Exit Clause
Gentleman's Guide to Orientation
Sidekick
Cause and Effect
Gentleman's Guide to Cellular Phones
Battle Squid
Eye of the Beholder
Gentleman's Guide to Gangsterisms
Get Rich or Roll the Die Trying
Te Whare and Te Furious
Hank Nova: Galactic Defender
The Salem Witch Trials
Vive La Dugong
Unquarried Landmass
Dribbly Meow Meow
Sex With Mr. Collins
Age: 24
Born the illegitimate child of the late Duke Tumblehampton, Higgins was abandoned in the wilderness to be raised by a herd of Alpacas.
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News
14/02/10 - Posted by Daniel
Apparently we are suckers for punishment...
48Hours 2010 dates are now available:
April 16 - 18
You know the drill - cancel your reservations, swap shifts, book leave from work, do whatever you have to do. See you all in April!
24/12/09 - Posted by Daniel
The highs.
The lows.
The stunningly good looking presenters.
All this and more in the Bus of the Undead 2009 Year in review Christmas video!
Merry Christmas, and thanks to everyone who has helped out this year!
21/10/09 - Posted by Daniel
Engine Trouble in its 10:30 glory:
15/10/09 - Posted by Daniel
Oh my goodness! An update?
Shocking, I know. We finally finished Engine Trouble with the last shot being filmed on the day before submission. I worked on it for 37 hours straight with no sleep. Good times.
We got an award for the film at the Mothra Film Festival earlier this month. We've got lots to show off - we just need to get it all online.
The Exit Clause page is up (and has been for months, I just forgot to mention it here). Watch Exit Clause here.
2/8/09 - Posted by Daniel
Yep, we are still working on Engine Trouble. Yesterday was a big scene for us, shot out at Momona Garage. A big thank you to everyone who gave us a hand.
The scene required a police officer - enter Stephen of Sidekick fame. Doesn't the uniform look good?
23/5/09 - Posted by Daniel
Exit Clause was voted third in its heat by the Audience which is awesome. Still waiting to hear what the judges think, but I know that the competition is VERY stiff this year. I am working on a page for Exit Clause, which should be up in the very near future.
11/5/09 - Posted by Daniel
48Hours was this past weekend, and once again we had a damn good time (in amongst the mess and sleep deprivation induced minor disputes). We drew the genre of 'The M Night Shyamalan Big Twist Movie' and ended up going the more serious route with the film. Went with the name Exit Clause, and it seems pretty good so far. A big thanks to all of our cast and crew involved, we couldn't have done it without you. Expect to hear more after the heats.
25/4/09 - Posted by Daniel
We had our first big shoot for Engine Trouble today. There were a few hiccups and delays as we tested different things, but for the most part I'd say it was a huge successs. Our actors did a fantastic job, and we got some nice shots too.
31/3/09 - Posted by Daniel
After many years we have finally got Hank Nova: Galactic Defender online. In other news, roles have now been offered and accepted following the auditions for upcoming film Engine Trobule. Scott is finishing work on the script, while Ben and myself have been working on a spiffy new Cable Cam rig which we will use to glide through the forest. And on top of this we have 48Hours registrations for 2009 opening tomorrow. Awesome.
10/3/09 - Posted by Daniel
We held auditions over the weekend for our upcoming short film project, and we have another round tomorrow night. We have had some high calibre candidates so far, which bodes well. Pre-production continues with storyboards and refined dialogue scenes high on the agenda. Other than that, just some minor tinkering with the site - fixing a few dead links, updating the Coming Soon page and testing some funtime scrolling for the anchored links.
21/2/09 - Posted by Daniel
I've got confirmation from OUSA that they will be playing GG2Ori at some of their Orientation events. I am just waiting to confirm for you all which events they will be.
In other news, after a bit of trouble with the computer crashing (repeatedly) I have now finished the aforementioned director's cut: The Gentleman's Guide to Orientation Extended Edition.
This version has a few more jokes which I chose to cut from the version I gave to OUSA. My reasoning was that it needed to be snappy to hold people's attention at Orientation events. The extended edition has a glorious 4:07 of Orientation advice for you all.
