48 HOUR FILM PROJECT: 2012 Best Film Winners, 48hfp [Skiffleboom.com]
This is a list of all the “Best Film” winners of the 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT, 2012 (as of November 25, 2012). These city winners will be screened at Filmapalooza 2013, the official 48HFP Awards Weekend. 10 of the best films of the 2012 Tour will be screened at the Cannes Film Festival‘s Short Film Corner in 2013.
Please note: Some filmmakers opt not to post their videos. Several filmmakers enter their 48 Hour films into various film festivals—festivals whose rules prohibit sharing their films online.
Compiled by Michael McVey, Skiffleboom.com (Boston 2012 Best Film Winner, 48HFP – “MANNA“)
Nijmegen – Thinkfish Media – “Exorsister”
https://vimeo.com/38776740
Machinima – Oblivious Films – “Crueler Heads Prevail”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ockkxlzrt_A
Amman – After Two – “Life to Death”
No link yet
Hyderabad – VINOOTHNA GEETHA – “ANUKOKUNDA”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCbz7QYqflc
Brisbane – Team Rabriate – “The Fox & The Flightless Bird”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=105nHXXo5eU
Las Vegas – Light Forge Studios – “Super Awesome Buddy Squad”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dfZyhPSnow
Barcelona – Los Churumbeles de Paca – “Iron Man”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJC0NM1Pxdo
Amsterdam – Tutti Crew – RAUWTAFEL
https://vimeo.com/41935997
Washington D.C. – Big Honkin’ – “Advancing Age”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsoAOy9CKtM
Kaohsiung – Mary Stewed Chicken Wings – “Presence”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sue0JQ-gH-c
Boston – Skiffleboom Productions – Manna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyJHE1YRjDg
Cincinnati – W.H.O. Productions – “Magic Trip”
No Link yet
Edinburgh – Dead Square – “Coffin Up”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3hYehS1BNk
Kraków – Kinomelina Studio – “48h TV”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D08nvGcfl5E
Miami – Underlab Studios – “Split”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXXFA75esNU
Baltimore – Star Wipe Films – “Welcome To The Neighborhood”
https://vimeo.com/44930624
Dijon – Unknown
New York – Fat Cow Productions – “The Last Prank”
https://vimeo.com/48853046
San Diego – Amalgamated Grommets – “Momentum”
No link yet. Making of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPVyGevfVWM (MAKING OF)
St. Louis – Boxing Clever – “Imagined Slights”
https://vimeo.com/44109994
Hampton Roads – Synergy 757 – “Worst…Day…Ever!!!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omAltoWj-lQ
Houston – Raven Films – “Crackerjack”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lISSKnrR3I0
Madrid – El Mono con Platillos – “Lacrimal”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4e-i3OVL8w
Milwaukee – Flip Eleven Creative – “Until Death”
https://vimeo.com/43786299
Minneapolis – Above-the-Line Entertainment – “Coming Out”
UNKNOWN – User channel https://vimeo.com/abovethelineent
New Hampshire – Purple Finch Moving Picture Society – “Coming of Age”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrSDi_h4RAg
Salt Lake City – TIC – “A Kessler Centennial”
No Link Yet
San Francisco – Straight to DVD – “Always There”
https://vimeo.com/44749693
Atlanta – FUGO Studios – “A Head Held High”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydhNpSw_tuI
Dallas – Bad and Classic Productions – “No Good Deed”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53HFEuxROCE
Jacksonville – Moses von Holland – “Nora”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn-KLOsc7oQ
Seville – Entreleones – “La próxima parada”
https://vimeo.com/44204786
Asheville – Out of State Bank – “Hickory Dickory Dock”
https://vimeo.com/44630259
Fargo – Team Wilhelm Scream – “The Hardest Part”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v109R8EjayU
Greensboro – Amalgamated Filmworks – “Cake”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh540uYskB0
Montreal – Columboy.2079 – “La Mésaventure”
No Link Yet, Team’s vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/user749227
Tel Aviv – “fine voice” – in Nature
