MCC Film Blog

I don't think they'll let me reshow it and sadly enough the turn out to my showing was around par for everyone else's showings at the Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival. I think Batman Dead End may have had had a bigger turn out mostly because all the buzz it got before the Con, but all the shows I saw were around our numbers. I hope to have my next film entered in there as well so I can go again for free.

However, The Promethean is now on the Internet Movie Database. If anyone would like to go a write a review I would greatly appreciate it.

About a year ago I stumbled across a sort of trailer/music video thing that totally fascinated me. The site I found it on gave no explanation to what it was. Well last week I discovered that it is a French animated film called The Triplets Of Bellville and is being released in the US through Sony Pictures Classics. I'm so excited to see it!

The Triplets Of Bellville trailer

Post Something ... hey guys, post something, would you? Let us know you're still alive and what you're thinking about ... what you want to work on, are working on, hope to work on, whatever. I visited Ken Burns' site today. It was very informative. It lists the distributors for his films! His site is Florentine Films. His collaborative partner's site HOTT Films was also very interesting. Why don't each of you post the most interesting and/or informative site you've found lately!

Oops I didn't even notice there are two "Sin-Dees" despite the spelling difference. Sorry about that and thanks for the compliment Cindy. I think I have spent around $300 this year on festival submission fees, dubbing/label costs and postage. But I still have hope every time I send my film out to a new festival. It's all so very exciting. I have actually been struggling with this idea of Festival vs. Commercial, ever since coming up with the idea to do an on-line series. I feel that the series would be commercially viable but have zero prestige since it really wouldn't be applicable to festivals. I keep wondering what would be more beneficial for my career. I'd like to hear your thoughts on this.

Kohl ... the other Cindy posted the wonderful comments about your film. (I showed it in class so many folks have seen it.) I think many film festivals are a sham. Even festivals like Sundance are *rumored* to accept films based on many things other than the merit of the film (like who produced it, who directed it, who might have a connection to someone on the staff, who might have been chosen in the past). Likewise, many screenwriting competitions are a sham as well. They're designed largely to generate nice incomes using entry fees. This is why it might be wiser to focus one's efforts on producing a marketable product rather than doing the festival circuit. What do you'all think?

Thanks Cyndi. Have you or anyone heard of the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival? They recently contacted me and requested that I submit The Promethean but their fee is the steepest I've ever seen (ten times Sundance) and they would not waive it. The good part is they will refund it if your film is not selected, the bad part is they don't if it is selected. It'd be the first film festival I would pray NOT to get into. I have no idea how they heard of my film or me and when I asked, the lady I spoke with did not know. With so little available information and the most expensive submission fee ever I opted not to submit ("opted" makes it sound like I had a choice). This makes me wonder how many film festival related shams there are out in the world. Not that I'm saying this one is, but it could be.

Thanks for letting me participate on this Blog. In my vanity I was trying to see what was out there on the Internet about my film and eventually came here. I wanted to be a part not just because I went to MCC but because I am planning on coming back to Mesa and make films. Ross, I want to thank you for coming to see The Promethean at the Comic-Con. It was a tough slot for generating attendance since we were going up against both Halle Berry and Angelina Jolie, so I was so very grateful to everyone in attendance. The Comic-Con was sweet and I've come to the conclusion that it is one of the most unique festivals experiences one could have. (P.S. I have not been to to many film festivals.) The reason is there are these huge producer/director types walking around almost unnoticed because they aren't Angelina Jolie and not that many people walk around trying to hand out their films to them. Not that the copies I handed out have done anything for me yet (Dave McKean e-mailed me and said he liked it and then silence) but I'm going next year for sure.

Well, it's been a long time since I've posted on here. I got an email from Kohl Glass (The Promethean guy) saying he wanted to participate on the blog. So, I'm sending an email to invite everyone to begin using the public blog again.