SF48HFP Winners

The Judges Have Spoken!

Best Use of Prop
"The Hazard of the Trade" by Solo Bello

Best Use of Character
“Gus the Fifth” by Dramatic Gopher Productions

Best Use of Line of Dialogue
“A Few Pointers” by Sleepytime

Best Costumes
“How the Bunny Got the Bear” by Fogbelt 2880

Best Special Effects
“187” by CurlyHairedPeople

Best Art Direction
“The Trade” by Redhanded

Best Sound Design
“Tail” by It Donned On Me

Best Musical Score
“A Keesh for Hershel” by Barkada Inc.

Best Cinematography
“The Last Job” by Emerging Artist Productions

Best Editing
“Hard Labor” by 80 Babies

Best Writing
“A Woman’s Intuition” by Paraffin Productions

Best Acting
“A Woman’s Intuition” by Paraffin Productions

Best Directing
“Servo” by Chaka Khan

Jury Selection Award
“Basket Case” by BSSP

Best Film
“Burn” by Platypus

Sounds Good To Me!

WOO HOO!!

Tonight's screening of the 2008 San Francisco 48 Hour Film Challenge finalists was so much fun. Evan, Dinah, Mike, Erin-Kate, and I met up at Fat City, eager to see if "Tail" would walk away with any awards. To our delight, our little film took home the Best Sound Design prize! Woo HOO! We received nominations for the Best Use of Dialogue and Best Cinematography categories as well. Evan noted that the overall quality of the films was really impressive, and I do agree whole heartedly. It was so much fun to see all the finalists at Fat City. What made me smile was the fact that everyone in the room shared the exact same excitement that I did. I am very glad to be a part of this 48HFP community.



I guess the SF48HFP is now officially over. Although I am sad to this event come to a close, I am excited that IDOM now has another piece in the vault. I am also pretty stoked the San Jose 48 Hour Film Project, which starts up in two days!

"Tail" is now posted on the main IDOM website, so check it out when you get a chance. Oh, another, I do have to give credit where credit is due. When asked how she felt about winning the Best Sound Design award, Dinah deSpenza gushed, "Sounds Good To Me!" Very punny. I liked that so much, I used it for this blog entry title.

Awards Screening

Hi Everyone,

Looking forward to seeing all of you tomorrow. Just some quick notes about the event tomorrow:

• We will be screening 14 films (posted on the Web site)
• For each award, I will be showing a 20-30 second clip of each of the nominees
• There will be about 120 chairs set up, so come early if you want a seat
• There is no food at the venue, so eat beforehand. However, we will be giving away FREE popcorn
• I want to start screening the films by 7:15pm.
• Don't forget your camera for photo opps.
  

See you tomorrow!
Elena

Finalist

I am very happy to announce that TAIL is a finalist in the 2008 San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project! Our film made the top 14 and will be screened on August 13th at the awards ceremony. Good Stuff!

From: sanfrancisco-bounces@lists.48hourfilm.com
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 1:49 PM
To: sanfrancisco@lists.48hourfilm.com
Subject: San Francisco 48HFP - Awards Screening Info!

Dear San Francisco 48 hour filmmakers and fans,

The Awards Screening for the San Francisco 48HFP is coming this Wednesday! We hope you're as excited as we are. Come and support your fellow filmmakers and see these 14 fabulous films!

Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Time: 7 – 9pm
Place: Fat City, 1314 11th Street, San Francisco
What: Announce and screen the San Francisco winning films!
Cost: $1-$5 sliding scale


The Line-Up:

80 Babies
"Hard Labor"

BSSP
"Basket Case"

Barkada Inc.
"A Keesh for Hershel"

Chaka Khan
"Servo"

CurlyHairedPeople
"187"

Dramatic Gopher Productions
"Gus the Fifth"

Emerging Artist Productions
"The Last Job"

Fogbelt 2880
"How the Bunny Got the Bear"

It Donned On Me
"Tail"

Paraffin Productions
"A Woman's Intuition"

Platypus
"Burn"

Sleepytime
"A Few Pointers"

Solo Bello
"The Hazard of the Trade"

Team Redhanded
"The Trade"

Avalon Micro Film Festival

'Stick & Pound', 'Doggie Style' and 'Tail' are scheduled to screen at the 2008 Avalon Micro Film Festival on Saturday, August 30th. Unfortuanately, I won't be able to attend because of a prior engagement. First I miss Kosovo and now Sunnyvale!

