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forums.lrcd.com: Recent Posts http://forums.lrcd.com/ forums.lrcd.com: Recent Posts en-US Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:33:18 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://forums.lrcd.com/search.php greg chaney on "Musings about JUMP Winter 2010" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=264#post-657 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:10:41 +0000 greg chaney 657@http://forums.lrcd.com/ One last thought about "Remodeling", the women were supposed to be acting in the movie. the premise of the whole story is that the event is all preplanned so their delivery isn't supposed to be completely natural. We tried several takes with some being very natural and some sounding completely contrived. I tried to select the tone that allowed the audience some hint that women had planned this in advance without it being too obvious. All in all, it was a pretty delicate balance and maybe I should have gone with the more authentic feel. greg chaney on "Musings about JUMP Winter 2010" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=264#post-656 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:29:35 +0000 greg chaney 656@http://forums.lrcd.com/ Hey Arlo, Thanks for posting. I enjoyed your insights. The fishtrap video was tough to put together because it was created to be entirely silent. It turned out to be harder than I had thought it was going to be. Next time I'll include a something more. The shots of the women in Remodeling were intentionally close and from a low camera angle. This was intended to accentuate their power and to make them look taller. As far as acting goes, the hardest thing is to deliver lines naturally and convincingly. They did a great job with the amount of time we had. Thanks Arlo for posting! amidgett on "Musings about JUMP Winter 2010" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=264#post-655 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:09:04 +0000 amidgett 655@http://forums.lrcd.com/ So, the venues changed in JUMP this year. Nice. My opinion: If I had to choose between the Nickelodeon and the Silverbow, I’d pick the Nickelodeon. I agree with all of Greg’s concerns, however. Here are some ideas: You’re not going to have the same food options as the Silverbow, but perhaps there’s an opportunity to make some money on concessions. Seriously, a trip to Costco, a couple cases of candy bars, and you’re in business. (Keep the popcorn, too, of course.) I mentioned somewhere else that I would enjoy a slightly larger selection of soda, if only because I don’t groove on the idea of popcorn with my wine. The energy level at the show I went to seemed to be fine, but if the others were subdued, I think we could come up with some ideas to rile everyone up. If nothing else, Pat’s announcements at the beginning can go a long way toward setting the tone. In theory, I don’t mind the over-21 showings. If nothing else, you can plan on avoiding the chatty teenagers and crying babies (though admittedly, that’s not really a concern with the JUMP showings.) Point being, it wasn’t an issue for me. I agree that the intermission session wasn’t nearly as sociable in the Nickelodeon. My suggestion? Turn off the bottle-cap trivia (which was AWESOME, by the way, and needs only more photos) and create something to draw people back out into the mall. This will also get (most) everyone to walk past the refreshment stands again. Now, how you do that……? Hmmm. Set up a game or contest out there? Sell something? Don’t know, let’s brainstorm. Also, good showing out at UAS this year, too; we’re finally getting the word out. I think that venue has potential, too (and a lot of problems, mostly revolving around a distinct lack of refreshments.) JUMP Intro Just the right about of anticipatory tension. Was it just me, or did the showing at UAS show the yellow logo for only the briefest moment? Butterflies of Iguazú Oksana and I created this (obviously) as a podcast. Our first reaction to seeing it on the big screen in the festival? Holy God our heads are big! Anyway, I like it as a concise little story, but it actually fits better in the context of other the episodes I created around it. I regret that the people who saw it only in the JUMP festival missed out on seeing footage of some of the world’s most extraordinary waterfalls. The Orphan I enjoyed the style a lot, though I must confess to not understanding the story behind the… fable, was it? The confetti water was great. A Documentary Study Too short! I wanted to hear more about such a rare (I hope) phobia and how she deals with it! Like, is an eagle scarier than a pigeon? What about a flock of pigeons? Do the scariest birds fly or is an ostrich just a giant-legged bundle of terror?! The shot of the mural, combined with the voice over, was simply perfect. Actual Warning Label Proof that a single idea can be an engaging film! I liked it, start to finish. Nice, slow zoom there. I only wish that the massager had been started up for a second or two at maximum zoom. Would have lent a bit of a horror-movie thing to it. Montana Creek Fish Trap Okay, yeah, so it’s old VHS footage. Judging by the audience reaction, that didn’t matter one bit. I think everyone can appreciate how incredible a find that was (The fish trap, not the VHS tape!), not to mention the efforts taken to preserve it. Perhaps it’s because I’ve been working in the interview format so much lately, but I longed for a talking head (or at least a voiceover) as a substitute for the white-on-black title cards. I wonder if it would be worth the time to sit someone in front of a camera