Douglas Thigpen
Well-known member
Just finalizing the work print right now and then to put all the secrets in the DVD menus and off to the distributors it goes this week.
"Crashing the Con", a look at the personalities exhibiting and attending San Diego Comic-Con 2008, from costumed attendees to artists to celebrities. I'll leave it at that until the full press materials are ready, but it is a bit 'deeper' as far as motive and purpose, while still remaining funny throughout. Told through a series of interviews and stories.
This is my first 'solo' project (though the Host during the project did assist with feedback during the editing process and acted as a PA when he wasn't hosting, so I got to give him credit as well) that I'm actually going to be putting out there for mass consumption (Read: DVD Release & Online Distribution). I've taken after my hero, Lloyd Kaufman, and exploited all of the PA-types and Host-types to work for nothing with promises of being associated with a feature that'd probably be seen by at least 5 people, including my mother.
It was completely self funded, which was liberating and annoying at the same time.
http://www.crashingthecon.com/ - I'll be updating the site with the full press materials once the final master goes to the distributor. And update this thread with an overview of how I worked through a lot of the red tape to get the individuals I wanted in it and the clearances I needed with an approximately two week lead time before shooting when the idea was developed, at least some of the parts which won't incriminate me.
If nothing else, definitely learned a lot. Namely, the more press passes you have in your possession, regardless of whom they are issued by (including yourself), the more access you get and the more likely A listers will begrudgingly talk with you on Camera and D listers will seek you out to talk to you on camera.
(This is by no means a high brow independent documentary, think of what it'd be like if Troma directly did a Documentary (not just distribute one))
Oh, and the closest thing to "Production Photos" that can be had from such a piece...
My Host admiring himself and some Protestors
My host and a PA-ish person.
Me drinking in the early AM with some other videographers from the Convention. Excuse the vulgarity, I don't like being on that end of the camera.
My host and Seth Green.
I got to shoot some Triumph segments for Robert Smigel / NBC while we were at it all. Got him to spring for dinner after, even.
David Banner at a Private Adult Swim party.
"Crashing the Con", a look at the personalities exhibiting and attending San Diego Comic-Con 2008, from costumed attendees to artists to celebrities. I'll leave it at that until the full press materials are ready, but it is a bit 'deeper' as far as motive and purpose, while still remaining funny throughout. Told through a series of interviews and stories.
This is my first 'solo' project (though the Host during the project did assist with feedback during the editing process and acted as a PA when he wasn't hosting, so I got to give him credit as well) that I'm actually going to be putting out there for mass consumption (Read: DVD Release & Online Distribution). I've taken after my hero, Lloyd Kaufman, and exploited all of the PA-types and Host-types to work for nothing with promises of being associated with a feature that'd probably be seen by at least 5 people, including my mother.
It was completely self funded, which was liberating and annoying at the same time.
http://www.crashingthecon.com/ - I'll be updating the site with the full press materials once the final master goes to the distributor. And update this thread with an overview of how I worked through a lot of the red tape to get the individuals I wanted in it and the clearances I needed with an approximately two week lead time before shooting when the idea was developed, at least some of the parts which won't incriminate me.
If nothing else, definitely learned a lot. Namely, the more press passes you have in your possession, regardless of whom they are issued by (including yourself), the more access you get and the more likely A listers will begrudgingly talk with you on Camera and D listers will seek you out to talk to you on camera.
(This is by no means a high brow independent documentary, think of what it'd be like if Troma directly did a Documentary (not just distribute one))
Oh, and the closest thing to "Production Photos" that can be had from such a piece...
My Host admiring himself and some Protestors
My host and a PA-ish person.
Me drinking in the early AM with some other videographers from the Convention. Excuse the vulgarity, I don't like being on that end of the camera.
My host and Seth Green.
I got to shoot some Triumph segments for Robert Smigel / NBC while we were at it all. Got him to spring for dinner after, even.
David Banner at a Private Adult Swim party.
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