UNKNOWN – http://www.facebook.com/groups/109935809045055/
Beruit – On Time – “Special Revenge”
UNKNOWN. Award Ceremony: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJB2Bh-_cMo
Albuquerque – Trinidad Mustache – “Where Sheep May Safely Graze”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLwF6nBXHrM
Brasov – Tataistii – “Vine Vremea”
No link yet
Detroit – Camp Super Rad Fire – “It Came From Zarnek”
No link yet
Memphis – Hero Shot – “Dead Giveaway”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SqBEnO-V-o
Nashville – Just a Little Bit Films – “George”
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4391484944531
Philadelphia – “Silent Treatment” by Thing Two
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTpiw3q93BM
Providence – “Relax” by Stand Up Films
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9CNccUXHC8
Richmond - ”Knock Knock” by AVAdventures
No link yet, Team’s Youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/theAVAdventure
Seattle – “The Vespa Vigilante” by Golden Doodle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlsSBuAZzZA
Louisville – Team HiHo! – “Phenomenal Johnson”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAubL_6GB1o
Madison – “Filling In” by Firmament Films
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E_5tL-eySM
Pittsburgh – “Letter Die: A Gamut Sibling Mystery” by Mike & Andy
https://vimeo.com/47111186
Tampa-St. Petersburg - ”F” by Klingon Tears
https://vimeo.com/50515609
Chicago - Back 40 Productions – “Module 47″
https://vimeo.com/47614882
Cleveland – “PheMIMEnon” by FNA Productions
No link yet – Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJd39Vn5hn0
Columbus - CineMache – “Last Call”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx64vYAehwg
Des Moines – Slater Maxwell Productions – “The Last Airbander”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fM5pgZhXjg
New Haven - ”Kitty Carlson & the Hunt for the West Brookfield Creeper” by Password 123
No post yet, Teaser Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk3HcAyqKWc
Buffalo – Idle Entertainment – “Perdition”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHNG157dI-0
Denver - ”Eleven 0 One” by StrangeR Studios
https://vimeo.com/47557759
Dundee - ”GoodNewsBurningFire: The Musical” by Little Earth Productions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTguc7LC40s
Indianapolis - ”The Days Before” by Invisible Magnets
No link yet, Team website: http://invisiblemagnets.com/48_2012.html
Kansas City - IZZO Productions – “Road Movie”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DigWa5qW05E
Los Angeles - ”The Crossing” by B & C
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFnsR7vVRoM
Portland, Maine - ”Shaggy & Lola” by Round Bale Pictures
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NRc36jrqMI
Signapore - ”ZeroSum” by Team SWEAT
No link yet – Team facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/teamsweat48hfp
Delhi – “Pen Chor” by Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR-DmutrI5s
New Orleans - Zombie and the Brain - ”The Adventures of Keith Flippen, Diggery-Doo Player from the 3rd Dimension! Episode 14: In the Clutches of Queen Calamitous”
No link yet, Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgKHBAL269k
Oklahoma City - ”Living Dead with the Decays” by Option D Productions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKTOnC7ptUw
Paducah – Burning Bush Productions – “TimmyVision”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWTVhEtfpxA
Portland, Oregon - ”Bad Time” by Bad A 5K
No link yet – user Vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/user2276111
San Jose - Fish Eye Films – “OKANE 1.0″
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TOIcL_lpn0
Jackson – Eye Suck – “The Retirement Party”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYoKQrjlMns
Little Rock - “La Petite Mort” by BrickHut
No link yet – Filmmaker’s blog: http://brickhut.wordpress.com/
Orlando - ”Bottomless” by STARTFEST
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13ZWBrsIO4g
San Antonio – Merky Water Films – “The Cow Jumped Over The Moon: The Musical”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJWT6m3NMy8