and ask them to reminisce about the project? The previous sentence should end with a period, but I prefer the implication made by the question mark. Slight of Hand I don’t mind little single-scene stories like this, though I have to confess I searched for (and didn’t find) a deeper meaning at the end of it. But I guess you’d call it a character arc, right? I saw this twice and have to say I didn’t notice the card changing the first time around. The second time, however, I did – and was REALLY confused. Was that a continuity mistake? Did it have some symbolic meaning? City One Minutes I’m glad Greg reviewed them above, otherwise I never would have remembered them all. I had to explain, to more than a few people, what the City One Minute project was. Invariably, there followed a variation on “Ohhh! I wish I’d known that!” I think a brief explanation in the program would be gone a long way towards avoiding that. I also think 14 of them, back-to-back, was a bit much. While each one was different and had enjoyable parts, I was ready to move on after 7 or 8. Like the rest of the JUMP submissions, maybe this one should have stuck to the 10-minute requirement. A couple comments for each: Dawn I don’t mind tilted horizons… until they’re on a body of water. I always think the boats should be sliding out of frame… Rain Forest Certainly captured Juneau in that minute; hope the camera still works. One Minute Adventure I was right there with the duck’s little adventure, but the “carrying” part seemed a little awkward. Tracey Fjord Always cool to see a big calving event. And, yeah, the lady on the boat was the most memorable part. (Also, were there some up-rez scaling problems on this video? I *think* I remember some weird aliasing on the icebergs…) Whales That shot of the four flukes? Awesome. Alaska Wedding Weird. Shows you how being selective with your shot choices can change the whole mood of a piece (said another way: I sure hope their whole wedding wasn’t like that!) Shipyard I would watch a whole documentary on just that one boat being built (repaired?) Tongue I managed to keep my eyes on the screen, if only by watching the actual piercing with my peripheral vision. Fun to listen to the audience reaction, though! Basketball I thought this would have been more interesting (though not very flattering) if the basketball player continued to miss every shot all the way through the film. Or even made every shot all the way through. Fun music. Fishing I remember some of the shots: the trunk, going into the trees. I can’t remember if we got to see the catch. Derring and Down All I remember is the guy playing the guitar. An interesting moment in time. Back in Town I liked the ones that strived to tell a story, like this one, instead of just selected images around Juneau. I don’t know what that says in regards to the goal of the overall project. Clock Seeing the world in a different way is always pretty cool. Timelapses have that ability. Requiem I remember the truck driving through the puddle and splashing up the reflection. That was cool. Hippo’s Party I really enjoyed the attention to detail in the set – I found myself wondering how large it was in real life. The sound effects were great, too, really added to the atmosphere. And I LOVED the storm/water effects beyond the door! Juneau Fine Arts Camp Shorts Fun stuff. Now that you’ve figured out a few camera tricks, I’d love to see them incorporated into a story! Ultro Mysterio I happen to know the main talent in this film; I’d just spent a month with him in Ecuador. While I liked the little film (the high-contrast, black-and-white, especially) I recognized it for what it was – a Spanish class assignment. Also, I had the almost-uncontrollable urge to correct his pronunciation on a couple words! Peru Roughcuts: The Road Mine. I’m a little disappointed that I didn’t have more time to smooth out the edges on this one. Pat asked me, past the official deadline, if I had anything that might be able to round out the festival. I said sure, but nothing more than the videos already on my website. He looked over a few and told me which would be a good fit… about 18 hours before they had to master the festival’s DVD. The Road was a rough edit only. I knew that if I didn’t at least clean up the audio, it would sound terrible on those big speakers. I was up at 5:30am, polishing that up before work. During that time, I also managed to cut off maybe 20 or 30 seconds from the original’s length before it was time to lock it down. I think I could have easily trimmed out another minute or so and perhaps overlaid some more jungle/road footage if I’d had another evening to work on it. Also, yeah, no video or pictures of the bus. I felt like pointing a camera in that direction would have been exploitative. (Though if I could do it all over again, I would have at least taken a picture as we drove off.) Mentioning WHY there are no pictures is a great idea, but because this was only ever intended to be a project for the student who took part, I guess it just never came up. Remodeling Right or wrong, I sort of think of Greg as a “documentary guy,” and so I sort of think of this as “something different” for him. I liked this short little story. It had some humor and I think the innuendo was subtle enough that the (very) young kids in the audience wouldn’t have been asking mom or dad any uncomfortable questions on the ride home. Interestingly, I remember thinking at the beginning that the acting was quite good, but then as the scene(s) progressed, less so. My mind wandered a bit, thinking about the chronology of the shoot, the amount of rehearsal time, etc. (This is not an uncommon thought