Gus & Gloria Lorenz Invite You...

Looks like they're not going to narrow down the list of award winners like they did last year. Boy oh boy, that just makes it more exciting!

From: elenacruz@gmail.com
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 8:29 PM
To: sanfrancisco@48hourfilm.com
Cc: Erin Bertiglia
Subject: Audience Award Winners + Awards Screening Info


Hi Everyone!

First of all, thank you so much for making my first year as the SF Producer so memorable - I had a blast, and really enjoyed putting this together and working with all of you. Also, I wanted to give everyone an update on the audience awards plus the Awards Screening. I posted the Audience winners on the web site (but here they are below with the runner-ups):
http://www.48hourfilm.com/sanfrancisco/

GROUP A

"Basket Case"
BSSP

Runner Up: Golden Ticket by Pillybooka

GROUP B
"A Woman's Intuition"
Paraffin Productions

Runner Up: The Last Job by Emerging Artist Productions

GROUP C
"The Trade"
Redhanded

Runner Up: Button Man by Nobody Productions

GROUP D
"A Keesh for Hershel"
Barkada inc

Runner Up: Servo by Chaka Khan

Also, as you know, Dolores Park pulled out last minute for the Awards Screening so Erin and I have been scrambling for a new venue. From talking to you, I wanted to keep the Awards Screening as an open and free event. So Fat City has offered to host it this year, but to cover the costs of renting a projector, screen, chairs and security, we will ask for a small contribution ($1 - $5 sliding scale).

DATE: Wednesday, August 13
PLACE: Fat City
314 11th Street, San Francisco
TIME: 7pm - 9pm
COST: $1-$5 sliding scale
WHAT: announce and screen the San Francisco Winner plus winners of the following awards:

Best Directing
Best Writing
Best Acting
Best Editing
Best Cinematography
Best Sound Design
Best Use of Character
Best Use of Prop
Best Use of Line
*Best Graphics
*Best Special Effects
*Best Musical Score
*Best Costumes

*(these are optional awards that the judges may or may not decide to give out)

Please invite team members, cast & crew, family, friends and anyone who didn't make it out to the screenings. I'll send out an evite tonight that you can forward around. Hope you guys can make it! Please email me with any questions. Looking forward to seeing all of you again!

Elena

2008 San Jose 48 Hour Film Project

Has it really been two weeks since we got these required elements for the SF48HFP? Well, in two weeks we'll be doing it all over again! The 2008 San Jose 48 Hour Film Project is right around the corner, and I am in Chief Instigator mode! It Donned On Me will be out and about the weekend of August 15-17 doing our thing. Since I missed this competition last year, I will be in San Jose soaking up the experience (as if I haven't been doing so already with all the other competitions). San Jose will mark our 7th film together as a team. Who woulda thunk it?

From: San Jose Producer
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:44 AM
To: San Jose Producer
Subject: Welcome Team Leaders!

Hello San Jose 48HFP Team Leaders!

My name is Vincent Lowe, and together with Brooks Graham, we are your San Jose Producers for the 48 Hour Film Project (48HFP).

Welcome to the 48 Hour Film Project San Jose 2008! This is the first of several e-mails over the next few days that should answer all of your questions for the San Jose Project.

Please ensure that your anti-Spam software or other security settings are set to allow emails from us to get through. We don't want you to miss out on any important information.

Emails to follow:

• Rumblefish – Official 48HFP Music Resource
• Kickoff, Drop Off and Screening Assignments/Information
• New Rules in 2008
• Keeping Your Film Short
• 48HFP Filmmaking Tips

Please take a moment right now to confirm that you've received this email, just so that I know that the email line is open. … just hit reply, type "that's me," or something to that effect, and send.

Also, do you need any spots filled on your team? Check out our "Recruit Team Members" list for San Jose. We have set up a system by which folks can post a short ad on the 48 Hour Film Project website and then you, the team leader, can view the ad and recruit them for your team. If you're looking for team members, this is a good place to do so.

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You will receive a series of these emails because you are a leader of a team, or because your team leader has requested that you be on the list. You can easily be removed at your request. Just send me a note and we'll take care of it immediately.

If you are a team leader and you want a member of your team to receive these emails, it's a good idea to send me a note and have me update the list to include them. I'm happy to do that.

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You'll also receive (less frequent) general interest postings that come to the SJC 48HFP newsletter email. Those may repeat some information from these, we just want to be sure the information gets to you. In particular, it might be good right now to put down the key dates for events that you'll want to consider.

