NINJAS ATTACK MTV!

(PRLEAP.COM) Diablo Valley College student filmmaker Stephen Reedy is a step closer to achieving his dreams of directing with a nomination in the infamous MTV MOVIE AWARDS. With a new Student Filmmaking category, hundreds of entries were narrowed down to just 5, as picked by a panel of MTV executives. Reedy, a resident of Dublin, started making helicopter-vs-play dough movies as a kid and just kept on going. Now 22, his short film "Undercut "is getting all sorts of attention as the only action movie in the voter-based MTV competition.

Filmed in the smoldering summer of 2004, Undercut had no crew and a microscopic production budget of under $600. The 16 day shooting schedule was funded by a years worth of saving paychecks from odd jobs ranging from metal work to drapery installation to special effect animation for B-movie exploitation films.

Using guerilla filmmaking tactics, the production was able to fulfill Hollywood-esque ambitions with professional, well thought out procedures like shooting in the middle of a busy San Francisco street when no cars were coming or using controlled physical injury to substitute costly computer animation. When money or the laws of physics got in the way, they used creativity and hard work to get the job done.

Unlike the other big budget films of the MTV competition Undercut is the only action movie, as well as the only
entry made with so little resources. The winner of the competition, as decided by whichever film receives the most votes, gets a development deal with MTV and will be given an award on stage at the MTV MOVIE AWARDS airing June 8th at 9pm et/pt.The voting period ends May 19th at midnight. To vote, MTV encourages voting multiple times, visit: www.UndercutMovie.com

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Stephen Reedy
(925) 989-1663
SteveReedy@hotmail.com

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