Indie Wednesday: Spooky Club

This Halloween, Spooky Club decide to retrieve the stolen skull of Vincent Price and cremate it, just like he wanted. Vincent Price died on the 25th October 1993. Support his legacy by visiting these pages - http://www.vincentprice.com / http://www.vincentpricelegacy.com Interested in joining Spooky Club? Click here - http://holomaxtheatre.com/join-spooky-club A film by Joe and Lloyd Stas. Starring Michael Muyunda, Simon Curd, Clare Woods, Rowan Stas and Chewie. Also featuring Daniel Scheinert, one half of 'DANIELS' and co-director of Swiss Army Man. Go and watch that film right now. See a behind the scenes video here - https://vimeo.com/187955279 Read a production blog here - http://tinyurl.com/spookyblog http://holomaxtheatre.com facebook.com/holomax twitter.com/holomaxtheatre instagram.com/holomaxtheatre Shot on the Digital Bolex D16 with Veydra lenses.

LANGUAGE WARNING

Here's something to get you primed for Halloween. Spooky Club may not be the best short film you've ever seen and the Wes Anderson influence is working overtime, BUT...  For all you filmmakers out there, this is what I would suggest you take away from Spooky Club: production design is everything. 90% of what makes Spooky Time work was done before the first frame was ever shot.

Indie Wednesday: Welcome to The Last Bookstore

This short documentary focuses on the life of Josh Spencer, owner and operator of “The Last Bookstore”, located in Downtown Los Angeles. Against the closure of massive bookstore chains and the rise of eReaders, Josh has been able to create a local resurgence of the printed word. We explore his life as a father, husband, small business owner, and paraplegic, as well as the store’s magnetic attraction of the community.

We've got a short doc to share today because I'm all about paper and analog, man. It'll draw you in; it's a good story.

Indie Wednesday: BÄR

"Bär" is a personal story about my grandfathers past in World War 2. The film is my graduation project from the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany. It was finished in 2014. I am very thankfull that within the last 2 years, the film was screened on over 150 festivals worldwide, win Awards and Special Mentions and had me travel to many of those wonderfull festivals. I thank everyone involved in helping me create this very personal piece and the people choosing the film for their festivals. Thank you very much! Please go to my website for more info about the film and myself: www.floerks.de Thank you for watching! Credits: Music and Sound: Christian Heck (sumophonic.de) Production: Julia Smola Excerpt of Prizes, Nominations and Official Selections: First Steps Award 2014 / Winner Short and Animation Film 12th Shnit International Short Film Festival / Nomination: Jury Award Up to 10 Minutes Section Reflecta Film Festival 2014 / Audience Award Couch Fest Films 2014 / Golden Couch Watersprite 2015 / Nominated for The Animation & Original Film Music Categories 20th It’s All True International Documentary Film Festival / Special Mention Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival / Best Animation 9th Wendland Shorts Kurzfilmfestival / Best Documentary Film 4th International Tour Film Fest / Special Mention 23rd Curtas Vila Do Conde International Film Festival / Best Documentary 22nd Capalbio International Film Festival / Special Mention 12th Indianapolis International Film Festival / Best Short 2nd International Film Festival Crosscurrent / Winner in The Category International Contracorriente 14th Concorto Film Festival 2015 / Golden Donkey Award 8th Filmzeitkaufbeuren / Special Mention Innovation Award of the Jury 30th Brest European Short Film Festival / Shorts Tv Award for The Ovni Competition Prix Ars Electronica 2015 Computer Animation/Film/VFX/ Award of Distinction Annecy 2015 / Official Selection Unicato / Unicato Award film of the year 2015 For the full list, please visit http://augohr.de/catalogue/baer

NOTE:  BE SURE TO TURN CAPTIONS ON (CC)

An animation student, Pascal Floerks, tells a story about his grandfather's past in this short film. Visually substituting a bear for his grandfather was an interesting and, in my estimation, very effective choice. Why do you think he made that decision?

