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Vlogger

Directed by	Ricard Gras
Written by	Ricard Gras
Produced by	David Matamoros
Starring	Irina Sanjeevan Eduard Alejandre Nico Baixas Roger Batalla
Cinematography	Ricard Gras Kim Gázquez
Edited by	Jordi López Bernat Udina
Music by	Óscar Kaiser
Production company	Zentropa Spain
Distributed by	TrustNordisk
Release date	2011 (2011)
Running time	63 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Catalan
Budget	€300,000

Vlogger is a 2011 Catalan-language Spanish political thriller film written and directed by Ricard Gras in his directorial debut. It stars Irina Sanjeevan as a computer specialist who enters the virtual world of her brother's favourite game, Half-Life, in order to find him and prevent his planned suicide bombing.

Produced by Zentropa Spain on a budget of €300,000, the film features heavy use of machinima and was distributed internationally by TrustNordisk.

Plot

Pakistani computer specialist Tania works in Barcelona, where she learns that her missing twin brother has returned to playing the video game Half-Life. She soon discovers that he has been recruited into a terrorist group and plans to become a suicide bomber; with just six days left before his terrorist mission, Tania begins exploring the virtual world of Half-Life using an avatar in order to find him and prevent the bombing.^[1]

Cast

Irina Sanjeevan as Tania
Eduard Alejandre as Frank
Nico Baixas as Kendrick
Roger Batalla as Angel Garcia

Production

The film was produced by Zentropa Spain on a budget of €300,000.^[2] It combines animated footage shot inside a virtual world with live footage from webcams, featuring a strong transmedia element.^[3] Funding was possible due to winning an ICAA New Media Fund 2010 Competition.^[4] It was the debut film of Catalan filmmaker Ricard Gras.^[5]

Release

Vlogger premiered at the 2011 Sitges Film Festival.^[1]^[6] International distribution was handled by TrustNordisk.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "VLOGGER". sitgesfilmfestival.com. Stignes Film Festival. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
^ "Zentropa Spain". catalanfilms.cat. Catalan Department of Culture. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
^ http://www.tribecafilm.com/tribecaonline/future-of-film/Why-Transmedia-is-Catching-On-Part-3.html
^ https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118033443?categoryid=13&cs=1
^ ^a ^b Emilio Mayorga, John Hopewell and (7 March 2011). "Zentropa produces 'Vlogger'". variety.com. Variety. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
^ http://sitgesfilmfestival.com/eng/noticies/?id=1003055

External links

Vlogger at IMDb

Half-Life

Games

Half-Life
- Opposing Force
- Blue Shift
- Decay
Half-Life 2
- Deathmatch
- Lost Coast
- Episode One
- Episode Two
Half-Life: Alyx

Universe

Characters	Gordon Freeman Alyx Vance
Locations	Black Mesa Research Facility Ravenholm
Other	Combine Gravity gun

Technology

Mods

GoldSrc	Action Half-Life C.A.G.E.D. Delta Echoes Sven Co-op
Source	Black Mesa Capture the Flag Entropy : Zero 2 Hunt Down the Freeman Minerva Research and Development

Machinima

People

Portal series
The Orange Box
Unreleased games
- Half-Life 2: Episode Three
Concerned
Vlogger

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