process for me, at JUMP, for what it’s worth.) I’m writing this a bit after seeing it, but I think the editing, shot-to-shot was sound. I’d like to see it again before committing to the following observation, but… Were most of the shots of the girls composed with the camera lower to the floor? I have a feeling that they were framed rather imposingly (which would, come to think of it, fit their characterizations.) Filejerks Rap Session Not much story here, but for someone that didn’t go to the event, sort of nice to see the talent on display. I appreciated that there was more than one camera angle on the event. Beard Clippings Nice, creative way to deal with missing footage. Wish I’d seen it first, had then edited some black into The Road when the girls were talking about the missing bus, and then had it play before my film! I think The Black did a great job of illustrating what and why you were doing that (once it was revealed.) My only suggestion is to remove the “experimental” part of the title (if it plays at another festival.) It made it sound like you were unsure of your film, spoiled the surprise a little, and really wasn’t necessary since The Black worked so well. greg chaney on "Musings about JUMP Winter 2010" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=264#post-654 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:33:52 +0000 greg chaney 654@http://forums.lrcd.com/ Comments on January 2010 JUMP Festival I found the new venue to be both a positive and negative experience. The down side was that the audiences seemed to behave much more formally. The Friday audiences barely clapped or laughed at all. This really was a change from the dynamic excitement that somehow flows through the Silverbow. Saturday’s 7pm crowd was more responsive and the last show at 9pm was the best crowd of the festival. Some of the people I asked about their impression of the two venues, felt that not having real food was another big missing element. With the fixed rows of theater seats, people really didn’t move much during intermission and with the isles being so narrow, people didn’t linger as much as they did in the Silverbow after the shows. On the positive side, the actual movie watching experience was far superior at the Nickelodeon. Sound and picture quality were much better in every respect. Since the Lucid Reverie crew was running the place, everything was much more stable and predictable than at the Silverbow. It seems that some of the old energy returned Saturday because there were a few people who started leading the clapping after each film and because the Lucid Reverie crew put in a few chairs and maybe everyone relaxed a little bit. If we decide to continue at the Nickelodeon, then we should probably work a little more overtly on cultivating the positive energy. My only real complaint is that I didn’t like the over 21 restriction on the 9pm shows. I know that lots of people under 21 came to the late shows at the Silverbow. If there is something that we can do to allow alcohol sales, and still be inclusive, then I’d like to explore that. I know that some folks thought that alcohol sales would boost audience participation but the Friday 9pm “alcohol” crowd was less responsive than the 7pm “sober” Saturday crowd, so I don’t think the relationship between enthusiasm and alcohol is that clear. Now for a few thoughts about the entries themselves: JUMP Intro Nice opening sequence. Aaron is a man of many talents. I liked Libby breaking ice in her extra-toughs. My only minor comment is that when Aaron and Libby were talking the soundtrack changed completely depending on who was on screen. A little blended background sound would have been a slight improvement. But hey, with those kind of special effects, who’s needs audio? Butterflies of Iguazu This was a great light hearted start to the festival. Oksana was very enthusiastic in telling her side of the story and Arlo also made it fun. I was impressed that they were able to make such an engaging little film about one butterfly encounter. The Orphan Excellent miniatures and stop motion animation. I was able to follow the story pretty well until the last few seconds. Once the witch was pushed into the river, I got a little confused. After watching it a couple of times, I figured it out. It’s always tough to tell a story without words. The musical accompaniment was cool. A Documentary Study (Fear of Birds) I really liked the shot of the girl standing in front of the mural on City Hall with a giant eagle behind her as she described her fear of birds. The ending was a little abrupt. Maybe add a concluding sequence next time… But all in all this was fun and concise. Actual Warning Label Hard to believe this was a real warning. The lawyers must have worked overtime on this one. It sounds like the device is something you would want sealed in a high security vault, not something that you would willingly bring into your house. What a great marketing strategy. Nice job of blowing up the house… Montana Creek Fish Trap I was recruited by the City Museum to make a three minute silent documentary to be shown along side the display of the Montana Creek Fish Trap. I dusted off an old VHS tape shot by Bob Betts during the excavation and started editing. I entered it in the JUMP festival as an afterthought. I was surprised at the positive feedback it got. I might be inspired to work on it a little more. Slight of Hand I liked this one. I am somewhat biased because my son Connor is in it. It was fun for me to watch because I didn’t have anything to do with the production. The first time I saw it was at the festival. My only negative comment was that one of the cards