THIS is how to do a film festival.. DC Shorts...

Upon my film "Masks" acceptance into the DC Shorts film festival, I was given a link to the judges feedback forms. This is amazingly helpful, and something all festivals should do. Cleveland Film Festival is the only other I know that does this (or makes access to this information simple).  Basically, this makes it clear that this festival is not wasting your time.. especially if you consider that a lot of people PAY to enter festivals (crazy right?) This way, even if you get rejected, you still get valuable feedback.  Here's the forms they sent me a link to, it appears that my film just squeaked in:)

In addition to the score card above, they provided you with individual judges comments, def the most helpful part:

This is my fifth or sixth time being part of this festival, and every year they seem to out do the year prior, so if you're in the DC area in september, stop by. Cheers.

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Wampum Skateshop.. Opening tonight in Bridgehampton.

My buddy Lennon and his bro are opening up what is sure to be an epic shop.. which, if you ask me, will give the Hamptons a nice reality check.  Tonight is the opening party and I contributed two custom skate decks (one of them is below).  The art world loves portraying skate culture through their own lens, and it's always refreshing to actually see the real thing.

Lennon seems to have a very art/culture minded approach to this shop. Here's a write up in some Hamptons on-line publication that I would never read otherwise. Hope to see you there.

Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc" animatic..

Hands down my favorite gorillaz video. really cool to find this animatic. enjoy.



and below we have the final video...

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Jimbo Phillips graphics for Volcom..

Jimbo Phillips, son of the legendary Jim Phillips, has been designing his own product line for Volcoms their artist series. pretty cool.

Gorillaz "Rhinestone Eyes" animatic..

I don't think this one was ever made.. looks amazing, wish they produced it. good song too, bonus.

Quicktime logo over the years..

yeah, this is fun digging up these things that we see and have seen most days of our careers. dig. this latest purple with highlights is the worst one of them all! they should have stuck with the first one!

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Paramount logo over the years..

I still get a chill when the stars fly into the frame. does anyone else try to count them as they enter? These studio logos are just so epic.

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Another thing that hasn't change much.. MGM logo...

I love how this hasn't really changed over the years.. and we all accept it, no matter how bizarre a lion framed with a graphic while roaring is. Enjoy.

 

I was surprized to learn that the different lions have different names.

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A few things that just don't change..