Baby got BIFF 2.0 - By N.L. Belardes
You know I hate to write reviews of my own stuff. But since Bakosmokia wasn’t in the house, and all those other presses weren’t in da house… oh wait. Melvin Wells from TV 17 was in the house!
Rock it.
BIFF 2.0 was a great time.
I eased myself into the festival this time around. Noveltown had prizes, but I only came to portions. I missed Griffin’s big stop motion flick—though I’d seen it before. You know the one. Snowmen on a snowy day kind of flicka.
I did see Dane B’s wacky March of the Beers. Dug it! Though I missed Eggs 1 and Eggs 2. I had seen Eggs 1 at the Spotlight before, and Eggs 2—I saw that online. I watch lots of Dane’s short flicks online. They’re fun and family oriented.
Two filmmakers of the present: Dane B. and Griffin
And then there was the Q & A with the mighty Griffin and Dane B. I asked Dane if there was going to be an Eggs 3. He gave me a mysterious answer, saying, “You never know…” He also works for Bakersfield.com, sometimes working on as many as three news videos per day. That’s a lot of work…
I snapped Griffin’s pic after the Q & A. Filmmaker of the future… oh yeah!
Griffin Park-Hall
Later came some great films… most excellent. I always dig Hectic Films’, Skip. Very nauseating. But in a good way!
I saw Nolan Portillo and Walter Evans flick "One Down...More to Go" about a kid stalking a pedophile. Creepy!
“Projector” was an incredible short film that had Youthanasia star Justin Zachary…
Three film gems showed right before Cinema of the Lords: Dies Irie, Black Gulch, and 7 Minutes in Iraq. Yowsa. Black Gulch has won a bunch of awards. A must see. 7 Minutes in Iraq was disturbing and passionate. But the sound had technical difficulties. Dies Irie had a cool fight scene…
Cinema of the Lords was a rousing success. To make the night even more creepy were the technical difficulties that Rickey Bird of Hectic Films had to overcome to get the show hoppin’. He succeeded and we were into Cinema of the Lords, which kicked off with a crazy documentary on The Lords of Bakersfield, "Chronicle of the Lords". Even though what we showed was very raw, the crowd dug this film by N.L. Belardes (me) and Hectic Films.
We had a great and creepy time filming and conducting interviews for the 30 minute documentary (We’re going to boost it into an hour documentary with more interviews and some rather scary dramatizations).
I get weirded out during the Beach Park bathroom scenes. Ughhh!
Next up were four film that consisted of shorts by Hectic Films, Greg Goodsell, Landen Belardes, and Matt Keiley. One more film by Dane B. is still in the works.
Every film got rousing applause, and I worked the MIC as show host. I cracked as many bad jokes as I could. That’s always easy from a sound booth…
Stay tuned as I will be posting all four entries and allow you all to discuss who you think should be the winners of Cinema of the Lords...
I’m looking forward to BIFF 2.5! Thanks everyone! (Roger Mathey of Seat of Your Pants Productions, The Gernert Company, Spotlight Theatre, Russo’s Books, Hectic Films, Noveltown friends, Filmmakers, and everyone who bought raffle tickets and who enjoyed the shows!
(More on BIFF 2.0)
(See the commercial)
Rock it.
BIFF 2.0 was a great time.
I eased myself into the festival this time around. Noveltown had prizes, but I only came to portions. I missed Griffin’s big stop motion flick—though I’d seen it before. You know the one. Snowmen on a snowy day kind of flicka.
I did see Dane B’s wacky March of the Beers. Dug it! Though I missed Eggs 1 and Eggs 2. I had seen Eggs 1 at the Spotlight before, and Eggs 2—I saw that online. I watch lots of Dane’s short flicks online. They’re fun and family oriented.
Two filmmakers of the present: Dane B. and Griffin
And then there was the Q & A with the mighty Griffin and Dane B. I asked Dane if there was going to be an Eggs 3. He gave me a mysterious answer, saying, “You never know…” He also works for Bakersfield.com, sometimes working on as many as three news videos per day. That’s a lot of work…
I snapped Griffin’s pic after the Q & A. Filmmaker of the future… oh yeah!
