featured a short film that's been floating around the web since December calledModern Timesthat was conceived and directed by Scottish art directorBen
Craig. The reason it was featured is because its getting lots of buzz around Hollywood and subsequently Ben Craig has been pursued by studios like Warner Bros, Fox and Paramount for upcoming projects. The short can be seen below and, despite the name, is a futuristic sci-fi that film fanswillshouldfall instantly in love with.

Watch Ben Craig's shortModern Timesbelow and read the story about how he made it over onHeat Vision.

Wasn't that just wonderful? It kind of feels like2001: A Space Odyssey,Moonand J.J. Abrams'Star Trekall rolled into one, which is actually quite awesome. And now you know why it's also titledModern Times. Please tell me that's something that we'llactuallybe able to experience in our"near"future, because holy hell is that one amazing movie screen. Craig came up with this after thinking"who was going to {watch all} these old movies andwhere?"He learned by watching commercial shoots, then shot the live-action portion over a weekend. He then spent two more months in post-production, learning along the way. The result is obviously spectacular, I just hope he can successfully extend that same quality into a feature-length movie.

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