Last year saw the debut of The Viewfinder List, which aims to do for aspiring filmmakers what The Black List does for screenwriters. Compiled from a poll of "studio executives, producers, and creatives," The Viewfinder List reflects the most-liked shorts, commercials, and/or music videos of the year. The inaugural list in 2010 included such up-and-comers…
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Dan Trachtenberg's short film Portal: No Escape made quite a splash when it hit the internet a couple weeks back. The short is set in the world of Valve's Portal video games -- a world noted for not quite ethical corporate experimentation on human subjects and advanced technology such as the 'gun' that can open…
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Portal: No Escape is a must see for everyone, but especially video game fans. The film is directed by Dan Trachtenberg, who has been directing commercials for the last few years, slowly working towards his feature film directorial debut. In May, he directed a horror short film "More Than You Can Chew" for Black Box TV,…
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