No joke, the Midwest has some pretty $*&% impressive filmmakers. I was asked to speak on a panel for the Midwest Ad Shorts last week (blush & eeek!) and was blown away by the lineup this year. check out the line up here. This particular night, it was a sold-out theater: “the place to be and be seen by veteran pros and up-and-comers” -Chicago Magazine meet the jury (Leaders of Chicago’s film and production community)meet the panelists (We talked about ‘creative inspiration’ in the commercial world) My picks from the evening & this year’s entries: “ECSTASY” John Malkovich in a Friday the 13th…
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how- to films. DIY films. behind the scenes films. …as part of the new year’s resolution of getting organized-we finally got around to updating the film channels with all of the trouble we got into in the past year- stuff like: * bobcat + outhouse = moving day* behind the scenes – saving a building* DIFFA camp film* Styleseek retreat film* DIY cocktail for Glossed & found* DIY dessert how to for G&F* DIY apple + arrow project for for G & F* Frankie in the pictures CHECK IT OUT HERE
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this is how it went down:while googling wandawega on vimeo,i found a film from 1937 of a group of rowdy lake party goers. it featured on woman in particular… shot on the shores of lake wandawega – the film was called ‘the unknown woman’. in the description of the film it says: “Reel #27
Shooting Date, 1937, late July
Location, Lake Wandawega, Walworth County, Wisconsin.
Photographer, Andrew Robbins and Martin LambertDescription
In the film appears a young Martin Lambert with close friends from that time Andrew Robbins and Raymond Wilcock. We can see three unknown ladies too and brief shoots of Aunt Lily and…
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