Austin – “Don’t Look at Me” – Out of State Bank
http://vimeo.com/48275355
Inland Empire - ”Dark Horizons” by Men of Low Moral Fiber
http://vimeo.com/48617384
Rotterdam – “Sorry” by Team Jeroen Houben
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpgUbqhrp-8
Savannah – Pink Squirrel – “American Sugar”
https://vimeo.com/49274302
Vilnius – Unknown
Johannesburg – Team Pi R Squared - ”Beau Belle Cosmetics”
http://vimeo.com/50519282
Cairo - ”I’m Going to Space” by The Leaders
No Link yet
Ho Chi Minh City – Unknown
Mongolia - ”NADAD GEREL HEREGTEI…” by Step Creative
No Link yet, Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30vTmfxa9TU
London - ”Glove” by They Aren’t the Droids You’re Looking For
No Link yet
Warsaw - ”Ile stopni ma ciepły Głos” – Sahimoto Pictures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOPMlEWf394
Hanoi – Nov 10th
Malaga - AAOI – “Los Pájaros”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKC2X0AuCAU
Prague - LÁSKA – “HLAVNÍ CHOD”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3XwcKLkbK4
Utrecht – “Broerloos” by Extra Strong Productions
https://vimeo.com/50829979
Berlin - tight tonic – “The Last City”
https://vimeo.com/51423349
Glasgow - ”Coast” by Uneffable
http://vimeo.com/51218357
Kuala Lumpur – “Misi Y.B.” by Splaspan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydh6WGhm3og
Osaka - ”Holiday” by Captain Movie (キャプテンムービー)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLKbOk2fqMI
Paris - Jacques Serres – de l’équipe Avec volontiers (Happy with the Team)
http://vimeo.com/53115484
Lyon - Les dernières marches de l’équipe Les Loups Blancs
No Link Yet.
New South Wales - ”Resurrection” by The Starwipes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj9IgC9fPwQ
Renens - Kid’s Chaîne, par YesWeCam
No Link Yet.
Granada - ”Y yo Peor” by il sceneggiatore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OH_ktE3N_c
Hong Kong – Team Dragon – “Basket Case”
No link yet, TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8xpiiRxFcE
Melbourne – Unknown
Seoul – “Turn Off” by 손다겸
No link yet.
Shanghai – Solo – “I Agree with You” (我同意你的看法)
No link yet
Belgium - ”<3″ by Sjoerd de Bont
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaq0enlWKIE
Cape Town - Past Tense by Bench Films
No Link Yet. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seCMDX1wphg
Geneva - Sinister Games, by GRAHAL
No Link Yet. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO9a-K-X6zE
Lisbon - ”Os Indomáveis”, por GOLPE (“The Indomitable” by SWAT)
No Link Yet. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2MhAlScqdI
Dubai / دبيّ - ”The Pillow-Case” by Guerrilla Film Crew
No Link Yet. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBWt2j676ug
Beijing / 北京 – Nov. 30th
Istanbul / İstanbul - ”Nevred” by Nevred
No Link Yet. Trailer: http://vimeo.com/52989674
Mumbai / मुंबई – “Dry State” by The Procrastinators
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0kyfq90vEw
Toronto – Nov. 26th
Tirana / Tiranë – Nov. 26th
…More to come. Visit the official 48 Hour Film Project page.
*Please note this is an unofficial list. Any errors are unintentional. If you spot any issues, please leave a comment… thank you.
Michael McVey, Skiffleboom.com
48HFP Awards and “THE MAKING OF MANNA” Documentary by Skiffleboom [Best Film Winner - 2012 Boston 48 Hour Film Project]
“Good news everyone!” Skiffleboom Productions’ entry into the 48 Hour Film Project, Boston 2012 made it all the way to the “Best of Boston” screening. On June 20th, 2012, a selection of the “best” competing 48HFP films were screened at the Kendall Square Theatre, where the judge’s awards were announced. Skiffleboom was awarded the following:
Audience Award, Screening “D”
Best Use of Genre
Best Cinematography – Seth Wood
Best Actor – Elise Manning
Best Directing – Michael McVey
Best Film
Our team is very humbled—we thank everyone who helped make “Manna” possible. Special thanks to 48HFP’s Boston Producer Ben Guaraldi and his team, the judges, and the 84 teams who successfully submitted films this year. We greatly encourage you to explore the 2012 entries and discover for yourself the variety of filmmaking talent and taste of the greater Boston area.
