Monday, August 4, 2008
Hurry up and Wait
Holy crap it's August!
No The Ticket hasn't fallen off the face of the earth. We are working - at least George is... He's been sending postage-stamp sized Quicktime files with tracks for the score and I've been giving feedback. We're diligently aiming for quality instead of slapping something together just because we've given ourselves a deadline. Fingers crossed it's this week for having all the music but whenever I say that I get into trouble. Please don't hold me to it.
The next task is to chop the film down to a second version of 56 minutes. We're more likely to sell the film if we have a second version ready-made for television.
Okay - enough of our unfinished work-in-progress. It's time to recommend another film which is actually finished (Truly astounding that this ever happens).
No these aren't stills from a Budweiser commercial. These frogs are from Brazil. When things get over crowded and there's not enough food they turn to cannibalism.
According to Manda Bala, an actual finished film, we humans are not so different from our amphibious brethren. This doc. explores the roots of Brazil's kidnapping culture. It's not all thongs, surf and Bossa Nova down there after all.
Put this one on your Netflix list: Manda Bala (Send a Bullet).
Bizarre but the stunning soundtrack is nowhere to be found. It's so good that after you see the film you're going to be digging around to find the tracks.
No The Ticket hasn't fallen off the face of the earth. We are working - at least George is... He's been sending postage-stamp sized Quicktime files with tracks for the score and I've been giving feedback. We're diligently aiming for quality instead of slapping something together just because we've given ourselves a deadline. Fingers crossed it's this week for having all the music but whenever I say that I get into trouble. Please don't hold me to it.
The next task is to chop the film down to a second version of 56 minutes. We're more likely to sell the film if we have a second version ready-made for television.
Okay - enough of our unfinished work-in-progress. It's time to recommend another film which is actually finished (Truly astounding that this ever happens).
No these aren't stills from a Budweiser commercial. These frogs are from Brazil. When things get over crowded and there's not enough food they turn to cannibalism. 
According to Manda Bala, an actual finished film, we humans are not so different from our amphibious brethren. This doc. explores the roots of Brazil's kidnapping culture. It's not all thongs, surf and Bossa Nova down there after all.Put this one on your Netflix list: Manda Bala (Send a Bullet).
Bizarre but the stunning soundtrack is nowhere to be found. It's so good that after you see the film you're going to be digging around to find the tracks.
Labels: documentary, Manda Bala, The Ticket
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