$99 Specials
Don't let the special low price fool you. Here are seven brand spanking new $99 Specials and boy, do they offer the viewer tremendous value for the money. With 99 days and $99 in your pocket you never know what will be produced out of this filmmaking experiment. In a profession where it's not easy to practice your craft, the intention of the 99 is to do exactly that. And sometimes they deliver big results.
Who’d have guessed a hit TV show would be created out of the $99 Special SIGNIFICANT OTHERS, not to mention a feature film out of NEVER DATE AN ACTRESS, starring original lead and then unknown Naomi Watts?!
Video clips for 2007 $99 Specials Coming Soon!
2007
Midlife with Glasses
By Heidi Van Lier (5 minutes)
E: affordablefilms@aol.com
A corporate guy living in a dull gray world gets a new pair of glasses that change his life.
Bio: Heidi has had three other films screen at Slamdance. Heidi is currently setting up her third feature film. Heidi needs money to make her third feature film. Heidi needs money to support her child. Heidi's child is very hungry.
$0.99 - everything
Processing
By Michael Lucid (5 minutes)
E: prettythingsss@yahoo.com
An undercover therapist tries to reunite two bickering friends during a lunch date.
Bio: Michael Lucid tutors children and makes wacky sketch comedy videos under the moniker "prettythingss" on youtube. His films LADY IN THE LAKE, POPCORN, MULBERRY COMMONS, and THE HOMECOMING have played at Slamdance in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 respectively.
$25 - 1 box mini-dv tapestock
$30 - Craft Service
$25 - Wig
$20 - Set dressing
The Instrumentalist
By Troy Morgan (3 minutes)
E: troy@troymorgan.net
In a dark underground cavern, an organist plays an imperative song of the seasons
Bio: Troy Morgan was the recipient of the Slamdance 2006 Best Animated Short award for his film, DRAGON. He lives and works in Los Angeles.
$12.99 - Magic Sculpt
$15.95 - Styrofoam
$7.56 - black paint
$7.56 - white paint
$20 - dowels
$4 - straws
$24 - lumber
The Sins of the Nude
By Todd Rohal (5 minutes)
E: todd@ghandshake.com
An intimate and disturbing glimpse into the life of a film critic, played out in a lonely hotel room on a rainy spring evening.
Bio: Todd Rohal is the son of contemporary artists Jon & Patricia Rohal, who founded the Guggenheim museum. His grandfather created most of Buster Keaton's most famous gags while working under a psuedonym in Hollywood in the 1920's. Todd's first feature, THE GUATEMALAN HANDSHAKE, premiered at the 2006 Slamdance Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize.
$10 - VHS tape stock
$39 - Hotel Room fees
$49 - Cast & Crew wrap dinner at Bennigans
$0.50 - DGA/Director's fee
$0.50 - SAG/Actor's fees
2006
Chronicles of Impeccable Sportsmanship
By Erika Tasini
E: erikatasini@yahoo.com
A little girl, her parents, their ball and their rope.
Bio: Erika Tasini views her obsession with filmmaking as a natural extension of her addiction to poker. Erika is currently in preproduction on the daunting thriller POKERFACE, coming to theaters near you.
$17 -tapestock
$1 -ball
$81- meals and crafties for hungry crew and actors
ClockworkRedux
By Amy Caron (Spy Hop Productions)
E: amy@amycaron.com
The notorious scene from Kubrick's classic magnified to the tenth power. Can you hack it?
Bio: Amy was born in Vermont, the land of dairy farms and good wholesome simple living. Then I moved to Utah. Oh yeah, and I work for the dark side – it rhythms with "Fundance."
$45-submit short to Slamdance , rejected.
$54-given to audio engineer/collaborator
The Origins of Electricity
By Benh Zeitlin
E: court13pictures@hotmail.com www.court13.com
An ill-fated light bulb confronts the unholy meaning of light.
BIO: Benjamin Harold Zeitlin is a director of films, an animator of junk, and a
composer of music. Last year he won the Sparky for Best Animated Short and
is now waist deep in The Birth Canal, his first feature film.
$51.66- Lightbulbs, switches, hinges, copper wire,
balsa wood, wood wood, springs, foam core, clay
$44- 8mm film stock, processing
$0- Stock Footage Rights
$2.83- Donnell Media Library Overdue Fines
$0.51-Bribes
I guess I must have been in love with you.
By Tom Soper
E: tomsoper@mindspring.com
Two young, professional dancers must learn the steps to fill in for the lead performers.
Bio: Tom nails shit down and puts things up at Slamdance. Now living in New York, he grew up in England, which is why he talks like that. He loves people who make art and the crazy togetherness and excitement of creativity.
$45 Pedicab hire
$35 Catering for crew and cast (coffee, donuts and whiskey)
$15 Cab for performer
$4.17 Tape
$0.82 Lost in snow
Waiting
By Jeremy Nielsen (Spy Hop Productions)
E: jeremy@spyhop.org
Sometimes, waiting takes forever.
Bio: Jeremy started his film career at the ripe age of 14. Nielsen recently co-produced the award winning film, Twice Today. He is also the current Film and Video Director at Spy Hop Productions.
$10 – Mini-DV tapes (2)
$60 - Grip/electric package
$29 - Catering
What the Hell?
By Jack David Allred (Spy Hop Productions)
E: jack.allred@gmail.com
What the Hell?
Bio: Jack is 24 years old. Jack likes trying new things.
$20 food and drinks
$25 set decoration from Thrift Town
$5 Mini-DV tape
$49 as much grip equipment as I can get