Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? Some of the best authors will tell you that writing a short story is a lot harder than writing a long one, that you have to weigh every sentence. What better medium to see how this theory plays itself out beyond that than with movie trailers? Stake Land Trailer Jim Mickle isn't a name many should know but you've got to admit this guy has something worth being aware of after seeing this trailer.
- 4/22/2011
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
Slamdance 2011 goes live this Friday. The festival whose mantra is “by filmmakers for filmmakers” will take place at the same time as Sundance, as it does every year. Both festivals will be screening and premiering beautiful, funny, thoughtful and provoking films, but the festival that works overtime to support independent, first time filmmakers with minimal budgets is hands down – Slamdance. This year, as part of their “all is not lost” theme, the festival is donating 10% of ticket proceeds back to the filmmakers.
In the first of a series we’ll be doing with Slamdance filmmakers this week, we had a chance to interview Dave Bonawits, director of Pleasant People. Pleasant People is one of Slamdance’s eleven feature-length films this year, and it’s Mr. Bonawits’ first feature film. It turns out Bonawits is just as charming as his film. If you’re attending Slamdance, his film is screening Friday...
In the first of a series we’ll be doing with Slamdance filmmakers this week, we had a chance to interview Dave Bonawits, director of Pleasant People. Pleasant People is one of Slamdance’s eleven feature-length films this year, and it’s Mr. Bonawits’ first feature film. It turns out Bonawits is just as charming as his film. If you’re attending Slamdance, his film is screening Friday...
- 1/20/2011
- by Alice gray
- SoundOnSight
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