One of the coolest things about blogging is the sharing of information and documenting our lives. Honestly, I read blogs all the time from the video and film guys I follow to the comments on TBO.com. However, when it comes to our blog we just share videos or projects we are working on while leaving out our personal lives and all the things do…the crazy and magical things that happen to us or that we take part in from day to day. I say this because I had a lot of fun recently hanging with Art! Art Polin is an innovator in the business of weddings and event film-making. He started the short form video 20 years ago. He has won Creative Excellence Awards since their inception and he has presented, taught and written books and how to effectively produce wedding videos, life biographies, Bar-Mitzvahs! He is just a wealth of information and a really cool guy. It came as a total surprise that he lived right around the corner. So I must say that during the last few days I have spent more time with Art than I have with my own wife. {sorry honey}
“Fugitive Hunters”
Tracey and I made this short “buddy film” as part of the 48 Hour Film Project 2010, in Tampa. The 48 Hour Film Project is the largest international film competition in the world. The project is a wild and sleepless weekend in which you make a movie—write, shoot, edit and score it—in just 48 hours. We have made several shot films for the competition and have done well in the past winning several awards. As an artist it is hard to be subjective about your work but I think the team (Leftover Films) really came together this year and we made something we are all very proud of. Tracey directed it and I produced, shot and edited the film.
On Friday night July 16th, we got a character, a prop, a line of dialogue and a genre, all to include in our movie. 48 hours later, the movie must be complete. Then it was shown at Channelside along with the other teams on Wednesday. 27 teams competed and 20 teams turned in a their film on time! Just finishing your movie is an accomplishment..phew!
Here are the elements we had to include:
Genre “Buddy Film”
Character – Diego or Dolores Florio, Tourism Worker
Line of Dialog “That’s not what I meant”
Prop – Bathing Suit
We got help from the very talented Khaled and Mariana of Kismis Ink as well as Erica and Katelyn from Occasions. My old friend Natalie Campisi, a working writer, came up with a brilliant script and we got an amazing composer Travis Abel at of Seattle who stayed up all night in Seattle scoring our rough cut.
“Fugitive Hunters” Smart. Stealthy. Tipped Off. from Tampa Wonderworks Films on Vimeo.
Photos courtesy of Kismis Ink Photography
Lindsey + Ben // Real Wedding Highlights
Lindsey and Ben were married on a gorgeous afternoon in Plant Park at the University of Tampa. It was a very emotional ceremony (Lindsey had everyone wiping away tears!) and as witnessed by the highlights, the love Lindsey and Ben share is very special. The reception was held high atop the Vaughn Center overlooking the beautiful night skyline of downtown Tampa. Lindsey and Ben shared their 1st night as husband and wife in such romantic fashion. Each table was decorated with gorgeous centerpieces of bright colored floral arrangements and the table names were named after places the young couple have visited together. The table cards even included a short back story about each location. We were so thrilled to take part in such an incredible day. Congratulations, Lindsey and Ben!
Lindsey + Ben // Real Wedding Highlights from Tampa Wonderworks Films on Vimeo.
On the menu//
Coordinator – Swank Shindigs
Flowers – Revel Design Company
Photography – Sandra Yu
DJ – Grant Hemond
Cake – South Tampa Publix – 813-250-0529
Makeup – The Michele Renee Hair and Makup Artist Group
Officiant – Katherine DeMarco
Venue – The University of Tampa
Kristen + Ryan’s way cool movie poster!
We want to share Kristen and Ryan’s fantastic Wedding Day Movie Poster with you because we are so happy with how it looks! We loved their wedding colors so much that we wanted to incorporate, in the poster, the vibrant pink that that was an accent color throughout their wedding (including on their menus, lighting, flowers, and even the bridesmaids wore it as their shoe color which looked stunning with the yellow dresses!) The full-size poster was super cool and so much fun, just like the newlyweds!
