Category: Indie Film & Video

Indie Film & Video: Best Puppet Film Ever

A day in the life of a Husband and a Wife, living in a world of giant monsters

Inspired by Bri Castellini’s post last week about being a weird filmmaker and our more recent awareness of the upcoming and sure-to-be-very-very-weird The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The Bigfoot, which is – of course – in line to become the favorite film of all time for TVWriter™’s #1 Troublesome Sun Munchman, we’ve just watched the short film above and are wriggling with excitement.

This puppet show – yeppers, it really is a puppet show, but it takes awhile for that to sink in due to the brilliant cinemagraphy – should have you moaning happily, or at least purring, for hours.

So don’t just sit there trying to figure out our grammar, click the link below and enjoy! read article

Indie Video: MAKING YOUR FIRST FILM WHATEVER IT TAKES

Another extremely helpful Ted Talks video about showbiz and how to make the most of whatever you’ve got.

Watching this one, what fascinates this TVWriter™ minion most isn’t the good  advice. Instead, it’s the amazing, pro-level public speaking ability of Nicolas Forzy, the dude giving the talk. No way could yrs. truly ever match that delivery.

In other words, while on the one hand Forzy’s talk has me all revved up, on the other hand Forzy’s actual existence – his natural charisma and polish, has me near tears. read article

Indie Video: Goldentusk is a Finalist in the AT&T Shape Create-a-Thon!

Andy Goldenberg, the comedic mind behind zombie rom com BAD TIMING, presents FOOT TRAFFIC, the short (3 minutes is all it takes to do an excellently satirical job) tale about a world in which you need Walker’s Insurance to, well, walk.

FOOT TRAFFIC is 1 of the Top 4 Finalists in the Mobile Film Category of the 2nd Annual AT&T Shape Film Festival and Andy needs OUR votes to win the grand prize.

This TVWriter™ minion got a good solid chuckle out of this very well done three-minute short, and we think you will too. read article

Web Series to Feature Film

EDITOR’S NOTE: Dead Men does some amazing things. It began as the most intense web series we at TVWriter™ had ever seen. And now it’s a film. As they used to say back in the ’30s, when westerns were considered “easy” to shoot – now they’re anything but –  “Read all about it!”

Better yet, watch this trailer, and then start reading: read article

Introducing Stareable’s new podcast: ‘Forget The Box!’

Exciting email from Stareable, the site this particular TVWriter™ minion considers the absolute last word about web series here on the, erm, web, about their new podcast. (And the first few episodes already are online.

Here’s the downlow: read article