F8

Director: Jason Wen
Studio: Animation Ent.
Product Type: DVD

Description

In the very distant future, an unstoppable alien power has genetically altered the entire population of a planet to serve as an ideal labor force. From "birth," the workers are taught to believe their sole and noble reason for existence is the complete infrastructure buildup for supreme beings who will be arriving in due time. Amid this oppressive and absolute control, one laborer manages to break into a face vault to steal a particular identity key. This individual's only chance to unlock and reveal the truth hinges upon a daring escape from the seemingly insurmountable forces of the controller.

Customer Reviews:

Homebrewer.......2005-10-23

This Has Only Been Reviewed By One Other Person, So I will Give You My Spin On This Beautiful Little Gem Of A 'Short' Movie. I, Like The Other Person That Reviewed This Movie Felt As Soon As You Are Getting Into This Movie, It Was Over. I Did However Know This When I Bought This DVD, That It Was Only 13 Minutes Long. So When It Was Over I Wasn't Surprised. I'm A Proud Owner Of This DVD, Along With 2,000 Other Movies. I Felt This Was Amazing, To Be Honest. I Own/Have Watched Quite A Bit Of Anime And CGI. I've Seen A Little Better, And To Be Honest This Is Right Up There With The Best. To Back My Words Up, Let Me List Off Some Of The Awards This Little Puppy Has Won.

F8 Was Featured At The 2001 Siggraph Computer Animation Conference, Where It Won The 'Jury Award'. It Also Earned 'Best Animated Film Short' From The 2001 Hollywood Film Festival'. F8 Garnered Acclaim From Other Computer Graphics Industry And Film Competitions Throughout The World, Including The 'Animago Award', The 'Arcipetago Festival', 'Ars Electronica Festival', 'Kudzu Film Festival', And The 'Japanese Digital Animation Festival'.

So You See Here, It Isn't Just Me That Thought This Was Amazing. Why Does Everything Have To Be 'Long' Or Movie Like to Be Considered Amazing? This Is Considered A Short Film. It Kinda Reminds Me Of A Linkin' Park Video. As Far As Extras Goes, This Again Is An Amazing DVD. It Has A Few Deleted Shots And Expanded Sequences And A Soundtrack Sample (These Have To Be Viewed On The Computer Only). It Has A lot Of Director And Production Commentaries (It Shows How This Started, All The Way Up To The Production Of F8). The Director Tells The Storyboard & Animatics, CG Animatics, City Layout Of The Feature, The Probe That F8 Flew In And A Few Clips From Inside The Commando Transport. It Has Some Real Cool 3-D Rotating Models Also. These Are Pretty Cool And Show Full Rotation Views Of Each Of These Objects. The Alien Hybrid, Blimp, Commando, Slot Machine, Escape Ship, F8 (My Favorite One), Newborn Carrier, Probebot And The Police Transport. I'm Telling You The Extras Are Amazing (You Get More Extras On This DVD, Than On Many Movies And All For Around $10.00). This Is A Bargain Folks. You Also Get A F8 Teaser Or Trailer That's Pretty Cool. I Think The Best Part Of This DVD, Is That You Get Complete Commentaries By The Director (Jason Wen), The Writer (Howard Wen), The Conceptual Artist (Andrew Jones) And The Music Composer (Casey Hess). By Going Through The Commentaries, You Get The Complete Understanding Of What F8, Is All About. You Also Get Interviews With Jason Wen, Howard Wen, Andrew Jones And Casey Hess.

F8 Is An Alien Who Wants A Face Basically. He Finds An Police Officer Like Alien Who Seems To Be Dead And Steals His Finger To Be Able To Break Into The Face Vault. Once He Breaks Into A Face Vault He Looks For The Perfect Face, Once He Finds It, He Has To Escape From The Alien Hybrid. F8 Is Trying To Get A Face To Have An Identity In A World That Won't Allow You To Have An Identity. When F8 Finds His Face, It Actually Responds To F8 Since He Doesn't Have A Face. When You See The Amount Of Graphics That Went Into The Face, You Will Understand How Much Time Went Into This Masterpiece. It's Not Just The Amount Of Detail Graphics In The Face Either. This Short Film Is Like An Amazing Futuristic Video (For Lack Of A Better Term). F8 Does A Good Job Of Trying To Escape. On The Way He Sets Off A Sonic Bomb And Kills Two Police Guards (That Are Trying To Find Him) And Later On A Probebot. But In The End, F8 Is Caught And They Remove His Face And F8 Is No More.

If You Are Still Reading Folks, Stop And Click On The 'Purchase ASAP' Button. For Around $10, This Is A Must Own DVD.

13 MINUITES!!!!.......2004-06-25

What can I say about this film/this short/very short film. I enjoyed it but just as I thought it may of been getting good... it was over!

Now, before I bought this movie I quickly glanced at the back to see how long it was and saw "-APPROX. 75MIN.," so I said, kinda short but I really liked "The Mind's Eye" series, which was produced by the same guy, so for $10 I bought it.

I HAVE NEVER FELT SO GYPED OUT OF MY MONEY! - (I came close
however, when I bought "Anime: from concept to reality" which wasn't anime at all.)

About the "kinda short" thing, I stupidly had failed to look before the dash where it read "+ f8-APPROX. 13MIN/BONUS FEATURES-APPROX. 75MIN."

The film is only 13MINUITES! And the only way that the special features are 75min is because it has 5 different commentary tracks.

I'm an artist and it is a very detailed movie, but the characters are detailed-cartoons. I tried to appreciate it for its detail and artistic beauty, but I couldn't see past the cartoon-like characters who killed the realisticness of the film.

And unless you watch the commentaries you have no idea of what the story is.

I did however enjoy the music which was the main audio for the movie, accompanied only by a few sound fx.

Something else I noticed was that the frames per second was rather slow. Things didn't move ultra smoothly like in most CG movies/scenes or even video game FMV sequences, instead you could see it change from one frame to the next.

At its' best it's a visual feast of "fish tank-like" colors and alien worlds, but I have seen better examples in video games.

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