TALENT VS. INDUSTRY

The Entertainment Industry has rules, like any other organization. And if you want to succeed, you have to follow them.

Oh, oh, I can hear some of you now: "But you have to BREAK the rules to truly succeed. All the best success stories come from people who broke the mold."

And you'd be right. Because Timothy Albee is one of those people, and is breaking the mold right now, even as we speak.

Timothy Albee is the auteur of a 22-minute completely-CGI movie entitled "Kaze: Ghost Warrior," and is getting set to rock the world of animation.

"One person, two computers, six months... twenty-two minutes."

That's how the opening paragraph of Albee's story reads. And a fascinating story it is, too: many movie studios were very interested in his pitch while he shopped the script for Kaze. But they all came down to one point: He wouldn't be taken seriously because his projected budget was too low.

And why was it too low? Because Albee knew that the project could be done far more easily, quickly and cheaply than the Industry believed it could be, based on the technology at his disposal.

But the Industry didn't want to hear that-- because it was different. He was breaking the rules, and that just wouldn't do, oh no.

So Timothy Albee decided to prove a point. He would do his film HIMSELF, alone, in a cabin in Alaska with no running water, with two consumer-grade computers and software that's available to almost any Joe Average.

And from what I can see on his website, he's doing a bang-up job.

I saw Final Fantasy (a totally-cgi movie) in the theatre; it was a neat film. Major release. And here is a guy, plonking away on his home computer, doing a film that looks to be just as good if not better-- despite its only being 22 minutes in length.

After seeing the trailer, I was fully behind this project-- this talent-- to the point that I pre-ordered the DVD. I want to support this guy. I want to help Timothy Albee make a point to the Industry: Talent Will Out. Albee HAS the talent. He HAS the will, the drive, the ambition. All he needs is people like you and I to help him start the revolution.

Surf on over and, if you like what you see, why not join the revolution?

Posted by Agent M at November 18, 2003 10:56 AM