“Heart-stoppingly beautiful, quite literally overwhelming.” -Sam Adams, AV Club
UPSTREAM COLOR is that sci-fi movie thing everyone is talking about. You’ve heard the names Shane Carruth (he’s the director) and Primer (his first film, you should see it) thrown around a bunch.
We are extra excited to work with Shane because he is the epitome of DIY artist/Renaissance man, working independently on every aspect of the film, and taking charge of his own distribution. Preorders for UPSTREAM COLOR start now and the film will be released on May 7.
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Scariest TED ever (at Eyebeam Art + Technology Center)
MINECRAFT: THE STORY OF MOJANG is now live and very ready for you to watch. Cue blocks on blocks on blocks.
Even if you’ve never played the titular game, MINECRAFT: THE STORY OF MOJANG is awesome. What started as a game by an independent designer has now exploded into the world with a shower of cubes, fans, and inspired creativity to build anything. And everything.
p.s. There’s even a Deluxe Edition for all you Minecraft superfans.
Loving Sim City
Whew. VHX @ SXSW was a blast. We met so many awesome people in Austin and got excited about all the tech conversations in the air.
We fondly remember:
- Tacos
- Pondering the future of film distribution with all kinds of smart industry leaders
- Magic Karaoke with RVIP
- Tumblr knows how to party
- More other tacos
- Complex Mag graciously put us on their Best Startups from SXSW list. We’re number 2! We’re number 2!
#RVIP with @chadsnuts @yewknee and @kestrin (at RVIP Lounge@SXSW ‘13 (Biggy))
Team VHX is having a blast in Austin this week. Be sure to say hello if you’re here!
Team @vhxtv and @urbandictionary (at The Mohawk)
Late night pedicab race with @chadsnuts @adamklaff and @jennydeluxe.
Over the past several months, we have been working closely with our filmmakers to build the tools and features they need to succeed in the digital world. We’ve had the pleasure of helping release some fantastic films you may have heard about. At the same time, we’ve also been quietly working on building a product to let any filmmaker, anywhere in the world, have access to simple and powerful digital distribution. While we continue to polish the product, we couldn’t help but share some sexy, behind-the-scenes screenshots (using dummy numbers).
We know that the most important thing for a filmmaker to do is to strengthen the film brand through their own website. The VHX tools capture all the information needed to optimize film sales and reach your audience. Furthermore, we’ve built a simple yet robust site theming engine to make your film’s web presence a gorgeous experience.
We are starting to onboard films now, in order to gain feedback and make VHX the best product imaginable. We’re opening the floodgates in April! Are you in?
I’m always proud of our team. Can’t wait to really open up this sucker.
VHX is descending on Austin for SXSW 2013. The whole team will be present and in full-force at this year’s Interactive and Film programs with stickers a-plenty!
Come say hello at the following panels we’re on:
The Future of Film Distribution - Saturday, March 9th, 11AM
Finding Your Audience with Open Web Technologies - Sunday, March 10th, 12:30pm
Next Gen Entertainment Entrepeneurs - Sunday, March 10th, 2pm
Hope to see you there! Hit us up on the Twitters - @vhxtv.
Created in collaboration with Bombay Sapphire, we’re proud to highlight interactive storytelling with our new Storyscapes program at TFF 2013.
Star Wars Uncut is part of Tribeca Film Festival 2013! We are making a really amazing installation. More coming soon.
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We ♥ Independent Artists
Sending a big fat Valentine to independent artists and filmmakers who are making great work every day, bootstraps and all. We are so excited to get to work with these folks.
Spread the indie love around today and watch or support a movie. No roses required. Maybe some light cheek kisses to the computer screen.
Some recent favorites (in no specific romantic order):
Doin It In the Park, Beauty is Embarassing, Couldn’t You Wait, Dark Horse, Four Horsemen, Hands on a Hard Body, The Impossibles, Miami Connection, See a Little Light
We are looking for a Front-End Engineer
We help creative people make what they love. Want to love what you make? Commence series of bullet points.
We need an experienced front-end engineer who:
Loves learning new technology
Has an eye for great design
Can work autonomously
Thrives with clients and criticism
Thinks jokes are funny
Tools we like:
Javascript/jQuery
HTML5
CSS/SASS
Ruby on Rails
Asana
TeamGantt
GitHub
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Bulleit Bourbon
About VHX
We love movies. We believe artists should make more money from their work.
We have already released a bunch of awesome films, from Aziz to Indie Game to Sound City to This American Life.
We are invested in every client.
We are young and growing quickly.
We have fun code.
We hang out together in DUMBO.
Get in touch to learn more and start working together.
Guilty pleasure
Low-Poly [Isometrics] by Timothy J.Reynolds
