Made in China Named SWSX Grand Jury Award Winner Judi Krant's debut feature Made in China won the Grand Jury Award in the narrative feature competition at the South by Southwest Film Festival last month in Austin Texas. The movie was shot on location in Texas and Shanghai. Made in China which premiered at the festival follows a Texas novelty inventor Johnson who travels to Shanghai. Determined to bring his big idea a humorous “domestic hygiene product ” to an awaiting public Johnson journeys to the mecca of the novelty world where anything is possible and everything has its price. The movie was shot with a Panasonic AG-HVX200A. “Shooting a low-budget indie in Mainland China guerrilla-style is a fairly dicey proposition ” says filmmaker Krant who shares the screenwriting credit. “The HVX200 allowed us to be nimble and efficient while filming in the busy streets of Shanghai.” “We shot for 15 days in Shanghai and five in Texas and everyday we were constantly moving ” Krant says. “We covered at least 25 locations in Shanghai alone and about 10 in Texas. There was a lot of sweat involved.” “My DP and I did considerable research before choosing the HVX200 ” she says. “I was thrilled to find a camera within our budget that would shoot HD quality and at 24 fps. You always want the best image acquisition you can afford and working on a micro-budget we were delighted by the picture quality we achieved with the HVX200.” Made in China was shot at 720/24fps with many of the set-ups using natural light. The feature was edited in Final Cut Pro and digitally projected at SXSW. “Throughout the festival we had very favorable comments on how high the production values of Made in China are and the Grand Jury Award was of course the ultimate compliment ” Krant says. SWSX screened 133 feature-length films including 57 world premieres. Made in China www.micthemovie.com Panasonic www.panasonic.com/p2hd SWSX www.swsx.com
