If you head on over to Filmmaking Frenzy, you can see some of the amazing entries for this year's Fantastic Fest bumper contest, those truly amazing fan-made flicks that beat out some films made by famous people, as far as sheer guts and ingenuity. The best ones played before films at Fantastic Fest, and you never know what you're going to get. All that's required is that the bumper finish with the word "fantastic!" This year, the added requirement was that the bumper had to feature children.
My bumper was rejected by Fantastic Fest as not being worthy of being seen by anyone at any time. I cannot disagree with their taste. Perhaps it was the way I shamelessly ripped off Nacho Vigalando's short films, which played last year in one of the more entertaining programs at the fest. Perhaps it was the fact that I stood too close to the camera and you can see up my nose. Perhaps it was because it wasn't as funny as I thought it would be when I dreamed it up at 3:00 in the morning. Perhaps it was because it looks like crap.
Whatever the reason, I offer it up in the spirit of shameless self-degradation. Feel free to rip it apart in the comments.
(Thanks and apologies to Nick Robinson.)
My bumper was rejected by Fantastic Fest as not being worthy of being seen by anyone at any time. I cannot disagree with their taste. Perhaps it was the way I shamelessly ripped off Nacho Vigalando's short films, which played last year in one of the more entertaining programs at the fest. Perhaps it was the fact that I stood too close to the camera and you can see up my nose. Perhaps it was because it wasn't as funny as I thought it would be when I dreamed it up at 3:00 in the morning. Perhaps it was because it looks like crap.
Whatever the reason, I offer it up in the spirit of shameless self-degradation. Feel free to rip it apart in the comments.
(Thanks and apologies to Nick Robinson.)
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