Well, it was a long crazy weekend but it is finally over! The Vail Film Festival is where I spent much of it and let me tell you, it was a blast. Hanging out at my first real festival (My Bloody Violentine doesn't count), with a laminate and everything, was way cool.
As for the contest, well, our team didn't quite win. We did shoot a really solid film called The Getaway, and had a great chance at victory, but the winning film Running Colors was spectacular, so mad props to those guys.
But the weekend was certainly not a total loss. Team Running Riot (this time featuring Jeffrey Gustafson, Jason Breheny, Anthony LaRocca, and my girlfriend Stephanie filling in for Steve Valdeck) made a neat little film that I hope you will all enjoy, and we once again improved on our techniques and are already looking forward to our next challenge. The awards ceremony featured a Q&A session with celebrities Josh Lucas, Michael Imperioli, and Kate Bosworth, which was interesting. So all in all, it was a great experience, even without the win.
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3/27/11
New Job/Next Assignment
The last couple weeks have been pretty busy for me, as I have been in the process of starting at a new job. I'll get into the details of that later on today in a special Top Five List...
In other news, next weekend is the Vail Film Festival! Olympus is sponsoring a 48 hour film making contest in conjunction with the festival and I am happy to say I will be participating! We will be a very small team this time around, please wish us luck.
Anyway, back to business with a long forgotten feature, the Follower Suggestion Box. In honor of his birthday, this week I am featuring my friend Jeff's choice, American History X. Jeff cites the film's take on the negative aspects of racism and violence as his reason for the Ed Norton flick being his #1 favorite. A review will be posted shortly :)
In other news, next weekend is the Vail Film Festival! Olympus is sponsoring a 48 hour film making contest in conjunction with the festival and I am happy to say I will be participating! We will be a very small team this time around, please wish us luck.
Anyway, back to business with a long forgotten feature, the Follower Suggestion Box. In honor of his birthday, this week I am featuring my friend Jeff's choice, American History X. Jeff cites the film's take on the negative aspects of racism and violence as his reason for the Ed Norton flick being his #1 favorite. A review will be posted shortly :)
2/21/11
The My Bloody Violent-tine Film Festival
This past weekend I had the pleasure of spending two nights at a bar watching various local independent horror shorts. The event, The "My Bloody Violent-tine Film Festival". The venue, 3 Kings Tavern. I found the festival on Craig's List and decided to enter Ring Finger in the thriller/suspense category on a lark. Happily, my film was accepted and screened both nights!
The audience reaction was definitely positive, which any filmmaker can tell you is the greatest part of making movies. When you hear people gasping in disgust, laughing, loudly exclaiming "Oh YEAH!" at the end of your movie... nothing feels better than that, my friends!
Granted, a bar is not the venue of choice for anyone showing a film. The Saturday showing was worse in that there was more noise from the patrons sitting at the bar and not watching the films, but overall the experience was a good one.
Ring Finger ended up taking home an award for "Favorite Ending", which I am particularly proud of, and also came in third place in the audience choice voting. Got lots of positive feedback from the other filmmakers there as well.
For anyone who hasn't yet seen the film, here it is.
The audience reaction was definitely positive, which any filmmaker can tell you is the greatest part of making movies. When you hear people gasping in disgust, laughing, loudly exclaiming "Oh YEAH!" at the end of your movie... nothing feels better than that, my friends!
Granted, a bar is not the venue of choice for anyone showing a film. The Saturday showing was worse in that there was more noise from the patrons sitting at the bar and not watching the films, but overall the experience was a good one.
Ring Finger ended up taking home an award for "Favorite Ending", which I am particularly proud of, and also came in third place in the audience choice voting. Got lots of positive feedback from the other filmmakers there as well.
For anyone who hasn't yet seen the film, here it is.
10/26/10
The National Film Challenge: Crashing
I had a blast this past weekend making a film for this year's National Film Challenge.
Myself and Steve Valdeck headed up a team of eight that trekked into the heart of a mountain snowstorm, had to reschedule our entire shoot, and ended up making a very good short film, Crashing.
The film deals with a married couple on their way to a marriage retreat who find themselves lost in the wilderness.
The required elements we were given at the beginning of the competition were:
1. Prop- a wooden spoon
2. Line- "I've never heard it put that way"
3. Character- Jesse or Jessie Samson, DJ
The genre our team drew was Drama, which we chose over Sci-Fi.
The shooting was very fun, stretching from Saturday into Sunday due to weather concerns closing our initial location. After lots and lots of post production work, we mailed the film with a half hour to spare.
It will be posted on the National Film Challenge website in a week or so, where it will be up to be voted on for Audience Choice award, so we will be counting on all of your support!
Myself and Steve Valdeck headed up a team of eight that trekked into the heart of a mountain snowstorm, had to reschedule our entire shoot, and ended up making a very good short film, Crashing.
The film deals with a married couple on their way to a marriage retreat who find themselves lost in the wilderness.
The required elements we were given at the beginning of the competition were:
1. Prop- a wooden spoon
2. Line- "I've never heard it put that way"
3. Character- Jesse or Jessie Samson, DJ
The genre our team drew was Drama, which we chose over Sci-Fi.
The shooting was very fun, stretching from Saturday into Sunday due to weather concerns closing our initial location. After lots and lots of post production work, we mailed the film with a half hour to spare.
It will be posted on the National Film Challenge website in a week or so, where it will be up to be voted on for Audience Choice award, so we will be counting on all of your support!
