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1. $9.99 is based on the Short Stories of Edgar Keret. It was directed by Tatia Rosenthal and adapted for the screen by Rosenthal and Keret.
2. Pre-production began in 2006, with the shoot commencing in 2007, and post-production starting in Tel-Aviv in January of 2008. The film premiered at Dendy Opera Quays, in Sydney, Australia, on June 6, 2009, as part of the Sydney Film Festival.
3. The film was shot using stop motion animation, an extremely detail oriented and time-consuming technique. In the process, puppets were moved by tiny increments between frames, and each of these frames was individually photographed. When played back quickly one after the other, these photos create the illusion of one fluid movement.
4. Film generally uses an exposure of 24 frames per second. In $9.99 animators repositioned their puppets once every two frames (this means 12 different movements for a second of onscreen film time.) The film took 4o weeks to shoot.
5. Nine animators, from Australia, Israel and other international locations, worked on the production of $9.99; on average, each animator could finish 4 or 5 seconds of film footage per day. With the animators standing on their feet for up to 12 hours at a time in order to fashion minute adjustments, the job proved extremely physically demanding.
6. The puppets used in $9.99 were sculpted by puppet master Philip Beadsmoore, whose previous modelling work with silicon spoke to Rosenthal. Physical traits for the puppets were inspired by photographs of family, friends, old professors, and even complete strangers. Puppets were made at 1/6th scale—about the size of a Barbie—yet their hands were crafted at 1/5th scale, to facilitate hand movements, the holding of props and general dexterity.
7. Geoffrey Rush, Anthony LaPaglia, Samuel Johnson, Claudia Karvan, and Joel Edgerton were among the actors who lent their voices to the puppets. Instead of keeping actors in isolated booths during recording (a practice which is more typical of the animation industry,) Rosenthal preferred to have most of the voice performers together, in one booth, to work through the scenes in collaboration.
8. The urban world of $9.99 was inspired by New York, Tel Aviv and Sydney. The entire film world, including the inside and outside of the main six apartments, was built completely from scratch at 1/6th scale. Pre-production, in Sydney, took five months, largely due to the massive set requirements. (When the film was finally shot—with a Canon 30D Digital Stills Camera by cinematographers Susan Stitt, James Lewis and Ricahrd Bradshaw—it was done so on five or six sets simultaneously, with duplicate models of the main puppets present on several sets at once.)
9. Despite certain Magical Realism elements, stylistically, $9.99 is highly naturalistic. To give the film and characters a realistic look and feel, animators attempted to mimic human actions and to have both their puppets and sets avoid any cartoony wackiness or mannerisms.
2. Pre-production began in 2006, with the shoot commencing in 2007, and post-production starting in Tel-Aviv in January of 2008. The film premiered at Dendy Opera Quays, in Sydney, Australia, on June 6, 2009, as part of the Sydney Film Festival.
3. The film was shot using stop motion animation, an extremely detail oriented and time-consuming technique. In the process, puppets were moved by tiny increments between frames, and each of these frames was individually photographed. When played back quickly one after the other, these photos create the illusion of one fluid movement.
4. Film generally uses an exposure of 24 frames per second. In $9.99 animators repositioned their puppets once every two frames (this means 12 different movements for a second of onscreen film time.) The film took 4o weeks to shoot.
5. Nine animators, from Australia, Israel and other international locations, worked on the production of $9.99; on average, each animator could finish 4 or 5 seconds of film footage per day. With the animators standing on their feet for up to 12 hours at a time in order to fashion minute adjustments, the job proved extremely physically demanding.
6. The puppets used in $9.99 were sculpted by puppet master Philip Beadsmoore, whose previous modelling work with silicon spoke to Rosenthal. Physical traits for the puppets were inspired by photographs of family, friends, old professors, and even complete strangers. Puppets were made at 1/6th scale—about the size of a Barbie—yet their hands were crafted at 1/5th scale, to facilitate hand movements, the holding of props and general dexterity.
7. Geoffrey Rush, Anthony LaPaglia, Samuel Johnson, Claudia Karvan, and Joel Edgerton were among the actors who lent their voices to the puppets. Instead of keeping actors in isolated booths during recording (a practice which is more typical of the animation industry,) Rosenthal preferred to have most of the voice performers together, in one booth, to work through the scenes in collaboration.
8. The urban world of $9.99 was inspired by New York, Tel Aviv and Sydney. The entire film world, including the inside and outside of the main six apartments, was built completely from scratch at 1/6th scale. Pre-production, in Sydney, took five months, largely due to the massive set requirements. (When the film was finally shot—with a Canon 30D Digital Stills Camera by cinematographers Susan Stitt, James Lewis and Ricahrd Bradshaw—it was done so on five or six sets simultaneously, with duplicate models of the main puppets present on several sets at once.)
9. Despite certain Magical Realism elements, stylistically, $9.99 is highly naturalistic. To give the film and characters a realistic look and feel, animators attempted to mimic human actions and to have both their puppets and sets avoid any cartoony wackiness or mannerisms.
For more fun facts about $9.99, including the making of, news and reviews, cast bios, and the official trailer, visit http://www.9dollars99movie.com/ .
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