January 1st, 2012 We're still here!
Happy New Year! I know it's been quiet around here for the past couple months, but that doesn't mean we haven't been busy. Unfortunately we got too busy with other work to compete in the San Jose 48HFP or Three Day Horror festival last year, but we're currently gearing up for our 2012 season and will be participating in at least three competitions this year. We also have a couple of upcoming screenings of our previous work, so check back soon or follow us on facebook for all the latest news.
July 11th, 2011 Another win...
The awards screening for the San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project took place this past weekend, and our latest film was a finalist - nominated for audience choice as well as best cinematography, editing, and production design. We won for production design! That was certainly unexpected, and it's a first for us, but now you can be the judge - put the kids to bed and watch Repo Session now!
Repo Session from It Donned On Me on Vimeo.
We'll be back at it in just another month, this time for the upcoming San Jose 48 Hour Film Project...
June 15th, 2011 #21 is DONE!!!!
What a weekend... IDOM just wrapped our 21st short film, this time for our fifth round in the San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project. This was a tough one - everyone on the team was so busy in the weeks leading up to it that we simply had no time to prepare. That meant we went into Friday night with almost no actors, locations, etc lined up for the weekend. Then one crew member got sick, another couldn't make it due to school work, and I had a bunch of other work to get done during the weekend! We weren't willing to just give up though, so we decided we had to come up with something simple that we could handle with our limited resources...
So we came up with something simple, but crazy - it's probably not a good sign when your actors show up on Saturday morning and you're already apologizing for what you're about to put them through! The shoot was short, and we didn't get to a lot of the ideas we had, but we still managed to get quite a bit done. And somehow in the edit it all came together into something more than I think we had originally imagined. Won't know for sure until we see it with an audience though - and that happens next Tuesday, June 21st at 7 & 9:30pm at the Lumier Theater in SF! We hope you'll come out to check out our film and about a dozen others from our fellow 48h filmmakers - click here for tickets. See you there!
May 7th, 2011 Doc Challenge Results and 'Four Pauls' Online Premier
Our latest film premiered last Sunday night at Hot Docs as one of the International Documentary Challenge finalists, and we brought home the awards for Best Cinematography and Best Use of the Historical Genre! We also had a great west coast premier at Paul's Hatworks in San Francisco - the subject of our film. So the wait is over, the film is online and you can see it right now - please tell your friends and join the movement to bring the hat back! Enjoy!
Four Pauls: Bring the Hat Back! from It Donned On Me on Vimeo.
April 9th, 2011 IDOM is a 2011 Doc Challenge Finalist!
Earlier this week the International Documentary Challenge announced the twelve finalists in this year's competition - and IDOM's latest film "Four Pauls" is one of them! We're very excited about this - we were a finalist and winner in 2008 but haven't made the cut for the past couple of years. What this means is 'Four Pauls' - a profile of the four women who run the 90-year-old Paul's Hatworks shop in San Francisco - will be making it's world premier at the Hot Docs festival in Toronto on May 1st - if you happen to be attending the festival be sure to check out the screening. If you can't make the screening be sure to check back here after May 1st to find out how we did in the competition - and to view the online premier of the film!
February 21th, 2011 Double Down is live!
Our 48 Go Green entry, "Double Down", is now live - we picked up the Best Acting award for the SF competition as well as being runner-up for Best Picture! Enjoy, and ask yourself - would you drop everything for love?
Double Down - 48 Go Green 2011 from It Donned On Me on Vimeo.
March 8th, 2011 Doc Challenge Done
Just last night we wrapped production on our 20th film - and our fourth entry into the International Documentary Challenge. Our genre this time was historical, which we unfortunately didn't have any good subjects lined up for. After discussing some options throughout the day Thursday we remembered an article we'd read about an old hat shop in SF that was recently taken over by four young women. We though there might be some potential there, so we stopped in the shop that afternoon and asked if they'd be interested - and to our great relief they agreed to do it! So we spent the next two days shooting at Paul's Hatworks and put together a cool little piece on the history of hats, the shop, and the movement to bring back the hat and all that goes with it. After a couple days of post we sent it off - getting it to the post office with just 20 minutes to spare! We'll update here in a month or so as soon as we find out if we made the cut as a finalist!
February 21th, 2011 Down to the wire!
