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The coronavirus has shut down film and TV production, so horror filmmakers Matt Leslie (“Summer of ’84”) and Dylan Mulick (“Nvrlnd”) decided to take matters into their own hands and film a horror short, titled “Zoom Cloud Hack – #91784 – The Tribe Murders,” in the confines of their own home.

“We got together for coffee one day, socially distanced of course, and Dylan said, ‘dude I’m climbing walls, I need to do something,’ and I said, ‘well what we can do?'” Leslie told TheWrap. “We started talking about making a horror short and Dylan came up with the Zoom idea and then we started riffing.”

A day later, the duo had a script, Mulick said. And a day and a half after that, they were fully cast with actors they felt confident in to pull together a film that wasn’t going to be pieced together on a set.

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Now that the Academy Awards have concluded, the #OscarsSoWhite controversy will soon go back on the shelf (at least until next year’s ceremony). Before it dies down, however, Break managed to get in one more piece of social commentary. The media company produced a prank that mirrored a similar stunt it pulled during last year’s Oscars. This year, though, there was a twist: The man at the center of the prank was black, not white, and he received very different treatment.

The original prank was simple: Comedian Mark David Christenson dressed up in a tuxedo, carried around a fake statuette, and pretended to be an Oscar winner. As a result, he received free stuff throughout the night, ranging from cabs to drinks to exclusive party invites.

The 2016 version of the prank featured Bill Posley in place of Christenson. Posley is black, and throughout his night, he received many fewer favors,...

Read More: 5 Reasons the Oscars Should Not Go Back to 5 Nominees Have you ever wondered what it feels like to win an Oscar? Would people treat you differently? Would you get stuff for free? That's exactly what Mark David Christenson tries to find out in this prank video from New Media Rockstars. On Oscar night, February 22, Christenson set out to the streets of Hollywood dressed in a rented tux and carrying a fake Academy Award. What follows was a night that Christenson will never forget. As a result of looking the part, Christenson made it through several levels of security, into parties without a ticket, and was even offered a free ride, courtesy of a questionable valet. Check out the prank below: Indiewire got a hold of Christenson to inquire into a few more details about the night. Christenson said the valet was surprisingly understanding, and no, he never did call that girl.

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Turns out you don’t actually have to win an Oscar to live a VIP lifestyle. A man named Mark David Christenson posted a video in which, on Oscar night, he walked around Hollywood brandishing an Oscar that he neither won, nor one that was real. Christenson played his cards right and ended up walking into restricted Oscar parties and areas, getting free meals and drinks, taking numerous photos with fans who loved his movie he didn’t participate in, and even borrowed a car from a valet.

So now you have an idea of just what it’s like to win an Oscar. Maybe Richard Linklater should watch this video.

The post What’s it like to win an Oscar? Watch a man prank Hollywood into thinking he had appeared first on Sound On Sight.

The Academy Awards are the biggest night in Hollywood, bringing together hundreds of high-profile people, so you can imagine there is some serious security surrounding the exciting event. Each year, stars, guests, and even people working at the Oscars get screened, show their IDs and credentials, and go through metal detectors before they're allowed in; there's even beefed-up police presence on the streets, road closures, and bag checks. But apparently all that doesn't really matter if you have an Oscar in your hand. Mark David Christenson suited up in a tuxedo and acted like an Oscar winner in a prank video for New Media Rockstars to see just how much access he could get. Watch the video to find out just what - and where - his "Academy Award" got him.

Winning an Academy Award can be a life changing experience — even if it is a fake one. Prankster Mark David Christenson and the crew at New Media Rockstars took to the streets of Hollywood armed with a fake Oscar during the telecast in effort to see if people would treat him differently if they thought he had won the prestigious award. His hypothesis proved to be correct, because he was stopped by passers-by who wanted their picture taken with the “winner.” Also Read: Oscars 2015 Winners: ‘Birdman,’ ‘Grand Budapest,’ Eddie Remayne, Julianne Moore (Photos) But that was only the beginning. Christenson used his.

Apparently when you win an Oscar you also get a large bottle of orange Gatorade and a "pleasure pack" of condoms as added perks. On the night of the glamorous awards ceremony, one guy was out on the streets of Hollywood dressed in a tux and armed with a fake Academy Award to fool pedestrians, movie theater attendants and a cashier at a nearby Deli. As it turns out, it.s really easy to fool everyone around you in believing you won an Oscar . especially since none of them actually watched the ceremony on TV.    Mark David Christenson of New Media Rockstars pulled off this incredible Oscar prank. He and his team even created a fake video of himself addressing press after his alleged Oscar win just in case any strangers questioned him further. But he didn.t use it. Not only did he fool everyone around him as he...

People spend their whole lives trying (and usually failing) to win an Oscar, which is really silly, because it's apparently way easier to just walk around Hollywood pretending you won.

Mark David Christenson is not an Oscar winner, but he did team up with New Media Rockstars on an epic prank where he walked around Hollywood on Oscar night with a fake statuette just to see how people would treat him.

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They also filmed a fake acceptance speech he could show people just in case.

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Basically what followed was amazing.

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Not everyone knew what he won, but they were still excited:

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He got into the movies for free:

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Also a VIP Oscar party:

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Joked around with police officers:

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But by far the craziest thing that happened was when a valet gave him...

Winning an Oscar really does change everything! For Mark David Christenson, pretending to have won an Academy Award gave him A-list access to all the glitz and glam Hollywood has to offer. New Media Rockstars helped the prankster pull off this convincing stunt, creating a faux-acceptance speech he had at the ready on his iPhone. And as you'll see in the YouTube clip above, a little green screen "proof," a sharp tux and some liquid courage helped this non-nominee get fans and fame everywhere he went! Marching up and down Hollywood Boulevard was quite an experience, and movie lovers young and old wanted pictures with Mark! Upon seeing that gold statue, a bodega attendant allowed him to get Gatorade and...