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Friday, September 11, 2009 - 9:00 AM - Tampa Indie Film Log for Filmmaker C. A. Passinault
The Circle Is Complete
Do I have news? I always have
news for my Tampa indie film stalk- er, I mean, “followers”.
Although I am deep in model land right now doing a lot of photography
and prepping modeling resource site job boards, I’ve had a little
time to spend on my Tampa indie film endeavors.
Just not enough time to attend any Tampa film festivals. More on that,
however, in a bit.
I just bought and activated two more Tampa indie film sites. That brings
the total Tampa Bay Film sites to eight, and I’m done for now. Tampa
Bay Film may be the main site, but the actual Tampa Bay Film array consists
of eight main sites, each with their own domain name. You all know that
I last bought Tampa Film Festivals, and will be using that as a site for
all of my conventional and underground film festival properties (If I
did not, I’d end up with a lot more sites, and I figured that a
fleet of eight would be more manageable). The last two added to the fleet?
Tampa Film Community and Tampa Film Conference.
Although the two latest sites are not presently that useful, I consider
them to be an investment toward the future. Tampa Film Community will
be a resource and networking site for the Tampa film community, when one
is finally established (there is no Tampa film community currently, and
most of us realize this; if there were, then the large Tampa film festivals
would actually support Tampa filmmakers, and Tampa films would be nationally
respected. This is still a way off). Ahem.... I explained more about this
on the Tampa Film Community site.
The final site in my puzzle is Tampa Film Conference. The Tampa Film Conference
is not a film festival, but will be a regular event series for the Tampa
Film Community. Obviously, there will have to be an established Tampa
film community before we can have a conference for filmmakers. The plan?
I’ll share just a little now.
1. I work on more photography shoots and events to obtain the money and equipment that I need for filmmaking. This is working well right now with my photography business, and I haven’t had a chance to do much with my event planning company- yet. The events come next year.
2. I make a series of short films that prove some revolutionary ideas. Yes, I am going to prove that every one of my claims have been right. I should be able to do these films in early 2010.
3. I begin deploying Tampa film festival properties to show those films and to support the films of Tampa filmmakers. These numerous film festivals will destabilize and undermine the large Tampa film festivals which do not have the best interests of Tampa filmmakers in mind. They should prove to be strong competition for those film festivals. This will further help Tampa filmmakers and prevent other interests from stalling progress in the Tampa inde film scene. Other interests? An example? Do you really think that the film commission wants Tampa filmmakers to succeed? In my opinion, they are all about money and bringing money into the local economy, not supporting local filmmakers. The film commission wants to attract big production companies here to use Tampa Bay as a filmmaking location, and trust me, this is not good for Tampa filmmaking. How would you like it if you had outside competition here who had little interest in giving jobs to local talent, and who competed with local filmmakers for resources? How will you get the media to pay attention to your films when they pay attention to Hollywood instead? The film commission, in my opinion, also, uses certain large Tampa film festivals to further their true cause, by advertising Tampa as a filmmaking location. Those film festivals do not support Tampa filmmaking, despite their claims and their public relations spin. I plan on dealing with those cancerous film festivals, and should be able to put them out of business eventually. Yes, those film festival and shady interests are a cancer to the Tampa indie film scene, and I am not at all happy about the large group of IDIOTS who blindly support and promote their efforts. I am not a cowardly follower like those idiots. I think for myself, and know things for what they are. I am also more than capable of addressing these issues, and have a growing army of professionals supporting my efforts. In my opinion, all Tampa filmmakers are not idiots- just the few who make up the vocal majority. It’s kind of hard to respect sheep..........
