John Q. Phats Entertainment

I know I promised this to you guys yesterday, but things got a little crazy yesterday.  First off, I think I seriously injured my leg.  That’s ok though, because I had a good time doing it.  I won’t go in to the story so lets just get right in to what I thought of the festival.
It was cool.
Moving along. 
|Just kidding.  The festival was great.  I had a good time and Censored got a great reaction from the crowd.  I always get nervous right before I watch my own short film at a festival.  When I did the Q & A at the Action on Film Festival, I was not nervous at all.  But before my short film actually showed, I think I was shaking.  I can talk about the short film in front of a crowd, no problem.  I don’t know what the deal with that is.  I have to say, I was much less nervous sitting in the audience this time around.  The other films were great.  Some the favorites of the night from the group I went with were 9mm Brush, How to Train Your Pet, Special Delivery, & The Family.  This is not saying that the other films weren’t good, these were just some of our favorites.  I feel like I should mention Couched, just because for a low budget short film, the effects were amazing.  I personally really liked The Family.  The festival is still going on until Wednesday.  I’m giving my leg a day to heal, but I think I’ll probably limp my way over there on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

You may remember that Censored was selected to screen at the SoCal Film Festival.  This morning they released the festivals schedule.  You can view the entire schedule here:
SoCal Film Festival Schedule
Censored is playing on 9/18/2009 in the 7:20PM block.  First of all, that’s a Friday, which is awesome.  I don’t know if it’s luck or what but Censored almost always gets put in the most awesome time slot.  It’s either on a weekend or later on in the night on a weekday.  For this festival you buy tickets for programs.  Each program has a different block of films.  Censored is playing in Program 10.  So if you want to go, be sure to buy tickets for Program 10.  I’m playing with:
9mm Brush
Couched
How to Train Your Pet
Jimmy String bean vs the Rock God of the Cosmos
Love Bombing
Make Art, Save World
Piper & Tupper – Hands Free Born to be Wild
Special Delivery
The Amazing Esca-ciser
The Family
Twirl
I know nothing about any of these, but they all sound amazing.  I’m probably going to be attending this festival quite a bit.  Mainly because it’s so close to me.  I’m kind of curious about what other people are up to in short film making. 
In other news, I reviewed the 5th draft of Do Nice Guys Finish Last.  There are still some minor cuts here and there.  It’s kind of frustrating being this close to the finish line, but what are you gonna do?  We’ll be done soon enough.  I definitely have to make notes on the new draft tonight.  I think this might it.  Watching it, there’s really not much else I can change or things that I’m really displeased with.  I think it has a nice pace, it’s funny when it’s supposed to be, and all the fat is cut.  It’s very to the point and moves along quickly.  I think that’s exactly how this short film should be.