Here is a documentary I put together on the making of “Manna”
… This is a comprehensive look into our team’s approach to filmmaking under the 48-hour deadline, and provides some first-hand information and techniques for aspiring 48HFP participants.
“Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn.”
― C.S. Lewis
Michael McVey, Skiffleboom.com
Listen to Michael McVey speak about the 48 Hour Film Project on WGBH, with Edgar B. Herwick III and Mark Green on BOSTON PUBLIC RADIO:
http://www.wgbh.org/programs/Boston-Public-Radio-1936/episodes/Thurs-71212Quick-Flicks-40165
and watch some of Mike’s favorites from Boston’s 2012 48HFP: http://wgbhnews.org/post/six-winning-48-hour-films
“Manna” by Skiffleboom, “Best Film” Winner of 2012 Boston 48 Hour Film Project, 48hfp
Here is Skiffleboom Productions‘ entry into the 48 Hour Film Project, Boston 2012.
The 48 Hour Film Project is a wild and sleepless weekend in which teams make a movie—write, shoot, edit and score it—in just 48 hours. We started Friday, 7pm on May 18, 2012, and finished Sunday at 7pm, May 20th. The competition is screened at the Kendall Cinema in Cambridge and the films are judged by both panel and audience. Winners progress to regionals.
Manna by Skiffleboom Productions, 48 Hour Film Project Boston 2012
It was some of the most fun I’ve ever had. I’ll be making movies for the rest of my life.
Requirements:
Genre – Science Fiction
Line – You’re making a big mistake.
Character: Ivana Wright, interior decorator
Prop – Chocolate
“Manna”
Directed by Michael McVey
Written by Kristen Hamill & Michael McVey
Director of Photography – Seth Wood
Composer – Robby Candido
Editors – Kristen Hamill & Michael McVey
Production Sound Mixer – Kellen Sutherland
Q & A: Manna Premiere at Kendall Theater, Cambridge MA, Skiffleboom. Left to right: Michael McVey (director, writer, editor), Kristen Hamill (writer, editor), Robby Candido (composer), and Seth Wood (cinematographer). Photo by Stefan Malner.
Starring – Elise Manning
with
Valerie Roberts
Neal Cutler
Jason Dornhoffer
Terry Murtaugh
Characters:
Denise McIsaac
Katie Haynes
Joseph Vinueza
Uriah Barker
Steven Heim
Stephen Fischetti
Whitney Owens
Bronwyn Cooke
Nate Betts
Special Thanks to
Evelyn Schwager
Margalit Rosenblatt
Emily Lipscomb
Karen Hamill & Dave Hope
Michael McVey, Skiffleboom.com
Cast and Crew photo – Skiffleboom Productions. 48 Hour Film Project Boston 2012.
Harvard Square Hotel Commercial [Skiffleboom.com]
Harvard Square Hotel Video, Skiffleboom
Here is a commercial I made for Harvard University. Original music and everything. The Hotel recently reopened and I got to screen this video for all the brass from Cambridge and the University. Shot on a Canon 5DmkIII.
Michael McVey, Skiffleboom.com
BNI Commonwealth Video Referrals by Michael McVey
Michael McVey’s BNI Commonwealth Videos, Skiffleboom
I belong to a business networking group called BNI Commonwealth chapter in Massachusetts. Occasionally, I get together with friendlies and make fun commercials (members only). They’ve become quite a hit, and have netted my sign company some terrific business, well worth the time and effort. Here are some of my favorites from the past year…
UNITED WORLDWIDE, Private Car Service
Jason Dornhoffer & Terry Murtaugh
BOOKKEEPING PLUS MORE
Carole Bellew
SANTINI SISTERS, Mortgage Lending
Lindsay & Lesley Santini
You can see more at the BNI Commonwealth Youtube.