was a 4 then cut to an Ace during the close-up and then went back to a 4 in the medium shot. This confused me. I felt like the whole story built up to going to the fiction reading but it ended before we got there. I wanted just a little more… (which is a compliment) City one Minutes – there are a lot of these so I’ll be brief: Dawn I could smell the rotten fish. I liked the boats that looked like they were traveling on land. Rain Forest Cope Park can be wet, pretty and dreary all at the same time. One Minute Adventure. One minute isn’t much time to tell a story, it was a fun challenge. Tracey Fjord Very cool (ice cold) image of a glacier calving. I like the lady on the boat who seemed completely lost. Whales A very nice day and we got really lucky. Alaska Weddings This was the first wedding video that I have seen that didn’t include any expression of joy. Very enigmatic. Shipyard This captured the independent spirit of wooden boatbuilding in Juneau. This is rare and wonderful thing. Tongue I couldn’t watch this. A tongue is too precious to waste. Basketball Nice day at Capital Park. Fishing Neat what you can do with a tripod and a camera and one cast/crew/writer/director man of many talents. Derring and Down I didn’t realize that a guitar was a percussion instrument. It looked like a fun night out. Back in Town Excellent silent love story. This short really told a story in one minute without words. Clock I enjoyed seeing the clock run fast in time lapse. Especially with the bar sounds in the background. I liked the idea of moon time lapse but the moon was too blurry for me to fully enjoy. Requiem This was very cinematic. A rainy night can be a beautiful thing in the right filmmaker’s hands. Hippo's Party This was a very well executed claymation project. I liked that it was not dialog driven but the story was clear and fun. The hippo’s expressions made the whole thing accessible. I need to find a rubber ducky that can change its expression! Juneau Fine Arts Camp Shorts This was fun, short and engaging. Keep making those fun movies. Ultro Mysterio This movie really tested my extremely rusty Spanish. I loved the lighting and feel of this film. It really made Juneau look like something out of an old detective motion picture. It was funny and visually engaging. I would have liked subtitles though, Mrs. Figgarola (my Spanish teacher) would not be proud of me. Peru Roughcuts: The Road A very good documentary. I like the cuts between the two story tellers and the actual footage. The cuts between the two women as they spoke was almost seamless. Their stories complimented each other so well, it appeared to be scripted. The only disappointment was that the whole thing built up to an image of a bus hanging on the edge of a cliff but there wasn’t a single picture. How frustrating for the audience after all of the build up. Arlo later told me that the whole event was so traumatic that he didn’t feel appropriate grabbing his camera and taking advantage of these people’s misfortune. I applaud his humanitarianism (but damn it Arlo, that’s what American’s are supposed to do!) and think he should have mentioned that in the documentary as well. Remodeling Before I made this movie I handed the script around to a few people that I trusted and 2/3 didn’t like it. So I decided to make the short film anyway. Guess what? Only about 1/3 of the audience liked it. Hmm… funny how that works. Filejerks Rap Session I would have liked a little back story to go with the rap footage. Who are these guys? It was a nice slice of Juneau nightlife. Beard Clippings Well this was an interesting approach to an age old problem (critical missing footage) it goes back to Noah and the 15 commandments. I thoroughly enjoyed this documentary but I was really engaged in the subject and wanted to see Aaron on stage. I felt that the photos could have been left on the screen just a little longer to satisfy my curiosity about the subject of the documentary (I mean wow, Aaron won Alaskan Whaler 2nd place!) without ruining the joke. But even so, it was a fun documentary. greg chaney on "One Minute Project" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=263#post-653 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:36:58 +0000 greg chaney 653@http://forums.lrcd.com/ I'd like to take a moment to post a thank you to Maaike van der Linden for bringing the City One Minute project to Juneau. I really enjoyed the fact that the project brought the film making community of Juneau together to create a portrait of our town. I'd also like to thank Pat, Lou and Aaron and the rest of the crew at Lucid Reverie for generously supporting the project. It would be interesting to hear other people's reactions to the process and final product. Excellent Radio on "Alaska Robotics - Corn Hulk" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=260#post-652 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:37:29 +0000 Excellent Radio 652@http://forums.lrcd.com/ So much corn! Excellent Radio on "Alaska Robotics - Cayleigh's Super Awesome Guest Comic" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=262#post-651 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:22:54 +0000 Excellent Radio 651@http://forums.lrcd.com/ Super and awesome. akrobotics on "Alaska Robotics - Cayleigh's Super Awesome Guest Comic" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=262#post-650 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:35:37 +0000 akrobotics 650@http://forums.lrcd.com/ <img src="http://akrobotics.com/images/comics/akrobotics/guestcomic_600.gif" /> akrobotics on "Guilty Pleasures - Glasses" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=261#post-649 