![]() Jordan (Paul Haapiniemi) in ‘Monsters of Man’ – DOP Mark Toia It’s worth your time to look up his name and check out some of his many videos available online, including those that document his long time collaboration with RED Digital Cinema. The filmmaker has built his craft through more than twenty years of high-end commercial production, much of it overseas, which means he is often less well known in Australia. If you’re hearing Toia’s name for the first time, don’t be surprised. It looks like a 40 million dollar film, think the recent Netflix film Extraction (2020) but with CGI robots and produced for under 2 million dollars. The brainchild of Mark Toia, who juggled the roles of writer, producer, director, cinematographer and editor, Monsters of Man sets a high bar for independent film production values. ![]() ![]() Sounds expensive! But these and many other high value images were captured on the fly, with a team of dedicated collaborators, according to a well designed plan, all with the end goal of making a calling card for Hollywood. In the midst of a massacre, the robots stumble across a group of US Aid Workers, and are directed to leave no survivors. Pretty soon we are connected to all the elements of the story, a taut thriller about CIA funded killer robots going rogue on an unsolicited military test in the Golden Triangle. ![]() But this is no ordinary independent film. ![]() Not the way most independent films begin. A mysterious arms dealer descends from the chopper into his luxurious town car. The new Australian shot and produced science fiction epic Monsters of Man starts with shady CIA Agent Major, played by Neal McDonough ( Captain America, Minority Report), plotting from his Pentagon office, while a sleek black chopper swoops over the New York City skyline at dusk. Director and cinematographer Mark Toia shoots killer robots on an indie budget, with Monsters of Man.Ī scene from the film ‘Monsters of Man’ – DOP Mark Toia ![]()
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