In our third (out of four) articles detailing the process of independent film making, I sat down once again with Jennifer Clary to discuss post-production on her first feature length film, The Silent Thief.
The original Oculus short was so impressive that it stood at the top of the MFM shorts list for 18 months. Flanagan's next feature, Absentia (which he raised money for on Kickstarter and shot with a 5D Mark II DSLR camera), received the first 10.0 for a feature in MFM's history. Absentia would then go on a whirlwind festival tour and be released via video on demand, Redbox, and Netflix. Now we speak with Flanagan about his feature film version of Oculus which is slated for theatrical distribution in 2013!
One of the personalities I got a chance to know is just launched DarkestGoth Magazine editor, GV Pasclato. Recently, he and his team started working on a new way of using Kickstarter in the form of the mira nocta Bluegrass Goth Festival. I personally hadn't thought of using Kickstarter for an event, but had to admit it had lots of possibilities for Independent filmmakers who might want to do their own film festival or a multi-faceted exploration of a few film series with cult followings.
I liked what their ideas were enough that I was even willing to speak on camera to some of their readers, who have a lot of similarities to our filmmaking audience, and even to agree to show the Day 419 film with a Q&A if their event is funded.
With that said, here's a brief interview that GV was kind enough to give me about what they're doing:
I attended the Gen Con 2011 convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. I was very lucky to have time to attend a number of panels and discussions hosted by the Gen Con Film Section. I met Kate Chaplin during the panel on How to Get Into the Movie Biz.
Ms. Chaplin has worked on a number of films and projects including “Leah Not Leia” (which she was screening at the Gen Con Film Festival). She agreed to spend some time telling us about her projects, thoughts and views.
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My life has been guided by the movies I’ve seen. I like to think it’s no accident. The first film I ever saw was Star Wars, I was 3 months old sitting on my mother’s lap. I doubt I could see the screen but my mother tells the tale that I was so calm and content. I think it was the sounds, the colors, and the comfort of people all sharing the same moment in time.
When I was about 10 years old I saw “The Gold Rush” by Charlie Chaplin on TV. Trapped in a log cabin during winter he became so hungry he ate his own shoe. For the first time my mind switched from entertainment to questioning how did they do that? I went to the library (way before a Google search) and studied Chaplin. I learned that he had shoes made of licorice and that is what he was eating. I felt as though I saw behind the curtain of the wise and powerful Wizard of OZ and saw the little man pulling the strings. From then on I wanted to know all the tricks in the movie biz.