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Enhance. Yeah, enhance it!

van — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:53:53 +0000

The thrilling conclusion to our Milk trilogy has been uploaded: Milk Will Enhance. You can watch it at the usual venues.

In other news, Jason is working on a new film in Mexico (We're aiming for the Best Foreign Film Oscar). Oh, and Student of Virginity has an IMDB page.

Cha-cha-changes.

van — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:08:03 +0000

I've made some tweaks to the site:

A new minor works section
Redesigned film pages for said minor works
Slightly improved homepage

Oh, and we have a new film: Everything You Need To Know To Be A Spy.

More to come soon.

BE RIGHT THERE at the 2009 Brainwash Movie Festival

van — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:43:19 +0000

Our ode to misplacing keys, BE RIGHT THERE, will be screening at the Brainwash Movie Festival in August:

Bay Area's own Drive-In/Bike-In/Walk In movie festival features original shorts from around the world! The sometimes thought-provoking, sometimes wacky, but always original Brainwash Movie Festival returns in the summer of 2009.
Attendees to the festival are encouraged to either drive, bike, walk, or take public transit to the venue -- a parking lot near the West Oakland BART station -- where movies are screened in traditional drive-in movie theater fashion, complete with FM transmission and a full-service concession stand.

Apparently, the Times calls the Brainwash Movie Festival "a piece of that old Hollywood magic [that] challeng[es] conventions on the role of public space in the process."

I'm not sure if Be Right There falls under that umbrella, but hey, I'm not complaining.

Anyway, the festival runs two days from July 31st to August 1st. All shows begin at 9pm in the Mandela Village Arts Center at 1357 5th Street in Oakland.

Be Right There will be showing on Saturday. Tickets are 9 clams.

Student of Virginity, uploaded

van — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:55:18 +0000

You remember when I said that Student of Virginity was gonna be released on June 3rd? Well, I was just kidding.

Anyway, only a week late...

Starring David Madwin, Jill Turner, and Whitney Moore, STUDENT OF VIRGINITY is a screwball comedy about a sex obsessed virgin who accidentally takes a vow of chastity.

It's a literary adaptation, so you know it's gonna be good.

Watch it here, or at the usual venues.

Speaking of new films: AIMEZ-MOI DESTIN (Love Me Fate)

van — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:41:21 +0000

AIMEZ-MOI DESTIN (English translation: LOVE ME FATE). A story of betrayal, forgiveness, loss, regret, hate, love, life, death, rebirth, and the meaning of life.

Watch, nay, experience the trailer here and at the usual venues.

New Design: Like the old one, but prettier

van — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:55:26 +0000

If you're reading this, then you already know: I've redesigned this site.

It's the Windows Vista of Two Cut Films design revisions: a (theoretically) nicer UI at the expense of compatibility (Don't even think about trying to visit this site in IE6 or without Javascript). For comparisons sake:

Now, as for real news....

The next Two Cut Films production will be released on June 3th. Starring David Madwin, Jill Turner, and Whitney Moore (among others) it's a screwball comedy about a sex obsessed virgin who accidentally takes a vow of chastity.

But more on that later... I've probably already broken my NDA by saying too much. I suspect the corporate lawyers will break down the door and come crashing through the windows any moment now...

Two Cut Films on IMDb

van — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:11:02 +0000

Looks like we've become quite the movie making machine: a film a year according to our page... not bad. Not bad at all... Here are the individual film pages:

Yes, I realize many of the credits are incorrectly formatted and pretty much all the below-the-line people are missing. IMDb is a pain to deal with.

Now available on Amazon: BE RIGHT THERE

van — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:05:59 +0000

I'm not sure why you would want to (especially when you can watch it online, for free, in high definition), but you can now purchase a Be Right There DVD on Amazon at a greatly inflated price.

I get 50 cents with each purchase. This is just one of my numerous get-rich-quick schemes.

BE RIGHT THERE, a new film

van — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:43:30 +0000

New film coming out today: Be Right There.

It's about a man (Played by me) who accidently locks his keys in his car and imagines ways of retrieving them. Watch it here.

Happenings: Red Carpet Noms, IMDB, & New Movie

van — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:18:06 +0000

Yes, I realize I ought to update this blog more frequently. Anyway, three things:

A pair of Two Cut Films productions were nominated at the SCTV Red Carpet Awards: Dream On for Best Trailer (Despite my insistence to the higher ups that it wasn't one), and Be Right There for Slugger's Choice (Despite not even being completed or released yet, I submitted a rough cut!)
One of our productions is now on IMDB! Sinema Provocateur, our 2008 erotic thriller, now has another home on the internet. Sort of anyway. We're still trying to resolve the credits (That is: The lack of them)
Finally, a new film will be released next Tuesday. As I just hinted, It's called Be Right There

100%, A New Film By Jason Outenreath

van — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:00:20 +0000

Boom! Also available in high definition at Facebook, and quasi-HD here.

To be released next Tuesday: 100%

van — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:24:53 +0000

Shot over the winter break with a rented d90, Two Cut Films presents: 100%, a new film from Jason Outenreath. The film follows the story of Cisco, who discovers his life's calling after finding a cure for his depression. This will be the first in a series of two "short shorts" filmed with the d90.

“Jean” Accepted into the Zero Film Festival

van — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:25:05 +0000

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”

van — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:01:11 +0000

Some lessons learned from the making of Captain Clean.

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.
“Fix it in post” only works if you have ILM at your disposal.
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

van — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:01:07 +0000

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.