4. Once those new ideas are infused into the Tampa indie film scene, we can work together toward establishing the first Tampa film community. According to the projections from my people, the Tampa film community will be established in the wreckage of what is going on now. Yes, the phoenix shall rise from the ashes of failed efforts and shady politics. Also, please keep in mind that the use of the words “wreckage” and “ashes” are metaphors, and not to be taken literally (it is really sad that I have to clarify what I mean here, because there are a lot of idiots out there who cannot comprehend much, and take everything literally). I am not making threats, and will not do anything illegal or unethical. It’s just that what is around now cannot continue in the wake of what we will be doing. We are smarter, more experienced, will introduce revolutionary ideas that work, and these better ideas will effectively disrupt the games and the shady politics of fools. For starters, I am very serious about taking on these film festivals with an array of superior film festivals. I intend to put them out of business through competition, and at the very least, they will take a financial and a box office hit as a result of our efforts.
5. Once the Tampa film community
is established, the Tampa Film Conference series will begin. The Tampa
Film Conference will facilitate the exchange of ideas between Tampa filmmakers.
It will also enhance communication between members of the film community.
That’s all I can say for now.
The Tampa Bay Film
web sites
Some of you out there who like to watch everything that I do and talk
about it among your Passinault fan groups will eventually figure this
out, so I might as well detail it here. All of these web sites, even the
ones which have not officially launched, are not online and active. Here
are the eight Tampa Bay Film web sites, and what their purpose is. Take
a look, and marvel, at the beginning of the future of the Tampa indie
film scene!
Tampa
Bay Film
The main web site. Tampa Bay Film is a free resource for Tampa filmmakers
and the Tampa indie film scene. It is the voice of Tampa indie film. Tampa
Bay Film interconnects with the other seven Tampa indie film sites. It
features, and is directly linked to, the Tampa Bay Film Online Film Festival.
The online film festival used to be a direct part of Tampa Bay Film, but
the second generation online film festival is now a stand-alone web site
interconnected with Tampa Bay Film.
Tampa
Bay Film Online Film Festival
It’s ironic that the Tampa Bay Film Online Film Festival is a better
Tampa indie film promotional platform than all of the Tampa film festival
events combined. The Tampa Bay Film Online Film Festival is very popular.
It is always open, with lots of people watching films at any given moment
(yes, even right now, as you read this!). Virtually, it has higher
"attendance" and film viewing numbers than all of the Tampa
film festival events, including the big ones, combined.
Yes, combined! The Gasparilla International Film Festival, combined with
every single Tampa film festival throughout the year, have tiny numbers
compared to what they online film festival is doing, and we have the stats
to prove our claim.
The Tampa Bay Film Online Film Festival is a very important film festival
property, and it will continue to be. The next three generations of the
online film festival are currently in development (we are now only on
the second). The fifth generation will be truly revolutionary, and will
be designed to be an alternative to film festival events (well, except
for mine, of course). Another online film festival is also currently in
development, and it will not be locked geographically to Tampa. The other
online film festival, which should be based on fifth generation online
film festival specifications, will be national and international.
I love the Tampa Bay Film Online Film Festival. I often just kick back
and chill out while I watch the plethora of indie films and music videos
on it, just like thousands of others do. I'm not just the owner, designer,
and director, I am also one of the many people who sit back and watch
films on the online film festival.
Oh, and the Tampa Bay Film Online Film Festival will begin to have exclusive indie films and indie film series playing on the online film festival next year, including the indie films, and indie film series, Joe The Actor, The Adventures of DJ Wiz Kid, The TFR Goes Green, The Guzzle Bros, She Wants To Be A Reporter, and Petey and Polly (written, directed, and produced by myself, of course). I'm also working on some rather unique indie film projects that are entirely dependent upon an online film festival format, and could not be executed effectively at a conventional film festival event, although I will introduce them at some of my Tampa film festivals. It seems that the inherent design and format of an online film festival works very well for certain types of experimental films, most of which have never been done in Tampa Bay, or even perhaps anywhere else. Stay tuned!