Aug 9 - Music for film - Meet & Greet with live performances by talented local musicians.

Aug 15 - Kickoff 6-7pm

Aug 17 - Dropoff 5-9pm

Aug 20 - Screening Night 1

Aug 21 - Screening Night 2

Sep 4 - Highlights Night and Awards

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Lastly, if you want to be able to get the word out yourself to others in the Bay Area and 48 Hour Film Community, you can join the Yahoo! group that contains team leaders, players, producers, and boosters. This moderated group gives you a place to request support and participation that will make your production a success. The group is membership and message moderated. Volume is low and appropriate.

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Wishing you all the best as you prepare for August 15th! You'll be hearing more from me soon…

Vincent Lowe and Brooks Graham
San Jose Producers
48 Hour Film Project

The Audience Awards

A big congratulations to the four films that took the Audience Award! These winning submissions are definitely worthy of the prize.

Audience Award Winner: Group A
"Basket Case" by BSSP

Audience Award Winner: Group B
"A Woman’s Intuition" by Paraffin Productions

Audience Award Winner: Group C
"The Trade" by Redhanded

Audience Award Winner: Group D
"A Keesh for Hershel" by Barkada inc

If I Picked The Winners...

Best Film
"Tail" - It Donned On Me

Best Directing
"Tail" - It Donned On Me

Best Cinematography
"Tail" - It Donned On Me

Best Editing
"Tail" - It Donned On Me

Best Acting
"Tail" - It Donned On Me


If I had it my way, "Tail" would take every prize at the 2008 San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project awards ceremony. And IDOM sweep! Obviously, I am a little biased. Ok, maybe a lot. I did manage to attend every screening this year, so I do have an opinion or two. At this time I'd like to give my picks for the 2008 San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project. Please note that these are my personal picks and not predictions. To be impartial, I have removed IDOM's film from the list. If I were to pick the best of 2008, minus Tail, they would be the following:

Best Use of Character
"The Trade Expert" - Last Minute Productions

Best Use of Prop
"The Trade" - REDHANDED

Best Use of Line of Dialogue
"Button Man" - Nobody Productions

Best Costumes
"Servo" - Chaka Khan

Best Special Effects
"Button Man" - Nobody Productions

Best Graphics
"Moose" - Mediablitzed

Best Musical Score
"A Keesh For Hershel" - Barkada, Inc.

Best Sound Design
"The Golden Ticket" - Pillybooka

Best Cinematography
"The Last Job" - Emerging Artists

Best Editing
"Button Man" - Nobody Productions

Best Screenplay
"A Woman's Intuition" - Paraffin Productions

Best Acting
"A Keesh For Hershel" - Barkada, Inc.

Best Directing
"187" - Curly Haired People

Runner Up For Best Film
"Button Man" - Nobody Productions

Best Film
"A Woman's Intuition" - Paraffin Productions

TAIL At The Roxie

I'm thinking we should replace the curly topped IDOM boy with Rick Kemp. Can you imagine the red-headed chiropractor gracing the IDOM logo? He has the perfect face for the spotlight! Dr. Kemp was front row and center in the Daily Journal yesterday! The funny thing is that he didn't even know that we made the front page until a friend of his called and told him so! When Rick gave me a copy of The Daily Journal, I had to laugh because IDOM made the cover while Obama was relegated to the back. It's nice to be the cover boys and girls for the day, and I owe it all to Susie Robles, the reporter who wrote the story.


The final group of films for the 48 Hour Film Project premiered last night at The Roxie. It's so gratifying to see all your hard work on the screen with a full audience! Evan summed it up well on the IDOM site:

Today was a big day for IDOM - we hit the front page and the big screen on the same day! The San Mateo Daily Journal ran a front page story on us today titled 'It Donned on Me' enters second short: 'Tail' which gives a good summary of our team history as well as the history of the 48 Hour Film Project.

Tonight was also our screening group and we got to see 'Tail' in front of a packed house at the Roxie - and I have to say the audience reaction was even better than we could have expected! The screening as a whole was great with several interesting films from both new and returning teams. Thanks to everyone who attended - and for those who missed it we'll have 'Tail' on the site tomorrow!

