“Jean” Accepted into the Zero Film Festival

The already award winning Two Cut Films production Jean’s Postmodern Masterpiece has been accepted into the Los Angeles based Zero Film Festival!

Focusing on a niche in the independent film community which has been traditionally ignored, Zero Film Festival is dedicated to screening self financed, zero budget films from the United States and around the world. 

In the age where the majority of festivals are Hollywood marketing campaigns, and even “indie” and “underground” festivals screen financed films, we are here to offer something different. We recognize authentically independent films and filmmakers who take risks and fight the odds to see their visions through. 

The 1st annual Zero Film Festival is the first festival of it’s kind, designed to showcase zero budget films, opening up the door for original and innovative works from DIY filmmakers with inspiration and dedication (but not the budget), who sadly are all too often overlooked by the mainstream festival circuit.

The festival will run from December 1-6, 2008 at the Echo Park Film Center in L.A.

Lessons learned from the making of “Captain Clean”

Some lessons learned from the making of Captain Clean.

1. Forgetting to shoot one scene in a three page script is not a good idea if you’re trying to create a coherent narrative film.
2. “Fix it in post” only works if you have ILM at your disposal.
3. Seasoned beef and nacho cheese sauce can be wrapped in a hexagon shaped tostada shell, and can be found at Taco Bell for only $2.49.

TwoCutFilms.com, new and (theoretically) improved

So… I updated the design of the site. But of course, if you’re reading this, then you already know that.

New things in what I will now dub Two Cut Films v.5:

• Aesthetics-wise, the tones have basically been inverted. Basically, instead of white text on a black background, I now have black text on a white background. This should theoretically make the site easier to read. Also, instead of splashes of blue for the link colors, I now have blood red! I think it looks neat. Plus, blue is ridiculously overused in web design.
• The home page is now more than just a welcome screen: It’s now informative! There’s a bit explaining what this site is about, some snippets of news from the blog, and a box to showcase our films.
• But of course the biggest change is on the film pages. First off, I overhauled the video playback. In addition to the Quicktime H.246 version we’ve always had, you can now watch Flash versions directly on the site. It’s kind of low quality, but some of you have requested it. And by “some of you,” I mean one person. Anyway, it also pops up in a neat looking overlay. I also added movie posters for the films that have them, and reorganized how the credits are displayed.
• And there are the little things: New bios pages and a support page where you can donate money to us (I’m not sure who in their right mind would want to, but who knows?).
• Finally, there are new ways to stay updated. For the blog, in addition to the RSS feed, you can now subscribe to posts via email (Courtesy of FeedBurner). For the films, I’ve added an RSS feed for just the videos we upload, as well as a spiffy iTunes podcast which automatically downloads our videos into your iTunes library.
• Because I think it’s so cool, let me just repeat that last part: we now have an iTunes podcast which automatically downloads our latest videos into iTunes.

We’ve also created some off-site ways to watch our films and stay updated. We now have a YouTube channel where you can find most of our films (They take a long time to upload, okay?), as well as our “Two Cut Films is Fun” group on Facebook.

“Dream On,” a new film from Jason Outenreath

Two Cut Films presents “Dream On,”: the newest film from Jason Outenreath. Watch the film here in glorious standard definition. Oh, and by the way, if you haven’t already, join our new Facebook group.

“Dream On”, the teaser trailer

From JASON OUTENREATH, the visionary director of SINEMA PROVOCATEUR & BACKSPIN, comes the motion picture event… of the millennia!

In the future, the United States is a monarchy, ruled by an exalted chancellor who has declared that God hates Aerosmith. Aerosmith fans are routinely hunted and killed. This is the story of the last Aerosmith fan alive…

See the teaser trailer here. DREAM ON: premiering August 19 on a computer screen near you.

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