Michael McVey, Skiffleboom.com
Explosions in the Sky – Your Hand in Mine. San Francisco, 1906 [Skiffleboom.com]
By Michael McVey, Skiffleboom.com
Market Street, San Francisco. Filmed just four days before the Great Earthquake leveled the city in 1906. Music by Explosions in the Sky - Your Hand in Mine Michael McVey Skiffleboom.com
Q: How long can this dog chase a sprinkler? [Skiffleboom.com]
A: All afternoon.
Michael McVey, Skiffleboom.com
Stop Motion Word Animation [Skiffleboom.com]
By Michael McVey, Skiffleboom.com
I find these refrigerator word magnets incredibly addicting:
I thought this up one early April evening, after playing with the magnets for hours. I enlisted HARDCORE AWESOME PHOTOGRAPHER Seth Wood to shoot the magnet animation, using a trusty Canon 5D Mark II. We used individual photographs shot over three separate nights — over 2,880 photos in total. I edited in Final Cut Pro at 24 frames per second.
We wanted to keep the lighting consistent during the shoot, to get the smoothest motion. Since my kitchen has many windows, a daytime kitchen takeover to set up cameras and lighting would have been too much effort. It was easier for us to shoot at night, from 10PM to 4:30AM (followed by 3 hours sleep… and then our day jobs!).
Music by Chris Thomas King and Colin Linden - ”John Law Burned Down the Liquor Sto’.”
Michael McVey
Skiffleboom.com
Mike McVey’s Sign-A-Rama Commercials PART II [Skiffleboom.com]
by Michael McVey, Skiffleboom.com
Big thick juicy dimensional signs by Sign-A-Rama Cambridge — Cambridge, MA.
Sign GENIUS Neal Cutler demonstrates what a sucker you are for not owning a Sign-A-Rama Cambridge A-FRAME.
Edited + soundtrack music. Shot with HD Flip + FCP. You can order an A-Frame and other badass signage at SignARama-Cambridge.com
Michael McVey
Skiffleboom.com
Fleet Foxes “Mykonos” at the Orpheum Theatre, Boston MA – 2011 [Skiffleboom.com]
by Michael McVey, Skiffleboom.com
A trip to see some Fleet Foxes with Mortimer Duckbrella + friends. Orpheum Theatre, Boston MA – May 17, 2011, HD FLIP + FCP. I stitched this video later that night.
The official Mykonos video is OUTSTANDING:
Such beautiful animation.
The door slammed loud and rose up a cloud of dust on us
Footsteps follow, down through the hollow sound, torn up.
And you will go to Mykonos
With a vision of a gentle coast
And a sun to maybe dissipate
Shadows of the mess you made
Pallid animals in the snow-tipped pines I find
hatching from the seed of your orphaned mind, all night
And you will go to Mykonos
With a vision of a gentle coast
And a sun to maybe dissipate
Shadows of the mess you made
Brother you don’t need to turn me away
I was waiting down at the ancient gate
You’ll go
Wherever you go today
You’ll go today
I remember how they took you down
As the winter turned the meadow brown
You’ll go
Wherever you go today
You’ll go today
When I’m walking brother don’t you forget
It ain’t often that you’ll ever find a friend
You’ll go
Wherever you go today…
MYSTERIOUS ALIEN ORGANISM LOVES SYNTHPOP! [Skiffleboom.com]
Michael McVey
Dancing magnetics by artist David Durlach of TechnoFrolics, featured at 11 Miller Street during Somerville Open Studios, April 30, 2011, Somerville, MA.
Music: “Smalltown Boy” by Bronski Beat.
Michael McVey
Skiffleboom.com
Torrid Love Affair with the Somerville Open Studios, from TheInfamousDance.com
Mike McVey’s Sign-A-Rama Commercials PART I [Skiffleboom.com]
By Michael McVey, Skiffleboom.com
The Sign-A-Rama Cambridge Video Collection, Sept 2010 – April 2011 (Michelle Weitzel’s photography exhibit can be found in a previous post).
