This website showcases short amateur movies created by Backyard Studio Productions. Listed below are movie descriptions and downloads as well as information and links on how to get started in amateur filmmaking and creating your own independent films and special effects.
 
 
Dimensions
320x240
Duration
10 minutes 3 seconds
File Size
23 Mb

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Synopsis:To avoid a group of bullies a fisherman takes the long way home but can't suppress the feeling that he is being watched. Is he the innocent victim of harassing punks or is it something much more sinister, something he brought upon himself?
 
This movie was our entry for the first round of the 2004 “NYC Midnight Movie Making Madness” competition. www.nycmidnight.com

We ere assigned the following:

  • Genre - Horror
  • Subject - Somebody is being watched
   
   
 

Dimensions
320x240
Duration
5 minutes 38 seconds
File Size
8.75 Mb

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Double Duel
Synopsis: A lawman of the Old West is out to get two bank robbing desperados.
This movie was our entry for the National Film Challenge 48 hour competition. www.filmchallenge.com Each team receives an e-mail with a randomly generated genre, character, prop and a line of dialogue that must appear in the film. Each team then has from Friday at 7 p.m. (The time we receive the email) through Monday, to create a short film. All creativity must occur within the competition period: writing, rehearsing, shooting, editing, graphics, sound design, etc....

Our team received the following requirements:

  • Genre - Western
  • Character - Jesse Thompson (a success coach)
  • Dialogue - "Can't you see I'm working here?"
  • Prop - Bicycle

Dimensions
320x240
Duration
10 minutes 53 seconds
File Size
17.4 Mb

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Heel-Kickin' Funny
Synopsis: A young girl with no sense of humor tries to learn how to be funny by performing practical jokes on her family only to have the jokes fail miserably with disastrous ends.
This movie was our entry for the “NYC Midnight Movie Making Madness” competition. www.nycmidnight.com The competition was divided into 24 heats with approximately 12 teams in each heat. Each heat was then assigned a random genre and topic.

We were assigned the following:

  • Genre - A How-To Video
  • Subject - How to be funny when you have no sense of humor.

Dimensions
320x240
Duration
4 minutes 35 seconds
File Size
6.97 Mb

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Backyard Wars
Synopsis: A great warrior defends his backyard from invading alien forces!
Three droids, Two spaceships, One electric zapping finger and countless explosions and laser blasts - not a deep plot but lots of effects!

Nothing was planned out for this little movie...we were bored one afternoon so we took the video camera out into the backyard and this is what we came up with. We then edited the tape and added special effects with AlamDV.

Dimensions
320x240
Duration
40 seconds
File Size
1.26 Mb

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Wing Test
Synopsis: Wings sprout from my back as a sword descends from the sky in a beam of light and is then ignited by blowing flames from my mouth.

Testing the "Wings" plug-in as well as the sword (throwing dagger) and a few of the fire plug-in effects in AlamDV.

Dimensions
320x240
Duration
1 minute 39 seconds
File Size
7 Mb

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Times Square ~ Annihilation
Synopsis: Caught on home video... some unexpected visitors drop in for a visit while we were down in Manhattan visiting Times Square...

Testing a few of the special effects in AlamDV.

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