By Luke Whitford
Vlado Krimpl has been described as the story teller of our generation, branching from feature films to video clips for popular music stars, but his latest masterpiece is an advertisement for “Triple V Radio”.*
Vlado Krimpl doesn’t express a keen interest in radio per se but when asked why he chose to direct the advertisement for Triple V he said he was “interested in directing and filming anything that tells a story”.
I asked Vlado about what we see in the ad. “The advertisement takes place with a man on his way to work listening to Triple V on his iPod. He is listening to the song “So Excited”, also the slogan for the Triple V.
“He gets into the lift and basically goes crazy singing to the song. At the end another employee walks in looking disgruntled at him”.
So many elements working together in perfect harmony to tell the untold story of a man getting excited before he goes to work; Vlado Krimpl truly is the story teller of our generation.
*Note that this information isn't strictly true; it was written for the purposes of an assignment. However, Vlado really did make a mock commercial for Radio Triple V.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
The Afterness
By Brody Mendhem
My major is like a music video, the song is “The Hollow” by
Coheed and Cambria.
There is a car crash at the beginning and throughout the
short film the main character’s friends and family are ignoring him and acting
strange. Then the main character over hears his parents fighting over pulling
the plug on him or not. It turns out the main character is in a coma and his
soul is just walking around and interacting with the world but no one can see
him. His parents pull the plug on him and he exits “the Afterness”.
My major is similar to movies like “the sixth sense” and
“ghost”.
"Welcome to the Real World, Gamer"
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| Detail from a storyboard by Kyle Kelleher. |
By Kyle Kelleher
The following is the opening scenes from a video being made as part of the Certificate III in media at Bathurst TAFE in central New South Wales, Australia.
INT. INSIDE GAME (MINECRAFT)
From the point of view of STEVE, a Minecraft character, we see him punching a tree to get wood, putting items into place to make tools, and if he died (e.g. falling in lava) he would respawn either near where he started or at the last bed he slept in.
He continues through this continuing cycle throughout the game, up to the time he builds a portal he believes will take him to another realm called the Nether (the real world’s equivalent of hell or hades).
EXT. REAL WORLD. DAY
He wakes up in the real world, afraid of what he sees. Nothing looks like what he’s used to in his pixelated world.
MINECRAFT PLAYER
where am I...? Huh?
What happened to the world?
It looks so strange…
He looks around to see if he can do anything to help him ‘survive’ in this new world, first by going to try and get some wood.
MINECRAFT PLAYER
hm... maybe if I hit this tree
I can start my new life here
He taps the tree a few times, but nothing happens.
MINECRAFT PLAYER
well that didn’t work...
maybe I’m not hitting
the tree hard enough
He punches the tree really hard, but nothing happens to the tree. His hand is hurt.
MINECRAFT PLAYER
OW F*** THAT HURT!
He looked around and found some sticks and pebbles/rocks, and tries to arrange them on a table in hopes to make a tool such as a pickaxe, but nothing happens.
MINECRAFT PLAYER
maybe I’m doing it wrong…
He kept trying, but eventually gave up and just put the items in his pocket
INT. RANDOM DARK ROOM
He enters a dark room, but has 1 of his sticks out in case of a monster attack.
MINECRAFT PLAYER
It’s really dark in here.
There better not be any
zombies or skeletons in here
… wait what if there’s
a creeper in here?!
He randomly swings the stick around, hitting random objects.
EXT. DAY
· He walks around, getting worried
o Minecraft player: I have to get. But how can I get home? It’s not possible. But there has to be a way. I really miss home (repeat this a few times)
· He eventually gives up and tries to jump off a ledge to kill himself and hopefully respawn, but neither happens
o Minecraft player: what? Why can’t I die? … wait a minute… am I immortal?!
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
GLOBAL SHORT FILM CHALLENGE RAISES ECO AWARENESS IN 48 HOURS
By Tom Papas
Registrations for the world’s largest environmental film making challenge are now open.
Developed in Australia, the 48 EcoFilm Challenge invites creative and passionate filmmakers from around the world to devote one weekend to making a short environmentally-focused film about one theme crucial to the health of our planet.