Despite minor setbacks (one of our lead actors got sick Saturday morning!) last night we wrapped up our entry for the "48 Go Green". Thanks to a last-minute shortage of 8gb thumb drives we delivered the finished film with just about a minute to spare! That's the closest we've ever cut it... actually, I guess it's as close as it's possible to make it. In any case we got our 19th film, "Double Down", done and in on time! Our film will be premiering with the other local competitors 7pm this Thursday at the Lumiere Theater in San Francisco - tickets and full screening details are available on the SF 48HFP site. Hope to see you there!
February 18th, 2011 48 Go Green is here!
Tonight's the night the "48 Go Green" kicks off, and IDOM is prepared for the challenge! We'll be competing with 15 local teams from San Francisco - and 341 internationally! After a last minute audition this past weekend we've selected several new actors to work with this time - and found plenty more for the rest of this year's projects. So tonight we'll begin with the hardest part - coming up with a story - and our shoot begins in the morning. We'll be posting behind the scenes photos and information throughout the weekend, so be sure to 'like' us on facebook or follow us on twitter to see our progress - come Sunday night we'll be turning in a movie, one way or another...
January 20th, 2011 New Year, New Projects
Well, 2011 is here, and for us it looks like it'll get into full swing a bit sooner than we expected. Our season usually doesn't start until March, but this year the 48 Hour Film Project has added a new international competition - "48 Go Green", an eco-themed competitition kicking off on February 18th. We normally don't do international competitions because they don't have a local screening (which is a big part of the fun), but for this one they are doing local premiers in half a dozen cities including SF. It should be a fun experience - check back here soon for updates as the competition draws near, or 'like' us on facebook to keep up with the latest news.
We'll also be competing again in our usual competitions - San Francisco 48HFP, San Jose 48HFP, International Documentary Challenge, etc. That's not all we have planned though, we've got a couple projects underway that are designed to inspire and train anyone who's interested in doing what we do - competitive filmmaking! So if you've always thought you'd like to give it a try, maybe 2011 is the year to get started... check back soon for details.
October 29th, 2010 Kiss Kiss!
The results are in - and we brought home the cinematography award for "Kiss Kiss" in the 3 Day Film Challenge:Horror Edition! We've posted it online, so if you missed the screening now's your chance to check it out:
Kiss Kiss - 3 Day Film Challenge: Horror Edition from It Donned On Me on Vimeo.
That wraps up our 2010 competitive filmmaking season - it's time to take a break to enjoy the holidays, recover from this year's filmmaking adventures, and make plans for next year. We'll be updating and expanding the site over the next couple months as we begin to implement some of the ideas we've got for making 2011 our biggest year yet - to keep up with the latest be sure to become a fan on facebook or follow us on twitter.
October 20th, 2010 Just in time for Halloween...
We thought we were done for the year - but then one more competition popped up to challenge us! This past weekend we participated in Emerging Artist's 3 Day Film Challenge: Horror Edition. We had 72 hours to make a short horror film - but not just any horror film, we got the "Hitchcock" sub-genre! We were required to make the film in primarily black and white, and we had to completely re-think our approach as we'd been anticipating something involving monsters, or blood, or both. Things came together well though and we finished our 18th short film - "Kiss Kiss" - with 30 minutes to spare.
Our film, as well as the others from the competition, will be premiering at 9pm this Friday,October 22nd at the Bluelight Cinemas in Cupertino. Hope to see you at the screening - if you can't make it, we'll post the film online the day after the screening.
September 10th, 2010 Our first film outside of competition!
This has been a long work in progress - last October we started shooting footage for a short documentary on local pharmacist and ultrarunner Charles Wickersham. We kept getting sidetracked by other projects though, and so nearly a year later we've finally wrapped up and released our latest documentary, "Run, Pharm Boy, Run!', which follows Charles as he undertakes the San Francisco One Day, an annual 24 hour running race. This is the first film we've completed as a team outside of timed competitions, but isn't likely to be the last - keep checking back or become a fan on our facebook page to find out as soon as new ones are released. Enjoy!
Run, Pharm Boy, Run! from It Donned On Me on Vimeo.
August 21st, 2010 San Francisco Seven Day Film Festival
Last month we completed our 16th film, this time for the San Francisco Seven Day Film Festival. With a full seven days to produce a film we decided to try something a little more elaborate than our usual 48 hour projects - so we brought in some local stunt performers, broke out the green screen, and had fun putting together a film totally unlike any of our previous ones. The result is "Bad Reception" - winner of the "Audience Prize" and "Best Sound" awards, nominated for "Best Film", "Best Comedy", "Best Editing" and "Most Imaginative". We hope you have as much fun watching this as we had making it!
Bad Reception - 7 Day Film Festival 2010 from It Donned On Me on Vimeo.
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