Comments on: Palm Springs — Recap http://www.rickmay.com/2007/08/29/palm-springs-recap/ Blog for Animator and Director Rick May Mon, 17 May 2010 11:14:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rick http://www.rickmay.com/2007/08/29/palm-springs-recap/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Rick Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:01:16 +0000 http://www.rickmay.com/2007/08/29/palm-springs-recap/#comment-329 Hi Keith. I don't want to make the people sound worse than they were. The vast majority were kind people that were down to earth. A few filmmakers and actors had an attitude. It could be the proximity to LA or people drawn to the film business, but probably a little of both. According to the handout, the films included on the last day were hand picked by a combination of the festival programmers, the jury, and audience choices. There was an audience favorite award for all categories (each person was given a score card). I didn't get the win for that nor do I have any clue on where I stood. I actually don't even know how they tabulated it since some films were shown once, some twice, some in small dinky theaters and some in large full theaters. I was somewhat disappointed that not many people seemed to be voting other than the filmmakers. I saw a lot of scorecards on the floor and people just tossing them in the trash on the way out. :( BTW, the winner for best animation went to Madame Tutli Putli, a stop motion film that was visually appealing. The camera work was outstanding. I didn't care for the story much, nor did I really understand what was going on or what happened at the end. But, I guess the jury must of liked it. :) Hi Keith. I don’t want to make the people sound worse than they were. The vast majority were kind people that were down to earth. A few filmmakers and actors had an attitude. It could be the proximity to LA or people drawn to the film business, but probably a little of both.

According to the handout, the films included on the last day were hand picked by a combination of the festival programmers, the jury, and audience choices. There was an audience favorite award for all categories (each person was given a score card). I didn’t get the win for that nor do I have any clue on where I stood. I actually don’t even know how they tabulated it since some films were shown once, some twice, some in small dinky theaters and some in large full theaters. I was somewhat disappointed that not many people seemed to be voting other than the filmmakers. I saw a lot of scorecards on the floor and people just tossing them in the trash on the way out. :(

BTW, the winner for best animation went to Madame Tutli Putli, a stop motion film that was visually appealing. The camera work was outstanding. I didn’t care for the story much, nor did I really understand what was going on or what happened at the end. But, I guess the jury must of liked it. :)

]]> By: Keith Lango http://www.rickmay.com/2007/08/29/palm-springs-recap/comment-page-1/#comment-328 Keith Lango Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:33:35 +0000 http://www.rickmay.com/2007/08/29/palm-springs-recap/#comment-328 Awesome! Congrats on a good world premiere. Was the third screening added because folks felt TDDUP was worthy of inclusion in a kind of 'best of show' compilation screening? If so that's great. I've never been to a 'real' film festival myself, either. Just a few animation ones and none of those really big (except SIGGRAPH, but that always felt like it didn't count). It's interesting to hear about the industry types copping their attitudes. Do you think that's because PS is so close to LA or because that's what people who are drawn to the film biz think they should act like? I never understood that part of the biz myself - the attitude thing. -k Awesome! Congrats on a good world premiere. Was the third screening added because folks felt TDDUP was worthy of inclusion in a kind of ‘best of show’ compilation screening? If so that’s great.
I’ve never been to a ‘real’ film festival myself, either. Just a few animation ones and none of those really big (except SIGGRAPH, but that always felt like it didn’t count). It’s interesting to hear about the industry types copping their attitudes. Do you think that’s because PS is so close to LA or because that’s what people who are drawn to the film biz think they should act like? I never understood that part of the biz myself – the attitude thing.

-k

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