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Watch "Innocence Abandoned: Street Kids of Haiti" Trailer

BY VANESSA MARTINEZ
JULY 29, 2011 2:21 AM
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Leapfrog Productions Innocence Abandoned: Street Kids of Haiti is directed by Young Man Kang and produced by Dennis James Lee and Tomiko Ok Lee. The documentary film, over 10 years in the making, chronicles the lives of street kids growing up in Haiti.

The official website's about the film reads:

"Leapfrog Productions brings you a stunning film directed by Young Man Kang about the street kids of Haiti. This extraordinary human saga that spans 10 years starts with the story of a young man named Wilner St. Fort and his fellow street kids growing up in Port-Au-Prince. Their fight for survival takes us on a harrowing journey into a landscape filled with violence, death, and constant peril. Their shocking story is heart-wrenching, full of moral dilemmas, and has explosive revelations that will stun the world, even in the midst of the recent historical earthquake that had devastated their country. Wilner and his fellow street kids hope for the future -- to build and run their own orphanage and protect and raise their fellow young street kids from poverty and ever-present evils that are set out to destroy them."

According to the film's facebook page, Kang and his crew went back to Haiti to capture extra footage after the devastating 2010 earthquake.

Although I don't have any upcoming screening information, the film is set to be released later this summer.

Watch the trailer:

4D filmmaking - Young Man Kang interview

LA 411 Magazine Interview~

Recently Director Young Man Kang collaborated with fellow Avatar (director: James Cameron) alumni, Just Cause 3d, on his 4d Experience Project (client Hyundai). The 4d Experience was one of the first in the world to use a 4D 5G grandeur theater ad in 2010.

Hyundai Grandeur/Azera gets KDM 4D promo - Avatar may have been a box-office king thanks in part to its wonderful use of 3D film-making. Hyundai, however, is not impressed by Mr. Cameron's science-fiction epic and it's decided to show-off the all-newGrandeur/Azera to the Korean public by way of a 4D commercial shown in theaters.

Hyundai wants those watching this clip to get the sensation that they're actually behind the wheel of the lux'd-up full-size sedan. While we can't get that feeling from watching a video on the internet, we can imagine where some well-placed mist and wind might show up to tantalize senses beyond just vision.


LA411 - Young Man Kang World premiere launch of the “Hyundai Car 4D film in 4D equipped theaters (CGV) throughout Korea how did this deal become a reality?

YMK- We collaborated with fellow Avatar (director: James Cameron) alumni, Just Cause 3D on our 4DExperience Project (client Hyundai). The 4DExperience was one of the first in the world to use a 4D 5G grandeur theater ad in 2010.
World premiere launch of the ‘Hyundai Car’ 4D film in 4D equipped theaters (CGV) throughout Korea December 20, 2010.
Hyundai wants those watching this clip to get the sensation that they're actually behind the wheel of the lux'd-up full-size sedan. While we can't get that feeling from watching a video on the internet, we can imagine where some well-placed mist and wind might show up to tantalize senses beyond just vision.

LA411 - What camera & system did you use for 3D and 4D filming?

YMK- We shot 4D experience project with 3D stereoscopic system, Two Red One MX cameras, two Vision3 3D zoom lens with Element Techinica Quasar rig.
Qtake HD 3D system and Cineform and Smoke 3D editing system.
4D system, we planed from the concept with 4D software programmer and make the storyboard, then we shot 3D stereoscopic system, and editing the film and give rough cut to give to 4D engineers to set up 4D effects at the 4D Plex theater.
They have 4D effects such as wind, chair moving, spray, smell, strobe, tackle.
The first 4D film in commercial theaters, not theme parks, was in Korea in the 4D Plex theaters in 2010, was ‘Avatar’.
Based up 3D film ‘Avatar’ , 4D programmer created 4D effect system throughout the film, but our 4D project has a world record for the first 4D film that start shooting with 4D concept from the beginning of the production.