Group D brought some great films. Barkada, Inc. once again scored with their musical "A Keesh For Hershel." These guys crack me up. I've been a fan of Barkada ever since they released their San Jose 48 HFP piece, "Saving The Past From The Future." This group nailed every note with their musical, no pun intended. Other films that made impressions on me were "Servo," a silent film about a robot butler from team Chaka Khan, Turnabout Pictures' tooth fairy fantasy, and the romantic comedy "Sustainable Love" by Food Court Films. These films get two enthusiatic thumbs up from this IDOM'er.

After the screening, creepy guy Mike and I hit up every newspaper rack in Burlingame looking for copies of The Daily Journal. After I dropped Mike off, I searched San Mateo and Foster City for the publication. An hour an a half and 70 copies later, I finally made it home. It is now approaching 2am, and now I need to get some shut eye. I will close this blog with a picture of Elena Cruz, the San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project Producer, and myself. I do have to pose this question: Does my head look unusually large in this photo?

IDOM In The News

Lookie here! IDOM made the front page of The Daily Journal! Talk about perfect timing, as the screening of "Tail" is tonight at The Roxie. I am so stoked.

‘It Donned On Me’ Enters Second Short: ‘Tail’
By Susan Robles

Trade expert Gloria Lorenz is secretly being tracked by a detective as she goes about her everyday activities in the short film “Tail.”

No, it’s not the latest summer blockbuster coming to a theater near you, it was made by a group of locals who met at the College of San Mateo to compete with other small groups of up-and-coming film makers.

The film will be screened at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco Monday, July 28 at 7 and 9:30 p.m. as part of the San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project.

The film produced by the local group, who call themselves “It Donned on Me,” is called “Tail.”

“We met in a [video editing] class taught by Evan Donn at the College of San Mateo a little over a year ago,” said group member Tony Nguyen, 35. “It’s an extremely diverse group of people, but we’re all in it together sharing one passion.”

The 48 Hour Film Project started in Washington, D.C. in 2001 as a whim by filmmaker Mark Ruppert. The objective is to create a short film in two days incorporating a character, prop, line of dialogue and genre pulled from a hat. Winners in the individual cities have the chance of going on to win $5000 as the “Best 48 Hour Film 2008.” Seven years after Ruppert pioneered the challenge, the craze has caught on as quickly as the films are made with over 70 U.S. cities participating this year.

This is the second year in a row “It Donned on Me” has created a short movie for the San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project. Last year, the group was caught off guard when Nguyen took a chance and entered the class into the competition without their knowledge.

Earning him the nickname “chief instigator,” Nguyen knew it would either make or break them as a team. They took it all in stride and 48 hours later produced the film “Urgent Care.”

“I knew it could go one of two ways,” said Nguyen, a Foster City resident. “Our project would suck and I would never talk to any of these people ever again or we would produce something that was good and it would jump start us into something more, and I’m glad that it was the latter.”

Although “Urgent Care” didn’t place in the San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project, Visa — sponsor of last year’s event — chose the film as a finalist for their “Life Takes” invitational. It went on to win second place out of 120 films chosen from San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York City.

“I knew we were going to win something because I had seen it in my horoscope,” said team member and stylist Dinah deSpenza. “They laughed at me and then we won, and I said, ‘See, I told you.’”

“It Donned on Me” has done four other short film challenges since then, including the International Documentary Challenge. In May, their film “Stick and Pound” took home best cinematography and best direction at the awards ceremony in Toronto.

Their latest effort, “Tail,” began production Friday, July 18 at 7 p.m. and had to be turned in by Sunday, July 20 at 7:30 p.m. On Friday night, the team pulled the genre “detective” out of a hat, their three elements being: a character named Gus or Gloria Lorenz; a ticket for a bus, plane or train; and the line, “Forget it. I already have.”

Things went a lot more smoothly this time around for the team who says there is no room for egos when you’re trying to create a quality piece of improvisational work in 48 hours.

“Everyone works well together. The makeup person not only does the makeup, but also holds the [boom] microphone during filming,” said Michael Eyvazov, an actor in several of “It Donned on Me’s” films. “[The team] takes a lot of pride in what they do…making sure there is no sloppiness in the production.”

“It Donned on Me” has acquired several accolades in their first year and Nguyen insists they still get excited every time they get together to make a film. And although what’s most important to them is making time to do something they love, they wouldn’t mind winning the top prize at this year’s 48 Hour Film Project.

“Don’t get me wrong, we’d love to win,” said Nguyen. “But anything we win is just icing on this cake that we baked together.”

