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CONTACT: urbanshogunmovie@gmail.com
ABOUT: URBAN SHOGUN was created in the spring of 2005 at Ithaca College by Eric Anderson, Artie Johann, and Tim Lee. It was made from shooting still photographs of key movements. The characters were photographed up against solid colors and cut out in Adobe Photoshop. The scenes were composited and animated together in Adobe After Effects. Final cutting, sound design, and other post production techniques were done in Final Cut Pro. The movie is fueled by a scratch movie soundtrack that emphasizes the "mixing" of a variety of genres and styles.
SYNOPSIS: In a decrepit metropolis, an evil plot is brewing. A new animated shogun has come into power by slaying all of his opponents. Only one threat remains to the evil shogun's power- his old sensei, Mitsurugi. To dispose of his former teacher, the new shogun sends his most skilled assassin, Tatsumi, a live-action, bad-ass assassin from the 70's with an even more bad-ass handlebar mustache. Meanwhile, in a parking garage across town, Mitsurugi (who looks like he was cut out of an old Kurosawa film) trains with his new student, a timid, small, poorly-drawn animated character, whose name can-not be mentioned due to licensing law-suit brought about by DC Comics (apparently the character too closely resembled a character created by Bob Kane). Tatsumi arrives with pistol loaded. A epic dual ensues between the old sensei and the assassin, resulting in the Mitsurugi's death. The new student witnesses all of this, frozen in shock as his teacher is brutally slain in front of him. He now must face his fears, and avenge his master's death.
Author: urbanshogun
Keywords: urban shogun kung-fu anime animation scratch karate samurai ricci still photography porn beer ithaca OKGO borat bush ass
Added: July 17, 2006