18/2/09 - Posted by Scott
On that fateful day they gathered. Jeans, leather, black tees and sunglasses were their uniforms and under the BOTU banner they did mass to pay homage to the mighty rock gods and punks of the glorious eighties. The landscape was tortured and scarred, an industrial wasteland reminiscent of the dying heartland of Britain in the seventies. Yes, this would do. And so the shutter did fire and the crew posed splendidly. Their tribute was befitting and the gods were appeased. Behold all and know that they stood firm on that day for us all.
15/2/09 - Posted by Lauren
Hi everyone, great news - I now have a profile up. This means you can laugh at me some more. There is a new page up for Gentleman's Guide to Orientation for you all to check out. Also, here is a picture from Scott:
11/2/09 - Posted by Daniel
A little bit sooner than expected:
The Gentleman's Guide to Orientation
I made a mad dash this evening, and we now have our fast paced version online. A director's cut is in the works, incorporating a few more jokes which were removed for pacing reasons. I will continue tinkering with this over the coming days, and hope to have it completed next week. Alas, It is only the Vimeo page for the moment, but It will suffice until I prepare the proper web page.
10/2/09 - Posted by Daniel
We've got Gentleman's Guide fever around here... we are currently working on our third in the series - The Gentleman's Guide to Orientation. Filmed in the wee hours of the morning only a few weekends ago, post production is now in full swing. It is expected that we will have it online in the coming week.
24/1/09 - Posted by Daniel
Prepare yourself for another lesson - Cadgeworth is back, and this time it's personal.
...I mean this time he's educating us on Cell phones.
Check out the Gentleman's Guide to Cellular Phones
23/1/09 - Posted by Daniel
In February last year BOTU was approached by COW TV to animate an opening sequence for their TV show. We had less than a week to cobble it together, in the midst of our regular employment and other commitments. Mike and I pulled it off, and after a year of appearing on the show I finally have it available for you to view online.
25/10/08 - Posted by Daniel
I have put together a 2008 Night of the Stars page for all of you in the wide land of the interweb. It has an overview of the festivites, a few photos of the official event and our own celebrations, and a complete list of the awards from the 2008 Mothra Film Festival.
14/10/08 - Posted by Daniel
Getting off my lazy backside, I finally cobbled together a Sidekick page for your pleasure. Many of you will be pleased to note that:
Sidekick can be viewed online.
And for those of you who are really astute, you maye notice a few changes to the usual page format. Think of it as a taste of things to come.
01/10/08 - Posted by Scott
The 2008 Night of the Stars was held on Saturday 27 September. Once again we came, we saw, we conquered. Our haul of awards has been described as enough to make even Steven Spielberg jealous.
A total of six trophies including the coveted 'Best Mothra' award. We even got a tasty cheque for 500 smackeroonies - thanks OUSA!
Mothra 'til we die! (Or they throw us out).
Thanks to everyone who made the night great, had a laugh, a drink and a sense of humour.
The tequila shots made it a wonderfully social night, full credit to the barkeep, and our man Jose. If only we had another bottle...
I will leave you with a photo of our booty (I've always wanted to say that).
17/09/08 - Posted by Daniel
We have our hands on the screening information for the festival:
Gentleman's Guide to Cellphones screens on Tuesday 30 September.
Sidekick screens on Wednesday 1 October.
Cause and Effect screens on Friday 3 October.
All screenings will be held 6.30pm in the Red Theatre, University of Otago Medical School. Tickets and further information available from OUSA.
And now, an early and unfinished clip from Sidekick:
7/09/08 - Posted by Daniel
Hand in day for the 2008 Mothra Film Festival was on Friday September 5th, and I am please to say that we have entered a total of three films in to the competition:
Our 48Hours effort - Cause and Effect
Our Superhero extravaganza - Sidekick
And a brand new educational film - The Gentleman's Guide to Cellular Phones
Now that post-production is finished, We've finally got time to post about the latest happenings, so updates will be reasonably regular over the next wee while.
Night of the Stars is on September 27th, and for those of you in the know, festivities will kick off at Casa de BOTU at noon.
