"Twisted Date"
by Jason on May 11, 2009 at 10:13 pm

Orange Media Filmworks’ Twisted Date: winner of four awards at the First Annual Cinesol 24 Hour Film Dash, May 2 and 3, 2009, including Best Sound (Rigo Montenegro), Best Original Music (Jason R. Johnston), Honorable Mention: Cinematography (Jason R. Johnston) and Second Place Overall. The nine total competing films were screened before the awards ceremony held May 8, 2009.

Teams had from noon Saturday to noon Sunday to create a five minute short film from scratch with the following requirements:

Prop: umbrella
Character: nerd
Dialogue: “You had me at hello.”
Action: spilled drink
Theme: twist of fate

Shot on a Panasonic AJ-SPX800P with an RNG35 v3.1 DOF adapter, with Nikon 50mm f/1.4 prime, mounted onto an AJ-D610WBP zoom. Recorded in standard def 1.78:1 (16×9) on P2, but composed and later flipped and matted for 2.39:1. Lowell tungsten lamps used, none brighter than 250W.

Director: Edward Cordero
Producer: Ivan Buenrostro
Writer: Bertha Gonzalez
Executive Producer: Erick TreviƱo
Cinematographer, Music: Jason R. Johnston
Editor: Gabriel Ramirez
Sound: Rigo Montenegro
Grips: Belit Martinez, Amanda Ramirez

Donald: George Magee
Gaby: Gabriella Gutierrez
Amy: Bianca Cantu
Drunk: Ivan Buenrostro
Waitress: Binky Cantu


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