Supercharge Me! is making the rounds. Jenna Norwood has just returned from a screening of her award winning documentary in Seattle, and now the film is screening at the Central Florida Film Festival this weekend. It screens Saturday, September 1st at 7:30 p.m, and Sunday, September 2 at 8:30 p.m.. I will be at the Sunday screening to help Jenna had out LaraBars, and take part in the Q&A session after the screening. So stop by and say hi.
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There were two screenings of “Supercharge Me! 30 Days Raw” scheduled for the Sarasota Film Festival, and they have both been sold out. The festival decided to give us an encore screening on Tuesday, April 17 at 9:45 p.m. in the largest theater available. If you’re in the area, and didn’t have a chance to get tickets to the Saturday premiere, or the Monday screening, you can get tickets to the encore here.
Supercharge Me… 30 Days Raw , the documentary feature that I have been editing, will be screened at the Sarasota Film Festival. It will have two showings. The first on Saturday April 14 at 12:15 pm, and the second on Monday April 16th at 8:15 pm. Anyone planning on attending the Sarasota Film Festival should make an effort to see this documentary. You can get tickets here.There are many documentaries made that appeal to a small or limited niche audience. The subject matter of Supercharge Me however, is relevant to everyone. That’s a big claim, I know. But anyone who eats can benefit from the powerful message of this film. So, if you happen to be at the festival, I highly recommend checking it out. Here is the synopsis from the Sarasota Film Festival site.
One day in her early thirties, Sarasota filmmaker Jenna Norwood made the shocking discovery that she had bad eating habits. Once an active dancer, Jenna’s sedentary adult lifestyle and disregard for nutrition left her with a body that didn’t suit the Las Vegas Showgirl costume she was determined to wear for Halloween. Inspired by filmmaker Morgan Spurlock’s 30-day experiment eating at McDonald’s, Jenna decided to do an opposing take—30 days of raw food at a San Diego detox retreat. Complete with interviews from preeminent raw food enthusiasts, Supercharge Me! is a dynamic journalistic autobiography about Jenna Norwood’s adventurous experiment and subsequent experiences with the raw food lifestyle.
After submitting ARMY Men to a handful of film festivals a couple of months ago, the responses have just started coming back in. As I expected, we were not accepted to some of the more prestigous festivals that we submitted the film to. The 27th Annual Telly Awards was one of those that I was sure ARMY Men wouldn’t have a chance in. It turns out I was wrong. ARMY Men took home three Film/Video Tellys in the Entertainment, Low Budget and Editing categories. This experience is a bit surreal. I had no idea that this little film even had a chance. I’m not sure how many entries there were this year, but there were over 12,000 submissions to last year’s competition. It’s exciting for me to be able to add “Award Winning Filmmaker” to my resume, and “Award Winning Production Company” to the CreativeLogic brand. If you haven’t seen ARMY Men yet, now is your chance. View it on the Downloads page at the CreativeLogic web site. Let me know what you think.
After a great deal of positive feedback, Eric and I have decided to submit ARMY Men to a handful of film festivals. After looking in to the upcoming film festivals, we chose to send it off to the Cannes Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, USA Film Festival, The McGuffin Film Festival, Arizona International Film Festival, Telly Awards, and the Con-Can Film Festival. Most of these festivals have submission deadlines some time in February, and we didn’t have anything prepared for them, so it was a rush to get everything done in time.
We needed a pile of media to send out, so I whipped together a one-sheet, DVD Jacket and DVD label. I like the look of the current U.S. Army advertising campaign, so I gave it all a similar look.
Fortunately, I took plenty of production stills on set, because most of the festivals request them and a headshot of the director. I chose eight of the photos, and printed them 2-up on letter size photo paper, and printed Eric’s headshot 1-up. Each of the DVDs was in a case with a professional looking printed label on the disc, and a glossy insert in the case. It looks like a retail package. This is one of the most important things in my opinion. IMAGE IS EVERYTHING. Obviously, content is king, but if it looks good on the outside, there is a better chance of getting noticed.
The packets containing a DVD, poster, production stills, director’s headshot & bio, and entry forms and checks have all been sent out. Now it’s time to wait and see which festivals let us in.
