And The Oscar Goes To...

Friday, January 25, 2008

And The Oscar Goes To...

Hello IDOM'ers,

I have excellent news! RETREAT has been awarded the "Best Acting By A Horse" award! We are once again nationally acclaimed award winning film makers! Rick, I don't have Junior's phone number. Could you please call the ranch to inform him.

Tony

-----Original Message-----
From: info@filmchallenge.com [mailto:info@filmchallenge.com]
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 3:21 PM
To: Nguyen, Tony
Subject: NFC Winners

Hello NFC Teams:

The Audience Award voting is over and the Round 2 Judges have completed their ratings and determined the winners for the 2007 National Film Challenge! There were many, many great films this year. But, of course, decisions have to be made. The website will be updated soon, but for now, here are the winners:

BEST FILM ($1,000 and a screening at the Cinequest Film Festival) Time Cougars Rattlesnake Wash Productions Albuquerque, NM Team Leader: Isaac Kappy
Genre: Sci-Fi

AUDIENCE AWARD ($500 and a screening at the Cinequest Film Festival) Traffic Jam La Toalla Productions Irvine, CA Team Leader: Russell Bush
Genre: Musical

BEST DIRECTING
Traffic Jam
La Toalla Productions
Irvine, CA
Directed by: Jose Triconis
Genre: Musical

BEST ACTING
2 Categories:

INDIVIDUAL: Mike Fuller from Ã¢â‚¬Å“Man vs MachineÃ¢â‚¬Â Mike Productions Pittsburgh, PA
Genre: Action/Adventure

ENSEMBLE: Time Cougars
Rattlesnake Wash Productions
Albuquerque, NM
Genre: Sci-Fi

BEST SCREENPLAY
SheÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s With Me
Instant Noodles Film
Fremont, CA
Written by: Bobby August, Jr.
Genre: Silent Film

BEST EDITING
Man vs Machine
Mike Productions
Pittsburgh, PA
Edited by: Michael Savisky
Genre: Action/Adventure

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Date
The Focus Group
London, England
Cinematographer: Edgar Dubrovskiy
Genre: Romance

BEST SOUND DESIGN
KirstenÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Treasure Map
Team Hippopotami
Huntington Beach, CA
Sound Design by Andrew Capra
Genre: Silent Film

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
Traffic Jam
La Toalla Productions
Irvine, CA
Music by Jeff Shum Lyrics by John Fisher
Genre: Musical

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Salvage
Team Hi-Def Chefs
Minneapolis, MN
Art Director: Frost Simula
Genre: Horror

BEST COSTUMES
Heroic Love
Team The Smith Bros
San Jose, CA
Genre: Superhero

BEST MAKE-UP
Die, Dick, Die
Cagesafe Productions
Make Up Artist: Alexis Vase
Genre: Detective/Cop

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Unimpressed
Castparty Productions
Quincy, MA
Effects by Kevin Hanner
Genre: Fantasy

BEST GRAPHICS
Traffic Jam
La Toalla Productions
Irvine, CA
Graphics: Matt McCabe, Dan Repasky, Nabil Wire
Genre: Musical

BEST USE OF PROP: GARDEN TOOL
Back to Center
EyeQ Films
Alameda, CA
Genre: Action/Adventure

BEST USE OF PROP: BUBBLE WRAP
Sent
Team Somatic Cinema
Newton, NJ
Genre: Drama

BEST USE OF PROP: TOILET PLUNGER
A Very Merry Fishmas
Team Tongue vs Cheek
St. Charles, MO
Genre: Holiday Film

BEST USE OF PROP: PEANUT BUTTER
Brown Gold
Yutka Productions
Moscow, Russia
Genre: Comedy

BEST USE OF LINE: "THOSE ARE GINORMOUS!"
Purgatory
Slim Productions
St. Louis, MO
Genre: Drama

BEST USE OF LINE: "I HAVE NO TIME FOR SILLY GAMES."
The Interview
Team Year of the Rooster
Sherman Oaks, CA
Genre: Spy

BEST USE OF LINE: "ITÃ¢â‚¬â„¢S IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO LOOK."
System To Get Down
Team Nectar of the Gods
Media, PA
Genre: Romance

