Got my first film fest rejection today. Might have to frame it. I'm not bitter because at least they had the good taste to try and sell me a pass for $75 bucks at the end of the letter.
which festival? not sundance is it?
Deep Ellum Film Fest, here in Dallas.
Sundance doesn't announce until first week december.
I got my first rejection last year, and regretfully don't know what I've done with. I remember having wanted to frame mine as well.
i threw mine away, burned it, and shit on its ashes.
then i framed it.
Maybe I could burn it, eat it, shit it..then shit on the shit?
Got a rejection letter from a festival...with these comments attached:
Technical
Very impressive - a highly professional piece in terms of camerawork, acting, lighting and originally composed music. Crisp 16mm images (transferred).
Production
Excellent - intelligently written, directed and produced.
Concept
Well-devised and well executed. The style (particularly as it's monocrome) reminded us of several earlier genres (from Harold Lloyd onwards). There was some lengthy discussions about the meaning of certain parts of your film given the extreme nature of your narrative's conclusion
If it's that good...why on earth did they reject it??
This is crap!
No idea. If anything, it makes me want to see the movie!
It's been up here before...Lovestruck.
It's a nice short but it's not as good as they want to make it.
I got my rejection letter from Slamdance which someday I will frame and place along with my successes. It was the nicest rejection I have ever received.
hey if you guys don't mind i just had a few questions.
well 1. how old are you guys? Or how old were you guys when you started film makeing?
And how much did your first film coast?
Quote from: Dtm115300And how much did your first film coast?
My first film, we didn't coast too much at all. Yeah, it was pretty much all uphill. But once you knock out that first one it gets easier.
I'm 31. My film cost 3K. And I got my Sundance rejection. I would personally love it if someone gave me feedback like that.
Any new news, good or bad, on today, this most auspicious of days? Mine, bad. All bad. And then I did a little digging into last year's projects, reminding myself not to put all eggs in one basket (I never do, anyway -- fragile, those): Last year, this was the story, these were the tellers. (http://festival.sundance.org/2010/press_industry/releases/sundance_institute_announces_twelve_feature_film_projects_for_january_scree/) Good pedigrees, resumes, most. But!
QuoteSamantha McIntyre (writer) / Unicorn Store (U.S.A.): A lonely young woman who has never had a boyfriend tries to fix her life by purchasing a unicorn.
I like how that was the last one. That's what we're up against? Touche. No, it hasn't been made yet.
I'm gonna get mad, sulk, and then do more now. 'scuse me.
knowing nothing about it other than the logline you quoted.. it sounds like the usual indie quirky bullshit that everyone loves to circle jerk over these days.
i wish miranda july would come back from the dead.
Quote from: P on August 16, 2010, 09:04:19 PM
knowing nothing about it other than the logline you quoted.. it sounds like the usual indie quirky bullshit that everyone loves to circle jerk over these days.
i wish miranda july would come back from the dead.
To be honest, it sounds way more interesting than most of the others listed.
QuoteLance Edmands (writer/director) / Bluebird (U.S.A.): In the frozen woods of an isolated Maine logging town, one woman's tragic mistake leads to unexpected consequences.
Yawn.
QuoteCraig Zobel (writer/director) / Canary (U.S.A): The residents of a small West Virginia coal mining town intersect and affect one another in surprising, often humorous ways, as their lives are inextricably shaped by their surroundings.
Barf.
QuoteSydney Freeland (writer/director) / Drunktown's Finest (U.S.A.): Three Native Americans-a rebellious father-to-be, a devout Christian, and a promiscuous transsexual-find their self-images challenged, and ultimately strengthened, as they come of age on an Indian reservation.
Dismissive wanking motion.
QuoteCao Baoping (writer/director) / How Many Trainings Must I Take Before I Can Be as Hard as Steel? (China): After spending her entire adolescence fighting with her psychologically abusive mother, a young woman is forced to come to terms with the love underlying the hatred she feels.
