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Posted: 5/25/06 at 9:49am
Saw these hot-off-the-griddle movie musicals last night.
How RipFest Works:
At the first meeting, 7 teams are announced - each comprised of a writer, producers, director, composer, editor, DP, choreographer, a group of actors and a small crew,
The teams are given guidelines to create a 5-10 minute film. Then they have 2 days to write the first draft, 3 days for rewrites, 2 days for pre-production, 2 days to shoot the film, 8 days for post production and 16 days after the first time everyone met, the films are premiered. The theme of the musicals was "DESPERATE MEASURES".
Out of seven short musical films premiered I thought three were particularly terrific: ELEVEN, a hugely silly yet beguiling musical concerning a bowling alley pin-setter and his particular romantic and physical predicament (Music by Brad Alexander, Lyrics by Jim McNicholas, choreographed by DJ Salisbury, starring John Bolton, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Jenna Robinson, Natalie Toro), IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING, a touching and exhilerating musical concerning the strains of a gay relationship over one partners' daughter (writer/lyricist Craig Shamin, music by Mat Eisenstein, starring Darius DeHaas, Tim Ehrlich, Bryn Willians & Michael Winther) and the hysterical DESPERATE HORSEWIVES, a torrid tale of forbidden love on a Kentucky horse farm, featuring a rousing opening dance number called "It's Great To Be Genteel and Gentile" (writer and lyrics: Bob Kushell, music by Johnathan Grossman, starring Aimee Miles, Lynn Chen, Erik Anderson, Robert Clink, choreographed by Gerry McIntyre).
I also liked the impressionistic OF LESSER OR EQUAL VALUE concerning how a woman deals with 'news overload' (writer & lyrics, Stuart Ross, music by Mark Savage) starring Tonya Pinkins, Alan House, David Holmes, David Rodwin, Mailija Pinkins, Manuel Pinkins).
I can't wait till these are available on DVD (and they will be)!!!
RipFest
How RipFest Works:
At the first meeting, 7 teams are announced - each comprised of a writer, producers, director, composer, editor, DP, choreographer, a group of actors and a small crew,
The teams are given guidelines to create a 5-10 minute film. Then they have 2 days to write the first draft, 3 days for rewrites, 2 days for pre-production, 2 days to shoot the film, 8 days for post production and 16 days after the first time everyone met, the films are premiered. The theme of the musicals was "DESPERATE MEASURES".
Out of seven short musical films premiered I thought three were particularly terrific: ELEVEN, a hugely silly yet beguiling musical concerning a bowling alley pin-setter and his particular romantic and physical predicament (Music by Brad Alexander, Lyrics by Jim McNicholas, choreographed by DJ Salisbury, starring John Bolton, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Jenna Robinson, Natalie Toro), IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING, a touching and exhilerating musical concerning the strains of a gay relationship over one partners' daughter (writer/lyricist Craig Shamin, music by Mat Eisenstein, starring Darius DeHaas, Tim Ehrlich, Bryn Willians & Michael Winther) and the hysterical DESPERATE HORSEWIVES, a torrid tale of forbidden love on a Kentucky horse farm, featuring a rousing opening dance number called "It's Great To Be Genteel and Gentile" (writer and lyrics: Bob Kushell, music by Johnathan Grossman, starring Aimee Miles, Lynn Chen, Erik Anderson, Robert Clink, choreographed by Gerry McIntyre).
I also liked the impressionistic OF LESSER OR EQUAL VALUE concerning how a woman deals with 'news overload' (writer & lyrics, Stuart Ross, music by Mark Savage) starring Tonya Pinkins, Alan House, David Holmes, David Rodwin, Mailija Pinkins, Manuel Pinkins).
I can't wait till these are available on DVD (and they will be)!!!
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