my first moviemaking efforts were stop motion animations using action figures and clay creatures. (actually my [i]first[/i] movie was a rambo parody i made when i was a teenager, but we won't go there
} the 3-minute flick exhibited by the festival got nominated for best short on a microbudget, but didn't win.
i was pretty jazzed to take part in it at the time. but i was also very uneducated about the festival process and it really didn't get me anywhere. now, working with friends we've made a 30-minute live actioner that is many steps up in quality from those old works. it still has a stop-mo shot in it, as well as photoshop-driven animation. and the funny part is the whole thing is a thinly disguised tribute to stew. anyone here that saw it would definitely get the references. i even wear my own version of the rhythmatist hat in it. i guess i can go ahead and mention the title here: "the onslaught of kester kent"!
i submitted it to sundance this week, hoping to follow in the footsteps of my heroes stewart copeland and robert rodriguez and the successes they had there. keeping my fingers crossed!