And now that you've sat through all of the boring information, here is a reward: a brand new shot of a matte painting by the ever talented Mike:
13/07/08 - Posted by Daniel
We are working on Sidekick at the moment, with considerable effort being put in to costuming. The script is pretty much finished, and we've storyboarded the whole thing which should make filming a bit easier to do. The aim is to shoot the film in very late July or early August, depending on other commitments. In the meantime, we've started on some of the post-production elements. Check out a shot of the newspaper article which will be used in the opening sequence.
14/06/08 - Posted by Daniel
As mentioned earlier, Cause and Effect won the Audience Favourite Award for our heat. Sadly we weren't as appreciated by the judges and have been knocked out of the 48Hours competition. But it isn't all bad news: firstly this means that we get to put our film up online - so now you can check the movie out on the Cause and Effect page. Secondly this means that we should be able to re-work the film a bit more and give it that final polish we didn't quite manage to achieve in the 48Hours weekend. And hey, we've come out of it with a fine looking certificate which you can see on the right. Not too shabby eh?
2/06/08 - Posted by Daniel
The Cause and Effect page is now online, and it is packed full of stuff. We've got a whole bunch more photos taken on location, we've finally got some screenshots from the film (including the infamous topless Higgins), and the page will eventually have the film itself when we are able to put it online. But perhaps most importantly it has a painting of a goose stepping nazi smashing some poor kid's sand castle. I love the absuridity of that image so much it freaking hurts. Check the page for more info.
1/06/08 - Posted by Daniel
What have we been doing over the past two and a bit months? (Other than playing GTA IV) We've been working on a new Gentleman's Guide, we've continued experimenting with our Good Friday zombie shot, and last but certainly not least we've participated in the 'V 48Hours Furious Filmmaking' competition. The audience awards for our heat have gone up, and I'm pretty stoked to announce that our film, Cause and Effect, is the audience favourite for our heat. I have promised a few people that I will cobble together a page for the film tomorrow, but in the mean time here are a couple of quick pics on location.
23/3/08 - Posted by Daniel
Due to popular demand, we present to you the work in progress video from our first zombie shoot. The key word in that sentence was 'work in progress'. Looks good though huh?
22/03/08 - Posted by Daniel
Yesterday was Z-Day! Taking advantage of legislation prohibiting trading on Good Friday, we had our first official shoot for Safe Haven. The crew shuffled, hunched and limped their way around a carpak for a few hours, with a total of about 17 or so costume changes each.
But it wasn't all hard work. Highlights include the Zombie Macarena, and being pulled over by a good natured police officer who 'just had to know' what we were up to. A big thank you to everyone who was involved! Rest assured that we are working hard on the shot, and that we will keep you posted on what is going on. To give you an idea of the complexity of what we are trying to do, check the screen shot below which displays just a couple of the 60 or so rotoscoped masks that will be involved the final shot.
12/02/08 - Posted by Daniel
Battle Squid Birthday Cake. Need I say anything else?
10/02/08 - Posted by Daniel
Continuing with my recently renewed interest in Newgrounds.com, I have sourced the original Vive La Dugong flash files and fixed it up for online display. It is infinitely superior to the flv video we previously had available, and also includes the 'deleted scenes' from the DVD. So far we are getting mixed reviews, but Vive La Dugong has always been either loved or hated. Be sure to check it out on Newgrounds.com
19/01/08 - Posted by Daniel
So I have gone and made a ridiculous animation and submitted it to Newgrounds.com. It's essentially a rant based on a true story of what was overheard as we walked out of the theatre after watching I Am Legend. This animation stars the ever charming Fresh Prince... I mean Will Smith. It was made in a hurry so don't go expecting Battle Squid 2 - the animation is rudimentary to say the least. It seems to be getting a positive response on Newgrounds which is nice. Click here if you want to see this shining example of unadulterated ranting.
01/01/08 - Posted by Daniel
Happy New Year! As mentioned below, we have a few projects in the pipeline. The first that we will mention is our new super hero movie: Sidekick. The story follows an established super hero as he auditions for a new sidekick from a pool of applicants. The script is currently in development, but we already have a list of super heroes that we are seeking to parody, but we expect that this list will continue to expand as inspiration hits us. We began casting for roles last night, with one potential actor impressing us with his authorative super hero voice. In the short term, we don't have too much to show so we will have to leave you with an early shot of the film title and our Sidekick application form.
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