SEE: Sea Shanty Shorts Online!

May 15, 2009 by wilmington.

I will (snicker-snicker)…no really (yeah, right)…be updating the main page of www.seashantyfilms.com in the very near future (HahahaHA!) to reflect the longstanding fact (you can say that again) that this blog is the place to look for updates (Is that what you call these?).

Excuse me. (Hey! Whaddya doin?! HEY! Ow! OW! Cut it out!!)

[Scenes, sounds,…and smells of unimaginable violence.]

Ah-hem.

See below for an update I posted elsewhere about some VERY recent developments for Sea Shanty Films. In addition to the below info:
1) We are again trying to power through all of the work necessary to get X-GEN available for purchase and rental through IndieFlix.com (with availability on Amazon and NetFlix!)

….and….

2) Brigham is organizing a collaborative production effort for a NEW FEATURE. Still in the planning and Skyping stages, but inventory lists have been made, screenplays have been reviewed, and production AND post-production schedules have been presented.

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Previously, on Hill Street Blues…(and on Facebook)….
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Openfilm.com is an online viewing/distirbution site that asked us about making our short films available. So there they are! The viewing was a bit jumpy when I saw it, but it may be my computer or connection.

Our 2008 award-winner (”Best Avant-Garde Film” - Cape Fear Independent Film Festival) bailey and a fun WWII action short we did with a Sea Shanty friend Evan called Downed were both EDITOR’s PICKS! And perennial audience favorite The Wingnut and You! is on there, too!

Hopefully you can tell how good all of these look on the streaming video.It’s very small-time, no-big-deal-in-the-grand-scheme-of-things kind of stuff…but it’s nice to have them out there.

bailey is an intentionally stylized drama about a heavy subject. It’s a 6 minute look into the effects of a very public tragedy (based on a real event) on the lives of the kind of people who aren’t at the center of media attention. The lighting, shot angles, acting, sound, editing, etc., are all VERY different from anything else we’ve done. It’s a small, but serious story that we tried to communicate with a very “unnatural” and unsettling style.

Downed is something we shot in one day. We had access to real German uniforms and weaponry (yes, that stuff is actual WWII German equipment actually used in combat in the war) and came up with a quick, hopefully fun action piece. Minimal story, dialogue, character, etc. Just one “moment” in a larger epic story of war.

In other news, a bigger deal: IndieFlix.com has approached us about distirbuting X-GEN on their site. This would make the film available for purchase on IndieFlix, on AMAZON, and through NetFlix!! More later…

Pass the news on to anyone else involved/interested in Sea Shanty Films projects.

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