JUMPCUT: "Charlie's Nuts" : Online and Winning Awards!

*** TEAM JUMPCUT UPDATES ***

Topics -

*** "Charlie's Nuts"now online.

*** "Charlie's Nuts" wins awards.

*** Details on "Charlie's Nuts" and screening at Filmapalooza (Not in San Jose!)

and Director's Notes

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*** "Charlie's Nuts"now online.

Go to the Team JumpCut Blog and click through to watch "Charlie's Nuts" online. It looks great in the online-HD format.

Click here:> www.teamjumpcut.com/

Be sure to post comments on the blog and the movie site!

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*** "Charlie's Nuts" wins awards.

Word has come back to us that we won again. This time at the local competition. It's a nice winning streak for our Team. Three films made, three films that have won awards. While I am waiting to hear more from Nick Tierce, co-writer of the story, and the writer of our screenplay-he was the Team JumpCut representative to accept the award-he let me know that we were only beaten-out by the cocaine-snorting tube sock in the "Puppet Movie". (The group that went to the screening guessed that this was out stiffest competition.)

So, Charlie's Nuts was well-received and clearly liked by the judges, a very solid Second Place Finish for Best 48 Hour Film. Congratulations to all! And above all - I hope that you are all as proud of this film as I am. Just seeing the clip of Greg above makes me smile.

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*** Details on "Crime's A Cookin'" and screening at Filmapalooza (Not in San Jose!)

Here is the email recently sent to me by the 48 Hour Competition (the "Crime's A Cookin'" contest.) 

2)       Filmapalooza—It's official!  We will screen your films as part of the Miami International Film Festival!

Sunny Florida here we come.  The Festival runs from March 5-14.  We will not know our official screenings dates until mid-November.  We will also have information on discounted hotel rooms.

So it's a big surprise, but for some reason the host festival has changed from San Jose to Miami. That certainly makes it an easier road trip! I'll try to get a confirmation that it is not screening at both, and that this is the actual location of the final competition.

Very exciting - seems like we will be able to represent in force!

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Director's Notes

I hope you all never get tired of me expressing my gratitude. It takes an incredible team to produce these polished, quality films. When I watch and re-watch our movies-I have them on my iphone, so it is a guilty pleasure! - I always marvel at how so many disparate elements came together so perfectly each time. As many of our team are new to the world of filmmaking, I thought it would be of interest to share a little perspective on just what an incredible accomplishment a 48 hour film is. The average low-budget movie shoots for between 45 to 60 days to make 100 minutes of film. So about two minutes of screen time per day of shooting. Team JumpCut is producing 7 minutes of screen time on one day's shooting. And of course that is without the three - six months of prep time, and the 6 to 12 months spent on editing and finishing. Everyone give yourselves a big pat on the back!

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