jghenderson
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I have a short film i'm shooting in ~1 month. I'm very excited about the story and the talent and crew we have involved. My goal with the piece has always been to submit to festivals.
Obviously Sundance is a dream festival for any filmmaker, but as we all know it's very difficult to get in (only ~5% of films are accepted).
Well a few years ago Sundance started a new thing called "New Frontiers". It's about meshing traditional film media with interactive/installation media. Some very prominent people have been involved including James Franco and Joseph Gordon Levit.
The writer for my short is trying to push me to tailor the film for the New Frontier category. With the story we have it would not be all that difficult and there is a clear way to bring interactivity into the fabric of the film. The writer is convinced that by approaching Sundance like this, we will have a much greater chance of getting accepted, which obviously would be much better for my career than making a traditional film that is not accepted.
My question is, what do you all think about this? I have always been interested in mixing film with a museum piece, but i'm afraid of people thinking "that's all he can do". My ultimate goal is to make traditionally told narrative films, so doing this would not be because it's what I want to do for the rest of my life, but merely a way to perhaps get to Sundance, where I can then network and hopefullly get some notice.
Opinions?
Obviously Sundance is a dream festival for any filmmaker, but as we all know it's very difficult to get in (only ~5% of films are accepted).
Well a few years ago Sundance started a new thing called "New Frontiers". It's about meshing traditional film media with interactive/installation media. Some very prominent people have been involved including James Franco and Joseph Gordon Levit.
The writer for my short is trying to push me to tailor the film for the New Frontier category. With the story we have it would not be all that difficult and there is a clear way to bring interactivity into the fabric of the film. The writer is convinced that by approaching Sundance like this, we will have a much greater chance of getting accepted, which obviously would be much better for my career than making a traditional film that is not accepted.
My question is, what do you all think about this? I have always been interested in mixing film with a museum piece, but i'm afraid of people thinking "that's all he can do". My ultimate goal is to make traditionally told narrative films, so doing this would not be because it's what I want to do for the rest of my life, but merely a way to perhaps get to Sundance, where I can then network and hopefullly get some notice.
Opinions?