It’s not very long, and it’s really dark, but local film maker MIke Ambs just sent me this short video that he shot a week or so ago, during our first real test of the Cycle Powered Cinema concept.
5×5 : Night of the Hunter from mike ambs ☂ on Vimeo.
You can’t tell from the video above, because of how dark everything is, but Mike is really incredibly good at what he does. Here’s a video that he and his girlfriend, Erica Hampton, wrote and shot for the Cinemasports competition held during last Saturday’s Shadow Art Fair. Twelve teams competed in the ten-hour film making competition. (The rule was that all entries had to be three-minutes long, and include the following ingredients: a silhouette, instructions, an unresolved mystery, and the making of a pass.) Unfortunately, Mike and Erica missed the 9:00 PM deadline by about half-an-hour, so they were ineligible for the $100 Shadow Art Fair grand prize, but it’s still pretty damned cool… and incredibly well shot.
Ann Arbor Film Fest Cinemasports Challenge: Untitled from mike ambs ☂ on Vimeo.
[A slightly longer version of Mike and Erica’s Cinemasports entry can be found here.]
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Is there a link to the winning Cinemasports video?
This is a great post and so true, Mike is brilliant if I do say so myself :) A2 Film Festival had a post about having the winning videos up on You Tube and the on the Cinemasports site here but they haven’t posted them just yet. They did a great job and were fun to watch :)
Here’s ours—it tied for first:
Bocce(d) from Lisa Nichols on Vimeo.
Congratulations, ‘Ff”lo.
Next year I will get off my ass and enter.
Good work, Mike. Do me a favor and don’t enter next year.
Thanks for sharing these Mark :) I have to say I was very flattered at the way you reacted to our short film.
@Erica: Psh * You’re slightly biases I think. Now your acting however, was pretty great for not being an actress. I still wish I had a camera on Xander when he watched you and seemed so genuinely impressed, “you’re doing so good, Mom”. That was cute.
@Edward: Ha, that was funny. But you really should try it as soon as you can – it was a great way to spend the day.
Loved it. Fabulous editing. I always like to remember that De Sica used non-actors in The Bicycle Thief and that’s an incredibly moving film. Sorry you didn’t make it in, Mike, but it’s a little gem and I’m glad you made it.
No offense to anyone else, but you would have won hands down, Mike.
http://aafilmfest.org/cinemasports-shadow-art-fair-winners-posted-online
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