Ah yes, sun, sea, sand, and all an hour or so from Hollywood. Who wouldn’t want their film screened there? Pay heed now to Newport Beach Film Festival’s callout for Irish films. You’ve probably seen this one advertised on various forums and sites anyway. All types of Irish films, be they feature films, short films, animation, documentary, family, youth, environmental or action sports are welcomed for the April 2010 event. It seems there are various deadlines with fee payments increasing as time goes on. The next deadline is the Thanksgiving deadline on November 20th. For more info, go visit http://www.newportbeachfilmfest.com/. Tis all very glam!
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Actress needed for short in Cork City, Nov. ‘09
November 3, 2009 — gemActress needed, aged 25-35, for a short suspense film to be shot on November 15th. Auditions will take place this Friday evening. For further details please call 087-2829097. This short is a project by students of a Cork Film Centre filmmaking course.
Mutant Shorts 2
October 25, 2009 — gemIt’s about time I posted here about the next Mutant Shorts filmmaking event in Cork (the first of which I wrote about here many months back). Part of the reason as to why I’ve neglected The Stub recently is that I was off creating the Mutant Shorts blog which will tell you all you need to know about the event, and from where you can download application forms should you wish to participate.
She just couldn't decide which scene to shoot next...
This time round, potential filmmakers have been set a challenge with regard to their film location; it must be set in or around a kitchen..but it’s a loose enough rule! Films must be ten minutes or less. Cork Film Centre have sponsored a prize of five day’s free rental of filmmaking equipment (think lighting kit, camera and boom mic). If you decide to take part, you must register by November 9th, but you have until the 2oth of November to hand in your film.
All films that are entered will be screened at the Savoy, Cork City on November 26th. Admission to Mutant Shorts and other events taking place that night it €5. (Filmmakers are exempt from admission fees!)
Now hop on over to the Mutant Shorts blog for more info…
The Stolen Wings
October 14, 2009 — gem
Light and colour a' plenty in The Stolen Wings
‘The Stolen Wings’ is the sixth film by Donegal man, Gerard Lough. A short fairy tale, the film’s visual effects were created with techniques such as stop motion and light painting. The film can be seen in HD on YouTube at the link here.
Colin Trailer
October 13, 2009 — gemJust popped up the trailer (look left) for the latest zombie movie sensation that is ‘Colin’. I can’t say I’m a major fan of zombie movies, but this one looks interesting, partly because it was made for only £45 (an inspiration to all amateur filmmakers) and partly because it tells the story from the zombie’s point of view. This is surely a guide to everything you’ll need to know for zombie filmmaking, including gruesome looking wounds, and a soundtrack that sounds suspiciously like Dr. Who’s Tardis machine.
(Of course, for fake wounds you need look no further than here, as fake a wound as you’ll get, as demonstrated by a Stub contributer).
‘The Struggle of Libations’, by Nuaciel
October 12, 2009 — gemNuaciel, the performance group based in Dublin have kept me up to date with their trilogy of short films, which end with this one entitled..’The Struggle of Libations’ (La Lutte des Ivresses).
Here’s what they have to say about it:
” “A Struggle Of Libations” is the last chapter of the French Food Trilogy film
project, which explores the relationship between traditional French food
products and their use in a native Anglo-Saxon population.
The film closely examines perhaps the most explosive issue in Anglo-Franco
culinary relations – the various predispositions and proclivities in attitudes
towards alcoholic consumption.”
You can watch the video below, and don’t forget Part one and Part two also on this blog.
The Undead Wear Red short film
October 12, 2009 — gemHalloween is in the air, and what better way to get into the spirit of things than with a short horror film. Even better when it’s mixed with film noir. Those Cork filmmakers, The Gifted Babies bring you such genre mish mash in (cue Vincent Price tones) The Undead Wear Red. You can watch Part One below or visit the Gifted Babies page for the full film and extra info on their many shorts. Mwah ha ha ha haa etc etc..
Female actress needed for short in Cork
September 12, 2009 — gemHere’s an audition advert that may be of interest to some:
Female model looking 25-35 with good acting skills needed
Short Film Audition early October in Cork city.
Please send CV & 2 photographs to Guillaume at
info@wfmp.net
For more info on this filmmaker’s CV, visit http://wfmp.net
Return of The (original) Stub
September 6, 2009 — gemAfter a few weeks summer break, The Stub has resumed normal business, and, I’m glad to say, is now two years old, since August 3rd! In the past two years, The Stub has somehow reached top of the google list (if you google ‘The Stub’ that is). We even pushed away that Wikipedia notice on ’stubs’. But now, residing just beneath the Irish blog, a new Stub has materialized, beamed all the way from Canada by the looks of things and packed with film news and all things Hollywood. Don’t go there! I have to say I’m both horrified and in awe. They even have a snazzy Stub logo that I planned at least two years ago..*sigh. Nevertheless, for Irish news, and film reviews, you won’t beat your trusty Irish Stub. And don’t they say that a little bit of friendly rivalry never did anyone any harm? (Just keep us top of the google list)
And now for the statistics:
WordPress blogs are very informative as to how many hits your posts receive and where those hits come from. Here’s some Stub info from the past two years; it makes for a good analysis of what people are googling. And an awful lot googled Batman..:
Most Popular Posts:
Batman wasn’t the only thing on top of most people’s movie agendas; the scary amount of Twilight fans out there account for my posts on Irish film ‘The Eclipse’ receiving so many hits. Fortunately, plenty Irish people who were on set in Cobh also found these posts and left comments about their experiences. As a result, the ‘Eclipse’ set photos post has the highest comment count at 19, while a piece on the Corona Fastnet Film Festival comes second with 18 comments.
Most popular google terms:
No surprises at the top five google terms leading people to this blog:
Twilight: 16, 998 (probably turning to 17, 000 as I type)
Batman: 6, 607
The Dark Knight: 2, 775
Bellatrix Lestrange: 1, 670
Auditions for Eclipse: 987
From an Irish point of view there were some other interesting stats aswell. 239 people googled Irish actress, Elaine Cassidy, while ‘Auditions in Cork’ was searched 153 times, and potential local movie ‘RA Child’ 147 times.
Now that the ball is rolling again, I’ll be sticking up lots more news over the next few days on Irish films and competitions, aswell as regular movie reviews. You can now rate a post too, as you can see at the top of this and all other posts on here. Thanks for reading!
Sunday Drive: Galway Auditions
September 2, 2009 — gemThe below audition info was posted as a comment by Oisín Mac Coille so I’m just promoting it to a proper post! Thanks Oisín.
Open auditions are to be held in The Galway Social Space on middle street in Galway city centre between ten and five on saturday september 12th
The characters i’m looking for are
Sean a 35-40 year old sales rep a bit on the bulkier side
Eileen Sean’s wife also 35-40 a Home maker
Sean and Eileen never had Children
Tim a 50 -55 year old mechanic/ handy man moved to ireland from the north of England in the late 70’s.
Could all interested parties please bring a head shot and cv. An excerpt from the script will be provided on the day.
Thanks
Oisin
