Check out this cool new work for AFSCME!
The BackSpace Trilogy was just announced as an Official Selection of this year’s FilmQuest Film Festival! We are over the moon to share the trilogy with the FilmQuest audience - the coolest folks in the world! FilmQuest has long been one of our favorite film festivals. The care they put into the festival and especially the way they highlight genre and filmmakers is astounding.
BackSpace made its big screen premiere at FilmQuest in 2022 and we’re so excited to return with the entire Trilogy!
We’re also proud to add BackSpace Returns and BackSpace Forever to a line up of projects that have all been Official Selections at the Festival over the years including our feature films: Danger! Danger! and The West and the Ruthless (making its original debut there as a screenplay finalist alongside Patients of Hyde Park - another screenplay of ours :)
Over the years we’ve also had the chance to screen our series Tales from Black Manor as well as our short films: The Umbrella Factory, Jack the Ripper, Haunting of the White Sparrow, and Around the World in 80s Days.
Episode 11: “Miss Nobody”
Spreadsheets. TV. Noodles. Try not to cry. Go to bed. Wait for the sweet release of death. Wake up. Do it again. And again. Endless hours, same routine. Until one night something different happens. An intrusion offers an unexpected twist.
Getting Lost
For Miss Nobody, we began to think about seeing some of these stories from different perspectives. Our inspiration was the TV series Lost. This was one of the first times I had ever seen a series go in depth on a completely different perspective and we wanted to give that a try with Miss Nobody who had previously been seen in Dark Days.
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Credits
Directed By: Nick + Lexie
Written By: Nick Trivundza
Produced By: Nick + Lexie TrivundzaAn Adventure Company Film
Miss Nobody: Lily Lacroix
Oliver Black: Silas McGreggorMusic By Orchestralis
“Own It” By Jasmine J WalkerCopyright © Adventure Company MMXXIV
Check out the First Look for Tales from Black Manor: Miss Nobody!
Episode 11 “Miss Nobody”
Spreadsheets. TV. Noodles. Try not to cry. Go to bed. Wait for the sweet release of death. Wake up. Do it again. And again. Endless hours, same routine. Until one night something different happens. An intrusion offers an unexpected twist.
Check out this brand new Work for Unite Here!
STILLS
Check out this motion graphics montage of some of the work we created for Amalgamated Group.
STILLS
Return to Shallow Grave
When we first began working on Tales From Black Manor, Series 2 - we were really inspired by the early films of Danny Boyle. Specifically Shallow Grave and Trainspotting and we wanted to create something with that feeling. Alice & The Watch was originally written to feel this way - but that ended up changing story and leaned much more towards David Fincher for tone. With Dark Days, we were finally able to get back to some of that early inspiration.
Check out another great motion graphics montage! This is some of the cool work we designed for RDC.
STILLS
Check out this motion graphics montage of the work we created for Reflective Democracy!
STLLS
In June Unite Here held their first convention in 5 Years. The convention celebrated over 100 years of the union’s formation. We were asked to create a super cool intro video for the convention as well as a documentary that highlighted the unions foundation and the immigrants that came to New York.
STILLS
Check out the First Look for Tales from Black Manor: Dark Days!
Episode 10: “Dark Days”
At Black Manor, death is just an option. Uncle Oliver teaches 'Bloody Mary' the ropes and she’ll do whatever it takes to keep her immortality and her pretty face.
The Alchemist Book Series Continues!
This last spring we were thrilled to work on the campaign for the latest release of the best selling book series the Alchemist! The spots feature some wonderful voice work from Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons and Colin McLean.
STILLS
GeekTyrant is one of our favorite websites and we recently had the chance to do an interview with them! We chat about the making of the BackSpace Trilogy, our inspirations, as well as some of our favorite parts of making the film as well as some of the toughest. We also chat about our favorite movies.
Here’s an excerpt:
What is the best advice you've ever received as a filmmaker and what would you like to say to new filmmakers?
A HUGE inspiration for us - and so many other filmmakers - has been Robert Rodriguez on not waiting for “Hollywood” and just getting out there and making a movie. His book “Rebel Without A Crew” was a great read. A few years into our filmmaking careers we were asked to appear on his El Rey Network series to discuss filmmaking and it was such a great experience! For new filmmakers we say - don’t wait - get out there and make something, even if its not perfect. The fun, adventure, and skills you’ll pick up will be worth it!
Kicking off Series 3!
