Day 419 Secrets Mentioned in New Book…

Plug-in Mastery to After Effects
Plug-in Mastery to After Effects
Michele Yamazaki's new book features a segment on using Twixtor which mentions how it was used in Depleted: Day 419.

Folks who’d like to see how we did some of the tricks in the new Day 419 film can find out in the new book from Michele Yamazaki, Plug-in To After Effects, which unveils the power of third party plugins in After Effects, like Twixtor which we used for most of our slow-motion effects in Day 419.  In the book, Michele included a piece I had written about how we used Twixtor effectively on Day 419!  (I just got my copy of the book and am eager to see all the other cool things hidden in the pages!  For filmmakers, getting a book on how to make cool special effects is sort of like when you were a kid and you received a book on how to do magic tricks!  You just knew that everyone around you was going to be amazed when they see what you come up with!)

 

If you’d like to pick up a copy yourself, you can got to the Plug-In to After Effects Amazon page and purchase one!  (And, if you’d like to buy a book I wrote WITH Michele, you can also pick yourself up a copy of GreenScreen Made Easy and learn how to do cool greenscreen effects!)

10 Months in Hell: The Jenna Whitmore Trade Paperback?

Jenna Comic
Jenna Comic
Special guests of the Depleted: Day 419 exclusive screening, got collector's MP3s, which featured special images as their album covers.

Fans of the Jenna Whitmore branch of the Depleted saga, will likely be excited about a secret image that’s surfaced.  While the folks at Viking are tight lipped about what might be involved, the following image was recently leaked from one of the viewers of the secret Day 419 1st Master showings.

Apparently, cast, crew, and special contributors received a special digital swag bag at this event which included secret information about the World of Depleted, as well as four songs from the Depleted soundtrack.  Each song has custom artwork, with different clues about the World of Depleted on it.  According to Jeremy Hanke and the Viking team, these MP3’s with this artwork will not be made available again, so those who received them have a cool piece of digital memorabilia.   The image in question that has fans in a state of intrigue features a cold-eyed Jenna Whitmore wielding a Beretta with the tagline: 10 Months in Hell.  Due to the stylized look, we assume that this image will most likely represent the cover of a graphic novel or comic book.

No word yet on who might be involved, although some fans have enthusiastically postulated that Frank Miller (Sin City) might be tapped to run the comic book, Neil Gaiman (Sandman/American Gods) might be tapped to write the story arc, and Dark Horse (Hellboy/Terminator/Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse) might be releasing the comic.  We were unable to find any confirmation on these theories and feel it would be safest to put this to bed along with the rumor that Ted Nugent will be appearing in the Depleted feature.

Nonetheless, there’s clearly something up with this image and we will be sure to report as soon as we know more!