405: The Movie

USA - 2000

405 was created by Bruce Branit and Jeremy Hunt using only consumer level computers, off-the-shelf software, and their imaginative talents. This short film was shot in two days on location on the busy I-405 freeway in Los Angeles and Orange County. But it really came to be only after three more months of hard work using computer graphics.

Much of the movie, featuring a DC-10 and a Jeep Grand Cherokee, was created entirely inside these computers. There are 62 shots in this 3 minute film and 42 of those shots are enhanced with digital visual effects. Nineteen shots are entirely digital creations, using no live action footage whatsoever. There is no real airplane in this film. The DC-10 was created digitally in a 3D environment. Both cars in this film are also created digitally using Lightwave 3D. Both actors were shot inside real vehicles, however, most shots--including all of the old woman's scenes--were shot standing still. Even the freeway backgrounds were created digitally and added to the filmed footage later.
CAST
Jeremy Hunt
Angela Burns
Directed by Bruce Branit and Jeremy Hunt