Over the past few weeks I have been aggregating some great short films from Penn alumni and undergrads that will move you, surprise you, creep you out, scintillate you, tickle your funny bone, …and overall impress you! I decided to showcase them this entire week in a new DT series I’m calling “Penn’s REEL deals“. […]
Those who succeed in Hollywood, are those that are in it for the long haul. Case in point: Jonathan London (C’01, WQHS Radio, The Hollywood Club) After film school, Jonathan stuck to his guns, got to know the right people and created really well produced films you’ll want to see. Pay attention to this guy […]
I could have saved this post for another “Love Week” series I’ll be doing in February 2010, but I just couldn’t wait. Why? Well, you’ll see when you finish this very smart film called “Love Notes”. This film was created by Erin Sougstad (C’12), Kyle Olson (C’10), Luv Patel (C’12), Abhay Sharma (C’12) and Shreyans […]
Oscar Nominated Alum Colin Campbell (C’91, President of Intuitons, Without A Net, Penn in Pictures 2001 panelist) has created a great 4 minute video he directed for Instant Films, a 48 hour Los Angeles film festival. Colin drew the script and then the cast out of a hat on Saturday morning and by Sunday night […]
Here’s a story of an undergrad who based his film on another undergrad’s succesful film. And both are great! “The Rainbow” is a film Alex Berger (Eng’10) made during a Video II class at Penn. The idea of the assignment was to make a visual poem—where image and words come together without the use […]
Earlier today I posted Amin Osman’s (C’09) dark and disturbing film called “Table For Three“. The last of Amin’s films I will post this week is also again, strangely enjoyable. The description of this trailer is as follows: “Two stoners. A severed hand. A damsel in distress. This is one 4/20 they’ll never forget. Unless […]