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:33:44 +0000 akrobotics 649@http://forums.lrcd.com/ <img src="http://akrobotics.com/images/comics/guilty-pleasures/15-glasses_600.gif" /> glen on "Alaska Robotics - Friends" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=259#post-648 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:33:04 +0000 glen 648@http://forums.lrcd.com/ ah...that's cute....and very lonely. akrobotics on "Alaska Robotics - Corn Hulk" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=260#post-647 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:15:59 +0000 akrobotics 647@http://forums.lrcd.com/ <img src="http://akrobotics.com/images/comics/akrobotics/corn-hulk_600.jpg" /> akrobotics on "Alaska Robotics - Friends" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=259#post-646 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:52:57 +0000 akrobotics 646@http://forums.lrcd.com/ <img src="http://akrobotics.com/images/comics/akrobotics/friends_600.jpg" /> Slaal on "Guilty Pleasures - Acronyms" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=258#post-645 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:08:08 +0000 Slaal 645@http://forums.lrcd.com/ Yay! New Guilty Pleasures!!! akrobotics on "Guilty Pleasures - Acronyms" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=258#post-644 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:31:05 +0000 akrobotics 644@http://forums.lrcd.com/ <img src="http://akrobotics.com/images/comics/guilty-pleasures/14-acronyms_600.gif" /> Will on "Alaska Robotics - Dream Big" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=257#post-643 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:06:11 +0000 Will 643@http://forums.lrcd.com/ I love it. Will on "TRASH- Short Film script" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=256#post-642 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:52:22 +0000 Will 642@http://forums.lrcd.com/ Ideas so far from Claire & Dad: -Make it a silent movie -Thought bubbles during boss/joe office convo... My idea: Make it operatic. Not a musical, just a lot of big gestures and talking loudly. I don't know. If I cut Mike's occupation out, the script would lose a page at least, so that's a quick answer if it runs too long. The only reason it is in there is *drumroll* I don't want it to be boring! akrobotics on "Alaska Robotics - Dream Big" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=257#post-641 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:34:45 +0000 akrobotics 641@http://forums.lrcd.com/ <img src="http://akrobotics.com/images/comics/akrobotics/dreambig_600.jpg" /> Will on "TRASH- Short Film script" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=256#post-640 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:33:02 +0000 Will 640@http://forums.lrcd.com/ Here's a short I wrote over the weekend. let me know how you feel about it, if you have any ideas as how to make it not boring. Still not sure about the title. Thanks for checking it out. Will ________ <a href="http://www.geocities.com/underarrest_2000/garbageshortdraft1.doc" rel="nofollow">http://www.geocities.com/underarrest_2000/garbageshortdraft1.doc</a> Eggy on "Alaska Robotics - Not a Sport" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=254#post-639 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:49:27 +0000 Eggy 639@http://forums.lrcd.com/ Actually, have you ever heard of ham-slapping? Somewhat entertaining and extremely self-explanatory. greg chaney on "Comments on Summer 2009 Festival" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=255#post-638 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:40:40 +0000 greg chaney 638@http://forums.lrcd.com/ The University venue was great. Great image quality, great seating, great sound. Now all we need is an audience to go with it. Thanks to everyone who put it on out there. One issue with the Silverbow segment of the festival was that the top of the screen was projected on the curtain. So this time if you weren’t sitting in the front row, you missed both the top and the bottom of the screen. I would like to see the cool Juneau Arts and Humanities Council dancing lead the show again. I love that segment. It really sets the mood. Aurora Projek Beautiful, very hard to capture images. It made me feel glad to be an Alaskan but made me feel like I need to get out there and do more stuff – but I’m definitely not going to snowboard on slopes so steep that I need to outrun avalanches! This piece felt very professional. No apologies needed for production value or musical backdrop. I really loved the fast motion shot of the cruiseship pulling out of town at dusk. Still for everything it had going for it, I still wanted a little interaction with the people who were risking their lives to have fun. The Evil – A Cautionary Tale Basically a fun short in the JUMP tradition. I think the “clock combat” scene could have been a little shorter and I really wanted to see the clock get smashed with the axe even though it didn’t fit the script. Morning Cup This was a good idea but I didn’t feel it lived up to it’s potential. The beginning sequence was very cinematic and it was extremely polished compared to the rest of the movie. Once the film shifted to live action, the production value dropped a couple of notches but the real issue was that the main character didn’t appear sleepy. Then during the coffee shop scene, it appeared that they were selling half full or empty cups. The cups didn’t seem to be full of hot coffee since they didn’t have much weight and no one was handling them gingerly. I was guessing that there wasn’t time or budget