Griffin Park-Hall
Later came some great films… most excellent. I always dig Hectic Films’, Skip. Very nauseating. But in a good way!
I saw Nolan Portillo and Walter Evans flick "One Down...More to Go" about a kid stalking a pedophile. Creepy!
“Projector” was an incredible short film that had Youthanasia star Justin Zachary…
Three film gems showed right before Cinema of the Lords: Dies Irie, Black Gulch, and 7 Minutes in Iraq. Yowsa. Black Gulch has won a bunch of awards. A must see. 7 Minutes in Iraq was disturbing and passionate. But the sound had technical difficulties. Dies Irie had a cool fight scene…
Cinema of the Lords was a rousing success. To make the night even more creepy were the technical difficulties that Rickey Bird of Hectic Films had to overcome to get the show hoppin’. He succeeded and we were into Cinema of the Lords, which kicked off with a crazy documentary on The Lords of Bakersfield, "Chronicle of the Lords". Even though what we showed was very raw, the crowd dug this film by N.L. Belardes (me) and Hectic Films.
We had a great and creepy time filming and conducting interviews for the 30 minute documentary (We’re going to boost it into an hour documentary with more interviews and some rather scary dramatizations).
I get weirded out during the Beach Park bathroom scenes. Ughhh!
Next up were four film that consisted of shorts by Hectic Films, Greg Goodsell, Landen Belardes, and Matt Keiley. One more film by Dane B. is still in the works.
Every film got rousing applause, and I worked the MIC as show host. I cracked as many bad jokes as I could. That’s always easy from a sound booth…
Stay tuned as I will be posting all four entries and allow you all to discuss who you think should be the winners of Cinema of the Lords...
I’m looking forward to BIFF 2.5! Thanks everyone! (Roger Mathey of Seat of Your Pants Productions, The Gernert Company, Spotlight Theatre, Russo’s Books, Hectic Films, Noveltown friends, Filmmakers, and everyone who bought raffle tickets and who enjoyed the shows!
(More on BIFF 2.0)
(See the commercial)
This entry was posted by N.L. Belardes, on
Wednesday, November 29, 2006.
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Oh sure... keep rubbing it in my face that I wasn't there. :(
Kidding. But really.
Well, at least I'll get to see the Lords entries! whoo hooo. And I didn't have to sit through all the bad joke telling to see them. KIDDING AGAIN. sorta.
Hey when is the winner to be announced?
Here's another minion that couldn't make it...sorry. Looks like one great show N.L.!Congratulations!
Does this de-qualify my minion status?
i got to catch the last portion of BIFF and enjoyed everything i saw.
i also bought about 20 raffle tickets and won a prize. woo hoo!
i loved all the LORDS entries shown and the raw documentary.... awesome!
Speaking about all the press that wasn't there...
The Blackboard will be starting up again and is looking for your help. All interested parties email me at dirtyshirt@sbcglobal.net. If you're interested AND want to write or work on the rebirth, show up at Dagny's Saturday December 2 at 1:00. Meet the new editor/owner Richard Bramer.
BIFF was great! There were some amazing films! Some of my favorites were: Book, Projector (I loved how this was shot), Dies Irie (very James Bond),and 7 Minutes in Iraq! Even though there were technical difficulties during 7 Minutes in Iraq, it was beautifully shot and passionate, I'd love to see it again with full sound.
I loved Hectic Films stuff although I think I'm ready for them to do something with fluffy bunnies, they've gotten good at the gore.
And of course Cinema of the Lords was great! Loved all the entries!! I'd hate to have to pick the winner. That's going to be a tuff job. I really enjoyed the creepiness of The Chronicles of the Lords documentary, can't wait to see the final product.
I had fun selling raffle tickets and getting to talk to all BIFF attenders...
very cute kid pix. :) i wanted to come, esp for the evening portion... struck down with flu. damn the sickly body, i say... if only i didn't need it to take me places.
What cute pictures of Griffin!
:D
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