IDOM's 2008 48 Hour Film Project's Screening of "Tail"

THE MAKING OF "TAIL" WAS LIKE HAVING A GOOD CUP OF CAPPUCCINO WITH GOOD FRIENDS AT CAFE MOTO JAVA

GOOD TO THE LAST DROP

Last's night screening of "Tail" was very exciting. The first show was a sell out.
Regardless of what anyone else thinks, the experience felt like the summer's
"Blockbuster Hit" of short films. The audience was wild and crazy the way I like it. And the IDOMers were in da house. The audience reaction is the thing I live for. I am a very keen observer and "Tail" felt very well received. Folks really tuned in with a sense of intrigue and wonder. There were times when you could hear a pin drop. My friends were very pulled in especially by the unexpected ending. My hat off to all those who attended and for those who
didn't... be sure to check it out on our website and for the latest and greatest updates.
http://itdonnedonme.com/



We made the front page of San Mateo's Daily Journey
while Barack Obama made the back page. I guess we're moving up in the world, huh?
Never thought I woulda seen the day. Not in a million years. Check out the article
as it sums up things pretty well.

http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=95572

Thanks for kicking it with me. Please enjoy a couple of my behind the scenes fantasies of this surreal experience.

Ever wonder what it would be like to be a red head?

Or have short dark sexy hair?

I enjoy being on a competitive film making team. I am very versatile and I have the ability to step up to any other role - camera, sound, lighting, directing, editing, and in some cases acting as the situation called for it. The one role that stays constant is - I am the Official Stylist for It Donned On Me. One of my many jobs is to ALWAYS make sure that everyone looks good on camera as well as help them get into character. It's one of the most fun things to do and the team always count on me to do it. And we always have fun.

Let The Screenings Begin

Well, the making of process of the San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project is over, but the fat lady have not even begun to sing yet. It's been a surreal experience.

San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project Screening Info:

http://www.roxie.com/events/details.cfm?eventid=D6C7D5E2%2DF1F6%2D5CD4%2D1F7054070CB9A500

WHERE: Roxie Cinema http://www.roxie.com

3117 16th Street @ Valencia,San Francisco, CA

WHEN:July 22, 23, 24 & 28

Time: 7:00pm and 9:30 pm each night (note: each screening group will be screened twice per evening)

Tuesday, 7/22 - Screening Group A

Wednesday, 7/23 - Screening Group B

Thursday, 7/24 - Screening Group C

Monday, 7/28 - Screening Group D

COST:$9

This year It Donned On Me Presents:

"Tail" Starring Erin-Kate Whitcomb, Thomas Bruchs,
&
Michael Eyvazov

REMEMBERING LAST YEAR'S JAM

behind the scenes shots
San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project
June 2007

Mike

Genre: Road Movie

Signe, Tony & Dinah (a.k.a. MacDiva & The Donnettes)

hanging out
at Fat City

in San Francisco (2007)

while Tony pulls the surprise genre

"ROAD MOVIE"

the book to live by

Joe Kirsch displays our title

Ideas, Script Writing, Calling Actors

Directing Isabelle

in Urgent Care

Who would have guessed one year ago the IDOM Crew would have become Nationally Acclaimed Award Winning Filmmakers? And then, some 9-10 months later become Internationally Acclaimed Award Winning Filmmakers.

Urgent Care was our first film together as a crew. As a result, we were selected by VISA to produce a 3 minute narrative film along with 29 other teams from San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. We took 2nd place and the rest is our story.

Here we wear our badges of honor at the VISA screening
at San Francisco's Theater 39.

And the jam continues this weekend (July 18-20)














SAVE THE DATE!
THE 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT RETURNS TO SAN FRANCISCO!
JULY 18 - 20, 2008

Filmmakers from all over the SF Bay will compete to see who can make the best short film in only 48 hours. The winning film will go up against films from around the world for the title "Best 48 Hour Film of 2008".

Online registration opens Tuesday, May 27th
http://www.48hourfilm.com/sanfrancisco/

Space is limited. Each completed film is guaranteed a big-screen screening in front of a full audience.
Early bird registration fees are $135 (begins 8 weeks before competition and closes 4 weeks before competition).
Regular registration fees are $155.

For more information email sanfrancisco@48hourfilm.com
Sign up for the San Francisco mailing list to learn about upcoming events
http://www.48hourfilm.com/newsletter/?city=sanfrancisco
Please forward this email to friends!