BEST USE OF LINE: "NOW THATÃ¢â‚¬â„¢S WHAT I CALL USING YOUR NOODLE."
Time Cougars
Rattlesnake Wash Productions
Albuquerque, NM
Genre: Sci-Fi

BEST USE OF CHARACTER: KEVIN OR KATHY KLONSKY, FOLK SINGER Folk This, Folk That Team Cinethusiasts/MSUM Moorhead, MN
Genre: Horror

BEST USE OF CHARACTER: DREW OR DIANE SMOTHERS, YOGA INSTRUCTOR Bridge Pose Team Collars Up Los Angeles, CA
Genre: Horror

BEST USE OF CHARACTER: CHEEKS EASTON, CELEBRITY IMPERSONATOR System To Get Down Team Nectar of the Gods Media, PA
Genre: Romance

BEST USE OF CHARACTER: TAD OR TINA FULLER, CHEERLEADER Only if YouÃ¢â‚¬â„¢re Lucky Team Contra Sutra Bozeman, MT
Genre: Western

BEST USE OF ACTION/ADVENTURE GENRE
Boys and Their Games
Black Forest Bridge Productions
Cincinnati, OH

BEST USE OF COMEDY GENRE
Open House
Team Pixotic
Oakland, CA

BEST USE OF DETECTIVE/COP GENRE
The Key Master
Team MORIGUMI
San Francisco, CA

BEST USE OF DRAMA GENRE
Love Always
Team Conspiracy
Waterford, MI

BEST USE OF FANTASY GENRE
Unimpressed
Castparty Productions
Quincy, MA

BEST USE OF HOLIDAY FILM GENRE
No Cell Phone Day
Team The Swem MCs
Williamsburg, VA

BEST USE OF HORROR GENRE
Cleo
The Tina Yothers Army/ UNCUT Productions Philadelphia, PA

BEST USE OF MUSICAL GENRE
Traffic Jam
La Toalla Productions
Irvine, CA

BEST USE OF ROAD MOVIE GENRE
Dead on Departure
Team Cinemuse
Harrisonburg, VA

BEST USE OF ROMANCE GENRE
System To Get Down
Team Nectar of the Gods
Media, PA

BEST USE OF SCI-FI GENRE
Hooded
Schmidt Video Productions
Minneapolis, MN

BEST USE OF SILENT FILM GENRE
SheÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s With Me
Instant Noodles Film
Fremont, CA

BEST USE OF SPY GENRE
The Spy Team
Team The Convection Ovens
Los Angeles, CA

BEST USE OF SUPERHERO GENRE
Heroic Love
Team The Smith Bros
San Jose, CA

BEST USE OF WESTERN GENRE
Only if YouÃ¢â‚¬â„¢re Lucky
Team Contra Sutra
Bozeman, MT

*SPECIAL JUDGES AWARDS*
BEST ACTING BY A HORSE
Retreat
It Donned On Me Productions
San Francisco, CA Genre: Fantasy

BEST PERFORMANCE BY PUPPETS IN LEADING ROLES Hamlet the Pig In: The Barn Identity PinPoint Productions Harrisburg, PA
Genre: Spy

BEST DEATH BY TOILET PLUNGER MOMENT
Happy Effin Halloween
Bug Juice Productions
St. Louis, MO
Genre: Holiday Film

MOST EXTENSIVE USE OF PLAID IN A COSTUME Tunnel Vision A Likely Story Film Productions Alexandria, VA
Genre: Detective/Cop

BEST USE OF THE OLD SWITCHEROO!
In The Bag
Filmatix Films
St. Louis, MO
Genre: Road Movie

Thanks again to all of the competing teams! In the next few weeks we will try and get all of the finished films on the website for viewing.

Good luck on your next film projects and we hope youÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ll participate again next year!

Doug Whyte
NFC Producer

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It Donned On Me?

For the past few years Evan Donn has been teaching classes in After Effects and Final Cut Pro in the Multimedia department at College Of San Mateo. Every semester there were a couple of students who just wouldn't go home when the class was over, staying after with a seemingly endless stream of questions about every imaginable aspect of video production. Many of them returned semester after semester for whichever class Evan was teaching at the time.

In the spring of 2006 Evan taught a new class called DV Workflow which consisted almost entirely of these "irregulars". DV Workflow became essentially an 'everything but the kitchen sink' type of class covering the entire process of video production with an emphasis on producing video for the web.

