Quiet on the set! Action!
A friend of mine invited me to take part in a 36 hour film competition over the weekend. Basically we were given three ingredients (one character had to be named Oscar Justino, a roll of toilet paper had to be present throughout the film. and someone had to say the line "There's no doubt, we do it for the children.") that had to be included in our film and 36 hours in which to write, direct, and edit the film to completion.
I have to say that it was quite a fun and interesting experience. I arrived 10-ish on Saturday morning to help with brainstorming the plot. And believe me there was a whole rang of ideas, ranging from cops to storage facility weirdness to clowns in the middle of a breakdown. None of which we choose.
We ended up doing a fake biopic about the newly famous and controversial toilet paper artist Oscar Justino. We have interviews with his former wive, his current wife, his two lovers (one male), and some art critics. One of the funnest aspects of shooting the film was that we had to go out and make this installations of Justino's art, which means that we got to toilet paper a bunch of shit. (We were very responsible and took it down afterward though.)
I had a great time working with this group of people. Everyone had such different personalities, but we all worked well together and everyone brought something essential to the project. Hopefully I will be able to work with them again soon, though.
Unfortunately, I have not been able to see the film in its complete form yet. It was aired last night at the competition, and we (me and three others) arrived in time to see it, but the fucking bouncers would not let us in, and didn't care that we had a film airing. They told us it was sold out, but then let us in ten minutes later -- after our film had already aired. And they still made us pay five dollars. We were so pissed.
But I'll get a copy of it, and I'm told our director is going to put it up on YouTube. When it's up I'll post a link for all to see.
I have to say that it was quite a fun and interesting experience. I arrived 10-ish on Saturday morning to help with brainstorming the plot. And believe me there was a whole rang of ideas, ranging from cops to storage facility weirdness to clowns in the middle of a breakdown. None of which we choose.
We ended up doing a fake biopic about the newly famous and controversial toilet paper artist Oscar Justino. We have interviews with his former wive, his current wife, his two lovers (one male), and some art critics. One of the funnest aspects of shooting the film was that we had to go out and make this installations of Justino's art, which means that we got to toilet paper a bunch of shit. (We were very responsible and took it down afterward though.)
I had a great time working with this group of people. Everyone had such different personalities, but we all worked well together and everyone brought something essential to the project. Hopefully I will be able to work with them again soon, though.
Unfortunately, I have not been able to see the film in its complete form yet. It was aired last night at the competition, and we (me and three others) arrived in time to see it, but the fucking bouncers would not let us in, and didn't care that we had a film airing. They told us it was sold out, but then let us in ten minutes later -- after our film had already aired. And they still made us pay five dollars. We were so pissed.
But I'll get a copy of it, and I'm told our director is going to put it up on YouTube. When it's up I'll post a link for all to see.