Thanks!
Elena Cruz
San Francisco Producer

The 48 Hour Film Project is a wild and sleepless weekend in which you and a team make a movie�write, shoot, edit and score it�in just 48 hours. On Friday night, you get a character, a prop, a line of dialogue and a genre, all to include in your movie. 48 hours later, the movie must be complete and screened at a local theater the following week. This year the 48HFP will visit over 70 cities around the world.

San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project - ONE MORE TIME

CAMERA ROLLING, SPEED, ACTION...


Life Takes Sleep

LIFE TAKES SLEEP

And more sleep!
And even more sleep!
Anyone awake?



THIS IS WHAT A REEL CREW LOOKS LIKE

ANYONE AWAKE HERE? Let's do a sound check...


CAMERA ROLLING SPEED ACTION!

IT'S TIME TO JAM, Y'ALL! WAKE UP!

Zimbabwe Update

There is great concern at this time for Zimbabwe.
The People of Zimbabwe need our blessings
at this time.  I have not heard from any of my
beloved extended family that live there
for a couple of months.  The following link was
forwarded to me by a Zimbabwean living
here in the U.S.

Watch Robert Mugabe attacking Julian Manyon

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1488655367/bctid1640107138

For more information check out CNN on line:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2008/jul/04/election.zimbabwe

Planetary Liberation Episode 1

This first Episode explains how it all began for me. A visit to Ntengwe for Community Development in Binga, Zimbabwe. Ntengwe is a not for profit organization which targets youth, orphans, and vulnerable children, and women infected and affected by HIV and AIDS. Founded by my Sisteren Elizabeth Markham.

Elizabeth spent many years growing up in Africa. Many of her ideas and goals were conceived here in the Bay Area. Her dream is to empower the children of the Tonga and Shona Tribes of Zimbabwe.

This first episode introduces the children and their music from the CD, “Tuli Bamuchaala – We are The Orphans”.

The creative process began with participatory research of over 500 children and the formation of a 200 voice children's choir. They composed their own songs featured on the CD.

Planetary Liberation Episode 2

The host of Echoes of Africa and I continues our radio interview on Ntengwe for Community Development in Zimbabwe. The episode features more photos of the elephants and nature scenes of Zimbabwe, as well as scenes from everyday life of the people. Ntengwe youth meet at their home office for meetings. This is where I stayed during the time of my 2004 visit to Binga, Zimbabwe. Also shown are photos from the opening ceremony for their new "Drop-In Center" which opened it's doors during 2006. The "Drop-In Center" was designed and donated by the Japanese Embassy. I saw the final blue print (2004)at while I was there, before it was actually built. The center provides a place for the children to come and have breakfast before school, in the mornings and do homework after school and have more meals.(when there's food in Binga) Some of the children are seen clad in new clothing and tennis shoes donated from Europe for the ceremony in honor of the opening of the Ntengwe Drop-In Center. At a service at the East Bay Church of Religious Science in Oakland, CA, I managed to capture footage taken during a service that empowers children and communities.

Planetary Liberation Episode 3

Ntengwe's children of Binga continue to sing their hearts out to the world in an attempt to share their feelings as we journey beyond the middle passage (the journey on slave ships from Africa to America) to present time...living and performing and remembering the dreams of those ancestors that survived the passage. We are all living the ancestors' dreams...as Composer, Jacquline Hairston and other well known musicians and performers share theirs.


Planetary Liberation No. 4

Featuring the music of Dominion Accapella, under the direction of Valerie Brown; and the KTO Project, a Zimbabwean/American band founded by Kelly Takumba Orphan (former student of the University of Zimbabwe). More scenes of my Beloved Binga Rural Community and Lake Kariba

Planetary Liberation No. 5

Zimbabwe's Oliver Mtukudzi and his band, The Black Spirits made an appearance in Oakland, CA in 2006. There was a golden opportunity to speak with him and some of his band members.


ZimbabweOnTheWestCoast 6

Featured Zimbabwean artist Thomas Maphumo speaks on the children of Zimbabwe.
Thomas Maphumo is in exile. He and his band, the "Blacks Unlimited",
along with a local African American Jazz Trumpeter, Khalil Shaheed
creates great "Afro Jazz Infusion".

TALES FROM THE POND! Defining Moments

Submission Uploaded and Confirmed by Vuze!!! or is it? Finally! Whew! We can all rest now.



Hat's off to MacDiva & the Donnetts - Dinah, Sig & Tony

More Defining Moments

Just some memories of our girl SUSANNAH.

For complete details visit: http://macdonettes.blogspot.com
or http://unrendered.blogspot.com

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download the vuze player and enjoy the ride.