We had a great opportunity to get to interview the director along with some of the cast of the upcoming film “I Got Next”. A documentary about Street Fighter tournaments and some of the top players. The director of this awesome documentary that month, is Ian Cofino. He initially thought of this idea as a cool senior project, and it grew into something far bigger. A lot of the gaming communities are all a buzz about this documentary. There are big expectations for this documentary after the demise of a similar documentary called “Bang the Machine”, which lost most of its footage during 9/11.
We sat down with Ian and got to know him a little more, and found out that there will be another release of the documentary. A longer one, hopefully full length that should be out sometime in the winter, after Ian graduates and has more free time on his hands. The shorter release, a “teaser” to the feature length documentary will be out late May, so get excited!! It’s going to be out soon, while the feature length will be out late 2009 (after Ian graduates).
Check out the some of the Q & A and audio after the jump…
AGE: 21
HOMETOWN: Rye, New York
JOB: Student in my final semester at Purchase College – School of Art & Design (freelance design work when it comes my way, time allowing)
HERO: My Dad
FAVORITE THING TO DO WHEN NOT WORKING: That’s a tough question, its been so long. I’ll try to catch up with friends when I have some free time, or play a game (usually a fighting game)
FAVORITE COLOR: Magenta
WHAT INSPIRES YOU, OTHER THAN VIDEO GAMES: Good question, A majority of it is my peers at college, beyond that there is a really wide range of things that inspire me artistically like:
Retro design,Kung Fu Movie Posters,Nicely set type,Hong Kong Cinema, Kyle Cooper, All different types of music, Hip Hop & Grafitti art, So Me, motionographer.com, Westerns
(that’s just the short list that I could come up with off the top of my head..)
FAVORITE TV SHOW: The Wire
FAVORITE CONSOLE GAME: Street Fighter 3: Third Strike
FAVORITE HANDHELD GAME: Castlevania: Symphony of the Moon
FAVORITE MOVIE: Hardboiled
FAVORITE ARTIST: Kyle Cooper
WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN 5 YEARS: Working the Gaming industry using my skills as a motion designer
ONE TALENT YOU DON’T HAVE NOW THAT YOU WISH YOU HAD: I wish I was bilingual, I took a class in Chinese last semester, but didn’t have the time to continue with it.
