Murder at the Pharaohs Grave Trailer for KidsFirst! #209197

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Trailer for the film "Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave" --

Synopsis:
Set in the Egypt of 1897, Murder at the Pharaohs Grave reveals the wide-screen beauty of the desert on a middle-school budget. Archeologist Ellis Clarke finds herself arrested for the disappearance of a colleague. Against the power of the British army, Clarke must draw on her wit, strength, and craftiness to excavate the truth and save her life. From brilliant Cairo, across the magnificent desert on camels, and into an ominous pyramid, the 13-year-old filmmakers concisely capture the suspense, action, and humor of the mystery genre.

Filmed and edited over six months, the movie combines archival footage, real and virtual sets, and over 100 pounds of sand. Bringing writer/director Ben Kadies vision to life required ambitious special effects including miniatures, animation, matte paintings and compositing. Murder at the Pharaohs Grave is microcinema of historic proportions.

Eighth grader Ben has made films with friends for six years. Perilous Skies (2007), a WWI comedy with Noah Hirsch, won the Seattle Times Three-Minute Masterpiece Contest. Their spy comedy 009 (2008) earned an Thomson Innovator of the Year nomination from the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY). A Friendly Game (2008), a film directed by Ben and starring friend Dylan Forbes, was awarded a National Gold Medal from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (Of the 140,000 pieces of art and writing submitted, 300 earned gold medals). In 2009, Ben directed Murder at Pharaohs Grave, a mystery set in the Egypt of 1997. The Louisiana Film Festival named it best middle school film and it won the NFFTY LA Trip Award for filmmaker potential. Sparks in the Night (2009), a 1940s detective spoof directed by Ben, was named the Seattle Times Three-Minute Masterpiece Grand Prize Winner.

Slugco films have been screened at the Newport Beach Film Festival, the Chicago International Childrens Film Festival, the Cucalorus Film Festival (North Carolina), the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival (Alabama), the Young Peoples Film & Video Festival (Oregon), the Chicago International REEL Shorts Fest, Westport (Connecticut) Youth Film Festival, and the Seattle International Film Festival.

(Trailer editor: Camilia S. Franklin)

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• KidsFirst!
• hv20
• hv30
• puppet tool
• Egypt
• slugco
• sluggy
• Ben Kadie
• desert
• camel
• Sony Vegas
• After Effects
• cineform
• student
• youth
• Bellevue
• SCDS

[AmberBlueFilms]

After Effects

[monkenround94]

For your ages, you have amazing special effects! speechless

[Razback88]

Cool now i see the movie so same question how did you made effects,props