Man Made Movies

The longlist for the Orange British Academy Film Awards in 2010 has been announced this morning, and MOON features in 10 categories!! Full list can be view on the BAFTA site HERE

The Long List

Over 6000 members of the Academy vote in three rounds to decide the winners of the Orange British Academy Film Awards. The Long List is the result of Round One voting by members of the Academy. With 220 films entered this year, the first round of voting reduces the films down to fifteen in each category. Round Two voting will reduce these fifteen contenders down to the five nominations in each category.

The full list of nominations will be announced on Thursday 21 January at BAFTA Headquarters.

MOON has been nominated for:

• Best Film
• Director
• Original Screenplay
• Special Visual Effects
• Sound
• Editing
• Production Design
• Cinematography
• Music
• Leading ActorSam Rockwell (Sam Bell)

No nomination for Supporting Actor for Sam Rockwell though, what does a man have to do??

So there we go, a 2 week wait until we discover whether MOON makes it into the final nominations, fantastic showing for a debut Director so far though

Ladies and gentlemen, what a treat we have for you today, just uploaded to the ‘Moon: The Movie‘ Flickr photo group are a ton of incredible hi res images from the portfolio of the VFX genius that is Gavin Rothery.

Can’t even begin to describe how stunning this work is. From concept art, model miniature shots, set & production photos and much more, there really is no point attempting to use my puny descriptive abilities as I will never do this work justice, do yourself a favour, grab a nice cup of tea, put half an hour aside, delve in, and feast yer eyes.

The pics are available to view:

• Via the ‘Photos‘ link up there in the site navigation

• On Gavin’s online portfolio HERE
• Stunning Flickr Slideshow HERE

Once you’ve had a look at the ‘MOON‘ work I would encourage you to check out the rest of Gavin’s portfolio…maybe have another cup of tea…and a biscuit, treat yourself, you deserve it.

Don’t forget to pick up ‘MOON‘ on Blu-Ray or DVD in the UK on 16th November where you can watch an exclusive film with Gavin and crew explaining the process of creating the visual effects, and listen to a unique audio commentary over the film itself.

Many thanks to Gavin for permission to share this incredible work