Case Study
Talent and Dedication Bring Indie Mystery Thriller Ingenium to the Big Screen
Dedication to their craft of creativity is a requirement for indie filmmakers and this was fully demonstrated by brothers Steffen Hacker – director, editor, producer – and color grading artist, Peter Hacker, in the production of their new thriller feature, Ingenium. The film is an amalgamation of the typical indie challenges: multiple cameras with differing formats, resolutions, and codecs; limited time and varying work schedules; and those ever-nagging tight budget constraints. It’s a story of a labor of love, using your talent, ingenuity, and tools to bring your creative vision to the big screen. Steffen and Peter discuss how they made it happen. Steffen Hacker: Ingenium started out as a short film and over two years evolved into a full-feature. We began shooting the proje