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“SIZZLING HOT!”IN4D!ELECTRONIC PRESS KIT

SYNOPSISWhile we have a few minutes before the next show, why not treat your family to something specialat our refreshment stand? We have all kinds of tasty treats -- a hot, delicious pizza for dad, ice-coldrefreshments for mom, fresh popcorn for junior, and Milk Bombs for sis! Tempt your taste buds todaywith our wide selection of sweets and all-American beef products!But hurry -- the show’s about to begin! Just “FOLLOW THE SUN” down to the refreshment stand!Popcorn for all!Hell’s on it’s way!“How you are fallen from heaven,O Day Star, son of Dawn!”- Isaiah 14:12Come on take a stroll come down to the snack bar why not have a real good timethere for snacks and enjoy for all eternity!

CREDITSProduced, written & directedSound desigNCel frame animationAdditional cameraVOICE TALENTMK12MK12TJ FULLERJason Cantu / Outpost WorldwideMICHAEL ASHCRAFT

PRODUCTION NOTESMK12 is always happy to find inspirationin all things copyright-free, and their latestventure, FOLLOW THE SUN, is no exception.Created at MK12’s Kansas City-based animationstudio, it concerns a couple of hot dogs, a bag ofpotato chips, and other assorted snack itemsas they are besieged by the end times.FOLLOW THE SUN is an homage and/oraffront to a great American tradition: theIntermission Reel. Those who weren’t makingout in the back of the family Buick betweenfilms at the drive-in will remember them:poorly-spliced, underexposed & overplayedgrindhouse reels of sickly green hot dogs,unprovoked pizza-groping, ice cream sundaeswith a vomit of pale, lifeless toppings, and perversesight gags featuring animated snacks in PG-13scenarios. MK12 interested themselves in thisformat, and envisioned its slightly darker, butperhaps more-to-the-point, R-rated cousin.While inspired by this format, everyframe of FOLLOW THE SUN is original. Over thecourse of the production, MK12 became expertsin stop-frame potato chip animation, cherrycordial incineration, slow-motion sno-conebloodbaths and gumdrop manslaughter.Months before, MK12 met cel-frameanimator and CalArts wunderkind TJ Fuller,who agreed to collaborate with them on theproject. In all, TJ contributed over 900 originalillustrations to the film, often sendingdrawings along in the early morning hours justas decent folk were getting up. MK12 would takethese illustrations and place them into setsdesigned in their Kansas City studio, and thosescenes were then cut into a larger intermissionreel, featuring a cast of live-action and stopframe characters.

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BIOGRAPHYBased in Kansas CIty, Missouri, MK12is a design and filmmaking collective withacclaim in both commercial and artisticarenas. Founded in 2000 by art school refugeesJed Carter, TimMY Fisher, Matt Fraction and BenRadatz and later joined by designer / composerShaun Hamontree and computer guru ChadPerry, MK12’s work constantly challenges theboundaries between narrative structure andexperimental storytelling via juxtapositionsof live action, graphic design, nostalgicinfluence and new technologY. MK12 hasbeen sought after to direct numerouscommercial & network-based projects and hasbeen involved with several game promotions &cinematics, most recently for Harmonix’sBeatles & Green Day Rock Band entries aswell as Microsoft’s flagship game Alan Wake.MK12 has also provided title sequence design& in-film graphic FX for feature films such asStranger than Fiction, The Kite Runner, HolyWars and Quantum of Solace.MK12’s experimental & short film cataloguehas been featured in many internationalfilm festivals and showcased in design andtrade journals worldwide. Most recently, theirshort film “Overload” -- a collaboration withNY-based painter Brian Alfred -- was inductedinto the Guggenheim’s permanent collection.MK12 further employs the talents ofHeather Brantman, Teddy Dibble, James Ramirezand Shawn Burns.MK12 continues to produce originalcontent for television and cinema, recentlyCREATING “MK12’s History of America”, whichscreened at Sundance in 2008 to good reviews,and its latest short film, TELEPHONEME. Moreinformation about this and other projects canbe found at mk12.com.ADDRESS: 1718 Holmes STREET Kansas City, mo 64108Phone: 816.931.2425Fax: 816.842.6299Email: info@mk12.comWeb: www.mk12.comContact: Teddy Dibble, teddy@mk12.comRepresentation via The Ebeling Group: info@theebelinggroup.com