10th Planet Digital Media used advanced scripting to circumvent the limitations of the DVD spec and manage over 2000 separate assets – creating a technically as well as politically revolutionary DVD for Dom Joly’s latest comedy “The Ministry of Truth”.
“Spirit Level Film approached us with this project early this year and after some discussions it quickly became apparent the features they required would exceed the capabilities of the DVD specifications”, says head of DVD Authoring Joseph Barnes.
The project required content to be play-listed during playback, allowing the viewer to effectively edit the feature on the fly. Using a dynamic subtitle system to control the content allowed these user-controlled changes during playback and was also used to generate live graphic overlays, an integral feature of the comedy.
Authored using a combination of the advanced scripting of Apple’s DVD SP and the powerful abstraction layer editor DVD After Edit, the project used a total of over 2000 separate assets and took 6 weeks to complete.
Responsible for the introduction into Parliament of a law that makes it illegal for politicians to lie (The Elected Representatives Prohibition of Deception Bill), the DVD features Dom Joly (Trigger Happy TV) as the Professor of Deceit in a hilarious, highly irreverent exposé of our politicians’ grasp of honesty. With the House split between those MPs running for cover and those joining the fight for reform, the political storm this release is about to make will result in, if not an increase in MP’s honesty then at least changes to the laws on political deception.
“utterly compelling… Never have so many politicians ducked and run for cover “
The Daily Telegraph
More information on the DVD at www.ministry-of-truth.net.
DVD available from www.spiritlevelfilm.com
DVD for press reviews available from press@spiritlevelfilm.com