The IDOM Creative Process

The IDOM creative process is very...uh, what's the word I'm looking for...creative! Our brainstorming sessions often turn into IDOM hurricanes where the wackiest of ideas get tossed around. I swear, if we had made films based on some of these ideas, people would probably think we're sniffing too much White Out.

If I had my way, every film we make would have Lynn Ruth Miller's cleavage and my butt crack prominently shown.


If Rob had been the mastermind behind "Tail," we would have had two horses dancing to a fiddler's jig. Of course, I would convince Rob to make those ponies Vietnamese.


Finally, if Rick ran the show, we'd have hot girls in lingerie running around with their prop and line of dialog.


I like that we go off on tangents like this. It's fun. It keeps us moving along. Please do note that this is just a parody and not meant to be taken seriously. Oh, another thing, Mike Eyvazov would appear in all of those films.

Group D Screening

I really do recommend that everyone gets their advanced tickets for Monday Night's screening. I showed up at 6:30pm for the Thursday night showing and it was sold out! I had to wait in the standby line until everyone was seated. Luckily, there were two seats available in the back and so I was able to get in!

From: elenacruz@gmail.com
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 7:02 PM
To: sanfrancisco@48hourfilm.com
Subject: it's not over yet...

hi everyone,
don't forget about our last screening on Monday, July 28! it would be great to see all the teams there, and i'd love to celebrate with all of you afterwards at dalva. to bribe you guys to come, i've been counting ballots all weekend, and i'll spill the beans on who won the audience awards for Groups A, B & C.

GROUP D - remember to invite your crew, family and friends to your screenings! there are TONS of tickets left for Monday's show.

by the way, i'm still working on a venue for the Awards screening...Dolores Park is unable to host this year, so we're working on finding a new place. it will happen before the end of August - will keep you posted.

Elena

TAIL Shots

Tony's Picks

I spent every night this week at The Roxie Theater checking out the other 48 Hour Film Project submissions. There are definitely some films out there that will give IDOM a run for our money!

On Tuesday night, a silent film by Pillybooka from group A really stood out for me. This team was very innovative with their soundtrack. From group B, Emerging Artists' "The Last Job," stood out for its stylized spy film that had all the punches. That film is definitely in contention for the top prize. The other film that I found very entertaining was a movie called "Female Intuition," by Paraffin Productions. This film made me laugh so hard. Their strength was definitely in the writing and acting.

Group C definitely brought some excitement to the 48 Hour Film Project, as there were a few films that made an impact on me. I actually had a hard time choosing a winner from this group because at least five of them were worthy of the top pize. The one that stood out most was "Button Man" by Nobody Productions. This team made a "making of of movie" movie, and they had all the elements of a winner: good writing, acting, and editing. It as definitely a well packaged piece. The other films that stood out for me were a fantasy called "Moose" by Mediablitzed (this one will probably win all the male vote for the girl on girl action), a western called "The Trade" by REDHANDED (a Mad Max-esque piece), "The Dubovnik Equation," a clever spy school film by Astigmatism Productions, and "187," the detective/cop submission by Curly Haired People. I watched this one very closely because it was our genre. This movie got a lot of laughs from the audience, and they had some very clever special effects.


Below in bold blue are the films I would like to see the audience award. These aren't predictions, but my personal picks. Of course, I chose IT DONNED ON ME for group D!

Group A, Tuesday, July 22nd, 7:00 and 9:30
A Big Gas Production - "Paradise Falls" (fantasy)
BANDE DESSINEE FILMS - "The Rift" (sci-fi)
BSSP - "Basket Case" (comedy)
Chautauqua - "Adam & Steve" (historical fiction)
Dramatic Gopher Productions - "Gus The Fifth" (road movie)
Off Duty Entertainment - "420" (holiday film)
Pillybooka - "The Golden Ticket" (silent)
Sixty-Sixers - "A Brief Case" (detective/cop)
Sleepytime - "A Few Pointers" (western)
Step 6 Productions - "Ticket To Change" (film de femme)
Team Scenechronize - "The Mourning After" (romance)
The Dirty Overs - "Face Down" (horror)

