Flinging Thoughts

There are now 25 finalists in the running for the top prize at Filminute’s One-minute Film Festival. The viewers are voting on them all this month. I didn’t see any machinima among them; hadn’t heard of there being many, or any for that matter.

I think there are some really entertaining entries in the fest. After watching some of them I found a few which caught my eye:

“Matchmaker” is beautiful, albeit confusing.
“Fun Time” is interesting for its non-linear story line. There’s a beginning, middle and ending, just not precisely in that order.
“Graham” is pretty cool. That gritty style of animation instantly caught my eye. I could tell the writer probably came up with the story idea during a particularly trying workday; lots of intensity in that mood. The protagonist reminded me of Beavis from Beavis & Butthead fame, but only after his temper exploded.
“Dave Foley and Fans” had me laughing hard. But, I’ve been an ardent fan of Kids in the Hall from the very beginning. His disarming sense of humor shows through well in this little piece.
“Acrophobia” is lovely! I don’t know what he’s saying, but I don’t care and can get the gist of it anyway. The wind-blown effect at the end was a nice payoff.
“Celebrate” is creepy in a beautiful sort of way. Nice video FX.

I’m reserving my vote until I finish watching the whole list. I just wanted to put down these thoughts now while I’m tossing them around in my head.

It amazes me how much someone can get across in a minute. I’m always impressed by the people who overcome the adversity of possessing a native tongue that is not well used in the world. They seem to become very adept at creating stories able to transcend any spoken or written language.

I must admit that I had forgotten about the festival until tonight when I came up with my own idea for a one minute movie. I tracked down the site only to find that, as usual, another one of my ideas is a day(s) late and dollar short. I think I’ll develop it anyway. There’s always next year.