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Swedish Filmmakers Slash Production Budget with Magic Bullet Suite

San Francisco, CA, June 12, 2003 – Red Giant Software today announced that Camp Slaughter, a feature-length Magic Bullet Suite movie, from Opera Film, will open in theatres throughout Scandinavia this autumn. Using Magic Bullet Suite for all 94 minutes of the thriller’s edited DVCAM footage, filmmakers Martin Munthe and Anneli Engstrom completed production within a budget five times smaller than the average theatrical release in Sweden.

Magic Bullet Suite consists of a set of five Adobe After Effects plug-ins that take original, high-quality digital video and converts it to 24 frames per second. The process reduces many of the artifacts present in digital video footage. The software, which works on both Macintosh and Windows platforms, has been used on numerous productions selected for prestigious international film festivals.

Shot on a Sony PD150, Camp Slaughter is the story of a group of high school graduates throwing a party. Unfortunately for them—but fortunately for the gore-hungry audience—a strange family lives in the neighborhood. The family’s eldest son is a giant who dresses in girls clothing and wears a bag over his head. The movie’s villain slaughters his way through the fun-loving teenagers, believing them to be big bunnies.

“We used Magic Bullet Suite for the entire film, and we found the quality to be way above anything out there. For deinterlacing and deartifacting it really is the only choice. Most applications out there just throw away fields and blur the resulting artifacts, or they combine the layers into faux frames using blur techniques. But not Magic Bullet Suite—it interpolates fields, to give much better results,” said film director Munthe.

Camp Slaughter will open in Scandinavian theatres in time for Halloween, with an international DVD release following soon after. An online trailer can be found at www.campslaughter.com.

Pricing and Availability

Magic Bullet Suite comes in two versions: Magic Bullet Suite Standard Definition (SD) for $995 USD, supporting NTSC and PAL video solutions and Magic Bullet Suite High Definition (HD) for $1,995 USD which has no resolution limit.

Magic Bullet Suite is sold exclusively through Red Giant Software. Browse to www.redgiantsoftware.com for more product information.

About Opera Film

Opera Film is an international production company based in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1995 by director Martin Munthe and producer Anneli Engström, the firm produces music videos and feature films for theatrical distribution and home viewing. To maximize production freedom and maintain the stylish look of its projects, Opera Film finances its own films and digital videos.

About Red Giant Software

Red Giant Software LLC (www.redgiantsoftware.com) offers a vast range of visual effects plug-ins, with over 30 packages designed for Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Avid. The product line features industry-leading effects for designing realistic fire, rain, and water; adding popular looks; and creating perfect keys. Red Giant effects have enhanced feature films such as Angels & Demons, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and The Mummy 3, and added sparkle to cable and broadcast content from NBC Universal, Food Network, ESPN, Disney, CNN, Comedy Central, MTV, and TNT.

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