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Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Ah, spring - the time when a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of promoting his underground side projects.
Such it is with me. When I'm not working at my job, taking pictures of lawn ornaments, or annoying all of you with quasi-humorous semi-political tracts about plural nouns, I busy myself by producing a film festival with a few of my friends. The festival is called Stockstock, and it works like this: we (the producers) select 30-40 minutes of footage from old educational films, commercials, etc. Entrants use this footage and only this footage to create a 3-minute short film. They may change the audio track, alter the video, add titles, and generally have a good time, as long as they stick to the footage we sent them. We'll select the best of the films we receive and show them to the public at a screening in Seattle this summer.
Why am I bringing this up now? Well, yesterday marked the official start of the third annual Stockstock Film Festival. We want lots of people to enter the festival this year, and we're relying on word of mouth to help us generate interest.
What better way to do this than to turn to you, my loyal readers? You are all creative, energetic people, and I’m willing to bet that many of you would be interested in entering or attending our festival. If so, go to the site (http://www.stockstock.org) and see what it’s all about.
If it isn’t too much trouble, I'd also like to ask if you could spread the word about Stockstock. If you have a blog or a web site, consider blogging us or adding a link to your links page. If you don't have a site, you could just send an email about us to a couple of friends. Here’s a handy template you can use:
(Of course, you’re free to come up with your own message if you want.)
Thanks in advance for spreading the word, and I apologize for the sales pitch. If everyone who reads this blog could just tell a few people, it would be a huge help. And I also hope that you’ll all consider entering a film or coming to the screening in August. I promise that you will absolutely love it – or my name isn’t Scott Dierdorf.
P.S. If you’d like to get some idea of what Stockstock is like, take a peek at a film I made with John Harper for last year’s festival. (You’ll need QuickTime 6.)
Such it is with me. When I'm not working at my job, taking pictures of lawn ornaments, or annoying all of you with quasi-humorous semi-political tracts about plural nouns, I busy myself by producing a film festival with a few of my friends. The festival is called Stockstock, and it works like this: we (the producers) select 30-40 minutes of footage from old educational films, commercials, etc. Entrants use this footage and only this footage to create a 3-minute short film. They may change the audio track, alter the video, add titles, and generally have a good time, as long as they stick to the footage we sent them. We'll select the best of the films we receive and show them to the public at a screening in Seattle this summer.
Why am I bringing this up now? Well, yesterday marked the official start of the third annual Stockstock Film Festival. We want lots of people to enter the festival this year, and we're relying on word of mouth to help us generate interest.
What better way to do this than to turn to you, my loyal readers? You are all creative, energetic people, and I’m willing to bet that many of you would be interested in entering or attending our festival. If so, go to the site (http://www.stockstock.org) and see what it’s all about.
If it isn’t too much trouble, I'd also like to ask if you could spread the word about Stockstock. If you have a blog or a web site, consider blogging us or adding a link to your links page. If you don't have a site, you could just send an email about us to a couple of friends. Here’s a handy template you can use:
Hello! This is your good friend [insert your name here]. There’s a cool underground film festival that I think you would be interested in. It’s called Stockstock: they give you old footage, and you make a three-minute film out of it. You can get more information at their web site: http://www.stockstock.org.
In summary, I, [insert your name here] personally vouch for Stockstock and promise that you will absolutely love it – or my name isn’t [insert your name here].
(Of course, you’re free to come up with your own message if you want.)
Thanks in advance for spreading the word, and I apologize for the sales pitch. If everyone who reads this blog could just tell a few people, it would be a huge help. And I also hope that you’ll all consider entering a film or coming to the screening in August. I promise that you will absolutely love it – or my name isn’t Scott Dierdorf.
P.S. If you’d like to get some idea of what Stockstock is like, take a peek at a film I made with John Harper for last year’s festival. (You’ll need QuickTime 6.)
"Hard Times"
Music by Kurtis Blow
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