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Cardboard Warfare – The Interview

OK, so we all saw how cool and fun Cardboard Warfare was earlier this weekend, so I tracked down the filmmaker to answer some questions for PCN. The first thing to know is that the dude is only 18 years old and that he’s only owned the camera for about a month. His name is Clint Jones and he currently lives in Atlanta.

PCN: What inspired you to feature cardboard in your short film?

CJ: To start from the beginning, my friend Tyler gave me a call about a year ago saying, “Dude, how cool would it be to build a life-size tank!” After thinking about the various ways of building the tank we decided on cardboard, because it’s free and lightweight. So about a year later the tank was finally completed. (We built off and on.) Then the idea, “What if we filmed a short film with a cardboard theme? Cardboard weapons? Cardboard everything?” was brought up. So Tyler and I got right to building these cardboard weapons. Each weapon was painstakingly traced out on cardboard and cut out up to 6 times for added stability. It took about a month to make all the guns, including the minigun, and grenade launcher. I must have gone through 12 box cutters!!!

PCN: Was there a budget for Cardboard Warfare?

A Bunch of Cardboard, Canon HDSLRs, a Few Friends and a Lot of Time on Your Hands

This video started getting viral type attention after it was shown on Attack of the Show. It’s called Cardboard Warfare and it’s a great example of what happens when you get cheap HDSLRs into the hands of people with some creativity and time on their hands. This no budget action short uses cardboard actors weapons brought to life with special effects.

This is a simple and funny idea with great effects. Here’s the behind the scenes video: