"I ****ING HATE YOU" – a film by SABI

YAY! i'm back. each of my 18,627 ballots have been cast.

Slimothy said:
Titles look great Zak. Also loved the BTS clip of Matty G and Sheehan.

Great stuff. Did you Grade it in Color?
Click to expand...

i did, I graded in Color. headed back up to the studio now to finish it off. maybe i'll post a before and after when i get the chance. i still need to master the 9 minute cut (with credits), and hack that down to 6.
 
Last edited:
Mark Johnson said:
Free door prize for everyone with an Oklahoma license tag too!

And, for Mark Harris and the Brooklyn boys, we'll have free crack in the back room. Come on over to WTHL where we F*CKING LOVE YOU!

You there .... in the back with your hand down your pants. ... You can stay here. ....
Click to expand...
LOL! LOL!!!!! Now that's marketing!
 
Congrats, Zak. It looks really amazing. I'm really blown away by the first grab on the first page though. It's spectacular. I would never imagine it could have come from the HV20. What lens were you using there? What did you do in post?
 
dvpixl said:
Love the look on this. it's just disgusting!
Click to expand...

haha! thanks, dvpixl. "Not the Same" was my fav from dramafest. wish i'd been able to give it more than one vote. i really thought it deserved top honors. hoping to continue to explore the character-driven, slice of life "sub-genre" here.
 
Thanks again Zak. and I just read your Cinematography section- very interesting. I think the HV20 serves well for what you're trying to do. I hate adapters now- though I love the look- but instead of hating the flip you went with it and made something cool. Can't wait to see....
 
WHAT IS 'A FILM BY SABI'?
Sabi by itself means "the bloom of time". It connotes natural progression -- tarnish, hoariness, rust -- the extinguished gloss of that which once sparkled. It's the understanding that beauty is fleeting. The word's meaning has changed over time, from its ancient definition, "to be desolate," to the more neutral "to grow old." By the thirteenth century, Sabi's meaning had evolved into taking pleasure in things that were old and faded. A proverb emerged: "Time is kind to things, but unkind to man."

Sabi points to things that carry the burden of their years with dignity and grace: the chilly mottled surface of an oxidized silver bowl, the yielding gray of weathered wood, the elegant withering of a bereft autumn bough. An old car left in a field to rust, as it transforms from an eyesore into a part of the landscape, could be considered America's contribution to the evolution of Sabi. An abandoned barn, as it collapses in on itself, holds this mystique.

There's an aching poetry in things that carry this patina, and it transcends the Japanese. Many Americans are ineffably drawn to old European towns with their crooked cobblestone streets and chipping plaster, to places battle scarred with history much deeper than our own. We seek Sabi in antiques and even try to manufacture it in distressed furnishings. True Sabi cannot be acquired, however. It is a gift of time.

In his book, "Sculpting in Time", filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky observed: "It is considered that time per se, helps to make known the essence of things. The Japanese therefore see a particular charm in the evidence of old age. They are attracted to the darkened tone of an old tree, the ruggedness of a stone, or even the scruffy look of a picture whose edges have been handled by a great many people. To all these signs of age, they give the name Sabi, which literally means ‘rust’. Sabi, then, is a natural rustiness, the charm of olden days, the stamp of time. Sabi, as an element of beauty, embodies the link between art and nature."

So, consider for a moment that perhaps Sabi can also be a cinematic aesthetic. Not a fixed set of principles or a rigid system of rules, but rather a creative flow -- part of the constant search and need for the natural expressive form of sound and images (to present themselves during the process of making the film). Sabi changes with time. It is an ever-evolving, whole-view approach to catalyzing, nurturing and capturing moments that are truthful in their own beauty, simplicity, structure and emotion, regardless of the complexities of production on an independent film. Sabi is an approach that seeks to create, capture and uncover transcendent moments in life that happen spontaneously and unplanned -- fleeting glimpses into something greater -- resulting in those hard-to-describe, perception-altering experiences as universal as art, music, emotion, poetry, cinema and life itself. If one was to consider this as an approach to making and experiencing cinema, then you would perhaps be encountering "a film by Sabi".
 
Last edited:
Oh, I had it all wrong. I figured you took it from "BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA"

wpe65.jpg

Any of you sabi English?
Click to expand...
 
Okay, here's something that illustrates my complete lack of professionalism. Normally, when one of your cinematographers get in the shot, you don't use it. or you roto him out.

But in this case, it's Matt Garrett (Matty_g) in a well deserved cameo appearance. I'll roto him out eventually, but for LoveFest... THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE!!!

1202322881.jpg
 
1202336359.jpg

MARION KERR as Carol​

BIOGRAPHY

I was born and raised in Sacramento, CA

My father was born in Paris, France and my mother was born in Washington DC

I have one sister, Vivian, who is also an actor. She's my best friend.

I love traveling and have been to France, Switzerland, Italy, China, Hong Kong, The Bahamas and parts of Eastern Europe. I also lived in London for a summer.

I love soccer and have played all my life.

I graduated from UC Irvine with a B.A. in theatre, a minor political science and a mix of dread and determination to meet the "real world".

My car died the day I moved to Los Angeles. I was towed into my new life here.

My grandparents were journalists and if I wasn't an actor, that's probably what I'd be doing.

I am a huge fan of Katherine Hepburn and own about two dozen biographies on her. My favorite film is "The Philadelphia Story".

Until about two years ago, I was quite convinced that most modern music, post British Invasion, sucked! I have since been proven otherwise. However, Billie Holiday is still my favorite.

If my life could be any movie genre, I'd pick "Adventure Serial". Like those 1940's Dick Tracy serials or Indiana Jones. Sound like fun.

GOLDEN EARRINGS -- written and directed by Marion Kerr
 
Last edited:
1202336438.jpg

JOHN T. WOODS as Ron​


BIOGRAPHY

I grew up in Aloha, Oregon.

After high school, I went to Portland State University.

I majored in computer science, archeology and finally, theatre.

After two years at PSU, I did some traveling.

Went all over the place, eventually ending up in Las Vegas, wghere I decided to finish up school at UNLV.

At UNLV, I worked wioth some very talented filmmakers, named JT Gurzi, Chris McInroy and Roger Erik Tinch, who I would end up working with many times in the future.

After I got my degree, I moved to Los Angeles.

I slept in my car a lot.

Then, after some hard work and patience, things started working out.

I got my first role, and consequently, my SAG card in "The Cutter", a Chuck Norris movie that was shot up in Spokane Washington. I played a cop. I got to shoot a Russian and arrest Chuck Norris. Not a bad gig.

I have since been working in tv/film for the last five years in Los Angeles.

I run my own DVD duplication/conversion company at www.archetypedvd.com.

I'm managed by Neil Hassman and William J. Edwards at Hassman Entertainment.

Rant n Rave - Unbelievable
The Totally Awesome Adventures of God and Satan
 
here's an interesting tidbit about the character names..

RON: means "song, joy" in Hebrew
CAROL: means "song" or "hymn"

i'm not going to say much more than, "this isn't an accident".
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top