{"id":4708,"date":"2010-06-08T22:42:40","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T02:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/?p=4708"},"modified":"2010-06-08T22:42:40","modified_gmt":"2010-06-09T02:42:40","slug":"wonderroot-filmmakers-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/archives\/4708","title":{"rendered":"WonderRoot Filmmakers’ Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

WonderRoot’s Generally Local, Mostly Independent Filmmakers’ Night<\/p>\n

Atlanta, Day One<\/em> (John Duke and Kris Valeriano)<\/strong>
\nI liked. KV wears a three-dollar suit, tours picturesque ruins of Atlanta before he starts breaking down. I dig the editing at the end, as it cuts between scenes where he’s in the same physical pose, giving the impression of one movement transporting across locations.<\/p>\n

Mouth 2 Mouth<\/em> (Patrick Coll and Chris Chambers)<\/strong>
\nHilarious, very short animation.<\/p>\n

Until Dust<\/em> (Nathan Honnold)<\/strong>
\nI remember saying to Jimmy afterwards that it’s good to know I’m not the only Guy Maddin<\/a> fan in Atlanta, but I don’t remember much else. Oh wait, here it is on Vimeo! Blurry-focus titles, one of which says “hairdressing school,” yep, I stand by my Maddin comparison. Too bad it’s one of the only pieces projected interlaced, since it was shot originally on super8 film.<\/p>\n

Rex<\/em> (Jackson McDonald)<\/strong>
\nA guy picks up girls to feed to his hungry dragon. Shot decently and colorfully, complete with flashbacks.<\/p>\n

Breathe<\/em> (Fletcher Holmes)<\/strong>
\nClever special-effects demo, shot underwater and somehow keyed, breathing SFX added later prompting a “how’d you DO that?” from the crowd.<\/p>\n

17 Degrees Ain’t Nothing<\/em> (Carlton Mackey and Dane Jefferson)<\/strong>
\nTwo dudes got a camera, but what to film? They chose to interview some homeless people for an hour – and that hour changed their lives<\/em> (the lives of the two dudes, not of the homeless people). A year later, footage is edited, theme songs are written, still photos are panned and zoomed, and lessons are learned.<\/p>\n

The Charm and Rant of Charlotte Pomerate<\/em> (Beth Malone)<\/strong>
\nThe filmmaker has, what was it, a grandfather involved in “very far left” politics? And his wife wrote children’s books. And she was interviewed by her granddaughter, then the interview was turned into a claymation video… but it’s more “clay” than “mation”. Clay-still-life. Combines two styles I don’t like (documentaries about one’s relatives + animating audio conversations) but it was cute so I couldn’t stay mad.<\/p>\n

Passion Seeker<\/em> (Chris Chamber)<\/strong>
\nVideo for a song by Little Tybee and Adron edited from 1930’s-90’s film clips. Played at around 2fps, and it’d be important to know whether that was intentional. If so, I’m not a big fan. If not, hey WonderRoot, I can give you advice on how to fix that. The song was nice.<\/p>\n

Christmas and Hanukkah<\/em> (Garry Bowden)<\/strong>
\n“Love is coming for us all,” says the description. A straight-faced romance soap-opera that inspired derisive laughter from the audience. Could Bowden be the Tommy Wiseau of Atlanta? Could he even be of Atlanta? I didn’t recognize any of the scenery, and it’s mostly shot outdoors. Story follows two people who find each other after sour breakups, shot by a man with a handicam but without a plan.<\/p>\n

Heaven<\/em> (Chris Sailor)<\/strong>
\nHeaven is a parking lot where echoes both precede and follow your words. You should be quiet, according to the man behind you in a creepy mask, but you are not. Also, you’d like a cigarette.<\/p>\n

One Minute Fluid Toons on Paper<\/em> (Brett W. Thompson)<\/strong>
\nFinally, the long-awaited return of Fluid Toons<\/a>! Less narrative (and without the awesome sound effects) than the last installment, but any Fluid Toons is good Fluid Toons.<\/p>\n

Godamsterdam: Yellow Fever<\/em> (Ben Cohen)<\/strong>
\nPart of a web series celebrating political incorrectness. It’s no Sarah Silverman Program<\/em> but it made me chuckle. Probably the most ambitious project here, setting up a regular cast of characters and a whole series of shorts, with higher than usual production values.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WonderRoot’s Generally Local, Mostly Independent Filmmakers’ Night Atlanta, Day One (John Duke and Kris Valeriano) I liked. KV wears a three-dollar suit, tours picturesque ruins of Atlanta before he starts breaking down. I dig the editing at the end, as it cuts between scenes where he’s in the same physical pose, giving the impression of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[96,684,93,1086,21],"class_list":["post-4708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie","tag-animation","tag-atlanta","tag-documentary","tag-plaza-theater","tag-shorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4708"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4769,"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4708\/revisions\/4769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}