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Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 8:30 PM - Tampa Indie Film Log for Filmmaker C. A. Passinault
Current, Upcoming, and INCOMING In Tampa Film!
I'm
very busy. I have a team of people helping, too.
I'll be working with my Tampa Bay Film team of talent and production professionals
all this weekend to do some much needed work on the Tampa Bay Film Online
Film Festival. Although the new second-generation online film festival
site launched last month, there were parts of it that were placed on standby
mode and/ or were rushed. I hate rushed, half-ass efforts- I hate compromises
made just to make a deadline.
I like details. I like awesome results from lots of hard, productive,
constructive work. So, we're doing it right. We are getting it right,
to my specifications.
This said, the new Tampa Bay Film Online Film Festival has already matched
the success of the old one. The new SEO technology and techniques infused
within the entire site, which were 100% completed upon launch, are working
better than planned. The site already has superb search engine performance,
which is sure to humble the competition, as well as keep them pinned down
on the drawing boards.
The Tampa Bay Film Online Film Festival, as of tomorrow morning, will
have a new film menu interface (each film will have a screen-capture image
button in addition to the text link) and some other new features. We will
be adding 14 more films, too.
I'm working on other things, too. Here is a sneak-preview list of what
I have in the can (most of them for Tampa Bay Film).
1. The
Unauthorized Review of the Tampa Film Review for 2008!
2. The Tampa Film Review Survivors Guide (plus things to do there when
you are bored)
3. The Quiet Place Exposé - The Story Of "The Great
Collaboration Of 2006"!
4. Improvements to the Tampa Bay Film Tampa Film Festival Database.
5. A Review Of The Small Film Festival That Did It All - 2007's Horror
and Hotties!
6. A parody of the Tampa Film Review about a near-future scenario for
the struggling film festival.
7. A review of the Tampa indie film "99" (plus concessions
that we had to do just to convince ourselves to watch it again).
8. A review of the Tampa indie film "100 Tears" (what's
up with the sequential numbers in these movie titles?).
9. An objective, unbiased review (I have to state this because I own it)
of the Tampa Bay Film Online Film Festival.
Well, that's a partial list of what I am working on. In closing, I would like to take a moment to make some statements regarding my outspoken ways and the unprofessional ways that people in the Tampa indie film clique are reacting to the truth. I will do so in a Q & A format.
Q1. You
piss a lot of people off in the Tampa film community with your outrageous
claims. Are you concerned that this will hurt you career?
A1. Not at all. First of all, there is no Tampa film community. There
is a Tampa film scene, which has been hijacked by a Tampa indie film clique,
a clique of a small group of neurotic people who masquerade as a Tampa
indie film community. These people are not doing much to improve the state
of Tampa indie film, and there is a lot of untrustworthy, insecure behavior,
and a lot of backstabbing going on. There is also a lot of pretension.
This is hardly professional at all.
I have also been threatened by some of these people with threats of violence
against me. This hardly helps their professional credibility, as they
cannot compete with what I have to offer or win any debates with me. They
have to resort to making threats because this is the only way that they
feel that they can win. In regards to them hurting my career, that is
laughable. Real professionals are going to consider the source, as well
as check out facts. I want these people to talk about me. When others
find out that I am the real deal, I have more to offer than all of them
combined, and that I don't do anything wrong, then that should prove to
have an interesting effect on the credibility of my detractors.
Ah, and to those who have threatened me with violence: Am I really worth
going to jail over and the financial pitfalls? I guarantee that I will
write about any attack against me until the end of time, which will do
wonders for your so-called "career". What a bunch of unprofessional,
no- talent bullies and thugs.
As one prominent actress once told me, they are jokes.
Q2. Still,
you make some crazy, outrageous claims. Do you really have ideas and concepts
that will revolutionize indie film?
A2. Yes, I do. I wouldn't make those claims if I was not able to back
them up.
Q3. Care
to elaborate?
A3. Not at this time. I can only say to those who have doubts to wait
and see. Those who have been negative about me, and what I do, are useless
to me, anyway. They have nothing to offer. Those that are useful to me,
and those who could potentially back me, are much more positive about
things. The real professionals are not quite so insecure, and are much
less of a risk to plagiarize ideas. I also have an excellent track record
of selling to qualified parties.
Working with people and collaborating with them is a two-way street. So
are interviews with prospects. They look at me, and I look at them. If
we feel that each other is qualified, then we talk. If the talks work
out, we work together. Everyone benefits.
Q4. Sounds
like you are not impressed by those who you describe as being part of
the Tampa indie film clique.
A4. Not at all. There are a few competent filmmakers in that group,
but that is the exception rather than the rule, and the films that they
have made are derivative at best. I don't see a single one of them making
it as full time filmmakers or gaining the attention of the entertainment
industry. They must realize this, too, because they front a lot and are
very insecure. They embellish what they do and exaggerate their importance.
If they don't think that you are competition, they will humor you. If
they see you as competition and as a professional threat to their career,
they will try to set you up to fail. If that doesn't work, they will slander
you and try to undermine your credibility by bad-mouthing you and by ganging
up on you.
I especially like the fake goodwill and the guise of "helping the
Tampa film community". What better way to size up potential competitors
and sabotage them? As one model once told me, "keep your friends
close and your enemies closer". In this case, I saw through their
B.S. and had the courage to stand up to them. They tried their shady tactics
against me, and I fought back. They can't beat me, and that keeps them
pissed off. They finally met a true professional who outmatched them,
and what they have done, and what they continue to do, keeps backfiring.
Q5. Some
say that you are arrogant. Care to elaborate?
Q5. Who cares what those people think! I consider the source when
it comes to opinions, especially when those opinions are not rooted in
fact. Arrogance is defined as "unwarranted pride". I have talent,
years of experience, a great track record of successes, training, and
a professional level of skill in what I do. I don't take shortcuts, pay
attention to detail, and take pride in everything that I do. I am qualified
to do what I do and to evaluate what other do. My pride is warranted,
so the term of arrogance does not apply. They don't have the high standards
that I do. They lie, cheat, and steal, doing anything that they can, often
at the expense of others, to make it. If you ask me, those who pretend
to be professionals when they don't have the qualifications, and their
actions undermine their claims, are the arrogant ones.
Q6. Is
there anyone is the Tampa film scene who impress you?
A6. There are some who impress me with their potential. There are
some who impress me with what they have done. There are some who have
earned my respect as a professional. There are a few who have done all
of the above.
Who are the Tampa film professionals to watch? Who do I think are the
future of Tampa indie film? I'll tell you. Chris Woods. Andy Lalino. Rick
Danford. Shelby. Oh, and myself. There may be more out there, and I'll
be sure to make a point to meet them soon.
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