2nd Annual DVXFest Screening
THE 2ND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DVXFEST SCREENING EVENT IN LOS ANGELES
Zak Forsman is pleased to announce his involvement in organizing a night of short films culled from recent online short film festivals hosted by DVXUser.com. The eclectic program includes some of the best and most memorable short films that tackled themes of love, loss, adventure and the supernatural – as well as some unforgettable surprises. The night will conclude with the announcement of the Finalists and Winners of QuestFest.
The event is FREE and you are invited to RSVP HERE for the Saturday, July 25th screening from 8pm to Midnight.
Model/Photographer takes third at DVXFest
This six-minute short film serves as a prelude to a larger project, ELOQUENT GRAFFITI. It was recently honored at DVXFest as a third place finalist. Sabi Filmmaker, Zak Forsman, was also given a “Special Appreciation” award by the festival director and Filmmaker Magazine will be covering the unique manner in which it was shot in an upcoming article and interview.
For a limited time, the short film will be available for viewing and is embedded below. See it while you can because it will soon disappear, only to re-emerge as part of the WANDERLUST network. Wait, the what?
You’ll see. More on that later.
Eloquent Graffiti – Podcast One – Intro
This podcast introduces the series we’ll be doing for the short film Sabi Pictures is producing for the 2009 DVXFest.
PODCAST ONE – INTRO
DVXFest Facebook Group
in an effort to build the DVXFest audience, I’ve started a DVXFest Facebook group. Join up!
these groups are a great way to inform and mobilize people interested in short films. so become a member and spread the word.
then, use this link to invite your facebook friends to the group so they can be kept up to date on DVXFest news.
Trains Connect, People Collide
so right off the bat, I spent the afternoon with Jamie Cobb, the editor of [URL="http://www.sabipictures.com/heartofnow"]HEART OF NOW[/URL]. We were in the Atlanta airport waiting for our flight to LAX when I read about LossFest on my iphone. We immediately began discussing some ideas for the LOSS theme. in the interest of transparency, some of the key points of the discussion were as follows…
—pitches for a framework for a story: something that moves much faster and tighter than [URL="http://www.sabipictures.com/ifhy"]IFHY[/URL], but that resonates on a similar (very human) level.
—”blue sky” session (meaning no ideas are bad ideas at this point) where we throw out ideas for scenes, dialogue, ways to reveal story and character beats, etc.
—listed the obvious choices for this theme and pitfalls to avoid.
—actors we’d like to work with, Sabi regulars were named and some new faces too.
—potential for an unusually high level of collaboration between myself and other filmmakers.
—potential to incorporate a more interactive experience for the audience (you’ll see!!!)
—potential to do what is essentially a short “proof of concept” from the [URL="http://www.sabipictures.com/wanderlust"]WANDERLUST[/URL] universe of characters and storylines we are developing.
—a truly NO-BUDGET endeavor to make something real and compelling and beautiful to look at without throwing a bunch of money at the screen.