Indie Wednesday: Girl On the Escalator

A film by Kayhan Lannes Ozmen, based on the poem "Girl on the escalator" by Charles Bukowski. nowness.com/story/girl-on-the-escalator-charles-bukowski Production Companies: Cosmo Cine & O2 FILMES Casting: The Girl: Nicole Della Costa The Boyfriend: Breno Moreira Voice Over: James Scott Girlfriend at the park: Caetana Metsavaht Guy at the disco: Pedro Prado Guru: Olav Lorentzen Screenplay and Director: Kayhan Lannes Ozmen Assistant Director: Guilherme Meirelles DoP: Daniel Venosa A.C.: Michele Diniz Gaffer: Lucas Stirling Art Director: Isabel Pedrosa Set Designer: Marcos Reis Costume Designer: Violaine Cadinot & Maria Alice Salgado Sound: Luiz Henrique Lins Campos Executive Producers: Kayhan Lannes Ozmen & Rejane Bicca Producer: Bernardo Portella Driver: Amarilio Lopes Catering: Neusa Maria de Paula & Eva Sound Design and Mix: Serhan Lannes Ozmen Edit & Color Correction: Kayhan Lannes Ozmen

For filmmakers struggling to find inspiration; a reminder that it can come from anywhere. This short adapts a Charles Bukowski poem to great effect. Exercise those filmmaking muscles whenever and wherever you can. Develop style. Develop voice. Don't agonize over writing the perfect script or finding the perfect hook at the cost of your own evolution.

NOTE:  MATERIAL IS A BIT MATURE (but nothing we're too embarrassed to share)

Indie Wednesday: Yacht Rock 10



LANGUAGE WARNING
Anyone familiar with the Indie Wednesday post knows I'm a huge mark for JD Ryznar.  Today just feels like an Eagles/Steely Dan day and Yacht Rock is ready to scratch that itch.

Indie Wednesday: Fresh Guacamole

As I edit and design Space Cops t-shirts in my pajamas, it seems like a good time to share a video with you. The Oscars are tomorrow night and

Fresh Guacamole

is the shortest film ever nominated. Now you can act like smarto tomorrow and tell everyone you've seen this.

Indie Wednesday: All's Fair



WARNING: SALTY LANGUAGE
The language in this short is much saltier than anything we've shared here before. So steer clear if you have sensitive ears. It's just such a nice bit of filmmaking that I decided to put it up and I'm relying on you to determine whether you should watch or not.

Very solid work from Todd Strauss-Schulson. You're going to like this. (Is there something wrong with my browser, though? It almost looks like the camera is on an auto-iris setting and I can't believe that would be the case on a production that looks this great.)

Enjoy your Indie Wednesday!

Indie Wednesday: Icons



I had a true indie short all ready to go for Indie Wednesday. But, then I saw this.

Academy Films brings us an amazing 50 seconds all done in a single shot. For a commercial no less. I'm jealous. If you want to see how they did it, you can find more here.

Indie Wednesday: Sorry Slide



It isn't even 11pm, so this totally counts as Indie Wednesday. And the Live Prude Girls bring us the shortest Indie Wednesday of all time. Sorry Slide clocks in at 5 seconds.

I'm celebrating the funny and fetching Milana Vayntrub tonight because I saw her on an AT&T commercial yesterday. And it was funny. Stevie and Milana are already successful, but they're headed for really, really big things. All because they had one of the first videos featured right here on Indie Wednesday.


...You don't think that's "likely?"
What do you mean? And what does "likely" mean? You know, what--  just don't even...
I think I want you to shut your big mouth.
You know what? Actually, yeah I'm sure of it.
Just--
UHGH!

Hey look, it's a bonus vid... (Space Cops needs to get internet famous so we can land a guest spot on this show. Episodes 4 and 5 are coming, so let's make it happen, people.)