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Last Tuesday we had the pleasure of going to the premiere of “The Real Deal,” our latest project with TimePlay. It’s a live poker show event at the Venetian in Vegas. Basically the skinny is this: 2 of the cast of 10 biggest names in poker (we’re talking Doyle Brunson, Phil Helmouth Jr., Scotty Nguyen, etc.) are playing poker live at the front of the theater. The host, comedian Vinny Favorito, picks 6 people out of the audience to play with him. In addition, the audience is playing right along with them on their own handheld touchscreen devices. It should be a huge hit.
We designed the HD and handheld graphics for this show– over 20 motion graphic splashes, 12 character animations, 12 handheld screens, a few leaderboards, and a few graphic overlay screens.
When I was young and on a constant quest of finding things I like to do and don’t like to do, I was lucky to speak with a ton of professionals (filmmakers, stock brokers, lawyers, doctors, scientists) who came in, told me what their jobs were like, and whether they were happy in their work. In trying to pass that on, I dropped in on my friend Albert’s Drama class today at Roosevelt High. Not only did I pass on what I’ve learned, I got this shameless photo op!
I’m the dorky one in the red shoes. I showed them some recent videos made for our Mayday Contest, a video I made when I was in high school, and then answered a few questions and then hopefully didn’t make too much of a fool of myself.
Speaking of FOOLS, the class told me of an environmental video they made called “Recycle, Fool!” which totally exists on the Youtubes!
It’s pretty hilarious, and apparently had a huge effect on the high school, getting everybody to start recycling. “Yeah, I remember back in the day, when recycling was cool. These kids today, they don’t seem to care.” HAHAHA. You guys rock.
“The Golden Egg” just got accepted to the Toofy Film Fest 2008 taking place in Boulder, CO on September 13&14. Started by two guys in trucker hats and named after an inside joke (the two used to place black licorice over their two front teeth and try to buy a can of beans with a bag of pennies at convenience stores at 2am), this festival…wait, no, I don’t actually have a second part to this sentence. That’s it.
But check out their awesome logo!
In other news, the feature movie we created an animated sequence for, “One Day Like Rain,” just got Honorable Mention Grand Jury Prize at the Dances With Films festival here in Los Angeles. Way to go, guys.
Yes, I know it’s been a while since I updated the blog about this trip, but can you really blame me for having such a good time in Tokyo that I only got about 4 hours of sleep each night, if I was lucky? Actually, it’s pretty much like it was at SXSW– stay out all night partying with other filmmakers, wake up early for panels and screenings. I managed to meet this schedule all week until I completely crashed out on the flight back. Now that I’m back at work, I’m reliving my trip through these blog posts. YEAH!
For those that don’t know, my film “The Golden Egg” was selected for the Short Shorts Film Festival, and they invited me (and paid for me) to fly out to Tokyo. They even paid for my hotel, which was an incredible room…
Arrived in Tokyo yesterday, and the entire Short Shorts Film Festival crew has been extremely organized and on the ball! After a couple volunteers met us at Narita airport, we came back to the Oakwood Apartments, where we’re staying. Our room is extremely nice.
The film festival is apparently a big deal here. Lucas and Ford were here earlier in the week promoting Indiana Jones, and today Diablo Cody is here promoting Juno, which is only now premiering in Japan.
I went to my first screening here at the Laforet museum.
It was a really great selection of shorts. I’ll try to blog about some of them later on. People seemed to like my film. I have to admit that I wasn’t particularly witty at the Q&A session afterward, I’m sad to say. Much better at spending an hour writing one line of dialogue than coming up with something funny on the spot. Ah well.
The one question everybody asks about the movie is how he lays the eggs while his pants are still on. Velcro egg hatch, baby. How else?
The Golden Egg is about to make its Midwestern, Japanese, and Canadian premiere next week. In fact, over the span of 2 days it will screen in Michigan, Tokyo, and Toronto. I won’t be able to go to all three, but the Short Shorts Film Festival in Japan is sponsoring me to fly and stay in Tokyo for a week, and welp, I’m pretty excited. I’ll try to post some pictures while I’m there to give you a sense of what film festivals are like in other countries. Wow.
If you happen to be any of these places next week, you should definitely go! Read below for screening times:
What you can barely see in that photo above is PB partner Jesse Vigil recieving his MFA in Interactive Media from the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Way to go, Jesse!
… or just drunk on the beer that was consumed in quantities at NewTeeVee’s shindig at Cat & Fiddle last night. Congrats to Liz on her new endeavor, and thanks to the gang from NewTeeVee for throwing the fete. I’ve missed these meetups, and it was good to get out and meet some people and meet again some older contacts. Looking forward to the next one!
Plus! A two-part trivia game!
1) What emotion is Sarah experiencing in this photo?
2) What did I say to her to cause it?
The winner gets a small box of mementos!
One of my favorite things so far at SXSW is the interactive playpen full of Lego. I can’t tell you how happy this made me. I sat down and took a break from the festival for about…well, I can’t really say how long I was there. I kind of lost track of time.
Hey all - just wanted to let you know that our short, “The Golden Egg” will be screening at SXSW.
http://2008.sxsw.com/film/screenings/film/F9651.html
11:00 PM, Friday March 7th - Alamo Ritz 2
*NEW DAY* 11:00 PM, Tuesday March 11th - Alamo Ritz 2
11:00 PM, Thursday March 13th - Alamo Ritz 2
I’m going to be in Austin from March 7-16th, so if you’re reading this and want to meet up at any point, please give me a call, or email.
