WICKID PISSA FILMS is having a special screening of their new docu-drama THE LAST DAYS OF CENTRAL and you are invited.

Please email me and I will send you the official evite. Here are the details of the event.

VENUE: Marquee (Formerly Grand Canal)
WHERE: 57 Canal St., Boston, MA
DATE: Thursday, January 13, 9:00 p.m.
PHONE: 617-523-1112

What would you do if your only best friend vanished in an instant?

THE LAST DAYS OF CENTRAL is an endearing portrait of two real-life best friends whose rebellious youth culture crisscrossed 21 years ago and - together - they instinctively documented their nonstop parade of comedy routines, hipster-cool pranks, experimental films, and one ill-fated attempt at getting noticed by Hollywood bigwigs.

This is the first film ever to meld fictional narration with compelling true-life sequences.

Last year, Wickid Pissa's short film CELL PHONES AND ACTION FIGURES was accepted to ifilm.com and The New England Film Festival and they also completed their first feature film GERM OF A NEW INSANITY.

Read the review by Film Threat - http://www.filmthreat.com/Reviews.asp?Id=6172

Check out the story on Wickid Pissa in the film magazine IMAGINE NEWS:
http://imaginenews.com/Archive/2003/FEB_2003/01_FEATURES/18A_JOSH_MITCHELL.html

-JOSH MITCHELL
http://wickidpissaboston.iuma.com

Watch CELL PHONES & ACTION FIGURES - http://www.ifilm.com/filmdetail/2458986

I emailed you!

but...i didnt laugh...you can do better then that...cmon now...personally, i would classify this thread as "spam"..............ok then...have a nice day...


I hope to see more "well done" things in the future...

Jett Evans...

You're a jerk. I'd classify you as a troll.

Man are you insane!? ... in a Galaxy far, far away... hahaha

Great song though, thanks for letting it play on.
So was number 2 just a little joke? I love obscure shorts like that. The first one was better but that was a really cool version of the Carol in the second one.

Thanks!

OK! SO! first off ill just tell you that i did vote for you, but not after seeing about 10 of the others, because its only fair.

Id have to say, that yours was the best one that i have sene so far. great job on it, i hope you win.

Some of the other submissions were very lame, and im sooooooo glad that you didnt put the fan moving...its now as overdone as chapelles/lil johns "yeah"...

The only really dire thing that i saw that shuold be changed, is that i think there should be a shot of what he wrote on the one he threw away, somethign signifing thats its over or somethign ya know?

All in all great job, yours is MUCH better then some of them i saw XD

Man, am I an idiot! I had never even read anything about the contest, I just watched yours and voted, so I went back to watch some others and realized a few things.

1. The guys in your video are not the original song artists! I didn't know that, but it makes your video even cooler because of the work involved.
2. I watched a bunch of the other videos and have a new definition of the word "SUCK"! Man there are some crappy submissions! (if it weren't for the commercials, I would have watched them all)
3. I HATE iPod commercials! (I also hate iFilm for making me watch so many commercials) If I see that stupid HP+iPod one more time I'll scream!
4. You video really was good. Very good. You should be proud of your work.

I like it just the way it is. I like leaving my imagination to wonder what the note said. I know it (the message on the note) wasn't good, that's enough for me.

I was able to vote again, so I did, and I would encourage EVERYONE to run over and vote for you as well because if YOU don't win, it will be a dark day for everyone!

yay! man, thanks a ton, you saw the first letter was "G" and later u see "ye" so i thot people would assume "goodbye" LOL but im actually glad that this accident left some people to ponder about it. although another appraoch was to show it more clearly,

thansk for the input and encouragement, i appreciate it alot!

-arthur

<<<-- Originally posted by Rhett Allen :
3. I HATE iPod commercials! (I also hate iFilm for making me watch so many commercials) If I see that stupid HP+iPod one more time I'll scream! -->>>

Haha...i didnt knwo that there was going to be an i-pod commercial in front of your film, so im watching and im thinking "WOH! Its not yellowcard, but its not bad at all...oh...wait a minute..."

Any ways, i saw more, and i just HAD to same good job on raising the bar there.

Rhett,
just a note... did you know you could just slide the play bar to the right and skip the annoying commercial? (i couldnt stand watching it more than once so i grabbed it and slid it and viola!)
hope that relieves some of the stress!!! ;}

anyway, Arthur.... good job on the video...good luck!



Marc,
www.zenimage.com

Even though you were obviously just screwing around with with a camera with some friends it still managed to turn out alright.

What did you use to film/edit it?

I've shot a 50 minute film recently. I was wondering if anybody would be willing to watch & critique it. I would probably have to send it through AOL instant messanger, as it's a quicktime file.

The reason I ask is because I'm going to work on a new one soon and I need help on improvements.

In return, I'll watch & critique your film or scripts.

If anyone wants to, please email!

thanks,
Andres

You could send it through yousendit.com, which allows 1GB. The file expires after 7 days or 25 downloads, whichever comes first.

I've posted this elsewhere before a long time ago, but since this is my first post here I figure I will post this project. Let me know what you think. It is the only video I have on that site right now, I will be updating it with more soon.

http://www.petemurph.com/movies.htm

Thanks!

Peter

I've moved your thread to a better forum...

I'd say this was well done. Original shots, good editing. Nice!

http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=32MT7UTE1DD9F0GQ9USN65M6VA
"Please click on the following link to retrieve your file. The link will expire in 7 days and will be available for a limited number of downloads."
38MB Quicktime download (Quicktime because you can scrub through it and go frame by frame).

I only watched Chaeostrophe since my time is limited, but that
didn't do anything for me personally, sorry. The visuals weren't
interesting enough.

First: I really liked the wooden things on your webpage, that
looks great!

Second: this is a streaming QuickTime and for some reason it
quit after the first minute of streaming. So I watched that part
and I must confess I wasn't too intrigued to try it again.......

Do you have a regular downloadable version as well?

No worries

of all projects, Chaeostrophe needs to be seen in pitch black on a big screen, with a big bass bin, prefferably with the help of some psychedelic drugs

It was my first foray into 3D animation with 3DS Max, still a work in progress, I hope to put a finished version online at the end of this month

I just put up a link on the movies page so you can right click and download it, I would really appreciate your opinion.

Thanks,

Peter

I really liked this video. Looked well planned out.

The end was very very good with the guy coming in.


The only thing that came to mind as I was looking for problems was maybe not just making the 'other' scenes b&w, but also doing some contrasting or other filters to give it that looking back or whatever you call it, feel.


Very well done video though.

I am a finalist!!!!! On the video contest... NOW I need your help... Please vote for my video called "Baby Talk" This is listed under the LOVE category at this address

http://media.lifeway.com/filmcomp/finals/shell_content.html

NOW you can only vote from your computer once BUT if you have more computers then you can vote from EACH computer one time.... IF I win I get a $3,500.00 video camera. XL1S.. SO NOW you know how it work.. Now I need your help... No Praying involved JUST DO IT... Thanks so Much...

The Sonnyboo Gazette


In the ceaseless effort to live by the motto "In order to be discovered, you have to be somewhere people can find you"... I present the latest update on the many happenings in the World of Sonnyboo.

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starting on January 24th, 2005 - www.UNDERGRoUNDFILM.ORG is hosting an "All-Sonnyboo Week" where they will premiere 1 new Sonnyboo or Sonnyboo related short a day.

already added is the HORRORS OF WAR clip
http://www.undergroundfilm.org/films/detail.tcl?wid=1015432

available in QUICKTIME and looks great in the latest Sorensen Codec

make sure to check out www.undergroundfilm.org - one of the first and certainly longest lasting Short Film sites on the web.


* this is the 2nd short film site this month to feature SONNYBOO, first was www.3BTV.com in the UK with "Sonnyboo Days" for 4 consecutive days, and they are planning additional SONNYBOO DAYS soon!

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ALWAYS LATE and the HORRORS OF WAR scene are also online at www.BROWNFISH.com another great short film site. ALWAYS LATE is still trucking along getting loads of hits and grows in popularity. Produced by Linda Byrket and shot by Bret Dahlgren - written by Chris Gavaler - ALWAYS LATE still gets the goods online.

www.BROWNFISH.com

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Columbus Ohio filmmaker & good friend LINDA BYRKET got a front page mention on MICHAELMOORE.COM for her video of the Ohio Election day footage
http://www.michaelmoore.com/takeaction/todo.php

Congrats on a local filmmaker getting soem serious notice on her film.

Go Linda Go!

see the video here:
http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/video%20the%20vote.mov


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Peter John Ross got interviewed in BUSINESS WEEK as an expert on short films and video on the Internet.
see it here: http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/dec2004/nf20041229_6207_db016.htm
or here: http://www.sonnyboo.com/press/businessweek.jpg

CMH LIFESTYLES, a print magazine in Columbus featured PJR and the whole Look at my Shorts Film Festival in their magazine.
see it here: http://www.cmhmagazine.com/film3.html
or here: http://www.sonnyboo.com/press/businessweek.jpg


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Sonnyboo movies are set to play at the CENTRAL NEBRASKA FILM FESTIVAL on January 28th and 29th, 2005

http://www.sdientertainment.com/acnff/shorts.htm
also playing is the Derek's GRUDGE MATCH

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Sonnyboo movies are also set to play at the CINEMA SLAM screenings in Ann Arbour Michigan February 8th, 2005
more info here at: www.cinemaslam.com