For the first episode of Series 3, Heart of War, we were inspired by the films of Zack Snyder, particularly 300. When 300 came out, it is was mind blowing. The speed ramps were so punk rock. When creating the battle scenes in the Heart of War, we were really lucky. All of the footage was shot in slow motion. For a lot of the scenes we sped them back up to normal, but in a few cases, specifically towards the end of the battle when the deaths start to mount - we slowed everything down.
Check out the First Look for Tales from Black Manor: Heart of War!
Episode 9 “Heart of War”
A father's haunting tale of a woman named Death promises victory to the son who slaughters the most in her name. The House of Black rises, and in a gruesome war, they claim triumph.
Watch the brand new trailer for Tales from Black Manor Series 3! We’re thrilled to begin unveiling the Final Series of Tales from Black Manor!
We have some wonderful tales in this series and explore some exciting time periods for Black Manor and the lore, such as Medieval, Modern Day, a return to World War II, and the End of the World.
Get ready to blast off in this one time only livestream of "The BackSpace Trilogy" going live May 24th at 10am PST / 1pm EST. Filmmakers Nick Trivundza & Lexie Trivundza will be in the chat discussing the films and answering any questions, so it's an event not to be missed.
"The BackSpace Trilogy" Features:
"BackSpace" Hunting for blackholes is a dangerous business. Adventurers, Explorers and anyone trying to find their fortune, will kill, and face danger in BackSpace to find one.
"BackSpace Returns" Hunting for Black Holes is a dangerous business and it's only getting deadlier.
"BackSpace Forever" In this thrilling conclusion to the BackSpace Trilogy, we find Hunter and Rival must team up to survive the outer reaches of BackSpace. After breaking their contracts with the BackSpace Corporation, they’ll be sent on a suicide mission as their only way to survive.
BackSpace Forever is the third short film in the original BackSpace Trilogy. Following the award winning short film, BackSpace, that received 100K plays in just 24 hours and went on to screen at film festivals around the world. BackSpace Returns, the second short film was viewed in over 100 countries in its first 24 hours of release.
Tales from Black Manor, The Final Series
Leading up to the feature film release of Tales From Black Manor will be the third and Final Series! The Series will return this summer kicking off with one brand new episode a month.
Tales from Black Manor began as an experiment. The first part of the experiment came during the pandemic when all production ceased. We wondered, was it possible to tell a story with stock? We were also interested in telling stories and building a mythology around a single idea. That idea became Black Manor.
Series 3 will consist of 6 brand new tales of darkness as the series comes to a close.
Episodes:
Heart of War
Dark Days
Miss Nobody
The Accidental Death
The Keepers
The End of All Things
You can watch Series 1 and Series 2 of Tales from Black Manor right now:
Brand new article on BackSpace Forever and the BackSpace Trilogy on The Good, The Bad, and the Verdict:
BackSpace Trilogy Concludes with the Premiere of "BackSpace Forever" on DUST
Following the exciting journey of Hunter and Mono through the depths of BackSpace, the highly anticipated conclusion to the sci-fi trilogy premiered at May the 4th Film Festival earning a Special Achievement Award with a worldwide release on May 6th on DUST. This final installment BackSpace Forever, promises to be a thrilling crescendo to the acclaimed trilogy that has captivated audiences worldwide.
Read the full article right here:
BackSpace Forever, the final film in the BackSpace trilogy has gone live! You can watch it right here on the site or over on Dust.
BACKSPACE FOREVER, ABOUT
In this thrilling conclusion to the BackSpace Trilogy, we find Hunter and Rival must team up to survive the outer reaches of BackSpace. After breaking their contracts with the BackSpace Corporation, they’ll be sent on a suicide mission as their only way to survive.
BackSpace Forever is the third short film in the original BackSpace Trilogy. Following the award winning short film that received 100K plays in just 24 hours, went on to screen at film festivals around the world and receive distribution from Gunpowder and Sky’s sci-fi brand Dust.
BackSpace Returns, the second short film was viewed in over 100 countries in it’s first 24 hours of release.
Credits
Directed By: Nick + Lexie
Written By: Nick + Lexie Trivundza
Produced By: Nick + Lexie Trivundza
An Adventure Company Film
Hunter: Paul Haapaniemi
Mono: James Brinkley
Jet: Holly Standbrook
Rival: Benedict Mazurek
B-Team: Chris Harris-Beechey
Music By Paul Cassidy and Tilman Sillescu
Copyright © Adventure Company MMXXIV