Tampa
Film Blog
You are now here (picture huge arrow hovering over your computer monitor
and pointing down at it), the best Tampa indie film blog and the best,
and most comprehensive, source of information on the Tampa indie film
scene (you will not have to endure politics, cheerleading, and endless,
spin less bouts of ass-kissing, here). The Tampa Film Blog, as you already
know, is doing quite well, with the highest readership and the best information
of any Tampa indie film site or blog. On the Tampa Film Blog, you can
find out how it really is with the Tampa indie film scene. In the near
future, the Tampa Film Blog will be upgraded to a full Raptor Class
web site, with a layout like Tampa Bay Film. Professional Tampa filmmakers
and other professionals in the Tampa indie film scene will also be permitted
to publish blog entries here.
My array of other blogs will see similar upgrades, mirroring the site
layouts and receiving site class upgrades matching the sites that they
are most associated with, for the most part.
Tampa
Film Showcase
This will be the backbone of my Tampa film festival properties, and once
it begins, it will have the most activity of them all. The Tampa Film
Showcase monthly film festival and professional networking event series
will tie into all my other film festival properties. It will be a monthly
film festival event, professionally done by my event planning company.
As a monthly Tampa film festival and networking event, it will not only
address what was wrong with past failed monthly film festivals like The
Tampa Film Review, but will be much, much more. The Tampa Film Showcase
will be the first monthly film festival and professional networking event
series by professionals, for professionals.
The Tampa Film Showcase is one of my few film festival properties which
will have its own stand-alone web site. The reason for this will be made
apparent after the Tampa Film Showcase begins operations, and the site
fully activates, beginning full-scale operations. Some of those features
are currently secret (because some people in the Tampa indie film scene
prove time and time again that they are unethical enough to steal ideas
from me), and will only be revealed after the Tampa Film Showcase debuts.
Tampa
Film Festivals
Oh, my.... this is going to get good. Tampa Film Festivals will be the
primary marketing, and operating, web site for my Tampa film festival
properties. At the time of this writing, that's over four Tampa film festival
properties, plus at least ten different stand-alone Tampa film festival
events and indie film premiers. Tampa Film Festivals will also be the
web site for my underground film festival properties. It will also serve
as a free online resource for Tampa film festivals in general. I love
it!
Tampa
Film Review
This is not an attempt to rip off the name of The Tampa Film Review (a
failed monthly film festival which is no longer in business). Tampa Film
Review is an online compendium of reviews of the Tampa indie film scene,
indexing reviews of Tampa films, film festivals, production companies,
events, and much more. Tampa Film Review will eventually have a design
and layout much like Tampa Bay Film, and will feature reviews of Tampa
film festivals (I will be adding to the current Tampa film festival reviews
on Tampa Bay Film and will be moving them to Tampa Film Review later this
year. The two new reviews for The Tampa Film Review
will be published on Tampa Film Review, and not directly on Tampa Bay
Film, ironically enough), indie films (Mmmmmmm..... I can't wait to review
The Quiet Place, 99
and Excrement- I mean, Experiment
7 - LOL, I wish that I could take credit for that witty
pun, but it didn't come from me.....), Tampa indie film events, Tampa
indie film production companies, Tampa indie filmmakers, and more (I am
even profile actors who act in Tampa indie films, such as Joe
Davison, who, in my qualified opinion, delivered an acting
performance which served as the all-time low point of 100
Tears, and there are lots of review out there which agree
with me on that point; Joe, in my qualified opinion as a professional
casting director, is an actor with questionable acting ability. Other
than that, I like 100 Tears, and will be giving
it a good review soon) links to articles, coverage, and information on
Tampa Bay Film and other Tampa Bay Film sites.
Tampa
Film Conference
The Tampa Film Conference is an upcoming Tampa indie film “think
tank” event series by Tampa Bay Film and my event planning company.
Don’t expect it to debut until we have an established Tampa film
community, which brings us to.......
