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This festival has a guaranteed 4-tier set up for each accepted script. (No matter what, all screenplays submitted receive FULL FEEDBACK on their work.) 1) Full Feedback on your script 2) Actors performance video reading of your script 3) Blog interview promotion. 4) Podcast interview on the Film Festival ITunes show.
The metaphor for relationships is perfectly summed up in JP CENZO’S WHAT YOU WANT (IT’S NOT ME) OFFICIAL STORY VIDEO. The music video is short, but hits the point hard as it showcases a relationship from its start to finish all through the viewpoint of a car.
The musician and director of this music video make it clear how this new relationship will end from the second the couple meet. On the surface, they seem happy as they get to know each other, yet the car drives by a cemetery. This shows the audience that this will be yet another doomed relationship for this young man and young woman.
The most brilliant metaphor would be the literal use of masks. We’ve always been told that people wear masks in relationships and when those masks slip, it’s when the true test begins to see if the couple can make it. The scene slips between the couple wearing masks and cuts to reality, where they happily talk without showing the real them.
Once the masks come off, friends and family are forced to become the third wheels as the couple refuses to admit their relationship is over. This music video showcases this by using a monkey in the middle character, the awkward character that would rather not be there as the relationship deteriorates. He will be forced to eventually take a side, which will end a friendship with one of the two people in the relationship.
The best form of symbolism is the use of a casket when the relationship is officially dead. This couple must mourn and get out every emotion they hid from their time together. Then they can begin again, relieved to be single as the young woman gets in the car alone.
JP CENZO’S WHAT YOU WANT (IT’S NOT ME) OFFICIAL STORY VIDEO is a perfect and humorous metaphor for the dating world. From the beginning to the end of a relationship.
As Long As You Want, 22min., Canada Directed by Matt Santos For as Long as You Want is a tender, conversation-driven short film about two actors, Liz and Brad, running lines in a quiet basement one afternoon. What starts as a simple rehearsal slowly turns into something deeper as they begin to open up about their relationships, their dreams, and the things they’re afraid to admit out loud. Liz is in a relationship that no longer feels right, with someone who doesn’t really see her. Brad’s charming, grounded, and unexpectedly honest. As they talk, laugh, and share food, the connection between them grows easy, real, and a little bit electric. With Liz’s train out of the city approaching, she has to decide whether to go back to the life she’s been trying to make work, or stay in this moment just a little longer. Quiet, raw, and full of heart, For as Long as You Want is about timing, chemistry, and the things we don’t plan for.
The Surgical Treatment, 5min,. USA Directed by David Gray A satirical observation of the advertising business through the aspect of the pre-production process. A funny perspective on treatments and what it might be like if another industry had to go through what directors. producers and creative people go through on every project in the process of bringing something to life. In this case, literally.
MICHEL, 5min., France Directed by Guillaume Courty Two casting director from the TV show “I Have a Super Power” receive Michel, an accountant who is very good at mental arithmetic. Both agree to take him on the show… but not for the same reasons.
Two casting director from the TV show “I Have a Super Power” receive Michel, an accountant who is very good at mental arithmetic. Both agree to take him on the show… but not for the same reasons.
A satirical observation of the advertising business through the aspect of the pre-production process. A funny perspective on treatments and what it might be like if another industry had to go through what directors. producers and creative people go through on every project in the process of bringing something to life. In this case, literally.
As Long As You Want, 22min., Canada Directed by Matt Santos For as Long as You Want is a tender, conversation-driven short film about two actors, Liz and Brad, running lines in a quiet basement one afternoon. What starts as a simple rehearsal slowly turns into something deeper as they begin to open up about their relationships, their dreams, and the things they’re afraid to admit out loud. Liz is in a relationship that no longer feels right, with someone who doesn’t really see her. Brad’s charming, grounded, and unexpectedly honest. As they talk, laugh, and share food, the connection between them grows easy, real, and a little bit electric. With Liz’s train out of the city approaching, she has to decide whether to go back to the life she’s been trying to make work, or stay in this moment just a little longer. Quiet, raw, and full of heart, For as Long as You Want is about timing, chemistry, and the things we don’t plan for.
