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Inspired by Half-Life 2 and created by a 23-year-old physics student, Tim Smit's What's In The Box? blurs the lines between fan film and viral marketing stunt. Watch the movie here




By day, Tim Smit studies nanotechnology. By night, he creates movies. His latest, the Half-Life 2-referencing What‘s In The Box? blurs the line between fan project and viral promotion, having gained over 1.6 million views on YouTube.

The nine-minute short, created by Smit as a VFX test, is told entirely from first-person perspective, as the amnesiac protagonist wakes, then stumbles out into a post-apocalyptic wasteland, armed only with the mysterious black box of the title.

Thanks to its slick production and moody atmosphere, What‘s In The Box? has already landed Smit an interview on prime-time TV, and seen Hollywood beating a path to his door. So what is in the box? Ah, you‘ll just have to watch the movie…

Read more about the making of ‘What‘s In the Box‘ in issue 120 of 3D World.

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