Christina and I are finalists in a contest for Lowes and we need your help (and votes) to win! This time the prize isn’t fame or glory, but rather something completely practical that we could definitely use: lawn equipment.
Here’s how it works: go to YouTube.com/Lowes, click on “Vote”, find our video (you can watch it below), and give it a “thumbs up”. There doesn’t seem to be any limit on how often you can vote or how many times, so vote early and often! Thanks!
Tom Pollard, who was part of several of my short films last year is one of five finalists in the “Sing In The Shower” contest put on by Garnier. He needs your help to win! To view the video of Tom performing Madonna’s “Material Girl” while being accompanied by himself &…himself, click here & then select the “Online Video Contest” (the “hot” shower handle on the left). Be sure to vote for Thomas P.! You can only vote once in the contest & if you do, you’ll be entered in a contest to win a 8GB iPod Nano! So head on over and vote now!!!
If you’re on Facebook and a fan of any of the 12 films I’ve made in the last year, why not combine the two? I set up a page for 12 Films In 12 Months on Facebook here (you can also click on the link in the sidebar). You can view the films in much higher quality than most of the current YouTube versions and become a fan of the project within the Facebook world. Thanks for your support!
So now that I have completed 12 films in 12 months, what’s coming up for 2009? Well first of all, I’m not going to be diving straight into another 12 films this year. I’m looking forward to spending some time with my wife and having a free weekend or two. As much as I’m proud of the films I created and as much as I enjoyed the experience of making movies all year and the experience and learning that it brought, I’m looking forward to a couple months where I don’t feel the self-induced pressure to write, cast, plan, shoot, edit, score, and mix a film every 30 days or so.
All that being said, this blog and the films I made are certainly not going away and I’ve got a couple things in the works relating to the 12 Films. First of all, I’m working on a screening of all 12 films within the next month. The plan is to rent out a theater here in San Diego and spend an evening screening and sharing stories from the 12 films we produced this last year. I’m still working on securing the theater so stay tuned for the exact date and location.
I’m also hoping to submit some more of the films to festivals throughout the next year. Having “Mystery Box” accepted to the San Diego Film Festival was an honor and a dream come true. But my hope is to now take even more of the short films I completed and submit them to all sorts of festivals and have them screened before many different audiences. I will of course announce any festival screenings here on the blog so stay tuned for that as well.
I will continue to post short films and creative videos from others, assorted videos that I work on, filmmaking resources and thoughts, and more here on the 12 Films blog.
You can keep up with what’s going on in a few ways. You can subscribe to this blog, either through RSS reader (if you don’t use any particualar reader, a couple popular ones are Google Reader and Bloglines) or via email. You can find the RSS feed here or in the sidebar to right and you can subscribe via email by entering your email into the box in the sidebar. You can also keep up by following me on Twitter.
If you’re new to the site, thanks for checking it out. If you’ve been following the films for a while, thank you so much for your viewership, participation, and support over the last year of filmmaking. Here’s to great 2009!
It seems fitting, here as I wrap up my 12 films over the last 12 months, to feature this fantastic Flickr set filled with “The End” from a whole host of tv shows and movies. Click on the image to see them all.
ht to Chris
I saw this the other day and thought it was brilliant. It’s a montage of 40 different inspirational speeches from movies that have been cut together into fantastic 2 minute monologue.
ht to Marko
A good title sequence sets the tone for the film you’re about to watch and draws you into its world. At the same time, it seems that the title sequence is one of the few conventionally accepted parts of a film where the filmmaker and producer can be audaciously creative and experimental visually within the film. They can work with animation, motion typography, montage, unconventional filming and editing techniques, stylization of footage, and much more; and not have to worry about continuing that same look throughout the entire film.
I recently came across a great post of 30 Unforgettable Movie Title Sequences . Take some time and watch a few of them. There is some amazing work represented. As different as all the sequences are, the one constant is that they all set a tone with sound, picture, and type that draws you emotionally into the movie you’re about to see.
If you want even more title sequences, check out The Art of the Title Sequence and Forget the Film, Watch the Titles; two great sites with growing catalogues of movie title sequences.
I saw this mock-up of what someone’s twitter time-line would look like during a zombie attack a little while back and it cracked me up (click on the image for full size):
Originally from here.
As I’ve mentioned, Mystery Box is screening this Thursday, September 25th at 5:00pm and then Friday, September 26th at Noon at the San Diego Film Festival. If you’re planning on coming to either of the showings, let me know in the comments and I’ll be sure to look for you down there. Also, if you’re coming to the Thursday night screening and feel like some dessert, we’ll be heading over to Ghiradelli on 5th Avenue afterwards. See you at the festival!
Thank you to everyone who voted for my entry in the Slow Mo Films contest. With your help I was able to get second place and win the runner up prize! Woo hoo! Thanks everyone!!! I seriously appreciate your help and support.