to use real coffee in this scene but unfortunately this pulled me out of the movie. At the ending once again the main character didn’t seem sleepy but the miniature cup was a good ending. Rawhide This was the most successful in meeting the axiom “Leave ‘em wanting more.” What’s Really in you Cell Phone This was visually arresting but, they needed a little more content to persuade me to look into the issue further. I wasn’t sure I really understood the problem but I do remember the image of the bleeding phone so I guess it worked. Queen Salmon Since this was my entry, I can’t be objective. The biggest thing that worked for me was that I was actually able to film the project as it progressed. This was very different than the “Mendenhall Towers” doc that I did where it was mostly retrospective and photos. The down side of filming this was the lighting varied wildly. One minute I’m under medium fluorescent, then dim incandescent, then bright sunlight. I had my hands full fighting with the light settings while trying to capture what was going on. Tight Rope Once again, it was nice to have stop motion in the show. Very reflective. The motion followed the music. Since there wasn’t a storyline, it was more of a background piece than something that really held my attention. The Most Ferocious Dance Group Ever Too short. It wasn’t long enough for anything to really happen. At least it met the old adage “Leave ‘em wanting more.” Garbage Man Clever. It was fun to see Jeff Brown younger than he is today. Nicely edited and fun to watch. Is there more of this stuff out there? Custer I loved the fact that these were Native Americans talking about Custer’s Last Stand from their point of view. Unfortunately, I was confused and distracted by what was being said because I remembered that in the years following the battle, there were several published accounts from Indian warriors gave first hand accounts of what happened. None of these first hand accounts matched with what these elders were saying on the video. It’s one thing for them to contradict what was published by the U.S. media but I wanted an explanation for why their stories contradicted the recorded statements of what the Indians said who were in the battle. Intermission Nice to have some more animation in the festival. This was a fun throw away gag but 3 ducks would have been enough. You Don’t Lose Your Girl Just Your Turn Wow, how about that dialog delivery? Sounded like the actors were reading their lines. Maybe that was a comic intent, if so it worked. I like this one up until the guy shot his gun. I wanted the cheating guy to jump out the window or something. Shooting the gun made the whole thing too serious. To match the rest of the mood it needed to end on a funny image. Brown Snow Teaser Another great snowboard video but once again, nothing from the people who are ready to die for another great run. Vote Here This movie seemed really uneven. The guy in the car seemed pretty realistic and together. It was also neat that he was having an unintentional conversation with the radio. This sort of thing is really hard to pull off but it worked. When he got to the polling place, I couldn’t figure out what was going on. A bunch of growling, jumping, running and tackling. Funny but completely baffling. Why? Were these people zombies or republicans who were mad because the election results were announced before the polls closed? It was fun physical humor but it didn’t really fit with the dialog driven humor in the car. A little more plot development in the JAHC would have helped. Now Wear This I’m a little uncomfortable with using lots of copyrighted material. But the fact that you can makes JUMP an underground film festival. Bag 9 Funny but ended abruptly. I wanted more. Maybe an hand reaching in to get??? The Unfortunate I’ve spent the most time thinking about this movie of all the entries. It was very ambitious and it was a good attempt to tell a historic story with images. No clear dialog was used to propel the story. Dark. I bet this was challenging to shoot. So I loved that, but I felt it fell a little short of it’s incredible potential. The transition from historical footage to the modern footage was jarring. It would have been better if the new shots looked more like the original. I think this would have been better in black and white. If color was needed for the blood scenes and the green of the four leaf clover, a little color could have been blended in. In any event the blood seemed over done when compared to the rest of the film. Also, it appeared that this was shot in video at 24p because the images flickered. It’s difficult to get video to look like film but I really don’t like the look of 24p. Very nice soundtrack. Sound editing really punched this up a few notches. I’m curious how much of the soundtrack was original and how much was Foley or purchased sound effects. For all of this, I had a very hard time relating to the main character. He seemed like a robot or a zombie fighting for no reason and without much of a survival instinct. Based on the leading text, I expected him to be trying to escape back to his lines. Taking a prisoner in his situation seemed crazy. I related to the prisoner but I couldn’t understand why he was coldly executed. All in all a great attempt at telling a difficult story with images but it left me wanting a more compelling main character. Buy Back America A fun ending to the festival. Too bad I wasn’t around when they were filming their dance footage. akrobotics on "Alaska Robotics - Not a Sport" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=254#post-637 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:48:35 +0000 akrobotics 637@http://forums.lrcd.com/ <img src="http://akrobotics.com/images/comics/akrobotics/not-a-sport_600.jpg" /> akrobotics on "Buy Back America" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=253#post-636 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:32:22 +0000 akrobotics 636@http://forums.lrcd.com/ <object width="560" height="340"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_1NQHg9Moko&hl=en&fs=1&" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_1NQHg9Moko&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="340" /></object> clintjfarr on "JUMP Society Bylaws | 7-3-2009" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=246#post-635 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:44:17 +0000 clintjfarr 635@http://forums.lrcd.com/ Oh and the work "Commities" in the Article VIII heading is misspelled. clintjfarr on "JUMP Society Bylaws | 7-3-2009" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=246#post-634 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:13:20 +0000 clintjfarr 634@http://forums.lrcd.com/ Instead of making a movie, I was reading the bylaws. Yeah, that's the ticket. Thanks Pat et al. for putting these together. In addition to Greg, here are my thoughts: (Parentheticals are added language) Section 2.1 - Perhaps rewrite the first sentence to say "Membership shall be open to all persons who have paid annual membership dues during (and for) the calendar year." This is the just to clarify that if you bought into JUMP December 20, 2009, you'd have to pony up again January 1 2010. Sections 3.3 and 3.4 I was a little confused. These bylaws were talking about the same thing. I suggest the following: Section 3.3 - Notice of Meetings No meeting of the Corporation shall occur unless a written notice of time, date, place, and agenda is sent to all members... Section 3.4 - Agenda No business of the Corporation shall be considered at a meeting unless said business is included in the meeting agenda. The agenda for meetings shall be ... Section 5.3 - The second sentence could be clearer, I think, if it said, "The (starting time for) term(s) of offices shall alternate ... Section 5.5 - Just to be sure, by this method of election, those who received a middling number of votes may find themselves on "temporary" board seats? Section 6.7 - This section outlines the "Order of Ascension" to the powers of president, and then specifies the president will designate a replacement of the secretary position should it become vacant. I imagine that not just the secretary, but vacancy of any officer position other than the president, will require the president to designate a replacement. Section 7.1 - might add to the end "... as designated by the directors." Section 10.1 - Should there be a special percentage by which to amend the bylaws beyond a simple majority? Section 10.4 - Given that most problems any organization has is related to money, and accountability is paramount, I'm thinking there should be tighter control than the signature of two officers. I recommend that any request to spend JUMP money must have the signature of the Treasurer and the President. Okay, those are my thoughts. Clint Pat on "Forum Update - 1.0.1" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=252#post-633 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:27:15 +0000 Pat 633@http://forums.lrcd.com/ The forum is b0rked. I'll try to get it fixed this week. Sorrrrrry! greg chaney on "JUMP Society Bylaws | 7-3-2009" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=246#post-630 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:29:50 +0000 greg chaney 630@http://forums.lrcd.com/ Hi Pat, The sun went behind some clouds so I can think again. It’s hard for me to describe how nearly impossible it is for me to concentrate on a sunny summer day in Juneau. I’ve gone through the draft JUMP bylaws and I think they look pretty good. I do have a few questions and comments that I’ll list below but on the whole I feel good about the progress we’ve made as a result of your diligent work to pull them together. First a general comment, I got confused by the reference to “Director” in the By Laws. I had assumed that “Director” was the same as “President”. After I read all the way through, I figured out that “Director” could refer to any member of the “Board of Directors”. It would help clarify things a little (for me anyway) if the phrase “Director” could be replaced with “Board Member” or “Member of the Board of Directors”. I know that it isn’t as elegant but I’m afraid that someone just reading a line or two of the By Laws would confuse “Director” with “President”. 3.5 Based on 6.7 it seems there needs to be a least one Officer present in order to run the meeting. So it might be helpful to state that a quorum consists of 5% of the membership, one of which must be an Officer of the Board of Directors. Do we want to allow telephonic or video conferencing participation? 5.5 I think this method of election is more cumbersome than I was envisioning. It’s fine but most of the Non-Profits I know of have a hard time recruiting board members. Getting lots of signatures will be pretty time consuming. I don’t mind leaving that method in the By Laws but it would be good to have an alternative method if there aren’t enough candidates. Possibly, Board Members could be elected by a simple majority of JUMP members at the meeting. Another alternative would be to have an internet based election process but I don’t have good understanding of the potential problems involved. 5.6 Does this require a 2/3 vote of the entire membership, or just a 2/3 vote of those members present at the meeting? Does this require a secret ballot? 