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| Written by Taryn Shick | |
| Tuesday, 29 January 2008 | |
 On Tuesday, February 5,
at 7pm at the Main Art Theater in Royal Oak, Sockblobula will be on
the big screen. Sockblobula will be sharing the screen with the
headlining film, MySpace: The Movie. Sockblobula’s
screening is made possible by Thought Collide and The Mitten Movie
Project. The first Tuesday of every month, The Main Art Theater
hosts a presentation of independent film projects. The presentation
is put together by Thought Collide and The Mitten Movie Project.
Past screenings have included episodes of InZero. InZero is a
science fiction type series that is being shot in three days per
month for a year, yielding a total of twelve 20-minute episodes. For
more information on Thought Collide, The Mitten Movie Project and
their mission statements, goals and projects, go to:
http://www.thebrokenfuture.com/
(previously thoughtcollide.com).My short film, Sockblobula, is my second sock puppet short to be screened in the Mitten Movie Project’s monthly festival. Sock Puppet Zombies Attack was shown during Zombie Night that took place on November 6, 2007. Sockblobula is a tribute to the slasher genre. Although it is being screened second, it is actually the first short filmed. I have just finished filming another sock puppet short and hope to have it edited and screened in the festival in March or April. I plan to create at least six shorts total to be put together as a series. Sockblobula and Sock Puppet Zombies Attack can both be seen currently on my My Space page. Hope to see you there! Here are the details
for the February Mitten Movie Project: TERRA (Raine Taurus 2069) [trailer] – Intrinsic Film (2008) (01:30) Directed by Nathan Quinn of SKITZ TV, The Crotchening, and Unconventional. One of several backstory shorts for the upcoming 2008 Future Fiction TV / Internet series TERRA. In this piece, tenacious journalist – Raine Taurus – has hired the S.E.R. (Shadow Earth Resistance) to help her investigate Predidyne Labs, a lab that is rumored to conduct unethical experiments and build abhorrent technologies. They discover that it's all too true as the DIMS (Digitally Integrated Modified Soldiers) are running loose around the labs as well as the neighboring buildings. Once activated, the DIMS pound anything in their sight to a bloody pulp. After the Bloodrush [trailer] – No Fun Films (02:08) Written and directed by Peter Trudgeon. After a virus exterminates ninety percent of the vampire population and turns eight percent into powerless "blood junkies," some of the survivors stage what seems to be a Last Stand in Hamtramck, Michigan, by taking a valuable hostage . . . but things are not entirely what they seem as old grudges rise to the surface. With vampire hunters on one side, ancient powers on the other, and a trio of crazy vampire girls stuck in the middle, the only way out is through a maze of betrayals. www.nofunfilms.com, www.myspace.com/afterthebloodrush American Piety [trailer] – Mass Effect Productions (01:40) Directed by Steven Karageanes. The trailer for this award-winning short takes a comedic look at what happens when a misguided man with more faith in his iPod than God gets hit by a car and goes to purgatory, and the only way to get back to Earth is choose a religion from three speed-dating sessions with Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. "American Piety” will make its screen debut on March 5th as part of the March Mitten Movie Project. The Good Wife’s Guide – Directed by Kristine Trever (06:50) Inspired by “The Good Wife’s Guide” that was originally published in the May 13, 1955, issue of Housekeeping Monthly, this witty and bizarre short features Ruth (Dana Drew) as she goes about her daily duties as the good wife. The original text of “The Good Wife’s Guide” was used for the voiceover narration. Originally from Detroit, Kristine Trever is now studying for her Ph.D. at Virginia Commonwealth University in Media, Art and Text. Revolver – Skeletons in the Closet Films (1997) (05:43) Written and directed by Tom Gurisko. A short film that takes a lyrical look at the fine line between appreciation and exploitation. A cautionary tale about the hazards of sharing. Intersection – KNAGENfilms (2007) (02:08) Written and directed by Tom Gurisko. Produced by Jen Atanasovski. Director of Photography Jeffery Schultz. Short horror film conceived as an experiment for the “Slo-mo Horror Film Festival.” Restricted by a 60 second length (not including titles), being shot entirely in slo-motion and staying within the genre of Horror, this film represented a unique challenge. “Intersection” is about the implications of a chance encounter on a dark street -- the beginning of the end as the plague spreads. Sockblobula – Directed by Taryn Shick (07:37) The first installment in the sock puppet series by Taryn Shick. A group of sock puppet friends spend the night together. Will they survive the night? Or fall victim to . . . Sockblobula?!?! “g” – Directed by Rich Jackson (1996) (01:30) “g” is an experimental animation made of 1,350 individual hand drawn frames. More metaphorical than literal, the short follows an apparently un-flight worthy character sporting homemade wings who is faced with the choice of whether to put them into use. Eternal Education – Directed by Shrine High School Summer Animation Students (4:59) In association with a Ramp Production, Chili Jacc 98, and a Livid Hands Production. “Eternal Education” tells the tale of a mysterious, sunglass-clad girl (Becky Sase) who has control over a powerful clock that makes the school day longer for the already dreary students of Shrine High School. The students try to obtain her clock and change the time so that the day will finally end. Mangurt–Yogurt for Men – Thought Collide Productions (01:51) Directed by Rob Gulley and written by Gary Burnaska. Absurdist comedy at its best, this commercial debuts yogurt flavors like cold pizza, cheeseburger, and buffalo wild wings. Starring Clark Eagling, Howard Hertz, Bart Bealmear, Tiffanie Kilgast, Nicole LaDouceur, and Jeanne Joubin. www.thebrokenfuture.com Forever in Time – A Chuck Grady Film (28:30) During WWII a pilot meets a girl at a USO dance and it’s love at first sight. After marrying the next day, he leaves for Europe but promises to return to have one more dance. However, his plane is shot down and he is killed. Now 60 years after his death, as she’s selling her house and being put into a nursing home by her daughter, she begins to receive mysterious signs from the pilot to meet at the train station where they last saw each other. Starring Jim Lewis (InZer0, Little Red Devil, The Horsemen). MySpace: The Movie – Vendetta Studios and David Lehre Productions (11:17) Directed by David Lehre. The history making, most downloaded movie of all-time masterpiece by Detroit born director, David Lehre. Follow the stories of five people whose worlds were changed forever because of the addictive social networking site. Watch out for the Yeti! www.davidlehre.com |
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