Group B, Wednesday, July 23rd, 7:00 and 9:30
4th Avenue Tamale Parlour - "The Loop" (sci-fi)
80 Babies - "Hard Labor" (film de femme)
aiight - "Gloria" (romance)
Emerging Artist Productions - "The Last Job" (spy movie)
I Am I Am Productions - "MDK" (horror)
Lordy Lordy - "The Transfer" (comedy)
Montage Productions - "Fuel" (road movie)
Outlaw Media Productions - "Trick Or Treat" (holiday film)
Paraffin Productions - "A Woman's Intuition" (fantasy)
Solo Bello Films - "Hazard Of The Trade" (drama)
Spontaneous Fermentation - "Write It Down, Get It Out" (silent film)
Taza Films - "Dust Off" (western)
Team Freezum - "Visions" (suspense/thriller)

Group C, Thursday, July 24th, 7:00 and 9:30
Astigmatism Productions - "The Dubrovnik Equation" (spy movie)
Baoumount Pictures - "Power Switch" (political drama)
CurlyHairedPeople - "187" (detective/cop)
Fogbelt 2880 - "How The Bunny Got The Bear" (fable)
Mediablitzed - "Moose" (fantasy)
Missing Piece Productions - "Gus & Gloria" (comedy)
New California Productions - "Beat March" (romance)
Nobody Productions - "Button Man" (supsense/thriller)
Platypus - "Burn" (drama)
REDHANDED - "The Trade" (Western)
Revision3 - "You Go Charrisse" (film de femme)
Team Schneider - "Category 742" (sci-fi)
The Harrison st Scruff - "Christmas Lullaby" (holiday film)

Group D, Monday, July 28th, 7:00 and 9:30
Barkada inc. - "A Keesh For Hershel" (Musical)
Blue Sky Moon Productions - "48 Bullets" (western)
Chaka Khan - "Servo" (silent film)
EagleVision - "Submission" (suspense/thriller)
Film Grinder - "Rec" (horror)
Food Court Films - "Sustainable Love" (romance)
It Donned On Me - "Tail" (detective/cop)
Last Minute Productions - "The Trade Expert" (sci-fi)
LIGHT A FIRE - "Stunt Husband" (comedy)
Lobster Clause Productions - "Letting Go" (road movie)
Oak Street Productions - "Lovesmith" (romance)
PhilMFilm - "She Was 27" (historical fiction)
Proper Thought Studios - "Texarkana Blues" (spy movie)
Roll up and Shoot - "Three Birds One Hit" (film de femme)
Turnabout Pictures - "Like Pulling Teeth" (fantasy)

KGO Interview, Part Deux

It turns out that Scott Lettieri, the KGO reporter who interviewed me last Friday regarding the 48 Hour Film Project, edited two different versions of our interview. I posted the original one a few days ago, and here is part 2:



It's a bummer that the sound byte from Which was used instead of Urgent Care, but that's ok. Scott did an awesome job, and I hope that I will meet him again in the near future.

48 Hour Film Project Screenings

From: Nguyen, Tony
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 11:23 AM
To: Nguyen, Tony
Subject: FW: San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project

Hello Everyone!

It's that time of year again! The 2008 San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project has just wrapped and now the screenings are under way. Making a movie in 48 hours is not easy, but my team, IT DONNED ON ME, made it through the weekend unscathed. We did have a little help from two incredible actors, who just so happen to work at Dolby: ERIN-KATE WHITCOMB and TOM BRUCHS. Some of you may also recognize our third actor, MICHAEL EYVAZOV. I swear, this guy is a method actor who is very dedicated to his craft! Our film, "Tail," will premiere Monday, July 28th at 7pm and 9:30pm at The Roxie. Required elements:

Character:
Gus or Gloria Lorenz, Trade Expert

Prop:
A ticket for a bus, plane or train.

Line of Dialogue:
"Forget it. I already have."

Film Genre:
Detective/Cop

When: Monday, July 28 at 7pm AND 9:30pm
Place: Roxie Cinema, 3117 16th Street (at Valencia)

Notes: Tickets can be purchased at the door half an hour before the first screening. You can buy advance tickets online at ticketweb.com. Tickets will sell out, so be sure to get in line early! Tickets cost $9.

Come on down to the Roxie on Monday night and see Erin-Kate and Tom outside of their corporate shoes! There is an audience pick award, too, so please vote for Tail!

Regards,

Tony

TAIL: The Movie Poster

TAIL

After hours of debate, It Donned On Me decided on "Tail" as the film's title. When Evan dropped in the credits and finished that final render, everyone let out a sigh of relief and headed off to Cafe Atlas to drop off our entry into the 2008 San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project. WE DID IT!!

