SCORE ONE FOR THE GOOD GUYS!
posted by Russell Johnson
A barrier is broken! After waiting for a month to hear from TheForce.net and most of the cast and crew (including myself) getting restless I finally got the email.
"We regret to inform you that TheForce.net will not be hosting your film!"
WHAT?!?!?!?
Yeah, our film "did not meet their standards." And usually rejection brings out my most cynical and defensive attitudes. However, I maintained my composure. (Okay I was pissed to begin with but it passed quickly.) So, instead of heaving verbal hand grenades we had a back-up plan that made a tirade unnecessary. We knew that TheForce.net might have a bit of concern over the "content" of the movie, and great strides were taken by myself to assure them that if they chose to host it we would remove the uncensored version of the movie from the web. I missed Celebration mainly because I was so stressed over the whole censored/uncensored issue. I had to make sure the option was out there for our audience. One version for those sensitive to the explicit language and one version for people like me, David and almost everyone who worked on the film who don't give a rat's ass. Another lesson learned in self censorship (don't do it, leave that to the uptight assholes.)
I guess a small verbal tirade wasn't completely out of the question. Back to the back-up plan. I sent out a copy of the DVD to iFilm, Atom Films and Film Threat. Then I received a second email.
"Congratulations. We are happy to inform you that your movie has been chosen by the staff at iFilm for distribution on our website."
Needless to say I was singing the "Team America" theme song in my head! Thanks Matt and Trey! And thanks iFilm! Not only have they hosted the film but as of this writing it is #6 on the Top 100 short films (past 7 days) and has 8,600 views! It's all thanks to everyone who has been to our site and watched the movie. We really appreciate the response and we plan to do a follow-up fan film in the near future.
We still are waiting to hear from some of the other sites about the movie but this is a great start! On behalf of everyone at Twenty One and all those who worked on the movie.
THANK YOU!
A barrier is broken! After waiting for a month to hear from TheForce.net and most of the cast and crew (including myself) getting restless I finally got the email.
"We regret to inform you that TheForce.net will not be hosting your film!"
WHAT?!?!?!?
Yeah, our film "did not meet their standards." And usually rejection brings out my most cynical and defensive attitudes. However, I maintained my composure. (Okay I was pissed to begin with but it passed quickly.) So, instead of heaving verbal hand grenades we had a back-up plan that made a tirade unnecessary. We knew that TheForce.net might have a bit of concern over the "content" of the movie, and great strides were taken by myself to assure them that if they chose to host it we would remove the uncensored version of the movie from the web. I missed Celebration mainly because I was so stressed over the whole censored/uncensored issue. I had to make sure the option was out there for our audience. One version for those sensitive to the explicit language and one version for people like me, David and almost everyone who worked on the film who don't give a rat's ass. Another lesson learned in self censorship (don't do it, leave that to the uptight assholes.)
I guess a small verbal tirade wasn't completely out of the question. Back to the back-up plan. I sent out a copy of the DVD to iFilm, Atom Films and Film Threat. Then I received a second email.
"Congratulations. We are happy to inform you that your movie has been chosen by the staff at iFilm for distribution on our website."
Needless to say I was singing the "Team America" theme song in my head! Thanks Matt and Trey! And thanks iFilm! Not only have they hosted the film but as of this writing it is #6 on the Top 100 short films (past 7 days) and has 8,600 views! It's all thanks to everyone who has been to our site and watched the movie. We really appreciate the response and we plan to do a follow-up fan film in the near future.
We still are waiting to hear from some of the other sites about the movie but this is a great start! On behalf of everyone at Twenty One and all those who worked on the movie.
THANK YOU!
posted by Twenty One Productions at 10:07 AM
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