While the mainstream film industry looks backward, we choose to look forward. As the industry desperately tries to find new ways of charging the customers for the right to consume culture, we choose to give you our content – for free.

When Dozer. was released back in 2009 we introduced it with a series of short and mysterious little teasers. They were teasers in the pure sence of the word.

These three teasers were ca 30 seconds in length and each had messages written in the binary alphabet. A link was then posted on the official site whixh vistors coukd use to encode the message.

You can check out these teasers below in their full glory. If you wish to decode their mysterious messages you can use this Binary alphabet convertor.

Dozer. (2009) teaser 01

Dozer. (2009) teaser 02

Dozer. (2009) teaser 03

Dozer. is available for full viewing on YouTube.

More info:
Dozer. is an indie film from 2009. The film was photographed with a Sony HDR-CX6. It stars Peter Ahlgren. Music written by Joe Kahuna. Written and directed by Davor Radic.

Celebrating our recent YouTube-release of our 2008 indie film Pentagon, we asked Camilla Linde – one of the stars of the film – to write a little something about her experience of making the mobile film Pentagon.

Waiting for the big screen
By Camilla Linde (playing the role of Girl #2 in Pentagon)

Haven’t you had a dream to be a famous actor or actress? I know I have! So who could pass up on the opportunity to be one? Well, maybe not famous. Maybe not on the big screen, not even with my own make up artist (if you don’t count mr Radic’s attempts to splash rogue on my cheeks of course. Ever seen the episode of Friends where Ross does Rachels make up for her? Yeah, you know what I’m talking about).

In fact we didn’t have a big screen at all. We shot the entire thing with a mobile camera. That’s right. And that was before all those fancy iphone 4 and 4S:es were around. This was old school – raw and rough, like the plot in general. Cause it was a disturbing film mr Radic presented to us.
Not only disturbing because of the amounts of blood and violence. But because you can’t really figure out who the good guys or bad guys are. It makes you shuffle in your seat, thinking at first that you have it all figured out. Only to realize you don’t.

When I read the script back in 2008 I didn’t know what I signed up for. And this time I’m not talking about the violence. I’m talking about something much much worse.

You see, it looks like I’m constantly drinking whiskey and beer. That’s tasty right? Something that should have made the shooting much more fun? Wrong! What you can’t see, dear audience, is that I wasn’t even treated to such luxuries as a proper drink (which could also have helped my performance!). Instead the bottles were filled with Pommac. That’s not too bad, I can hear you mumble and I agree. It’s not bad at all. Until you do so many takes the Pommac runs out. What’s left to fill the bottles with then? Fear and dreams? That won’t get you very far. Luckily, your director always has the answer. Even when it’s a very very bad one. A creative mixture of water and syrup was used instead. So the funny face I make when I drink isn’t acting. I know you think it was, but I’m not that good an actress. In fact it’s the icky taste of syrup water running down my throat.

I’m sure they do the same thing in the big productions, but that’s the kind of thing that never gets on the DVD with the director’s comments. Well, I am not one to hold such gossip from you. In fact, I’m gonna treat you to a few more exclusive – behind the scenes – exposés.

Did you know?
> That I play 2 roles in this film? See if you can spot the different ones!
> Guest star Bill is in fact… a cat.
> The pills we get high on were in fact candy.

So what happened to our beloved characters? Our heroes and villains. Wish I could tell you, but that’s part of the movie magic isn’t it? Not knowing what happens next. Same goes for me really. After the release of Pentagon on Youtube I’m just waiting for that Hollywood call.

So far I haven’t heard anything. Maybe they have the wrong number?

Pentagon is available for full viewing on YouTube.

More info:
Pentagon is an indie film from 2008. It was filmed entirely with a mobile phone. It stars Josefin Lundahl, Camilla Linde, Peter Ahlgren, Erik Frankel, Annika Johansson, Safaa Daoud. Music written by Joe Kahuna. Written and directed by Davor Radic.

Script is finished. Twelve scenes for Neon Folks. Let’s just hope David wants to do it. #keepitindie #filmisdead

— Davor Radic (@thehillprod) February 19, 2012

Keep it indie!

Norbergfestival celebrates alternative electronic music from all over the world and takes place in the small city of Norberg in Sweden. 2011 the festival featured such acts as Lustmord, Dopplereffekt, Rrritalin, Vinyl terror & horror, Hanna Hartman, Rrritalin etc.

» Download Norberg11 at ClearBits

» Download Norberg11 at Internet Archive

Step 1: Drawing it irl

The illustration is drawn by hand. First in pencil then in ink. The ink makes the illustration more optimal for the scanning process.

Step 2: From hand-drawn to digital

The hand-drawn illustration is scanned to a hi-res image file. We had to do some cropping in Photoshop (or any other image program that you prefer).

Step 3: Vectorizing the illustration

The hi-res image is opened in Illustrator for some vector magic. Select the image. Using Tracing Optons (under the Object menu) we choose Live Trace. Since our image already was black and white and had very sharp contoures we didn’t need to bother about the settings. What you do depends on the image. After we are happy with the settings click the Trace button.

Before the real magic happens we go back to Object and choose Expand, then click OK.

Taddaa! Magic happens!

The close-up image above shows how the final vectorized image looks like when selected.

Step 4: The final image in place

The finished image is saved in PNG-format (which is a good, transparent format with high quality) before it’s uploaded to the site. Below you can se how the final result fits together with the rest of the site.

Cool! What do you think?

Keep it indie!

Last Saturday we were invited to Styrbord Babord (a club on a boat in central Göteborg) were we shot tons of material for a short trailer for their very popular club Klubb Kapsejs. DJs for the evening were Filip Radic, Alexander Hasselström and Martin Brocker.

We shot some three hours of material for about one and a half minute trailer. The trailer is in the editing stage and will be up for viewing next week.

Keep it indie!

Did you know The Hill has a brand new Google+ page? We’d love you to join us and spread the word! You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

» The Hill Productions on Google+

On our way to Norberg! Finally!

Norberg is an alternative electronic music festival featuring Lustmord, Doplereffekt, Niveu Zero, among others. Armed with a camera and festive spirit we hope for the time of our life and good footage.

Hope to see you there!

Keep it electronic!

More info:
» Norberg music festival

The idea is simple: the teaser consists of still images from the film, reflecting the films subject, still photography. The stills are beautifully accompanied by a short score courtesy of Martin Nordblad and Sara Gård from indie band Moulds Room.

It’s simple, short but true to the films heart. Hope you like it!

Remember to keep it indie!

Our ongoing independent film project Moon Dog is now live on IMDb. Somehow that makes a bit more official. No matter what it’s cool and we’re happy!

Keep it indie!

More info
» Moon Dog in IMDb
» Follow the progress of Moon Dog