“The only thing worse than being talked about, is not being talked about” – Oscar Wilde

Well, negative as it may be, the short film that I was involved in for the 48 Hour Film Festival in Salt Lake City, was mentioned in City Weekly's Artys 2007 Staff pics. "The Stone of Talice" was, well, a good learning experience and now the professor has given the "deliciously awful" short film an "F". Not surprising and sort of amusing. Out of 30 or so films, however, only 2 films were mentioned, us first and then the Winner "Klaus". "Klaus" really was a great short created in a very short amount of time, and you can view it here:

The winner of SLC 48 Hour Film contest.

Read the City Weekly Artsy 2007 Staff Picks, here is the Link:

City Weekly Artys 2007 Staff Pics


However, with failure comes new opportunity! Due to my participation in the 48 Hour gig, I have networked myself in with a group of great guys who actually are making great films, one of them is from our team, another is from the team that won Best use of Genre. The adventure continues and has been interesting to say the least.

Bill Gillane called me one day to bring equipment that he knew I had from the 48 Hour Gig and introduced me to a bunch of guys that were making a feature length film. There is where I met Andrew James, a young and ambitious filmmaker. The group that was making that film has disbanded and there are 4 of us now working on our own film, as well as helping Andrew finish one that he has been working on for the last year. Check out Andrew's Blog - http://beachfirepictures.blogspot.com/

For the past month or so, Bill and I have been helping Andrew complete critical scenes for the film and working with him and others to help him get the film entered in the Sundance Film Festival, and many other festivals over the next year. Anyway, it has been a great learning experience and helped me become a better filmmaker myself.

I am in the process of completing my first and very own short. Just a couple more shots and finish with sound and music and it will be ready for screening! Only problem is I have knee surgery so this might be delayed a little.

What I find interesting is that I like the producer role, which has more to do with arranging things and getting things scheduled etc, than it does with actually filming. Andrew has asked that I seek out finishing funds to be able to transfer the the film from video to film, and also clean up the audio. This is what I believe producers do in the film business, find money. So, I am embracing the fact that I may be a better producer, than I am a camera gal. Especially if I can find the funding. Editing I am not willing to give up on yet, and I am still practicing with the camera. So, I guess it is best not to rule any options out just yet.

So, that is the news from my world and I plan to post "The Stone Of Talice" here after I figure out how to get it on youtube. So check back and you too can view the "deliciously awful. . .campy fantasy"