As part of DV Workflow every member of the class had to produce an episodic video series for the web. This led to various members teaming up to work on each others' videos as well as providing valuable input on the finished videos during class screenings. When the class ended everyone felt that the working dynamic of the group was worth continuing.

Led by Chief Instigator Tony Nguyen they dubbed themselves 'The Evan Donn School of Film' and began holding quarterly screenings of everyone's current work. In 2006 several members of the group attended one of the 48 Hour Film screenings, and they all walked out with the same thought - we can do that.

From that point on the quarterly screenings took on a new direction as 'challenges' were thrown out with criteria similar to the 48 Hour Film Project. This helped prepare the team members for the challenge of building a short film around a character, prop and line of dialogue.

As the 2007 competition drew closer Mr. Nguyen once again took the lead and signed up the team for the San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project. Put on the spot to come up with a team name he considered and rejected many possibilities before the ideal name 'donned' on him...

Despite their history the San Francisco competition was the first time all members of the team had worked together on a single project. Everyone jumped right in and the result was our first short film - 'Urgent Care'.

Despite incredible audience reaction to the film, 'Urgent Care' failed to win either the audience or juried competition for San Francisco. However, the team was selected by competition sponsor Visa as one of ten teams from San Francisco to compete in their national "Life Takes" Invitational against teams from New York and Los Angeles.

With only one film in the can, Evan decided the team needed a little more practice before the Visa competition. Unbeknownst to the team, he signed them up for the nearby San Jose 48 Hour Film Project and announced it at the cast & crew party for 'Urgent Care'. Fortunately everyone jumped at the chance to hone their skills and prove that the success of the first film wasn't just luck. The result of that effort is 'Doggie Style', the second official film from It Donned On Me.

In September the team came together once again to complete another 48 hour film for the Visa "Life Takes" Invitational. In collaboration with members of the a capella group "Flying Without Instruments" they completed the fantasy film "EXIT".

In October, 2007 the team completed their fourth 48 hour project, the National Film Challenge, producing "Retreat", an existential tale of a horse seeking enlightenment. After this they took a break from high-speed filmmaking for the holidays in order to prepare for the 2008 season.

In March 2008 IDOM kicked off the 2008 filmmaking season with the International Documentary Challenge, producing our first non-fiction film, "Stick & Pound". Selected as a finalist in the competition, 'Stick & Pound' screened in Toronto at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival where the team brought home Documentary Challenge awards for Best Cinematography and Best Directing!

After an amazing first year of competition IDOM came full circle, returning for the second time to the 2008 San Francisco 48 Hour Film Challenge and successfully completing our 6th film, "Tail". 'Tail' brought home the award for 'Best Sound Design' as well as being nominated for Best use of Dialoge and Best Cinematography

Just a few weeks later it was once again time for the San Jose 48 Hour Film project. Despite a rough start IDOM pulled together and created 'TwirlyBoy', possibly our strangest film so far.

With seven very different films completed in a years time some would say it's time to take a break, but not IDOM - this is just the beginning as IDOM tackles new projects and goes in new directions in the quest to become the greatest competitive filmmaking team of all time!

Stay Tuned!

Who Is Quang Khoi?

When Quang Khoi and his family immigrated to the United States from Vietnam back in the mid seventies, his mother decided to give all the kids American names. Nobody could pronounce Quang Khoi, so his mother renamed her youngest son Tony. Quang Khoi's mom is a huge movie buff, and her passion for cinema is evident in the fact that she named her children after movie stars. Though it has never been confirmed or denied, word on the street is that her all time favorite movie is Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO, and that she named her youngest son after that film's leading man, Anthony Perkins. "Tony" is not so bad, considering that Quang Khoi could have ended up being "Norman Bates Nguyen."

These days, Quang Khoi uses his real name when he is acting in film. When he's behind the camera, he goes by his American name, Tony. Quang Khoi/Tony Nguyen inherited his mother's passion for the movies. He enjoys every aspect of film, from playing character roles on the screen to editing time lines in Final Cut Pro behind the scenes. Mr. Nguyen is very proud to be a part of this year's 48 Hour Film Project. Working with the It Donned On Me team has been such a rewarding experience, and he hopes to continue to work this awesome group of people in future projects.

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