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you can see HEATHCLIFF SEGAL'S short film SPEED DATING at http://www.sonnyboo.com/onlinemovies/speed.htm

as well as the Peter John Ross produced, Jon Osbeck, written/directed/starring MANN IN DRIVING at http://www.themannproject.com/mannindriving.htm

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SONNYBOO on TV (again)
Pulp Diction & other Sonnyboo shorts make their way on to Rhode Island Channel 18, Cox Cable on the MIKE MESSIER SHOW

Jan 8th & 15th 2005

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VTVIDEOS.COM adds sonnyboo article to their INDIE FILM TIPS pages.

http://www.vtvideos.com/indie-tips/article.php?p=84target=_blank

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as always check out the latest & more detailed info at
http://www.sonnyboo.com/cgi-bin/ib219/ikonboard.cgi
and even particpate with the other 180 members of the "Rockin' Rangers of the Sonnyboo Brigade!"

or take a peek at the Sonnyboo calendar at
http://www.sonnyboo.com/calendar/calendar.php

- Peter John Ross
wWw.SoNnYbOo.cOm
"The site where we can be silly & serious at the same time!"

I've used this board to get advice and many of you asked for me to announce when we were done with the film and I'm happy to say that after over 18 months of production, we are finally premiering our film "heads or tails" on February 19th 2005 at the Weinberg Center in Frederick Maryland. 8pm

heads or tails
feature film premiere
Weinberg Center
February 19th 2005 8pm.
www.foolmartyr.com
www.weinbergcenter.org

Weinberg Center is an historic theater that seats over 1000 people. Cast and Crew will be present and it will be the first time any of them have even seen the film.

"heads or tails" was shot on Panasonic AG-DVX 100 cameras and edited on Final Cut Pro.

I appreciate all the feedback on the teasers/trailers and pics from everyone on this board. If any of you are able to make it out, be sure to introduce yourself!

Thanks again for all the input!

Congratulations! I would love to see it, but I'm not coming from Belgium though for seeing it :-p
But I wish you all the best :-) I really loved your trailers and I show it many times to people here if they visit.

Greetings Glenn,

I went to check out your video and it appears to not exist anymore, or has exceeded it's bandwith. Let us know when you re-post and I'll check it out.

Hey Jake,
Thanks for the heads up. I put it back up on yousend.it.com:

http://s10.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0B1ZNMWG4ZG5C0NPYFI5FWUJ9B

The link will unfortunately go down in 25 downloads or 7 days, whichever comes first. I am looking into getting some web space via dreamhost.com ($10USD for a year, use promo code 777 and prepaid 1-year; not sure if the domain name is easily transferrable).

The following link may also work:
http://s10.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=38BUI97U6DRK73UYAN40L6NMFI

Ok I uploaded the file to my new website...
http://www.glennchan.info/exterior_jan7.mov

By the way, if anyone is interested in deals on web hosting, you can check out hot deals sites like
fatwallet.com (US)
redflagdeals.com (Canadian deals site)

I got 1 years web hosting for just slightly under $10USD (you have to pay after that though... not sure what happens with your domain).

Shot on an XL-2, edited on FCP HD.

Not sure if I have any plans that friday, but if not, do I buy a ticket at the door?

It's not too far from where I work...

Glad you can make it! Make sure to introduce yourself. We will have tickets at the door (providing we don't sell out before). Tickets are also available by calling the box office of the Weinberg Center (301)228-2828.

<<<-- Originally posted by John Lee : Not sure if I have any plans that friday, but if not, do I buy a ticket at the door?

It's not too far from where I work... -->>>

Hi.

I was wondering if anyone could recomend (amateur)filmfestivals
, which will soon call for entries??
I have 2 films that I would like to send, but I need the right festival... The first is a dark shortfilm and the other a short documentary... Hope you guys will help!

Thanks

2 suggestions:

First, check out www.withoutabox.com website. This website list hundreds of film festivals, their entry dates, a way to apply, tests to see if your film qualifies and guidelines for applying.

Second, check out Chris Gore's book: The Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide,3rd Edition. It's pretty much the definitve word on film festivals.

Mickey Stroud

Man, I missed it. I should visit this forum more often.

Hi All,

Just wanted to let anyone near the Baltimore/DC Metro area know about a new film festival that will be taking place this weekend. The festival is called Hondance (for those of you who are not Baltimoreans, a "Hon" is a typical working-class Baltimore woman, often seen sporting a beehive and calling everyone "Hon", as in short for "Honey").

Hondance will be featuring a ton of shot-on-DV shorts and features, as well as a bunch of great live music, poetry readings, short plays, and even belly dancing!