Tampa
Film Community
Tampa Film Community is a resource web site for the future Tampa film
community. For now, it is an online resource which kindly explains why
we don’t have a Tampa indie film community, and what’s wrong
with the Tampa indie film scene, which currently prevents a film community
from being established. In the future, once a Tampa film community is
established, it may be expanded as a fully featured professional networking
site as well (kind of like the Tampa Film Network, but with more advanced
features).
That’s just the tip of
the proverbial iceberg, too. As you can see, I have made substantial investments
into Tampa Bay Film and the future of the Tampa indie film scene (Nolan
Canova remarked that owning all of these web sites is expensive, but believe
me when I say that I can easily afford it. I do, after all, have substantial
business resources with the ability to make as much money as I require).
There are eight main sites. I’m also launching hundreds of support
resources throughout the Internet. A year from now, the results should
be fun. I can see the idiots in the Tampa indie film scene cursing at
me now.
Sigh.... I suppose that I must now do my part to support the few good
things going on in the Tampa indie film scene. The University
of Tampa is having their Black Box Film Festival
starting today (I actually think that “Black Box” is a cool
film festival name, by the way. Chris Woods told me that “Black
Box” was a room for University of Tampa television courses, so that’s
where the name came from, and he would know, as he graduated from there).
Tomorrow, September 12, The Film Ranch (Heh
heh... I can't help but visualize a huge ranch with cool indie films,
which look like little cows, which are grazing on the grass of the ranch
whenever I hear the name of this company. The two Andy's and Chris Woods
are cowboys, too, rounding up their films for the upcoming rodeos......
Jesus, I've been playing too much The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight
Princess, for the Nintendo Gamecube and the Wii, where Link
starts out as a cowboy on a ranch!) will be showing Brainjacked,
Filthy, and some other projects at the University
of Tampa. I suggest that everyone go, see Brainjacked,
and support them. I have not seen Brainjacked,
but I have heard from multiple sources that it is good. I have seen Andy
Lalino’s film Filthy, however, and it
is a work of genius. We need more indie films from Tampa film production
companies like The Film Ranch to put Tampa indie
film on the map, for sure.
Ah, what’s this? Another invitation to visit the set of a Tampa
indie film production? You know, it may seem that I am harsh when it comes
to Tampa indie films, but that’s not the case at all. While many
of them suck, quite a few (such as The Film Ranch’s
films) are good, and we need films like those to obtain respect for Tampa
indie film. If the films are flawed (and most of them are), I’ll
say so. If they are good, however, I’ll admit it. I call them as
I see them, and the way I see them is usually the way that they are. As
an example of another good Tampa indie film, I am a fan of the Tampa Bay
film Actress Apocalypse. It is a work of genius
(although my friend Chris Woods did not like the trailer for it. I suppose
that I will have to convince him to sit down and watch the film. Ahem...
I also have to get Chris Woods to sit down and play Zombies
Ate My Neighbors, which is an awesome game).
The invitations that I get, too, are from the good filmmakers. I suppose
that I shouldn’t focus so much on the negative aspects of the Tampa
indie film scene, but the issue is that there is a lot wrong with that
scene today. With the demise of such unhealthy film festivals like The
Tampa Film Review, however, things are improving.
Going back to the Black Box Film Festival at
the University of Tampa and the second showing
of Brainjacked, I can’t make it. I really
want to go and see this movie, but I am booked solid with shoots this
weekend. I have to do a photography shoot Saturday, and a second shoot,
a modeling shoot on Sunday. Sunday I will be shooting in Hillsborough,
as well as the Pinellas beaches. I’ve been cleaning and detailing
my car since yesterday in preparation for the shoots (one reason that
I bought that car was so that I could do shoots with it. The models love
it, and so do I). My weekend is full. I wonder if I could obtain a screener
for Brainjacked............
I will be doing a lot of modeling photography shoots this fall, and will
be spending a lot of time tied up in model land. In October, for example,
I have several photography projects with a lot of swimsuit models.
And with that, I take leave of all of you. See you soon.
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