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Ben Sliker

Ben Sliker

Pain In The Ass 2.0
The AIM sessions will return. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the AIM sessions, we started them for the last festival. It's a running stream of commentary over AIM (or ichat, or Adium, or whatever instant messaging client we are using) while we watch your film. I think Jack Daniel Stanley described it best when he compared it to MST3k for DVXuser festivals. Here is an example from last fest:

AIM SESSION FOR "THE SMALL MULTIPLE"

That being said, these sessions have been described as pretentious, snarky, and my favorite - too cool for school. We will make fun of the most asinine details of your film, and if we can't find anything wrong with your film, like a politician, will immediately revert to personal attacks, like "Mark Harris' hair smells like a wet dog" or "Don't trust Norm Sanders, he lives really close to Canada". But in the end, we will try to offer some constructive criticism to make it worth your time.

We experienced a giant failed experiment last festival by not asking before we did some of these, so, to avoid that mistake, AIM sessions will be done BY REQUEST ONLY, and will be done in order of requests on this thread. Please only request a session if you are certain you will finish a film for twilightfest.

John LaBonney jumped the gun and PM'ed me, requesting a session, so he gets the dubious honor of being numero uno.

1. Barn Dance - John LaBonney - COMPLETED - POSTED
2. Mary's Travel Brochure - Drew Ott - COMPLETED - POSTED
3. Examination of Conspiracy Penguin's personality on DVXuser through the eyes of an AIM session. PENGUIN SMELLS - DONE
4. Sleep Walk - Dustin "Mother poo pooing" Rogan - COMPLETED - POSTED
5. The Closure - Bernie Hipos - COMPLETED - POSTED
6. ANTI DE PRESENCE - yeehawnow - COMPLETED - POSTED
7. The Trade -puckthemad - COMPLETED - POSTED
8. A Work of Art - Mike Manning - COMPLETED - POSTED
9. An Enchanting Twist Of Peccadilloes and Twisted - ZazaCast - COMPLETED - POSTED
10. Catch - HVXOU - COMPLETED - POSTED
11. The Gift - Dick Cambell - COMPLETED - POSTED
12. Divine Intervention - Robbie Comeau - COMPLETED - POSTED
13. Forgotten - gabrielflorit - COMPLETED - POSTED
14. Falling - Simon Höfer - COMPLETED - POSTED
15. Benjamin Merrymeadows and the Curse of the Four Holed Button - neosnare COMPLETED - POSTED
16. StopGap - King Cole COMPLETED - POSTED
17. Panic - jojopop COMPLETED - POSTED
18. Revenge Therapy - Champloo - COMPLETED - POSTED
19. Restless - MOVIE MASTER - COMPLETED - POSTED
20. Fragment - Mile Bozicevic - COMPLETED - POSTED
21. ONE MORE VICTIM - Allentown Film Crew - mjjason - COMPLETED - POSTED
22. Caged - Jon Killoran COMPLETED - POSTED
23. The Box - Edgen - COMPLETED - POSTED
24. The Accidental Hitman - Pauly - COMPLETED - POSTED
25. Broadcast - Darkline COMPLETED - POSTED
26. Citizen's Arrest - Gulroc
27. Cold Calls by John Whalen - JACK DANIEL STANLEY - "UNEDITED" VERSION- COMPLETED - POSTED
 
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Hi I'd like to join too. I'm done with my film just waiting for Larry and the guys to setup the upload site. Thanks!
 
Stuff like this makes me wonder if we shouldn't start creating a section (and maybe even a prize) for Critics in the fests.

Just cover all areas... Our own little virtual hollywood :)

Later,
Jason
 
Jason Ramsey said:
Stuff like this makes me wonder if we shouldn't start creating a section (and maybe even a prize) for Critics in the fests.

Just cover all areas... Our own little virtual hollywood :)

Later,
Jason
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well ... doesn't that make me feel special. :)

updated, please include the name of your film so that i don't have to go hunting for it.
 
updated. part of me thinks that even with only 9 films on the list, that it's more accurate than the "who's in" list. :)

i'm also excited to review double entries ... now we can compare your film TO YOUR OWN FILM, BWAHAHAHA!
 
Oh, we're doing this again? Lets see how many friends I can lose us this time. Blunt, untactful observations come naturally to me. I'm totally like, a maverick and stuff.
 
Got to have it!
"TWISTED" & "An Enchanting Twist Of Peccadilloes"

...I'm looking forward to the reviews!
 
Justin Kuhn said:
Oh, we're doing this again? Lets see how many friends I can lose us this time. Blunt, untactful observations come naturally to me. I'm totally like, a maverick and stuff.
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Oh wait, you wanted to be a part of it? :)

ConspiracyPenguin said:
I am enjoying the conflicting banners. A lot.

There are a few minor discrepancies in the buildings too. I wonder if this was intentional...:)
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yes ... cause there wasn't enough buildings in v1 for my BIG ****ING EXPLOSION!
 
HVXOU said:
Not quite sure I understand this, but it looks cool, Can I have one for Catch?
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I was kind of fed up with my own casual "hey good job" reviews, and so I decided to start getting creative with the films. In the past, I'd always sit down with a college buddy, my gf (now fiance) or someone else and watch 6+ hours of movies, but now that we're all grown-ups, we're on opposite ends of the county or otherwise not able to do so.

My solution was to simultaneously watch the films while chatting over messenger about them. It gives you a review, and first impression, and hopefully some humor all at once.

That ... and I get to be sarcastic about your film WITH your permission!

Dick Campbell said:
Sign me up - just finished the edit and the score is almost all laid. so, looks like I'll make it.
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awesome, will do.
 
Ben Sliker said:
Oh wait, you wanted to be a part of it? :)
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All right on second thought, I'm too good to participate in this puerile drivel masquerading as critique. I don't take pleasure in making a complete and utter ass of myself to further your mad schemes, Ben.

Wait...no I'm not and yes I do. Nevermind, I'm in.
 
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