Posts Tagged ‘thursday films’

Shorts spotlight: Method

Saturday, July 28th, 2012

The director of a noir named Hawk? Perfect.

Today we present METHOD

Synopsis: A movie director doesn’t like the way the film is going, so she decides to change it. Drastically.

Director: Hawk Vaccaro

Laugh Track: How much time and energy did you spend making the movie?

Hawk: About 72 hours (after all it was a 72 hr Film Race) and massive amounts of mental strain.

Do you think it was worth all that time/energy? (more…)

Shorts spotlight: Webbed

Thursday, July 26th, 2012

The virtual just got more real.

Today’s spotlight is on WEBBED

Synopsis: JoeTheLegend323 seeks connection and community through a webcam until a termite infestation in his building forces him out of the virtual and into the reality.

Director: Zack Windheim

Laugh Track: How much time and energy did you spend making the movie?

Zack: We knew that if we wanted to make an entertaining film about video bloggers, we needed to spend more time and energy than the average video blogger does to tell you what their lunch tasted like. It took close to a year to finish the movie.

Do you think it was worth all that time/energy?

Was Titanic worth making?

No, honestly. Was it?

Was The Last Airbender worth making?

What’s the funniest thing that happened on set? And by funniest we mean the most horrible thing.

The strangest thing to happen on set was that our main actor had to improvise his own viral dance for three minutes in his boxers and that nothing accidentally popped out. When you watch the wide range of his dance moves in the film, it is pretty mind-blowing how that never happened.

Convince us why your film should win our top award. Best answer wins the award (joking…or are we?)

Webbed is a completely unique film that is based on the completely unique and bizarre world of vloggers on YouTube. It manages to make audiences laugh without the use of drugs, sex, or violence – all it needs are termites.

How to see Webbed? @ Click here to buy tickets.

Shorts spotlight: Rocky Mountain Oysters – Antwon Thigrate

Wednesday, July 25th, 2012

We could go for some cow balls right about now…

We present ROCKY MOUNTAIN OYSTERS – ANTWON THIGRATE

Synopsis: Diddy is an aspiring musician who has invented electroperaca, a genre of music that crosses electronica with opera. But he starts running into trouble when he meets Antwon Thigrate, another musician who also plays electroperaca – except he’s actually good.

Director: Sean Williams

Laugh Track: How much time and energy did you spend making the movie?

Sean: We’ve spent much of the past year making a feature-length film called Tokeasy, which basically took 60-80 hours a week for nine months straight, so making a short episode basically felt like a vacation.

Do you think it was worth all that time/energy? (more…)

Shorts spotlight: The Birth of Sock Juice

Saturday, July 21st, 2012

Who wants some juice?

We present THE BIRTH OF SOCK JUICE

Synopsis: A satire on the awesome state of human gastronomical tastes.

Director: Yehuda Freeman

Laugh Track: How much time and energy did you spend making the movie?

Camera Guy: It took years and loads of cash for legal fees to ‘work around’ using minors. And we still got sued.

Do you think it was worth all that time/energy? (more…)

Shorts spotlight: Elizabeth?

Saturday, July 21st, 2012

We love the Overlook. It’s sad people had to die there to make this movie.

Meet ELIZABETH

Synopsis: The Overlook Hotel and Suites is up for sale due to the fact that the hotel secretaries keep dying mysteriously. The staff tries to cover up the most recent death while attempting to make a sale. Highjinks and misunderstanding abound in this mysterious dark comedy.

Actress Molly O’ Connell who plays “Elizabeth” agreed to answer our provocative questions!

Laugh Track: How much time and energy did you spend making the movie?

Molly: ALL of my time and energy went into Creating Elizabeth. I really went all out with this one. We filmed for 5 days total ? (I think) And edited for a couple of weeks. Thanks to an amazing crew of willing and able helpers/lovers of movie making, this film was made possible. (more…)

Shorts spotlight: Tilting at Skyscrapers

Thursday, July 19th, 2012

Weirdest title ever goes to…

TILTING AT SKYSCRAPERS

Synopsis: When a gamer is overcome by his obsession, his neighbor must shepherd him home.

Director: Frank Stasio

Laugh Track: How much time and energy did you spend making the movie?

Frank: I had the idea swimming in my head for about 6 years. One night I got home and my computer screen was staring at me, just daring me to do something. So I sat down and finally started writing the script. It took me about 10 minutes to crank out the first draft. Very little changed from the first draft to the film. It took another 3 years before I could find someone to help me make it… (more…)

Shorts spotlight: PIE!!!!!

Wednesday, July 18th, 2012

Synopsis: A man enters a room, only to be overjoyed by the sight of 3 delicious pies until an arch nemesis who loves cake approaches and the two men get into an intense fight over whether pie or cake is better.

Director: Cullen Severance
Laugh Track: How much time and energy did you spend making the movie?
Cullen: It took me 2 weeks to get my video “PIE!!!!!!” ready to make, and on the day of shooting it took me 1 hour to film the movie. I spent a lot of energy making this movie–my adrenaline level was THROUGH THE ROOF! lol.
Do you think it was worth all that time/energy?
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