{"id":110,"date":"2008-03-31T21:15:53","date_gmt":"2008-04-01T02:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jayceland.com\/blog\/archive\/2008\/03\/31\/emerging-filmmakers-46-at-the-little\/"},"modified":"2008-04-02T09:37:59","modified_gmt":"2008-04-02T14:37:59","slug":"emerging-filmmakers-46-at-the-little","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jayceland.com\/blog\/archive\/2008\/03\/31\/emerging-filmmakers-46-at-the-little\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerging Filmmakers #46 at the Little"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tonight was The Emerging Filmmakers Series<\/a><\/strong> #46 and Ali and I made it to The Little<\/a><\/strong> (240 East Ave.<\/a>) to see it. I liked ABC Movie<\/a><\/strong> by Elisabeth Tonnard<\/a><\/strong> once it got rolling and I figured out the literary angle of the visual collage that plays on \"apple\", \"book\", and \"clock\". Fallen<\/strong> by Jon Noble<\/strong> was a zombie horror short on a budget … although imperfect, there's a solid talent there. The real gem of the evening was Last Time in Clerkenweell<\/strong> [not Bathtime in Clerkenwell<\/a><\/strong> as I had noted … although the descriptions and reviews seem remarkably similar to what we saw]<\/em> by Alex Budovsky<\/a><\/strong> — it was a superb black-and-white animation set to a catchy song. It had an art-deco feel to it as well as a darker military-jingoism just under the surface.<\/p>\n

At times, though, I found that I was being more critical than usual. I recall being able to look at a work and see the artistic merit, or a glimmer of skill somewhere, but it seems I'm now a cynic about it and judge things quickly as crap. Like Untitled<\/strong> by Eva Xie<\/strong>: I found it to be a blunt so-so metaphor on the gradient of going from a girl to a woman; its artistic technique was akin to being clever with language by removing all but the punctuation marks to make your point. \",,.,,'.:-;.\" if you know what I mean.<\/p>\n

But even that really had its merits — after all, for what is often a first-time film for someone, just learning all about making it is a challenge. It's much harder than it appears. [You may not argue that point until you produce a short film that beats all that I've seen before.]<\/em><\/p>\n

Anyway, I liked all the films at least a little. The Can Man<\/strong> by Sean Cunningham<\/strong> was a strange film that reveals a sinister world of bleak post-apocalyptic dehumanization. Boxed In<\/a><\/strong> by Joy E. Reed<\/a><\/strong> was a coming-out story between a woman and her mother and it did a good job of revealing some rather deep characterization. SNEW<\/strong> by David Lachman<\/strong> and Jody Oberfelder<\/a><\/strong> was a nifty playful piece with cut-out letters and people — a somewhat experimental piece that was fun to watch. And finally, Loose Ends<\/strong> by Rachel Gordon<\/strong> was an okay, professional-looking production about a woman dealing with dating in her 20's.<\/p>\n

I thought it was interesting that Karen vanMeenen<\/strong> had selected two films with a literary metaphor. I don't recall having seen that before, but maybe it's fresh in my mind what I think the bias might be<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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