5 Five V

Here it is, folks, the thing you’ve been waiting for…our movie from this year’s 72 Film Fest, “5 Five V.”

As always, feedback is appreciated.

Additionally, we have a side-by-side comparison of the camera raw and colorized versions of the movie for film geeks who wanted to know what the before and after looked like:  http://vimeo.com/30375906

Thy name is Susan Lucci

There comes a time in any young auteur’s life, when he stands underneath the spotlight, where audiences rain down praise.  In that moment, he is given awards and accolades for his creation.  This man (or woman) has a sense of accomplishment; a high note in his heart.

That guy is not us.

Another 72 Film Fest season is over, and just like last year, we seem to be the bridesmaid, but not the bride.  Will that handsome lad come our way one day and sweep us off our feet?  Maybe.  Yet, this scene is still fresh in our minds, so it is hard not to feel slighted and a bit down on ourselves.  If you, faithful audience, are an artist, I am sure you can empathize with us.  It’s not to say that we didn’t get a lot of praise from friends, family, and peers, we just wished that judges agreed.

However, with that being said, it is definitely an honor to get nominated as many times as we did.  Not quite a record, but extremely close.  We can’t be too mad when our friends over at Connectivity Group won the top prize for the third year running.  Congrats to them.

If only we could beat them so they could be the ones congratulating us.

Maybe next year, right?

72 Film Fest 2011

Wow…it sure has been a while.  Last we checked in, we had released the second episode of our Jay-Jay and Moonpie iPhone games.  Since then, we have been laying low, waiting like a cobra with all the intent to strike when the iron was hot.  Wait…that’s a blacksmith joke.  That analogy is away off.

Either way, I’m sure you (meaning one person) missed the fun-loving bunch at Missing Link Cinema.  Well, you’re in luck.  We have awesome news to impart.

One of the times of year that we will look forward to the most is when the 72 Film Fest rolls around.  For those of you not familiar, it is a contest where filmmakers are given 3 days, or 72 hours, to make a movie.  To even the playing field, so to speak, specific criteria is given during the start of the competition that must be included in your movie.  The theme this year was the “first frame, last frame” variety.  Very similar to what was done for the Canon Beyond the Still contest.  It’s definitely a unique, if not, novel idea.  It does give a lot of room for doing pretty much whatever you want.  With that much leeway, how can you not go wild, right?

The movie we made definitely pushed us in a new direction, yet, it still remains a Missing Link Cinema production.  You can see our style of pacing and editing in every single frame.  As always, we are proud of the work we created.  We hope that the audience and judges for the 72 Film Fest feel the same.  While we were very happy with the work we created last year, “Le Detective“, we failed to bring home any awards.  The competition was stiff.  There were a lot of great movies from the other teams.  We just hope that our effort this time around will bring us some accolades.  Cross your fingers for us.

We know we will.

So, before I run off again to my Batcave, I leave you with this still image from our movie.  Just a little something to whet your appetite.