F’G was the winner of Best Performances at the February 2022 LGBTQ+ Film Festival.

“Seventeen-year-old Thomas is attracted to Esteban, a fellow student. After a drunken kiss at a party, the rumor about Thomas' homosexuality quickly spreads around school, and the young boy soon faces judgement and discrimination...”

Film also playing at the WILDsound TV app next month. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial at www.wildsound.ca (available on your streaming services and APPS). There is a DAILY film festival to watch, plus a selection of award winning films on the platform. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Conversation with French director Olivier Lallart on the making of the film.

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A short film based on a poem: ALWAYS THE SUN by Keith Sargent. Wilderness, illness and the great British cretinocracy. Festival plays for FREE all day on today. WATCH the festival HERE.

Conversation with filmmaker Keith Sargent on making this film at home current the COVID era.

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ANOTHER DAY was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the June 2021 ROMANCE Film Festival. You can watch the festival for FREE today HERE

“Sam and Sinéad play out their past but something is different this time round.”

Conversation with the writer and star of the film, Alan Hall, on the process making this winning film.

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If there was a theme to this festival it would be “Innovation.”

Great chatting with the creator of this amazing festival outside of Seattle. .An itty bitty film fest in the spooky backwoods of the Pacific Northwest. Twin Peaks ain't got nothin' on Gorst! This is the real shizzle.

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The theme of this episode is “PASSION BUCKET”

Great conversation with the Festival Director of a great Female Film Festival. Year 2 of the Festival starts on Thursday September 12th. Go to https://www.detroitshetownfilmfestival.com/

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Established in 2018, the Detroit Shetown Film Festival screens short films in the following genres: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Documentary, LGBTIQA+, Music Video, Short Episodic, and Thriller/Horror.

Our emphasis is female-driven independent cinema in performances, stories and key filmmaking production positions. We showcase important creative works of female filmmakers from Michigan and around the world, using state-of-the-art digital projection provided by our host venue, Cinema Detroit in midtown Detroit, Michigan.

This episode was sponsored by the 1 page short story contest.

Every Thursday, WILDsound hosts a Film Festival! Matt and Kierston meet on Friday mornings to talk about the festival, the themes, the crowd, the comments and the films that made the night so great! 

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7 Documentary Short Films were presented at the August 2nd Festival. Here is the lineup:

SAN GUERRERO, 4min., Argentina, Documentary
Directed by

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A portrait of an american ex-patriot lilving in Buenos Aires and working as a city tour guide during the day and a prostitution tour guide during the night

WATER, 4min, USA, Documentary
Directed by Mark Knight

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Window Channel Network takes you on a four-minute journey to some of the planet’s most spectacular glaciers, waterfalls, beaches, rivers and waterways. 

WEEKEND WARRIOR, 6min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Jonathan Harris

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ISIS WAS HERE, 25min, Iraq, Documentary
Directed by Farman Abdalrahman Karim

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HAART KENYA, 13min., Kenya, Documentary
Directed by Danielle Da Silva

An organization dedicated to ending modern slavery (human trafficking) against women and children in Kenya and East Africa. Simas spent two weeks photographing their workshops, community, and grief-stricken survival stories.

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HEARING FILMS, 8min., Canada, Documentary
Directed by Arsen Martyrosian

CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film! A story of visually impaired film enthusiast Joe Sidarose, that questions the perception of film as a visual medium and exposes the way descriptive cinema influences audience.

BEYOND THE WALL, 26min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Jay Root, Todd Wiseman

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Get past the rhetoric and experience the reality of the U.S.-Mexico border. The film puts viewers into the shoes of undocumented immigrants, Border Patrol agents and a Texas borderland rancher to explore the nation’s most pressing border and immigration issues.

In today's episode, Matthew and Kierston talk about Mise En Scene. Arguably films' most vague term, breaking down what exactly Mise En Scene is, what it encompasses and where it came from is not as easy as it may appear at first glance. Join Matthew and Kierston as they dive, once again,  in the culture, the history and the wonderful world of film. 

Show Notes 

DEFINITION:Mise-en-Scene directly translates to “placed on stage” or “placed in scene”. Essentially, it describes everything placed within the frame of the camera, that creates “the world” of the scene the story is taking place in. Inside the frame, the story takes place, outside of the frame, the rest of the world exists. There is some controversy attached to the term, as it has been considered slightly unclear wether the term is directed at one singular scene, or the look the film as a whole. Some critics call it “films grand undefined term”. But we can break that down a little more

• GENERAL EXAMPLE: Mise-en-scene is, at its most basic, the props, sets, objects, and actors within the frame of the shot. It also encompasses set design, lighting, and to some degree, the sense of space. In the earliest films there were set “decorators” basically doing what “interior decorators” due for homes- but for scenes. 
  
  Why it is used:
  Some films can tell a whole story without using any scenes or set at all- but it is rare. When we tell stories they are usually set inside a world- and that world has to look and feel like rich, full world. What is in that world is Mise-en-scene. 

Welcome to The Film Podcast by WILDsound. WILDsound is a Film Festival, running Audience Feedback Filming sessions in Toronto, L.A, and Montreal, as well as running monthly writing competitions in Screenplays, Features, Spec Scrips, Novels, Poetry and many more. 

On today's Episode, we meet our hosts Matthew Toffolo and Kierston Drier as they break down what exactly a "walk and talk" shot is in film and television- as well as how and why they are used. 

 

SHOW NOTES 

DEFINITION: specifically in regards to film and television, a walk and talk shot is a story device, a narrative technique employed, often by the director to propel action and movement into a scene that would otherwise by dialogue heavy. 

• GENERAL EXAMPLE: You see this used a lot in Procedural shows like medical dramas, crime dramas, law drama, etc. The idea behind this is the actors are talking and sharing whatever information they have to in the scene, but the scene involves them walking through or to something. 
   
• • WHY IS IT USED
    Dialogue heavy scenes are often needed to establish a character backstory (Think that classic scene in a Rom-Com when the Characters have a hear to-to-heart while walking in the park), Explain a situation, or establish major conflict. We want to avoid exposition is most cases of writing, but when we MUST have a scene where exposition is happening, then that dialogue-heavy scene would get pretty boring if the characters were just standing there like talking heads. So a Walk-And-Talk shot does four things: 
    • It creates a sense of Urgency- those characters are getting somewhere!
    • It can link scenes together. Ex: The characters were in the boardroom and they shared important information that will affect them in the next scene when they enter the main office space. 
    • It establishes the lines as more casual (these details must be shared but they are not SO important that the characters have to STOP what they are doing to share it)
    • Psychologically, it establishes visual interest. As moving characters are more interesting to watch that non-moving one. 
      
       

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