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Inspired by the true story of a New Zealand businessman battling the Inland Revenue Department, filmmaker Jonothan Cullinane optioned the book and made the film (see his blog “How to Direct a Film“).

Art of the Title discusses the opening sequence with Cullinane:

“The story covers a five year period and we wanted some sort of transitioning effect to indicate the passage of time. A very clever friend of mine, Anthony Farac, came up with a graphic device that was so good we thought it was wasted as a transition but would work really well as a title sequence. Originally we planned to do the titles with type over picture because we had little money – the film’s budget was just over 2 million (NZ$). Ant came up with a way to do the sequence that established the topic and the tone of the film very clearly for the princely sum of $7000.”

New Zealand | 2007 | Color | 1.85:1 | English

Direct Link: 480p (QuickTime, 848×480, 18 MB, 01:44) + 720p (QuickTime, 1280×720, 32 MB, 01:44)

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3 Responses

  1. Martin Baker says:

    Fantastic work. Made me smile!

  2. B3NZO says:

    very cool title sequence and because im a NZer, i’m challeneged to make my first feature film too!

  3. Pique says:

    That was very unique and awesome. I love motion graphics. That seemed to take a good amount of time and a lot of thought for design and flow.

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