Buzz Lightyear: How to Make a Sign
That’s right, Space Rangers. Buzz shows you how to make the Greatest Sign of All Time. Filmed on location at Sign-A-Rama Cambridge in front of a live studio audience. www.Signarama-Cambridge.com (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Miss Massachusetts 2010: Loren Galler Rabinowitz
The beautiful and brilliant Loren Rabinowitz gives her TOTALLY UNBIASED OPINION of Sign-A-Rama Cambridge’s signs and banners before heading off to the 2011 Miss America Pagent. www.Signarama-Cambridge.com (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Neal “Lightning” Cutler Installs a Wall Sign
Sign expert Neal “Lightning” Cutler installs a wall sign. Neal Cutler is the owner of Sign-A-Rama Cambridge. www.Signarama-Cambridge.com (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Deluxe Pop-Up Banners
Deluxe Pop-Up Banners are handy little things, great for travel, showrooms, tradeshows. www.Signarama-Cambridge.com (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
(Face)ets: Pakistan and Yemen – Photography by Michelle Weitzel
By Michael McVey, Skiffleboom.com
I would say that one of the most interesting jobs I got at my sign shop, Sign-A-Rama Cambridge, was from Harvard University student Michelle Wietzel. She and her husband Billy traveled extensively throughout Pakistan and Yemen, and Michelle brought her camera. Throughout their journeys, Michelle took some fantastic pictures. In 2010, the Harvard Neighbors Gallery (Loeb House) exhibited a selection of Michelle’s photography, which I was asked to print.
It was a very fun job, and a welcome break from the monotony of corporate branding. At the show, Michelle and Billy gave me a running commentary on the images, sharing stories from their travels. Since I always carry my trusty camera with me, I got quite a bit of it on video. Flash forward to late February 2011, when I had a spare weekend for a quick edit and… voilà! A brief little video scraped together (more like salvaged) from the ever growing backlog!
Hopefully this diverts/informs a few dozen internet viewers, Harvard Neighbors Gallery gets some free PR, Michelle and Billy Weitzel get a video keepsake, and Sign-A-Rama Cambridge gets to show off their printing capabilities. Everybody wins! Except for my carpal tunnel. Maybe some Qat will help.
88 Questions with Ellen Page [Skiffleboom.com]
“88 Questions with Ariadne” By Michael McVey, Skiffleboom.com
Audience surrogate ELLEN PAGE asks a lot of questions in INCEPTION… Here’s a video of all 88.
Abbie Barrett and The Last Date: “Disappointing You” Music Video
by Michael McVey, Skiffleboom.com
Here is a brand spanking new music video we made for Abbie Barrett and The Last Date. Song is called “Disappointing You” off the album Dying Day, (available on iTunes). www.AbbieBarrett.com
Bostonians will recognize Abbie Barrett and The Last Date from the Boston music scene. Her sound has been described as “not bad” and “good” by several people that are not related to her. Abbie’s blend of eclectic indie folk rock has inexplicably yielded her an Academy Award nomination for Best Special Effects in a Motion Picture for the movie “AVATAR.” Abbie Barrett and The Last Date are:
Abbie Barrett (Duh)
Alec Derian (Bass)
Jack Hamilton (Keys)
Josh Kiggans (Drums)
Steve Levy (E. Guitar)
Video by Skiffleboom:
Director of Photography: Seth Wood
Director of Photography: Sam Sacks
Producer: Kristen Hamill
Director, Editor, Producer: Michael McVey
Filmed in Somerville, MA. Music © 2011 Abbie Barrett. Video © 2011 Michael McVey, Skiffleboom.com. All rights reserved.
Music Video: “Live in Dreams” by Wild Nothing
By Michael McVey, Skiffleboom.com
My hometown Warwick NY has lots of backroads. Driving late at night, the sprawling woodlands and fields become a dark, cerebral place. And though nobody can really outrun existential dread on a late night drive, it never hurts to try.
Watch this in Full Screen HD with volume up, if you dare…
Artist: Wild Nothing
Song: Live in Dreams
Album: Gemini (2010)
Shot and edited by by Michael McVey, http://www.Skiffleboom.com
Made with an HD Flip at 2AM on Thanksgiving weekend, 2010.
