Buffalo Filmmakers Premier "Release the Funny"
Two bonus shorts will screen before Release The Funny. One was directed by another Buffalo filmmaker and played at the Buffalo Infringement Festival. The other was the winner of the recent 48-hour film project in Buffalo, produced by another Buffalonian and utilizing the talents of Littleflick.
Begun in April of 2006, the ten short films are unique, singular endeavors that are comedic in nature, an earmark of Littleflick productions due to the MacKay's' wry sense of humor.
Beth and Jerry premiered their first film, The Cramshaft Meeting at the Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre in Buffalo in 2005. When the film was made an official selection of the 2006 Moondance International Film Festival in Hollywood, the MacKays decided they were on the right track and were hooked on making films.
Setting out to make just a few shorts, the project took on a life of it's own until it grew to ten films. That's when the MacKays decided to combine them into one collection. They recognized that their chance of getting their films in front of the general public, whether in theatres, on DVD, television, or even for Internet download, depended on making them feature-length.
With plans to show Release The Funny in Buffalo theatres in early 2008, Beth and Jerry will be able to judge crowd reaction at the Riviera Theater in North Tonawanda this Saturday at 7PM, and are looking to get the shorts into film festivals around the country. They also hope to make the film available on DVD and online rental through Netflix and over the Internet.
Part-time filmmakers at present, the MacKays would like to make this their day job as well. "The best compliment we've received for our work is that our films actually look like films you would normally see at the movies," MacKay said. "When you hear that, you know you're doing something right."
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chris69
Wasnt there a plan to built a pre/post production facility for movies and media as part of one of the outer harbor development projects.
Well, you can put me in the category that we need a major regional facility like this to serve our area and all its film, documentary, childrens productions, corporate training, music, theater, etc.
We are struggling for a new Convention & Conference Center but this pre/post production facility needs to be right behind it in funding also. Both are good investments in jobs, marketing, branding, etc.
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Littleflick
I'd also like to add that Full Circle Studios (where I happen to work, and no, I wasn't paid to say this) has been extremely supportive of our endeavor. A lot of the equipment used in our production is from Full Circle, and the DVD (which will be available for sale next year) was authored with Full Circle's DVD Creator system. They even let us shoot one of our shorts at Full Circle ("On Productivity"). It may be awhile before Buffalo has a production facility that chris69 is looking for (as am I), but thanks to Buffalo companies like Full Circle, filmmakers like myself are getting the support we need to make films right now.
If you live in Buffalo, and you're looking to become a filmmaker, don't wait. Start making films now, and make them here!
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Littleflick
Oh, and one last thing. The film is playing tonight (Saturday November 17th) at 7:30PM at the Riviera in North Tonawanda. We had hoped to run the film in Buffalo next week, but local theatres are already committed to studios for the big holiday releases. So we're planning a Buffalo premiere and week-long run in early 2008 (probably around February). Check out littleflick.com for more details on that.
But definitely check out the film tonight if you can. The Riviera has a brand new HD projector, sound system and silver screen. It looks and sounds great!
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