48 HFP Kickoff

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

48 HFP Kickoff

IDOM Peeps! 48 Hour SF is a hop, skip, and a jump away!!!!!!!!!
Keep these dates open:

Friday, July 18, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
All teams arrive at 6pm – participate in check-in and genre drawings.

FAT CITY
314 11th St.
(between Folsom St & Harrison St)
San Francisco, CA
(415) 861-2890

SCREENING AT THE ROXIE THEATER
Monday, 7/28 - Screening Group D

I believe that we have our talent lined up. Evan, Joanne, Dinah, and I met with three actors whom we really liked. One person, a 40-ish female is a SAG actress with years of experience and a degree in drama, can certainly carry a film. Another gentlemen, 60-ish, would be a great addition as he has a lot of experience in front of the camera. Finally, the last person we met with is a fire eater and dancer. Who knows, if we pull the superhero genre, we could use her as one of villains. In addition to these potential actors, we also met a harmonica player who is interested on working on the soundtrack. In any case, these people will definitely be an asset to our project, and our fan base will certainly grow exponentially. If anyone else has potential talent, please introduce them! Remember, SJ is right around the corner from SF, so it's good to have talent lined up!

As for location and props, obviously we can't really prepare ahead of time because we do not have our required elements, but it's always good to line up what we can, like what we did with the ambulance for Urgent Care, the Dolby Theater for Exit, and Junior Bottini the midget Vietnamese speaking horse for Retreat.

I don't about you, but I'm getting excited here. Could you please respond to this email letting me know if you're in. The address that I see for this group is IDOM@yahoo.com, so I'm not sure if everyone has received this email. Please shoot me back and email so that I know that you got it.

Go IDOM!

From: Elena Cruz
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 10:05 AM
To: sanfrancisco@48hourfilm.com
Subject: Kickoff, Drop Off and Screening Assignments Schedule

Hello 48HFP San Francisco Filmmakers:

Below is the listing of when to be where for the Project film weekend. Please read the Kickoff, Drop Off and Screening Information carefully so that you're in the right place at the right time. If you haven't yet, please join the SF 48HFP Facebook Group here.

MEDIA - if any teams are interested in being "followed" or "covered" by the media during your filmmaking weekend, please email the Publicity Manager, Laure Williams at laure.williams@hotmail.com.

KICKOFF EVENT
You must have someone present to draw the genre for your film in our random drawing. Try to limit total attendees to 3 people. Also, note that this venue is open to having people under +21 attend, but please email me and let me know how many under 21+ team members you plan to bring.

Friday, July 18, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
All teams arrive at 6pm – participate in check-in and genre drawings.

FAT CITY
314 11th St.
(between Folsom St & Harrison St)
San Francisco, CA
(415) 861-2890

DROP OFF EVENT (NOTE: THIS YEAR'S DROP OFF LOCATION IS DIFFERENT FROM KICK-OFF!)
Your film must be received by 7:30 p.m. to be considered on-time and eligible for all awards. Late films will still be screened (but not judged), so be sure to get them in! Again, all ages are welcome here. And they serve alcohol for anyone who will need a beer or two after the craziness.

Sunday, July 20, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
"On-time" films by 7:30pm!

CAFE NEON
1801 McAllister Street
(between Baker St & Lyon St)
San Francisco, CA 94115 (415) 567-8478

*If you cannot make it by 9pm, we will accept films until midnight. Please call my cell phone at 415.235.5641, and I will let you know where you can drop them off (Inner Sunset neighborhood).

SCREENING SCHEDULE AND ASSIGNMENTS
Attached to this email is the official screening times and groups for the San Francisco Project (also pasted at the end of this email). Your team has been assigned to a group. The only way to change groups is to find a team willing to switch with you. Check the spreadsheet for emails, then let me know if you plan to change groups.

Before you get deep in the moment of filmmaking, just a note about the screenings:

-Don't forget to invite your family, colleagues, friends and film-lovers to the screenings. The info is below.

-Let your team members know which screening to attend to see their film.

-For each screening group, the audience will vote for their three favorite films and from these votes, one film will be awarded the audience award. There will be 4 Audience Awards in San Francisco.

-At the screening, feel free to celebrate your film (and to lobby the audience for votes). In the past, film teams have worn costumes, handed out candy and postcards to the audience in the lobby and brought posters and props along to the screening.

We're looking forward to a series of fun and exciting screenings!

Elena Cruz
San Francisco Producer
48 Hour Film Project
415.235.5641
www.48hourfilm.com

San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project Screening Info.

WHERE:
Roxie Cinema http://www.roxie.com
3117 16th Street @ Valencia,
San Francisco, CA

WHEN:
July 22, 23, 24 & 28
Time: 7:00pm and 9:30 pm each night (note: each screening group will be screened twice per evening)
Tuesday, 7/22 - Screening Group A
Wednesday, 7/23 - Screening Group B
Thursday, 7/24 - Screening Group C
Monday, 7/28 - Screening Group D

COST:
$9

Each team leader receives 2 comp tickets to his/her screening.

TICKET SALES
Tickets will soon be available online at www.roxie.com - I will send a separate email once it's up.

You can also buy tickets at the door or beforehand at the Roxie.

SCREENING GROUP A
Step 6 Productions
Transvideo Studios
Dramatic Gopher Productions (International High)
Pillybooka
BSSP
BANDE DESSINEE FILMS
Sixty-sixers
Team scenechronize
Bully Productions
A Big Gas Productions
Sleepytime
CCWF Superstars
The Dirty Overs

SCREENING GROUP B
80 Babies
aiight
Taza Films
Lordy Lordy
I Am I Am Productions
Emerging Artist Productions
Spontaneous Fermentation
Montage Productions
1973
Outlaw Media Productions
Baoumount Pictures
Team Freezum
Solo Bello Films

SCREENING GROUP C
TTBMJ
Missing Piece Productions
New California Productions
REDHANDED
Revision3
Astigmatism Productions
CurlyHairedPeople
Platypus
Team Schneider
4th Avenue Tamale Parlour
Blue Sky Moon Productions
San Joaquin Kit Foxes
Fogbelt 2880

SCREENING GROUP D
Turnabout Pictures
Film Grinder
Proper Thought Studios
Food Court Films
Chaka Khan
PhilmFilm
Roll up and Shoot
It Donned On Me
Lobster Clause Productions
EagleVision
Mediablitzed
oak street
LIGHT A FIRE
Barkada inc.

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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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