My Favorite Non-Sequitur Musical Moments in Classic Movie Comedies
My Favorite Non-Sequitur Musical Moments in Classic Movie Comedies
By Michael McVey, Skiffleboom.com
The Big Lebowski: Dust in the Wind, from Skiffleboom.com
By Michael McVey, Skiffleboom.com
You’re out of you’re element Donny - I made this image and mixed Donny’s Eulogy scene from The Big Lebowski + remix of Kansas’ “Dust in the Wind.” Enjoy.
Arcade Fire – Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains), from the Album “The Suburbs”
By Michael McVey, Skiffleboom.com
This is a video edit I made of the Arcade Fire’s Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains), from their album “The Suburbs.”
I came home from work late last night, caught a new episode of Mad Men at midnight, then stayed up til morning making this. I don’t know what it is about that show that gets me going. The whole things took about nine hours from start to upload, plus a little nap.
A youtube user named StocktoSong loves this album too – StocktoSong also made an Arcade Fire video from the original 1957 Suburba Prelinger footage. It’s interesting to compare and contrast how we both used the footage. We are reworking digitally something edited by hand half a century ago.
The original ephemeral film:
1957′s “In the Suburbs” is a thoughtfully made advertising sales promo film extolling 1950s suburbanites as citizens and consumers. It was produced by On Film, Inc., and sponsored by Redbook Magazine. It can be viewed at http://www.archive.org/details/IntheSub1957
Visit Arcade Fire
“The Combover: How to Buy Beer” - Skiffleboom.com
Here is the Full Version of The Combover. Enjoy!
— The Year 2000 —
Two under-age teens from upstate New York devise a radical new way to buy beer…
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The Combover – by Michael McVey, Skiffleboom.com
“The Combover” is a short documentary by and about two underage teenagers who discover a crack in the system – they discover a way to buy beer. I made this with my friend Justin in the year 2000. We were both 19 at the time, bored out of our minds. There wasn’t much for us to do in our hometown of Warwick, New York. Warwick is a beautiful, rural place. It is the Shire to New York City’s Gondor, and <insert New Jersey city here>’s Mordor. But we were restless teenagers trying hard to get beer. We concocted the combover idea one night in Justin’s basement.
We were mulling about, and Justin asked me to shave his head bald. I suggested we mess around with it first, since we’re going to shave it all off anyway. There were lot of possibilities with long hair. Mohawk? Mullet? The “Krusty the Klown” look? ”A COMBOVER!” We laughed so damn hard our sides hurt. The combover has got to be the most RIDICULOUS hairstyle of all time, we had to do it. It dawned on us that the combover is the perfect misdirection for buying beer. The question became this: Would a cashier believe a kid-trying-to-look-older-trying-to-look-younger as a man-trying-to-look-younger? Would pity blind the gawkers?
I’ve always been a filmmaker, and I wanted to make it a movie. I got the camcorder my parents gave me in high school, a SONY Handycam Video 8 XR with 180x Digital Zoom. Battle plan ready, I proceeded to cut Justin’s hair, giving birth to a healthy 7 1/2 lb. combover in his parent’s bathroom. I’ll never forget how Mrs. Kipp freaked when she saw what I had done to her son’s head, or how hard we laughed afterwards. It is an All-Time Top Five Laugh for me.
After finding the appropriate wardrobe and accessories (superfluous pipe, check, Mike’s glasses, check), we worked on getting into character. How would a 38-year-old man with a comb-over behave? Naturally, he would be a somewhat pathetic, trying to hold onto his fading youth. He would certainly not like being denied his only comfort in an otherwise lonely existence – that sweet, numbing booze. Whether we got it or not became irrelevant. We were buzzed from the adrenaline of making a film.
What up Korea!