For more details, check out the website at http://www.hondance.com . If you're thinking of attending, I'd definitely recommend reserving tickets. The theater has very limited seating, and we can probably only sell about 120 tickets each day.

Hope to see some of you there!

Thanks,
Ryan Graham
37.5 Productions

I made it and was glad I did. Really great guys and a good turn out of guests.
"The Last Days of Central" was quite a nice film. I didn't know what to expect at first but the story built itself nicely and really gave you a vested interest in the relationship of J&P. Well, I won't spoil it for you but I was glad I went. I'd look for more good work from these guys in the future.

You might try to make it to the "Short and Sweet" The Best of the Short Film Series 2004 on Tuesday, Feb 15, 2005. I think it's going to be just a little west of Boston. I cant remember exactly where but they should have more information here.

http://www.attentiondeficitfilms.org/

what is the title of the sigur ros song playing in the background?

Thank you very much...I will do that...:)

This was my first attempt at video work of any kind and was edited as an afterthought. I pretty much took a handycam along for a laugh and didn't really put any thought into it and then decided to cut it later, hence the large amount of shakey shots.

My skills have improved somewhat with practice but I thought I'd post this anyway for peoples opinions.

http://s4.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2PLJUV4C6K9PK24SQB12GHQTF5

Hey,

Here is a video I filmed for my church, I didn't write it, I just composed the shots, directed, and edited it. Let me know what you think, and feel free to tear it apart. http://www.petemurph.com/upperroompromo1.htm

Thanks,

Peter

At the UK site PANARTIST.COM (http://www.panartist.com/top%2020%20films.htm), 12 Sonnyboo movies have been rated in the top 20 ! (http://www.panartist.com/top%2020%20films.htm) Including the #1 spot for PULP DICTION (http://www.panartist.com/top%2020%20films.htm)

MDIFILM's Johnny WU also got 2 movies in the top 20!

WOO HOO!

and don't forget, all of the aforementioned sites, including PANARTIST.COM (http://www.panartist.com/top%2020%20films.htm) accept submissions, so if you want to partake in the fun of getting movies seen - visit the sites & submit your own damn movie! Nothing stops you from succeeding more than inaction...

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COOL NEWS - AIN'T IT COOL NEWS (http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/display.cgi?id=19152) has a mention of the SONNYBOO WEEK (http://www.undergroundfilm.org/films/detail.tcl?wid=1015432) at Undergroundfilm.org (http://www.undergroundfilm.org/films/detail.tcl?wid=1015432)

see the " GUNN SHOTS" from Elston Gunn's weekly report (http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/display.cgi?id=19152) at the bottom. It's ain't much, but it's another mention on a great site for the Sonnyboo movies and all of Columbus people involved.

Well, here it is, the oficial trailer before the short film, this is shot with 2-3 XL1s, PD150, and 16mm reversal footage (in a few fight sequences), cut with Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 and uses some effects with Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop and Discreet 3dsMax (not maya as previously stated). Music composed by Aryavarta Kumar, additional info about this short film can be found at http://www.mdifilm.com/joker

Quicktime and Windows versions are up, please keep in mind that depending how your monitor is calibrated, you might see a darker quality compared to the ones we will be passing out in DVD.

http://www.mdifilm.com/joker/media.html

Enjoy!

Johnny Wu

Good Job!

I enjoyed this alot - the directing was very good. What was it shot with?

Good job setting up the shots. They were well strung together.

Music sounded to tinny - might just be the quicktime encoding though.

Wasn't much for the Harvard Univ. shot. Didn't think it helped with the story much. (Plus I have two friends there and going there doesn't make them any more morally or intellectually different than any of us)

I especially liked the end logo.

I think you did an excellent job with this video. Hope your church enjoyed it as well!

Good work.
The camera positioning was especially well done.

The whole thing looks very good.
Something has to be done about the narration though. It kinda destroys the whole thing. It is definately not matching the pro look the rest of it has.

Hope to see the rest!

Hey thanks, I shot it on a dvx100 with the widescreen conversion lense at 24p.

And as a side note I don't think the point was to say that your evil or different if you go to harvard, it was just to show that you can be accomplished and still not be satisfied. Which is obvious so maybe I'll get rid of it.

Thanks for checking it out,

Peter

Amen!

Good job, but with a DVX100 you could have done it in colour?

It was okay for what it is: a fun piece for you guys who where
there. I did think you showed a lot of what everybody shows in
movies like this. Try to find some creative angles (no, not that
kind, heh) etc. (I know you didn't really put any thought into it
when shooting).

I thought it was okay. Some stuff looked excellent, but some
sections definitely had a video-ish feel. I didn't however get
very excited to see the full piece or get a feeling of danger /
bad guys.

Really liked the opening of teaser 2 and a section in the trailer
where the same guy is circling around the guy with the goggles.