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The Doorpost Film Project is an international online short film competition and filmmakers’ community. I was lucky enough to be included on their judges’ panel this year.
Yesterday Doorpost announced the TOP TEN films in their 2009 competition. I’m pleased to say that one of the short films FunnyFixx featured this week was included in the elite list of finalists: JOHN GRAY. We posted John Gray on May 13 and Dan Baker, one of the film’s directors, left comments for you to read. If you haven’t seen John Gray, it’s an extraordinary film. Here’s the link: http://funnyfixx.com/blog/2009/05/13/john-gray/
And here is the complete list of the 2009 TOP TEN finalist short films:
Liv, Escape, The Messenger, John Gray, La Pluma, The Embalmer, Bountiful Bounty,
Timing, Biggest Weakness and Mojave Philosophy. Congratulations to everyone that worked on these great films!
And for your viewing pleasure, above we’re featuring another of the Top Ten films. It’s called TIMING. It’s a story about how it takes forgiveness for a husband and wife clown duo to perfect their act. It was directed by John DesRoches.
If you like short films, check out The Doorpost Film Project website: http://www.thedoorpost.com
May 17th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Hi Sharon!
I am so happy that you enjoyed the film. I am looking forward to this next round and working with the Doorpost Film Project.
Timing was a collaborative effort. I worked very closely with my leads, Elizabeth Murray and Jorge Cordova, all through the writing process doing improvisation sessions to explore the dialogue and story. I approached this as a theater piece, rehearsing it beginning to end as one scene. There was a lot of collaboration on the script with Devin Assuncao who was more of a reverb chamber than a sounding board, helping to clarify the ideas while punch up dialogue and theme. I also think that the fact that we shot over one night in a New York Theater gave the crew and actors an energy that was very special. We had great momentum on set and I think it comes across in the final product. Thanks for the interest! John Des Roches