6.6 Does the President need to approve information distributed by the Publicist? 7.1 What happens if there isn’t a meeting every 3 months? It seems like a meeting once every 6 months would be a good minimum. Once every 3 months is fine but JUMP has been plugging along by scrambling to put a show together every 6 months. I’m not sure why a minimum of 4 meetings a year would be needed. So those are my thoughts. I'd love to hear what other people think. Cheers - Greg sarah on "Alaska Robotics - The (Awesome) Ghost of Bailey Jones" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=249#post-629 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:39:45 +0000 sarah 629@http://forums.lrcd.com/ very neat idea! and i like the title font...both ways. edward on "Alaska Robotics - Clouds Never Look Like Clouds" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=85#post-628 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:04:45 +0000 edward 628@http://forums.lrcd.com/ Aye those are chemtrails! Slaal on "Alaska Robotics - The (Awesome) Ghost of Bailey Jones" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=249#post-625 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:16:54 +0000 Slaal 625@http://forums.lrcd.com/ I think Ted is wrong. The festival folks love the arty stuff and would eat it up. Whether it would appeal to masses or not probably depends on how it's executed, but he might be right about that. Scott McCloud talked about the infinite canvas when he was up here on his tour, and is big on the innovative comics. He's even posted about this comic on <a href="http://scottmccloud.com/2009/07/14/see-through-comics">his site</a>. Gage on "Alaska Robotics - The (Awesome) Ghost of Bailey Jones" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=249#post-624 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:16:26 +0000 Gage 624@http://forums.lrcd.com/ Cool! I love the idea of using the comic canvas in <a href="http://e-merl.com/pocom.htm">unconventional ways</a>. Heard of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_canvas">Scott McCloud's "infinite canvas?"</a> A speaker talked about this at the WebVisions conference I went to. Good stuff. I had a short film idea that had a similar theme: suicide, but happy. Ted said the idea was too arty and probably nobody would be into it. akrobotics on "Alaska Robotics - The (Awesome) Ghost of Bailey Jones" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=249#post-623 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:53:54 +0000 akrobotics 623@http://forums.lrcd.com/ Visit the AK Robotics site to see the comic... <a href="""//akrobotics.com/comics/2009/07/13/ghost-of-bailey-jones"""">The Awesome Ghost of Bailey Jones</a> <img src="http://akrobotics.com/images/comics/akrobotics/bailey-jones/ghost.jpg" /> nwfc on "36th Northwest Film & Video Festival Call for Submissions--Deadline August 1" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=248#post-622 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:56:20 +0000 nwfc 622@http://forums.lrcd.com/ Filmmakers, submit your work to the 36th Northwest Film & Video Festival, presented by the Northwest Film Center. Entry deadline is Saturday August 1, 2009 Festival runs November 6-14, 2009 The Northwest Film & Video Festival is the most venerable and comprehensive showcase of outstanding work made by filmmakers living in the region. Entries are judged by a prominent filmmaker, curator or critic who determines the Festival awards. Past judges have included Gus Van Sant, Matt Groening, Todd Haynes, Kelly Reichardt, Christine Vachon, Bill Plympton, and, Sundance and Outfest programmer, John Cooper. Generally, 30-45 shorts, features and documentaries are screened during the Festival, then 10-15 shorts are selected for the Best of the Northwest Tour program, which travels the following year throughout the Northwest to media arts centers, museums, arts councils and universities. Filmmakers are also eligible for over $15,000 of Production Service Awards provided by sponsoring companies with valuable production resources. Permanent residents of Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington may submit two works of any length or genre released since August 1, 2007 and not previously entered in the Festival. Student entries (college and university only) must be from a school located in the Northwest. More information and entry forms are available at the Northwest Film Center's web site: <a href="http://www.nwfilm.org/festivals/nwfvf/" rel="nofollow">http://www.nwfilm.org/festivals/nwfvf/</a> Questions should be directed to Festival Coordinator: Thomas Phillipson: <a href="mailto:thomas@nwfilm.org">thomas@nwfilm.org</a>. The Northwest Film Center <a href="http://www.nwfilm.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.nwfilm.org</a> Portland, OR sarah on "Alaska Robotics - Pass the Ball - For Victory" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=247#post-621 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:07:22 +0000 sarah 621@http://forums.lrcd.com/ Glad to see SP enter the comic realm! hillpagan on "Alaska Robotics - Robot Goat Leg Pants" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=225#post-620 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:46:41 +0000 hillpagan 620@http://forums.lrcd.com/ LOVE this. It's sweet. akrobotics on "Alaska Robotics - Pass the Ball - For Victory" http://forums.lrcd.com/topic.php?id=247#post-619 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:10:24 +0000 akrobotics 619@http://forums.lrcd.com/ <img src="http://akrobotics.com/images/comics/akrobotics/palin_600.jpg" />