Towards the end of the night, we decided that one more denial would send Uncle Earl into a rage. We already had all the beer we needed, and we didn’t want our video to become redundant. We needed some drama. And when that denial came, Justin snapped in a spectacularly hilarious fashion. Dick move? Sure. Funny? You bet. But I suppose it’s a rorschach blot. Places where drinking laws are similarly Draconian will get the joke. America: the country where a teenager can be sent to war to kill and be killed, but doesn’t have the right to drink until three years after enlisting. Yeah, that makes sense. I withheld this video from public view for years; only a handful of people ever saw it. Now that a decade has past, “The Combover” is finally ready to see the light of day, thanks to New York Statute of Limitations Laws.
I love New York.
This video remains unchanged from the original in-camera edit 10 years ago. When I shot this back in 2000, I really didn’t know any way to edit VHS tapes. I edited simultaneously with shooting, all in-camera. I could review the footage and rewind the tape to find the right cue, or exit point. It was definitely fun to shoot. I particularly love the music in the car. It made us bolder, and gave the shoot a sense of rhythm and time. The album: Pee Wee Ellis’ “Twelve and More Blues,” with Bruce Cox on drums and Dwayne Dolphin on bass. A great album but hard to find, recorded in Köln, Germany – Minor Records, 1993. And again for all you knuckleheads out there, please don’t drink and drive – this is a documentary, not a mandate.
“Galloping Gertie” – Student Film, Bunker Hill Community College 2008, from Skiffleboom.com
Galloping Gertie, 2008
Written and directed by Michael McVey
Bunker Hill Community College 2008 – Elements of Video Production
In 2008, I decided to go back to school and learn filmmaking. I enrolled in video and audio production courses at Bunker Hill Community College, Charlestown, MA. Galloping Gertie was my first video, made for a class called Elements of Video Production. It was an intro course for video basics like 3-point lighting and depth of field. It was a good class, thanks to the learned Professor Pastel and his classic film references. For our final projects, Pastel divided the class into small groups. I was elected our group’s writer/director, and I mustered up a quick little story that used our group as actors and our school as our location.
Marcelo Almeida as "The Agent."
I’ve included the original storyboards below: I wrote the script on cocktail napkins at a Cambridge, MA music bar called Toad during a friend’s shows. I wrote parts with specific people in mind – with my group members as lead actors, I cast my audio production Professor Palermo, as the Evil Professor.
The shooting day came, but most of the cast and crew didn’t show up for the shoot… so I recast on the spot. With a leading actor vanished from the group, the role of the Agent went to Bunker Hill’s resident AV squad leader, Marcelo Almeida. Professor Palermo was a no-show, and I ended up filling in. If you look at the storyboards, you’ll see the difference, as I drew that role for a big Sydney Greenstreet type.
We shot the whole thing at Bunker Hill over a couple of days in late Fall 2008. We shot on a Canon Elura 85 MiniDV Camcorder and edited it in Final Cut Pro. It didn’t cost a thing, and it was a lot of fun to make — I really had a great time making this goofy little project, and really enjoyed the process, even if the final result is ridiculous.
Stephan Brooks as "That Guy Who Was Made Uncomfortable."
When comparing the film against the storyboards, you may notice that the fight scene was originally set in a bathroom. Why you ask?
Apparently, we weren’t allowed to film Marcelo on BHCC campus bathrooms. He had landed in some hot water with the campus security earlier in the year. He was working on his own video project – a “re-imagining” of the Casino Royale Trailer. Marcelo brought a toy gun to school to recreate a James Bond bathroom fight. When security walked in on 007 filming fights in school bathrooms, they were not pleased. They confiscated the toy gun, but let him keep the tuxedo. Now that I think about it, that’s probably what caused his lutropublicaphobia.
And it was for these reasons we had to move the bathroom fight scene to a computer lab. We kept computer genius Stephan Brooks’ cameo as “That Guy Who Was Made Uncomfortable,” but it wasn’t nearly as awkward as it should have been. The lesson: stay fluid, especially with comedy.
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- Marcelo Almeida as “The Agent.”
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- Stephan Brooks as “That Guy Who Was Made Uncomfortable.”
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