10/21/10
The National Film Challenge
This upcoming weekend I am going to be participating in another film competition similar to the last one I did. This one however is a 72 hour contest. Just like last time, the contest will begin on Friday evening, where our team, this time led by myself and editor Steve Valdeck, will receive three story elements and the choice of two genres. The story elements are a character, a prop, and a line of dialogue, while genres range from such staples as comedy and drama to more specialized ones, such as film noir, buddy film, and road movie.
From that point, all writing, shooting, editing, and scoring must be completed by Monday, when the film will be mailed in to the contest organizers. Teams from around the world will be competing for cash prizes and the chance to have the film shown at prestigious film festivals.
Needless to say I am very excited about this, as our last film, Jack Staple and the Cubicles of Doom did very well, making it to the Best of Denver screening for the 48 Hour Film Project. We feel we can do even better this time around.
For those who haven't seen Jack Staple yet, here it is, an example of what can be accomplished in a few short days.
(elements were: Sharon Woods, administrative assistant; a lamp; and "he told me not to tell anyone"; genre: adventure serial)
From that point, all writing, shooting, editing, and scoring must be completed by Monday, when the film will be mailed in to the contest organizers. Teams from around the world will be competing for cash prizes and the chance to have the film shown at prestigious film festivals.
Needless to say I am very excited about this, as our last film, Jack Staple and the Cubicles of Doom did very well, making it to the Best of Denver screening for the 48 Hour Film Project. We feel we can do even better this time around.
For those who haven't seen Jack Staple yet, here it is, an example of what can be accomplished in a few short days.
(elements were: Sharon Woods, administrative assistant; a lamp; and "he told me not to tell anyone"; genre: adventure serial)
8/2/10
48 Hour Film Project Update/ New Poll
Hi folks, its been a long last couple of days for me.
First of all, the 48 Hour Film Project was an absolute blast. I was brought on the project by Anthony Larocca of Dangling Carrot films, and the team he and writer/producer Christian Link put together was great to work with. Everyone involved went above and beyond the call of duty and we ended up making a very strong film considering the amount of time we had to do it in.
The required elements we were given at the beginning of the competition were:
1. Prop- a lamp
2. Line- "He told me not to tell anyone"
3. Character- Sharon or Sherman Woods, administrative assistant
The genre our team drew was "Adventure serial"
We ended up shooting Jack Staple and the Cubicles of Doom, one 'episode' of an imagined adventure series featuring the heroic Jack Staple, a purveyor of office antiquities. In this episode, he infiltrates the offices of William Turnstiles to extract the fabled "Golden Floppy".
The shooting was tough, 15 straight hours before heading down to Litteton to dive into the edit. The head editor stayed up through the night while the other editors and I got a few hours sleep, then we traded off. We got the project done and turned in in the nick of time. Despite being rushed, I am pretty proud of what we accomplished, and would love to see you at the premiere showing at the Gothic theater on the 8th at 6:30 (Group C). its only 10 bucks at the door for a dozen short films! You can buy 8 dollar advance tickets here.
Now, back to normal business here at There Will Be Blog.
There is a new poll for you to vote on. Now I know, the last few weeks have been pretty slim pickings for you to choose from but we can't have Twilight and Inception coming out every week you know. So please vote! I want to see some competition.
This is a good week for that as there are three large releases.
First is the new Will Ferrell vehicle The Other Guys, costarring Mark Wahlberg. The two play a bumbling pair of policemen trying to be action heroes. Marky Mark's involvement makes this one look a cut above the last few Ferrell flicks, but we shall see.
Next on the menu is Step Up 3D, which looks like something I would pretty much entirely hate. But if you want me to have to see it, go ahead and vote for it!
Finally, we have Middle Men which is about the birth of internet pornography. Starring Luke Wilson, this film could be pretty interesting.
7/30/10
What I have been up to the last couple weeks....
Some of my more loyal readers might have noticed a slight decline in my amount of posts. This does not reflect at all on my loyalty to you all, or to my interest in writing these articles. Rather, I have actually for the first time in months been actually BUSY! Which is refreshing, if only a little bit.
First of all, I have become involved in the 48 Hour Film project, a film contest where teams from cities all over the world are given two days to write, shoot, and edit a short film containing some secret elements to eliminate cheating. I am working with Dangling Carrot Films and producer Anthony LaRocca, and will be directing the film. The kick off to the event is tonight at seven, so for forty eight hours after that, don't expect to hear from me!
Also, I am very lucky to announce that I have been hired on as a pre-production intern/location scout for Black Wing Digital, an independent production company based in Boulder. They are currently in development phase for Mind's Eye, a cerebral mind bending thriller. I have been tasked with helping to find suitable locations for the film.
So, that's what I have been up to lately as far as my own career goes. This blog has been lacking a personal touch as of now, so I will try to keep updating you all on my own endeavors as often as needed.
Greg
First of all, I have become involved in the 48 Hour Film project, a film contest where teams from cities all over the world are given two days to write, shoot, and edit a short film containing some secret elements to eliminate cheating. I am working with Dangling Carrot Films and producer Anthony LaRocca, and will be directing the film. The kick off to the event is tonight at seven, so for forty eight hours after that, don't expect to hear from me!
Also, I am very lucky to announce that I have been hired on as a pre-production intern/location scout for Black Wing Digital, an independent production company based in Boulder. They are currently in development phase for Mind's Eye, a cerebral mind bending thriller. I have been tasked with helping to find suitable locations for the film.
So, that's what I have been up to lately as far as my own career goes. This blog has been lacking a personal touch as of now, so I will try to keep updating you all on my own endeavors as often as needed.
Greg
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