The initiative is supported by NRMA Motoring and Services,
“The EcoFilm Fest has been developing in Parramatta over the past two years. This year, we are going global," says festival director Tom Papas. “We've chosen a theme that impacts everyone in everyday life - sustainable transport”.
The official 48 hour time period begins at 7pm on Friday May 24, in each town or city around the world. Each registered entrant receives by email or text message the randomly allocated elements - subject, character, prop and line of dialogue - that must be included in their four to seven minute film. Filmmakers then write, shoot, edit, produce and begin uploading their EcoFilm by 7pm on Sunday, May 26, 2013.
This year’s judging panel is headed by renowned Hollywood producer Andrew Sugerman, who has been involved in the production of many films over the past thirty years. His latest production is Janis Joplin: ‘Get It While You Can’.
Also gracing the judging panel is Ken Stewart, award winning writer-producer-director, former senior creative marketing executive at Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures.
On Friday July 19 the EcoFilm Awards will celebrate global ecodiversity by screening the EcoFilm finalists at the Riverside Theatres in Parramatta, Australia. There are cash prizes of $12,500, including the $3,000 Parramatta Prize awarded to the film that best "Inspires Change". There will also be a cash prize of $5,000 for the world’s "Best NRMA Motoring and Services EcoFilm".
Tom Papas says: ”This is an exciting initiative which encourages filmmakers of all ages to work together to raise awareness of the challenges transport presents, through very the accessible and entertaining medium of film”.
Registrations are strictly limited and are now open to filmmakers until May 24.
48 Hour Festival Inc, trading as EcoFilm Fest, is a not for profit incorporated association in NSW Australia. It operates under an advisory board of local and international members. The 48 EcoFilm Challenge film initiative was developed to promote the role that film can play in raising global awareness through film. Its vision is to bring together audiences to celebrate global ecodiversity through short films in the largest ecofilm focus across the planet.
Visit www.ecofilmfest.org.
Skype: ecofilm.fest
Registrations for the world’s largest environmental film making challenge are now open.
Developed in Australia, the 48 EcoFilm Challenge invites creative and passionate filmmakers from around the world to devote one weekend to making a short environmentally-focused film about one theme crucial to the health of our planet.
The initiative is supported by NRMA Motoring and Services,
“The EcoFilm Fest has been developing in Parramatta over the past two years. This year, we are going global," says festival director Tom Papas. “We've chosen a theme that impacts everyone in everyday life - sustainable transport”.
The official 48 hour time period begins at 7pm on Friday May 24, in each town or city around the world. Each registered entrant receives by email or text message the randomly allocated elements - subject, character, prop and line of dialogue - that must be included in their four to seven minute film. Filmmakers then write, shoot, edit, produce and begin uploading their EcoFilm by 7pm on Sunday, May 26, 2013.
This year’s judging panel is headed by renowned Hollywood producer Andrew Sugerman, who has been involved in the production of many films over the past thirty years. His latest production is Janis Joplin: ‘Get It While You Can’.
Also gracing the judging panel is Ken Stewart, award winning writer-producer-director, former senior creative marketing executive at Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures.
On Friday July 19 the EcoFilm Awards will celebrate global ecodiversity by screening the EcoFilm finalists at the Riverside Theatres in Parramatta, Australia. There are cash prizes of $12,500, including the $3,000 Parramatta Prize awarded to the film that best "Inspires Change". There will also be a cash prize of $5,000 for the world’s "Best NRMA Motoring and Services EcoFilm".
Tom Papas says: ”This is an exciting initiative which encourages filmmakers of all ages to work together to raise awareness of the challenges transport presents, through very the accessible and entertaining medium of film”.
Registrations are strictly limited and are now open to filmmakers until May 24.
48 Hour Festival Inc, trading as EcoFilm Fest, is a not for profit incorporated association in NSW Australia. It operates under an advisory board of local and international members. The 48 EcoFilm Challenge film initiative was developed to promote the role that film can play in raising global awareness through film. Its vision is to bring together audiences to celebrate global ecodiversity through short films in the largest ecofilm focus across the planet.
Visit www.ecofilmfest.org.
Skype: ecofilm.fest
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