:drool:
QuoteMyna Joseph (writer/director) / My Favorite Nightmare (U.S.A.): A willful teenager, pregnant with her cousin's child and determined to get an abortion, travels to New York, only to discover her unpredictable father has followed her.
:brickwall:
can "dismissive wanking motion" be added to the marquee loop at the top of the page?
Ask and ye shall receive.
(https://xixax.com/header_words/marquee-dismissivewank.jpg)
Loglines are always terrible, and you can't tell anything about the movie from them. The basic formula is: "After (something happens), an (adjective) (noun) must/is forced to deal with (something/someone)."
Quote from: polkablues on August 17, 2010, 11:18:34 PM
Ask and ye shall receive.
(https://xixax.com/header_words/marquee-dismissivewank.jpg)
you put me next to the dolphin *salute
Quote from: matt35mm on August 17, 2010, 11:30:27 PM
The basic formula is: "After (something happens), an (adjective) (noun) must/is forced to deal with (something/someone)."
let's try that out..
After (discovering a disembowled moo-cow on his front lawn), an (obese recluse) is forced to deal with (his disgusting lifestyle.. but not before indulging in one last meal).
...
i'd watch that.
After (falling out of a boat), an (anthropomorphic carrot) is forced to deal with (sporadic erectile dysfunction).
I'll take my grant money in cash, thanks.
After (getting stung by a bee), an (unattractive gay man) is forced to deal with (a sudden burst of popularity).
this is fun.
Quote from: Pas on August 18, 2010, 08:09:15 AM
this is fun.
yeah too bad everyone is too fucking boring to play along.
After (visiting a loser site for way too many years), a (twenty-something freak) must (choose between taking the path of cine/ghostboy/hedwig or continue wasting his life).
Seriously.
After (trying to inject life into boring threads), a (series of Xixax admins) are forced to deal with (suicidal urges). Trailer below *SPOILERS!*
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd179%2Fpolkablues%2Fsmiley_suicide.gif&hash=0f9cc950db01239ad7028f68e39563704ae8a11f)
alright fine, I'll do one already.
After (falling in love with a cat), a (disfigured nam vet) must (drive across the country in a big wheel bike).
FUN.
After (having wasted their youth on posts no one replies to), a (bunch of funny-ish people with different areas of expertise) must (start a blog and find meaning in their passion for wasting time on the net)
Quote from: OrHowILearnedTo on August 19, 2010, 03:34:08 AM
must (drive across the country in a big wheel bike).
small correction for the use of "must":
whereas "is forced to deal with" pretty much writes itself, the use of "must" as shown in the example quoted seems to necessitate more than simply (something happening), as this can easily end up in a non-plot -- again as shown in the quote. the solution is easy.. when using "must" the formula is rewritten thus:
must (make a choice/complete a mission).by implementing this update on the quoted section, it can begin to feel like a real plot:
Quote from: OrHowILearnedTo on August 19, 2010, 03:34:08 AM
must (drive across the country in a big wheel bike to save the only being who truly understands him).
further proof of this formula is found in the logline given by pas:
Quote from: Pas on August 19, 2010, 08:58:34 AM
must (start a blog and find meaning in their passion for wasting time on the net)
if he had merely stopped at "must (start a blog)" it would be a non-plot. but he has prevented this by completing the statement with a mission as per the updated formula which he obviously understood intrinsically.
that's how you fun!
After a bizarrely unexpected meteor shower, a self-centered stop-motion puppet is forced to take on the role of father for several orphaned Parisians.
After being confused for Mandy Patinkin by a travelling executive, a lovelorn Sheriff must create and star in a sitcom pilot in order to recapture the hearts and minds of his jaded townspeople.
Quote from: picolas on August 19, 2010, 06:56:47 PM
After being confused for Mandy Patinkin by a travelling executive, a lovelorn Sheriff must create and star in a sitcom pilot in order to recapture the hearts and minds of his jaded townspeople.
We have a winner
No winners on this thread, just losers :splat: