I would've loved to turn Why Don't You Dance? into a film but it appears I'm a little late. Will Ferrell is starring in the feature length version of Carver's short story, the film called Everything Must Go. After really enjoying Ferrell's performance in Stranger than Fiction I'm interested in seeing him in a similar role. I found this trailer to share with you and from the looks of it, the only real element remaining from the short is the yard sale. It's all very glossy.
31.3.11
Barney's Version (what Margaret and David forgot to mention)
Yes Paul Giamatti is good. And I have as big a crush on Dustin Hoffman as any of us. But 4 stars apiece? What's going on? Barney's Version is a bloated life story, loaded with too many relationships, a strange whodunnit B-story and the inclusion of a terminal illness to tug audience heartstrings. I really enjoyed the first half. They should've left it there.
20.3.11
the:viral:factory
I read about these guys in Wired today. They specialise in viral videos and online marketing. In the interview they said that they care more about their internet audiences than the companies they produce content for. They'd rather lose business than lose their viewers. I"m very interested in the obscure ventures advertisers throw money at as social networking and the global online marketplace grow and affect the film industry. Check out The Viral Factory here.
15.3.11
You should really know about... Sam Dixon
Sam is going to hate being written about. But I have a feeling he's going to have to get used to it. Sam Dixon is our resident scriptwriter and no one I know captures the dark parts of people quite like him. His latest work, Joy of Sex which was directed and co-written by Dan Whelan, screened at Byron Bay Film Festival on the weekend. The audience loved it, and American filmmaker Jack McCoy offered his personal congratulations to Sam at the after party. Sam has another three scripts set to go into production in the first half of 2011. Yes sir, Sam Dixon and the red carpet gonna be friends.
The King's Speech
I only just saw The King's Speech. You should have a read of this article in The Australian about the writer. A great bit of perspective for budding screenwriters: David Seidler - A Writer Who Found His Voice
jasonbkohl.com
I'm not gonna pretend I know who Jason B Kohl is. But his blog is definitely an interesting insight into the American short film industry. Here's a link to his site and some great shorts he recommends. Check out The Discipline of D.E., one of Gus Van Sant's first films. I'd seen this before and I find myself talking about it all the time. I also trip much less now.
You might also want to pay special attention to Crossbow, the 2007 short by the director of Animal Kingdom.
You might also want to pay special attention to Crossbow, the 2007 short by the director of Animal Kingdom.
7.3.11
La Alegria Del Sexo
We've been a little quiet this month, with our cards close to our chest. This is all about to change however. March is shaping up to be a busy month for the Mountjoy collective. Sam Dixon is back and his fingers are furiously churning out more scripts than we can handle. Milena has joined the film school crowd and is just about ready to shoot and make her acting debut. Watson is on his way home and Emily is on her way out - down to Melbourne to swim with the big fish.
Mountjoy works closely with another collective - Third Horror. A film they made recently called Joy of Sex has made it into the Byron Bay Film Festival (12 March) and the West End Film Festival (27 March). If you're nearby on either of those dates, come by and check it out. It's a really great little film which is unlike anything else being made in this town. Here's the trailer:
Mountjoy works closely with another collective - Third Horror. A film they made recently called Joy of Sex has made it into the Byron Bay Film Festival (12 March) and the West End Film Festival (27 March). If you're nearby on either of those dates, come by and check it out. It's a really great little film which is unlike anything else being made in this town. Here's the trailer:
2.3.11
Colour discussion with Milena: GREEN
Green is a conflicting colour, it is the colour of fresh vegetables but also the colour of spoiled meat. In Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Virgin Suicides and The Caveman’s Valentine a green liquid is used as a metaphor for poison. One might hesitate to drink a green liquid, however, when you pass a patch of fresh green grass you don’t hesitate to sit on it. Precisely because of this, green can be used as a powerful tool for irony.
In The Thin Red Line green, the colour of life, becomes an ironic presence; one moment we are amazed by the exquisiteness of the tropical flora and next we see men fall dead onto it, it is the very freshness of those grasses that leads us to remember that moments ago, they were alive. Green is similarly represented in The Mosquito Coast but is explored with a psychological twist. Peter Weir wanted Harrison Ford’s character Allie to be the only one that saw the beauty in the rainforest, to achieve this the colour grade was olivey green and drab; no one except for Allie, not even the audience could see the beauty. Alfonso Cuaron uses green in a very overpowering but effective manner in A Little Princess, it has a very ominous presence. When we arrive at Miss Minchon’s Seminary for Girls, the building in a mouldy green, the kind of green that looks like it has been deprived of fresh air.
Colour provides visual context within which the story takes on a fuller emotional meaning. The greens discussed within this segment have been used to convey something negative, however, depending on the context and the themes within your film green can also be used as a healthy presence.
In The Thin Red Line green, the colour of life, becomes an ironic presence; one moment we are amazed by the exquisiteness of the tropical flora and next we see men fall dead onto it, it is the very freshness of those grasses that leads us to remember that moments ago, they were alive. Green is similarly represented in The Mosquito Coast but is explored with a psychological twist. Peter Weir wanted Harrison Ford’s character Allie to be the only one that saw the beauty in the rainforest, to achieve this the colour grade was olivey green and drab; no one except for Allie, not even the audience could see the beauty. Alfonso Cuaron uses green in a very overpowering but effective manner in A Little Princess, it has a very ominous presence. When we arrive at Miss Minchon’s Seminary for Girls, the building in a mouldy green, the kind of green that looks like it has been deprived of fresh air.
Colour provides visual context within which the story takes on a fuller emotional meaning. The greens discussed within this segment have been used to convey something negative, however, depending on the context and the themes within your film green can also be used as a healthy presence.
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