31 posts in 3 threads for "#shorts"
- Nollywood horror shorts and the folklore we grew up with
Just watched two of the generator silence style shorts people linked in the Lounge. It is 2am. I regret nothing and everything.
- Presenting my stop motion short at a small regional festival in Utah this October
Love this. Keeping venue details out of the thread on purpose. If you are nearby and want to say hi, use DMs.
- Presenting my stop motion short at a small regional festival in Utah this October
Thanks, everyone. Postcards ordered, two drives packed, thirty second answer rehearsed in the mirror. The puppet is less nervous than I am.
- Nollywood horror shorts and the folklore we grew up with
Thank you for the honest answer. We will make so much noise that you have to count us.
- Nollywood horror shorts and the folklore we grew up with
Right now regional heat mostly reads titles and the conversation around them, so a strong shorts scene shows up as creator chatter more than as a title line. We know that undercounts places where shor…
- Presenting my stop motion short at a small regional festival in Utah this October
Rooting for you. Post a photo of the lunchbox puppet in the lobby.
- Nollywood horror shorts and the folklore we grew up with
Question for staff: how does CRYPT treat creator shorts from West Africa? Do they count toward regional heat, or only features?
- Presenting my stop motion short at a small regional festival in Utah this October
Would love to have you on the podcast afterward to talk about making horror at twelve frames a second.
- Presenting my stop motion short at a small regional festival in Utah this October
Practical note: confirm the screening format a week out and bring a backup file on two drives. Every small festival has a projector story.
- Presenting my stop motion short at a small regional festival in Utah this October
If you get a free afternoon, the canyons in October are stunning. Bring a jacket, it gets cold fast after sunset.
- Nollywood horror shorts and the folklore we grew up with
From Jakarta, same feeling. A lot of our energy started with shorts and small films online before the big theater wave. Keep going, the audience finds you.
- Presenting my stop motion short at a small regional festival in Utah this October
The main character is eight inches tall and fits in a lunchbox. She is coming.
- Presenting my stop motion short at a small regional festival in Utah this October
Bring one puppet or prop if you can travel with it. People will crowd around it after the screening. Handmade things are magnets.
- Presenting my stop motion short at a small regional festival in Utah this October
Have a thirty second answer ready for 'what inspired this.' Everyone asks, and everyone freezes the first time.
- Presenting my stop motion short at a small regional festival in Utah this October
Congratulations! Regional festivals are the best rooms. The audience is locals who came on purpose. Bring postcards with your name and where to watch your work, and talk to the volunteers. They know e…
- Presenting my stop motion short at a small regional festival in Utah this October
Small news: my stop motion horror short got into a regional film festival in Utah this October. Small screening room, a Q&A afterward, and apparently a mountain view from the lobby. I have never prese…
- Nollywood horror shorts and the folklore we grew up with
I would love to have you on the podcast sometime. A whole episode on generator silence as a horror device sounds perfect.
- Nollywood horror shorts and the folklore we grew up with
A gift! When the generator stops suddenly, the whole street goes silent. Everyone knows that silence. I build scenes around it.
- Nollywood horror shorts and the folklore we grew up with
Sound question: how do you handle night ambience in a city as loud as Lagos? Generators, traffic, music everywhere. That seems like both a problem and a gift.
- Nollywood horror shorts and the folklore we grew up with
Exactly. Some of my best comments are people saying 'my auntie told me this exact story.' That is when I know it worked.
- Nollywood horror shorts and the folklore we grew up with
Fellow weekend creator here. Folklore first is the right instinct. The audience already carries the fear, you just have to open the door a little.
- Nollywood horror shorts and the folklore we grew up with
Hello Desk. I make horror shorts in Lagos, mostly for YouTube, mostly on weekends with friends who owe me favors. I want to talk about how our folklore is finally getting space in horror, not only in …
- Short film programming: how do you order a great horror shorts block?
Leave a slot for local filmmakers if you can. The best crowd at any shorts block is the director's family.
- Short film programming: how do you order a great horror shorts block?
This is gold. Draft order: sharp opener, slow ghost story, comedy, international folklore short, the weird one, a creature short, the gut punch closer. Ninety one minutes. Close enough.
- Short film programming: how do you order a great horror shorts block?
Seconded, from someone who makes folklore shorts that travel. A short is the easiest way for a new audience to try a tradition they do not know yet.