Detective Film

The brainstorming session on Friday night went very smoothly. IDOM has really become quite crafty at this 48 hour film project game. Coming up with the concept for our detective film took only three hours, and that's including all the playing around that occurred in between. I was confident coming into Saturday knowing that we would rock the filming.

10:10am.
Erin-Kate Whitcomb, our star, arrives at IDOM Studios in the Presidio. Evan fills her in on the storyline. Dinah preps her up for her scene. Tony takes on the role of lighting technician. Rick is conspicuously missing.



11:41 am.
Erin-Kate channels Kate Bush and runs up that hill. Then down. Then up again. Then down. We filmed the opening sequence in one or two takes. I wonder if our star stretched before the scene?



11:54 am.
I asked for Sex And The City and I got the following instead. Mike is looking more Alice Cooper than Carrie Bradshaw, and I'm not even going to ask what Rob's motivation was behind his pose.




12:47 pm.
Our leading man, Tom Bruchs, arrives on set a little before noon. Unfortunately, we had to send him back home because we weren't ready for him. Evan explained that we needed to finish Erin-Kate's scenes first, and that we didn't wanted him to just wait around. Tom understood that this was the 48 Hour Film Project and that anything goes. He even offered us the use of his downtown San Francisco loft, which we happily accepted, as Evan and Joanne's bedroom is not photogenic enough for this film. We arranged to meet up with him after 6pm. After Tom took off, Evan filmed scene two with Erin-Kate. Before doing so, however, he had to Windex down his kitchen window. What the heck? Our director cleaning windows? Rick Kemp, where are you...?



12:58 pm.
While helping Dinah pack up her make-up and Erin-Kate's wardrobe to schlep to our next location, the IDOM stylist and I experimented with some new looks. HOT. Hey, be glad that I'm not posting pics of my man cleavage. I think I burned Evan's eyes when I threw those puppies in his face. Too much information?



2:36 pm.
We made it to location #3 a little bit after 2pm. Luckily, it wasn't too far from IDOM Studios. Joanne doesn't have to travel to far to get to work. The third scene of our film takes place in a conference room where Gloria Lorenz, the VP of Global Trading, is giving a presentation on the NAFTA trends of 2007-2009. Exciting topic, no? I put together the PowerPoint slide this morning, and I tried to keep it as dry as possible. The scene went very well, and I'm excited to say that almost every IDOM'er got cameos! While the cameras rolled, Erin-Kate rambled on about nothing while the extras "took notes." Missing from the scene was Joanne, who was operating the PowerPoint slide. Also M.I.A. was Rick. Where the heck is Rick? Paging Dr. Kemp...



4:19 pm.
NEW FLASH! The red-headed chiropractor finally showed up! We were all concerned about the guy, so imagine how relieved we were when he arrived. The guy looked malnourished, so I fed him some leftover pizza from earlier. While Rick chomped on his slice, Evan, Rob, and Dinah headed over to Nob Hill to film a scene with Erin-Kate. The rest of us prepared for our next shoot down in South of Market Area. When Rick finished eating, we all drove to The MotoJava Cafe.



5:21 pm.
Peeping Donn! What a pervert! Check out Evan taking pictures of a nudie girl on a dumpster! This is such a great shot, but our director is actually filming Erin-Kate from behind the dumpster. While Director Donn was getting this shot, Sig and I printed out a copy of the location release for Tom's loft. I had some problems with the printer, so we had to print that document out on 11x14 paper. It was like a poster!




6:57 pm.
We arrived at Tom's loft at about 6:30pm, and what an awesome abode it was. Carin, Tom's girlfriend, was very hospitable and provided us with wine and cheese. What a very kind gesture. We spent a few hours at Tom's place filming the final two scenes. That's all I'm going to say about this because I don't want to give anything away. I will, however, post the following pics...





11:23 pm.
Rob invited a two time fiddling champion to score our film. The problem was that we did not have a rough cut! Nonetheless, the musician showed up, and we gave him an idea of what the mood of our film was so that he could come up with something. He gave us some incredible fiddling, and I sure hope we end up using them. Amazingly enough, we finished the audio recording in 20 minutes. We really had no choice, because we were kicked out of the recording studio at 11:30pm!


And that was IDOM's Saturday! What a long day it was, but I do believe that we have enough material to put this film together. We all agreed to meet back at IDOM Studios in the morning to complete this project. For now, though, it's sleeeeeeeeeeppppy time...