Today is day 7 and I feel like i've hit a bit of a plateau. Work has become a bit frustrating ( people not showing up for shifts shitty clots etc.) but it's not too bad really. Most of my co workers are doing a great job and alot of the clients I talk to are nothing by nice. I've gotta a few business cards so far and have made some decent contacts. Just found out 2 of the guys I've been talking to all week are the producers of black swan, and another just sold his film to paramOunt for obscene amounts of money. There is soMuch going on around pavilion, we are rolling on all clyinders all the time.
Yesterday I was fortunate enough to shoot my super 8 project ( thank you kodak for the free film!) with my friend Chris. We attempted to do a little stop motioning, but only time will tell if it worked out. I will be developing said project tonight from 8 till 3am in one of the mentors rooms. A couple of us have decided to just brig some wine and a case of beer and make a night it of it. Should be interesting.
Two nights ago I had a blast. I watched two movies in a row on the market and then headed down to the beach for one of the outdoor screenings and was lucky enough to catch, " Bollywood, the greatest love story of all time", so it was basically a Montage of all of the best scenes from Bollywood films over the years mixed in with interviews with famous Bollywood actors and actresses and directors. It was VERY cool! Also the festival did a really good job at setting the whole thing up. The set up hundreds of beech chairs all over the beach and handed out blankets to all of the participants to keeep everyone warm throughout the screening.
Tomorrow I work a day shift, the I'm going to run over to my mentors apartment because ymentire mentor group is having dinner together and hopefully doing a bit of partying...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Festival day 4 ( first week in Cannes)
So today marks my first week in Cannes and the 4th official day of the festivals. I woke up this morning feeling a tad bit fuzzy. Last night was the pavilions annual queer part. What a night! Drag queens, famous guests, free drinks, free fries... EPIC! Unfortunately tomorrow I have an early shift so tonight I've decided to take it easy. I saw my second movie today
" Attack the Block" a great British invasion comedy, and two days before I was lucky enough to attend a screening of Bertolucci's "The Conformist" which was so amazing, especially because he was on hand to person the newly restored version of the film. I'm glad to be getting such diverse films in, so far i've seen a classic and one market film.
One thing about he festival is that it is way more complex then most people know. It techincally is a festival, a film market, and it is accompanied by 2 other films festivals that go on at the exact same times as the film festival (Critcs week and the directors fortnight). All of this makes for hundreds or movies being shown a day ( the market alone screens 400 films a day) millions of dollars being thrown around and over 10,000 participants (buyers, sellers, producers). Cannes is an industry only festival ( I.e only industry professional can attend) but sociteties like the Cannes Cinephiles are also given films to show after they have premiere at the official festival, for their members to watch.
Like I said there is alot going on.
Today in particular was a busy day at the pavilion as we had many panels and round tables going, the production team, cast and Bethany hamilton from soul surfer came in to give a panel as well as many industry professionals, came in for round table discussions with SAGindie and the Ampav students.
Tomorrow starts with an early shift, hopefully and hora competition film, and maybe some practicing for my super 8 film.
" Attack the Block" a great British invasion comedy, and two days before I was lucky enough to attend a screening of Bertolucci's "The Conformist" which was so amazing, especially because he was on hand to person the newly restored version of the film. I'm glad to be getting such diverse films in, so far i've seen a classic and one market film.
One thing about he festival is that it is way more complex then most people know. It techincally is a festival, a film market, and it is accompanied by 2 other films festivals that go on at the exact same times as the film festival (Critcs week and the directors fortnight). All of this makes for hundreds or movies being shown a day ( the market alone screens 400 films a day) millions of dollars being thrown around and over 10,000 participants (buyers, sellers, producers). Cannes is an industry only festival ( I.e only industry professional can attend) but sociteties like the Cannes Cinephiles are also given films to show after they have premiere at the official festival, for their members to watch.
Like I said there is alot going on.
Today in particular was a busy day at the pavilion as we had many panels and round tables going, the production team, cast and Bethany hamilton from soul surfer came in to give a panel as well as many industry professionals, came in for round table discussions with SAGindie and the Ampav students.
Tomorrow starts with an early shift, hopefully and hora competition film, and maybe some practicing for my super 8 film.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Long hot day
Long day out in the sun, got the worlds weirdest burn, tired, trying to stay up until a decent hour. I'm so glad I arrived early and was able to overcome the jet lag before the festival started. Lots of people are jet lagged and have been partying and look and feel like shit.
One thing that I'm finding is that we have a lot less informational material available to us then i think some of us would have hoped. For example we don't get official programs ( we have to scavenge for them, some peoples whole job here revolves around getting us programs, goodie bags and tickets) and alot of stuff is decided last minute. So basically you need to check the Internet alot ( which unless you are at the pavilion is hard To come by) and keep checking the notice boards for panel announcements, round tables and workshops.
Tomorrow i work late so I'm gonna go the pavillion print out some extra info about all of the Canadien production companies at the market so I can visit them in the early afternoon.I also need to decide which red carpet screening i want to attend because i need to
Sign up in order to be in the raffle for tickets. I think at least 1 red carpet walk is mandatory at Cannes!
Also fun fact, kodak is one of our sponsors again this year and the are providing us with 40(!) rolls of their new super 8mm film (100asa) to shoot with, develop on our own, manually splice and screen on a projector on our last night at the festival! So freakin' excited for that!
One thing that I'm finding is that we have a lot less informational material available to us then i think some of us would have hoped. For example we don't get official programs ( we have to scavenge for them, some peoples whole job here revolves around getting us programs, goodie bags and tickets) and alot of stuff is decided last minute. So basically you need to check the Internet alot ( which unless you are at the pavilion is hard To come by) and keep checking the notice boards for panel announcements, round tables and workshops.
Tomorrow i work late so I'm gonna go the pavillion print out some extra info about all of the Canadien production companies at the market so I can visit them in the early afternoon.I also need to decide which red carpet screening i want to attend because i need to
Sign up in order to be in the raffle for tickets. I think at least 1 red carpet walk is mandatory at Cannes!
Also fun fact, kodak is one of our sponsors again this year and the are providing us with 40(!) rolls of their new super 8mm film (100asa) to shoot with, develop on our own, manually splice and screen on a projector on our last night at the festival! So freakin' excited for that!
Second day of orentation
So today is the second day of orentation, we got our job placements (working at the cyber cafe, helping people with the wi-fi) and luckily my first shift is a 4pm which means I will miss the red carpet screening for midnight in paris, but at least I have the whole day to sleep in, look around, visit the market and the booths and get a good feel for the place before I really get into it. I also wanna get and early start on coordinating my work schedule with films and I want to see and hopefully helping out a bit and the Quebec and Canadien pavilion. Later on we are doing our official tour of the palais and doing workshops with officials from the festival and then we're getting our official greeting from the pavilion owners and the main staff. Big day!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Nervous/excited
I swear I didn't sleep all night. My heart was in my throat and and my stomach was in my knees. I feel all first day of school-ish. Gonna get up, shower and head to the airport, hoping the cool kids don't steal my lunch money and that there is a spot for me on the bus.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
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