Like a Drive-In, With Bikes
Last night, we went to the Disposable Film Festival Bike In. None of us owned any bikes, so we brought lawn chairs. Remember the drive-in movie theaters? It’s the same concept except with bikes. While we froze our asses off in the empty parking lot, we watched some of the best “disposable films” the festival had to offer on the side of the adjacent building. The speakers were provided by one of the trusty bikers, who you can hear coming from a mile away. The bike coalition came in full force, parked their rides in the valet, and laid their blankets out like a scandalous night-time picnic was about to go down.
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The Future of Film
Last night, I attended the opening night of the Disposable Film Festival at The Roxie Theater, which turned out a pretty eager crowd. All I have to say is that it’s amazing what people can do with only camera phones, point and shoot cameras, and webcams. While the festival is still in its fledgling stages, I had the serious sense that this festival could be huge if given a couple of years. The beauty is in the (for lack of a better word) low-quality shots. Everyone knows what they’re in for when watching a disposable camera film so no one was expecting Spielberg-esque views. But I admit that the camcorder style of the shots had me a little bit dizzy. Some of the most noteworthy films included seeing through the eyes of a camera taped to a moving car tire, a 10-second video of someone walking on top of an oncoming vehicle (straight to the point and satisfying), the introduction of fortune cookies to China, a filmer traveling on floating pieces of ice, and two nimwitted buddies who hear something in the wall. There are 2 days left in the festival including a feature-lenth film. I suggest the San Francisco folks come check it out.
Special thanks to DFF for throwing the festival and providing dinner at the afterparty courtesy of Baby Blues BBQ.
The Disposable Film Festival
Disposable Film Fest ‘09 Promo from Disposable Film Festival on Vimeo.
If there’s any word to describe the internet phenomenon, “access” would be pretty high up there. The internet allows access for one person to reach millions. It allows the consumer to find the seller, the performer to find the audience, a human being to find another human being, with greater ease than it had been in the past. Access has been the greatest triumph of the interweb.
And it is that technological accomplishment that has created The Disposable Film Festival. Of course, while the internet plays a huge role, the advent of the cheap, disposable camera, is what takes the stage. We’re talking about cell phones, webcams, flip video cameras, anything that won’t cause a heart attack if you accidentally break it. When the DFF people approached me about the idea, I was completely sold on it. What better way to celebrate regular folks who aspire to make movies without the Arab Money budget? You dedicate a whole festival to it and put out an open call to submissions.
I had the chance to interview the creators behind the Disposable Film Festival,
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