What you are watching now is a film.
This could easily be a film festival screening committee. Thank heaven this one’s a joke. Films like this film-within-a-film starring Cliff get submitted all the time without a hint of irony.
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Friday Film Clip: Breathe. Focus. Octopus.
Breathe. Focus. Octopus. from Jon Gann on Vimeo.
If you ever wanted to see the kind of short film a festival programmer would make, here’s your chance. Jon Gann is the driving force behind the D.C. Shorts Film Festival. Jon and his team made this film as part of the Washington D.C. edition of the 48 Hour Film Project.
Friday Film Clip: “The Pitch” bumper from Sundance 2010
All of the bumps at Sundance this year were interesting, but as usual there was a clear favorite. This year it was “The Pitch,” which features all of our favorite film clichés. (You might recognize some of them from the list of clichés in chapter 1 of Film Festival Secrets.) This year’s bumps were produced by creative agency Buck – check out the Sundance mini-site where they document the process of creating these shorts.
Brian Chirls explains Crowd Controls at SXSW 2010
Yet another in our series of South by Southwest 2010 videos, this time with Brian Chirls, creator of Crowd Controls. This venture is based on his work with Four-Eyed Monsters and is currently powering some of the fan engagement with Iron Sky.
Thanks to Mark Potts for shooting and editing this video.
IFF Boston’s Brian Tamm at SXSW 2010
The third in our series of South by Southwest 2010 videos features Managing Director of IFF Boston Brian Tamm. Brian talks about the reasons he and other IFF Boston staff members attend other festivals like SXSW.
The Independent Film Festival of Boston starts tonight with their opening night film, The Extra Man. Kevin Kline will be at the Somerville Theater after the screening to receive a career achievement award from the festival. If you live in the Boston area and you hadn’t made plans to attend, I highly recommend showing up.
Thanks to Mark Potts for shooting and editing this video.
Surviving SXSW with Slackerwood’s Jette Kernion
The second in our series of South by Southwest 2010 videos, this time with journalist Jette Kernion (Cinematical, Slackerwood). See all of Slackerwood’s SXSW 2010 coverage here.
Thanks again to Mark Potts for shooting and editing.
Interview with Sundance director of programming Trevor Groth at SXSW 2010
Trevor was kind enough to duck out of the convention center and spend a few minutes talking with me about the first Sundance on his watch as Director of Programming, and about some of his favorite festival moments.
Kudos to Mark Potts for shooting and editing this series of videos.
Travel webisodes from Oxford Film Festival
Tate English and Lynn Mikeska (writer/director and star, respectively, of The Ballad of Friday and June) spent some time at the Oxford Film Festival recording a series of webisodes to document their festival trip. Rather than making the series a simple travelogue, however, they went out of their way to make each episode funny in a self-deprecating way. Well-made webisodes like these capture some of the local flavor of a festival town and involve fellow attending filmmakers involved whenever possible. (You want to give people a reason to link to your videos, right?) Off-the-cuff video blog entries are a fun, inexpensive way to build a fan base and to draw attention to your film’s festival run.
See more Oxford FF travel videos at the Ballad of Friday and June blog.
