We have been mostly training different stuff with different people. Särmis came to visit us and he impressed me a lot. He'll make a fine addition to our crew. Our demon project is now under scoring and it will actually be finished someday. I'm also back into work after my christmas holiday and its business as usual. More editing. And the more I edit The Mute, the more I like. It's just...fun.

Art Wushu Gathering II is this weekend and we'll be there and have some fun!

Action training with Art Wushu (remember to click the high quality button):

Link to youtube



Art Wushu training from Mikko Löppönen on Vimeo.

Art Wushu Gathering II is approaching fast! Secure your place at www.artwushu.com

Here is our video that was produced for the participants at the first Art Wushu Gathering.


Art Wushu Gathering from Mikko Löppönen on Vimeo.

Thanks to Ramin for the first one, we had a blast!

And a happy New Year to everybody. We had a rough end in 2008 but now we're starting pretty much from a fresh table and I'm full of energy.

The Mute is going along pretty well. It has absolutely no dialogue or story to mention :) but atleast we're having fun editing it.

My Dreamfall fanfilm is on hold. Absolutely NO SNOW here in Finland. It's astonishing.

And then we have a very weird short action piece which stars Ramin Sohrab.

Another older project Shadow of the Demon Knight- is almost complete. The only thing missing is a composer and I'm frantically trying to find someone.

The Stunt People were seen in the episode 17 of Discoverys Time Warp.

Here's some random stuff they shot while doing the episode including the full fight scene.

I also did some color correction advise for
Jabronie Pictures and the results can be seen in their short film Roar Baby Roar, though it's not on their webpage yet. They make some funny stuff so check them out!

HMC was seen helping out at Pekka Rintalas recent war spectacle. We spent one sunday in a local bar helping to recreate a scene in Pekkas movie. We also choreographed a small fight scene where the soldiers get rowdy.







Good luck Pekka! There are never enough war movies.

In other news: Art Wushu Gathering II is approaching, more info and a video from the first one to follow.

And our demon project is nearing completion and it has garnered a pretty good response from The Stunt People forums and various other places. I'll be making some small fixes and soundwork and then I'll probably release it. After that we'll start scouting for music.

And here are a couple of articles I'd like every indiegroup to read.


The sky is falling


Rant on The Death of Indie Film as a Business Model

There's also been some HUGE announcements from Red.com about their model lineups.

Art Wushu Gathering is approaching! Ramin Sohrab and a host of other guest trainers are holding an Art Wushu Gathering at Maunulan urheilutalo 28.11-30.11. Join up!


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Art Wushu website


HMC will be there!