I F***ING HATE YOU -- a film by SABI -- the extended 9-minute cut

yes, it has. and yes, i am.

basically, IFHY cost nothing to make. so it is serving a our guinea pig in relatively unknown territory that our two features (White Knuckles and Heart of Now) will be treading later this year. we are using it to explore the promotion and marketing of the Sabi brand toward a self-distribution model. the lessons of IFHY's "success" will be the "test run" before doing the same with a feature.
 
Zak Forsman said:
pretty easy. i don't know flash at all. but what i do have is a lot of time for trial and error and access to the internet. so anything specific i want to learn, i can usually find online and implement.
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That's awesome Zak! No task is too great when you have the time and internet to get things done!

I'll have to look into those templates a little more. Your site looks really pro!

Good Luck!
 
I really dig the new Flash site Zak, it's pretty sharp.

Random question of the day: What audio filter did you apply to get that awesome muddled audio? In the past I've messed around to get that exact effect. I love what you did with it...
 
ahh... that is a "low pass filter". makes things sound like they are coming from the room next door. didn't add anything else.
 
Perfect, thank you! I've needed that effect in the past but just threw random filters on until it sorta sounded right. The way you have it it sounds EXACTLY like it's coming through a couple of walls. Super cool.
 
I'm just amazed, Zak, i have to say. i thought i "worked" the system well, but i had no idea what i was doing. i learned a lot my first time through the festival circuit (and even more my first time directing), but it seems like you went in knowing how to do it and worked it maximum effect. not understating your talent as a filmmaker, by any means, but beyond the film - the festivals, reviews, internet, etc - you just really nailed. good job. consider me a zak fanboy.
 
honestly, i'm making this up as i go, learning as i go. IFHY is the guinea pig we're putting out there before taking our features out.
 
sorry, certain festivals would disqualify it if it was publicly available... i'm looking at you, AFI.

speaking of which, just got accepted in the Twin Rivers fest in Asheville, North Carolina.
 
I understand, let me know ASAP when you will be making the DVD available. I really want to watch it again.

and congrats on all of the good stuff coming from this!
 
great interview. i didn't notice any "horsepoo" at all. was actually interesting getting to see how improvised acting works from a directing standpoint.

on a side note, i saw "recently deceased," which features john t woods, at cinevegas (same category ad my film) and fell in love with him (as an actor). actually named a character in my new script Reggie after that performance.
 
Rubbersquare said:
great interview. i didn't notice any "horsepoo" at all. was actually interesting getting to see how improvised acting works from a directing standpoint.
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i don't know if i adequately described what a joyful experience it is. i think i made it sound ultra-serious filmmaker doing ultra-serious stuff.

Rubbersquare said:
on a side note, i saw "recently deceased," which features john t woods, at cinevegas (same category ad my film) and fell in love with him (as an actor). actually named a character in my new script Reggie after that performance.
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are you serious?!?! that's awesome.... John is amazing. IFHY was submitted to CineVegas this year. should know if we're in within the next week. fingers crossed.
 
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another very generous review....

http://filmyear.typepad.com/blog/2008/05/i-love-you-but.html

I Love You but...
by Thom Ryan, Film of the Year

I F*cking Hate You
Directed by Zak Forsman
9 min.; U.S.A.; Color; Dolby Digital (5.1 Surround)

Returning from the grave of my Film of the Year co-creator (the dead iMac) I logged onto the new computer and delved into the backlog of e-mail. Good thing too because I re-discovered Sabi Pictures' kind invitation to preview their brand new offering, an extraordinary example of independently produced short cinema. Below are my thoughts on it...

I used to play guitar in two indie bands. The first group was a jangly rock outfit formed to hang out, play out, make a little money (very little money as it turned out), and basically have a good time. The second group, a two-man DIY experimental recording combo, created music by laying down a planned backing track first and then allowing improvisation, played on random instruments, to develop organically as the piece continued. The band referred to the style as "plan-dom," and when it failed to work the results were dreadful; when things clicked, though, we often created something fun and unique.

That plan-dom experiment never created anything nearly as sharp and funny as Sabi's somewhat similarly developed "radical collaboration" film entitled, I F*cking Hate You (2008). If the title offends you then the punch-line of this nine minute ironic comedy probably will also. If not, then find a way to see it 'cause that pay-off is painfully funny and worth the brief wait. In the film (officially Dogme 95 #242), Carol (Marion Kerr) thinks that her heartbroken ex-boyfriend (John T. Woods) coaxed her back to his apartment to return a favorite coffee mug, but he has something very different in mind. The film's emotional impact may hinge on a musical performance in the final few moments, but without the edgy set-up improvised by the excellent Kerr and Woods, and aided by the immediacy of Forsman's camera style, those key moments couldn't work so well. It's easy to predict that big things lie ahead for Forsman, Kerr and Woods, but let's hope that they don't abandon shorts too quickly 'cause they know how to make 'em. Like a film version of a tasty indie rock single, this is a bold, uniquely produced, well-played mixture of comedy and tragedy ideally suited to the short film format.
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so... the SouthSide Film Festival, in their infinite wisdom, has paired 'IFHY' with 'The Celebration' (aka Dogme #1) for two nights...

Thursday June 19, 2008 @7:15pm
Thursday June 21, 2008 @7:15pm

...in the Whitaker Theater on the Lehigh University campus in Bethlehem, PA.


more info at www.ssff.org
 
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