FAT MONSTER FILMS presents "O2" ... Every. Breath. Counts.

The monsters in residence have returned from the hot tub while JDS continues to work inside. He's an animal. We currently await the arrival of BOSINDY tonight who texted earlier today a harrowing connection involving bad weather in New York. Fortunately, he's en route and on time.

We believe by the time Sunday comes we'll have about 20 DVXUSERs who will have either crewed or stopped by the set. Since there is a pretty decent net connection at the studios where we're shooting we plan to have at least some behind-the-scenes footage and stills posted from the set. We're shooting 12 hour days on both Saturday and Sunday. We'll put up a page on the Fat Monster Films site (www.fatmonsterfilms.com) that will also have a web cam operating in addition to the uploaded clips/stills. Should be a lot of fun and we'll be having some interesting content to share with you all, I promise.
 
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shawneous said:
So will this be exhibition only or full compete?
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We are going to give it our best shot, Shawn. We were ecstatic with placing third in the Love Fest and, frankly, we know this Fest has a record number of entries from all over the world so that we'd be thrilled if we place again.

In all sincerity, we're mainly happy to be here shooting with the best crew we've assembled to date and to have the chance to have so many USERS come to the set.

I might add that we are all talking about your epic and the incredible lengths you're going to get those awesome landscapes. Good luck to you and your team. I'm sure that you'll agree that this has been a great experience and a chance to grow no matter what the outcome of voting.
 
Mark Johnson said:
We believe by the time Sunday comes we'll have about 20 DVXUSERs who will have either crewed or stopped by the set. Since there is a pretty decent net connection at the studios where we're shooting we plan to have at least some behind-the-scenes footage and stills posted from the set. We're shooting 12 hour days on both Saturday and Sunday. We'll put up a page on the Fat Monster Films site (www.fatmonsterfilms.com) that will also have a web cam operating in addition to the uploaded clips/stills. Should be a lot of fun and we'll be having some interesting content to share with you all, I promise.
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Live web cam? Thats hot. You should place them at different locations so the viewer can switch between them.
 
Aram, we have more than once mentioned your name. With both Bosindy and Arrik out here soon I am sure your name shall not only be mentioned, but you'll probably be drunk dialed during the wrap party.

Wish you were here. We shall, though, put on The Brooklyn Way at full volume tonight in your honor.
 
Mark Johnson said:
We are going to give it our best shot, Shawn. We were ecstatic with placing third in the Love Fest and, frankly, we know this Fest has a record number of entries from all over the world so that we'd be thrilled if we place again.

In all sincerity, we're mainly happy to be here shooting with the best crew we've assembled to date and to have the chance to have so many USERS come to the set.

I might add that we are all talking about your epic and the incredible lengths you're going to get those awesome landscapes. Good luck to you and your team. I'm sure that you'll agree that this has been a great experience and a chance to grow no matter what the outcome of voting.
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Thanks for your comments! You've assembled an absolutely stellar team of pros that blows away any previous DVXUser fest team, you've got #1 already, my goal is just to place :-). I'm super looking forward to this, you're first on my watchlist!
 
shawneous said:
Thanks for your comments! You've assembled an absolutely stellar team of pros that blows away any previous DVXUser fest team, you've got #1 already, my goal is just to place :-). I'm super looking forward to this, you're first on my watchlist!
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#1 already? ...hmmmm.... Well, one thing is for sure. You Fat Monster guys are generating a lot of excitement! I love the team spirit and wish you guys were closer to cali so I could jump on board and have some fun.
 
Bosindy steps into the Fat Monster Photo Booth with a disoriented Tim:

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msconce said:
... Well, one thing is for sure. You Fat Monster guys are generating a lot of excitement! I love the team spirit and wish you guys were closer to California so I could jump on board and have some fun.
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Um, Matt. Last time I checked Los Angeles was still in Cali! :happy:
 
We'll promise to make a trip to Fresno in return, dude! Seriously, if you put together that big screening event we're going to get a carload and come up.
 
shawneous said:
You've assembled an absolutely stellar team of pros that blows away any previous DVXUser fest team
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Hey hey hey hey... I dunno, I think the "Little Mouth To Feed" and "Unawakening" teams (me, JDS, David Jimerson, John Hudson, Herman Witkam, and ... who was that other guy? Oh, yeah, Macgregor!) were pretty darn good. :thumbsup:

(of course, considering that most of that team is going to be on this film too, you may still have a point)

you've got #1 already, my goal is just to place.
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That's the wrong way to think about it though. If there was some magical formula for success, and a great team ensured success, there never would have been an "Ishtar." (paraphrased from I forgot who.)

Or, like in the NCAA basketball tournament, there's a reason they actually play the games -- you never know what surprises will come out.

So I don't want *anyone* feeling discouraged. Enter the fest. Every fest we have, there's always some awesome surprises.

I mean, last time around, Mark put together a fantastic team and a great film ("Where The Heart Lies"), yet it only came in 3rd. 2nd place was taken by Jason Ramsey who shot a tiny little poignant piece by himself.

So yeah, let's have some excitement, let's have some fun, let's get teams working together (not just for the fest, but building careers together) but nobody should be handing over the trophy just based on the roster... everyone should enter their best film and let the best film win.
 
Barry_Green said:
but nobody should be handing over the trophy just based on the roster... everyone should enter their best film and let the best film win.
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if that were the case we're in the running...cuz we got jasonthewho, amazing work here guys just glad he came to Waco. I actually love learning (even though he doesn't know he's teaching me)
 
I personally think my "red camera" shot film "No Time" is going to come in first! I mean I have an awesome crew. Plus the quality of the "red camera" is stellar!
 
I agree with Barry on this one. No one should hang it up just yet, in fact it should be the opposite. If someone has an incredible crew, then it should inspire others to work extra hard to produce a better film.

In my opinion "I F&@$ hate you" should have been in the top 3 last time around. That was shot on an HV20 with a 35mm adapter I believe, but the image or camera or tools were not what made the film. It was the story that got me. The breakup, the song, etc.. It was beautifully shot and told.

I am torn about how these fest are run. On one hand, I love having the post and seeing how things progress along. I and I hope everyone learns from these threads. On the other hand, I don't like the idea of the voting being a popularity contest. If the films were anonymous and everyone would just have to vote purely on which one was best we would probably get a much better sense of which one was a better film. But marketing is also part of the real world and popularity is as well. So perhaps its best to leave it as is, which will be the same way it would work at any other fest.
 
I believe that all monitors should be completely anonymous and then people would buy the ones that actually looked the best for the greatest value instead of making purchasing decisions based on slick marketing gimmicks like naming your product after a carcass.
 
Mark Johnson said:
Aram, we have more than once mentioned your name. With both Bosindy and Arrik out here soon I am sure your name shall not only be mentioned, but you'll probably be drunk dialed during the wrap party.

Wish you were here. We shall, though, put on The Brooklyn Way at full volume tonight in your honor.
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LOL, where Brooklyn at, where Brooklyn at!!!
I would love to come hang one day and help out but I might beat you guys at the drunk dialing since I'm on muscle relaxers and codeine at the moment. Pinched a nerve lifting too much stuff on a shoot last week. Bos and Arrik are two really great guys and have a great sense of humor. Shooting with them is nothing but fun. Even when I made Arrik shoot a mile a minute last week I never knew he was pissed we were not shooting the shots like we should but one of the actresses had to leave so I tried to get in as much as I could. Tomorrow he gets all night long to make up for it though and get the shots the way they should be gotten.
 
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