Produced in association with The Federation, The Six Minute UNIT Files marked the debut of BTR founder Matthew Kopelke as a film writer/director, and although the film itself has several very obvious technical flaws, it's still considered a good starting point. The film itself and a short blooper are now on-line in DivX format at the BTR website, http://www.btrproductions.org.
THE SIX-MINUTE UNIT FILES: THE CURSE OF THE VAMPIRE BY MATTHEW KOPELKEAfter hearing disturbing reports from a "friend of a friend" of unearthly occurrences, Professor Jennifer Langard and Captain Rainor Vance of the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce decide it's time these reports were investigated.
Drawn to a small townhouse in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, Jenny and Rainor make a shocking discovery there -- one which will threaten Rainor's life, and Jenny's scientific outlook on life. For they both thought vampires were only the stuff of folklore and gothic horror novels.
But as they investigate further, they soon discover that vampirism is very much alive and well -- and wants to claim more lives...
Rainor Vance: KANE MAJOR
Jennifer Langard: JANA KILDEY
Andrew Walton: DAVID HUTCHISON
Man in Black: WILLIAM BILLINGSLEY
Jayne Atkins: LINDA JAYKE
Camera: MATTHEW KOPELKE and KANE MAJOR
Camera supplied by DAVID HUTCHISON
Music: RICHARD G. MITCHELL and ALISTAIR LOCK
Sound / Editing / Mixing: MATTHEW KOPELKE
Shot on location in BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
Special Thanks: JENNIFER ADAMS KELLEY, STEVEN HILL, ROBERT WARNOCK and WITOLD TIETZE
UNIT concept created by DERRICK SHERWIN
Producer / Director: MATTHEW KOPELKE
(c) 2001 BTR Productions
Produced in association with THE FEDERATION
Originally released on the 6M2 web site in the RealVideo 8 format, these in-house re-releases have now been made available as high-quality DivX files, which allow for a greater picture clarity. This means that for the first time ever, viewers will finally be able to see what on Earth was going on in the opening scene of this film.
The Six Minute Survivor was filmed and released in June 2001. Billed as BTR's "first ever comedy video", while not exactly laugh-out-aloud in tone (and hence heavily criticised by several viewers because of what the film wasn't, rather than what it was), it was nevertheless a light-hearted piece of fluff which featured several inspired moments.
THE SIX-MINUTE SURVIVOR BY WITOLD TIETZESo, they've faced disaster on desert islands, the Australian outback, the plains of Africa, the Amazon jungle and the wilds of Thailand.
But these Americans aren't capable of anything even remotely approaching survival when the CBS network turns its attention to the 'Doctor Who' universe...
Skip: DONNA GLEASON
Shemp: STEPHEN CRONK
Larry: JEANNE LEAKE
Voiceovers: MATTHEW KOPELKE
Camera: MATTHEW KOPELKE
Camera supplied by DAVID HUTCHISON
Ancient Voices (Theme from Survivor) composed by ROSS LANDAU
Post-production: MATTHEW KOPELKE
Shot on location in BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
Special Thanks: JENNIFER ADAMS KELLEY, STEVEN HILL and ROBERT WARNOCK
Survivor (c) CBS and MARK BURNETT
Doctor Who (c) BBC
Daleks created by TERRY NATION
Cybermen created by GERRY DAVIS & KIT PEDLER
Producer / Director: MATTHEW KOPELKE
(c) 2001 BTR Productions
Produced in association with THE FEDERATION
We hope you enjoy the re-releases, and do let us know in the Community Forum what you think of them!
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