05.28.09 - My Voyage
to Cannes
Kendall and Julie went to Cannes and brought back this video.
04.24.09 - Robot Love screening at Cannes!
Pizza Infinity's short film, Robot Love From Another World has been selected to screen at the Cannes International Film Festival taking place in the resort town of Cannes, in the south of France, May 13–24, 2009.
Entering it’s 62nd year, The Cannes International Film Festival is one of the world's oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals. Robot Love From Another World will be screened in one of the theaters at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès on Tuesday, May 19 at 11:30 a.m. The film will also be viewable on demand from May 13–22 in viewing booths at the Short Film Corner.
08.22.08 - Robot
Love Wins "Best Picture"
Pizza Infinity's newest short film, Robot Love From Another World
has won "Best Picture" for Cincinnati's 48 Hour Film Project 2008!
Here's the full list of awards:
"Best Picture"
"Best Acting"
"Best Sound Design"
"Best Costumes"
"Best Use of Character"
"Audience Choice Winner Group B"
01.23.08 - 2008!
Hello everyone - I hope you're enjoying 2008. To see the latest Pizza Infinity
videos please visit our channel page on Vimeo.
Also, we're still recording our weekly audio podcast (35 episodes and counting)
so make sure you're subscribed via iTunes
and also please vote for us on Podcast
Alley. Thanks!
10.03.07 - Vimeo Channel
For all the latest Pizza Infinity news check out the Pizza
Infinity Channel on Vimeo.
07.25.07 - Pizza Infinity Podcast: Episode 9
We recorded this immediately prior to the 48 Hour Film Project kickoff event.
We discuss the possible genres and eventually veer onto the topic of Josh's
saddest memory. Kat also makes a late appearance.
The Pizza Infinity Podcast
is on iTunes - search for us or subscribe using the following link...
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=257296509
if you can't get the iTunes
thingy to work you can also download it direct...
Episode
009 - time: 47min. - file size: 21.6mb
07.25.07 - Pizza
Infinity press
My diary about this past weekend's 48 Hour Film Project is in the new issue
of Cincinnati CityBeat.
Workin'
on the Weekend: Here's how Pizza Infinity made a movie in 48 hours
and here's that cover of the Downtowner...
-
posted by Kendall
07.24.07 - Pizza
Infinity on the cover of Downtowner
Josh and I are on the cover of the new issue of the Downtowner. You
can read the article online...
Pizza Infinity Delivers up Indie Films at Lite Brite
The story is mostly about Lite Brite but they also mention the 48 Hour Film Project at the end.
Speaking of 48, I kept a
diary of sorts during the weekend for CityBeat and it should be out
tomorrow.
There are all kinds of Pizza Infinity screenings
this weekend, including the premiere of our 48 Hour film, Hang in There.
-
posted by Kendall
07.20.07 - 48 Hour Film Project
We're participating in the 48 Hour Film Project RIGHT NOW. I'm wasting EXTREMELY
VALUABLE time by blogging about it.
our genre: Film de Femme
character: Scott or Sarah Morton, assistant
prop: a purple object
line of dialogue: "You know what they say".
07.12.07 - Pizza Infinity Podcast: Episode 8
Paul Kreft graces us with his presence for our super-sized eighth podcast. Paul
was the singing cop in Mustache of Lies and has played bit parts in
many Pizza Infinity productions. He sings us some songs and saves us from monsters.
The Pizza Infinity Podcast
is on iTunes - search for us or subscribe using the following link...
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=257296509
if you can't get the iTunes
thingy to work you can also download it direct...
Episode
008 - time: 91min. - file size: 41.6mb
but if you do it that way, also watch Mustache of Lies (on Vimeo!)
Mustache
of Lies from Pizza
Infinity on Vimeo.
07.12.07 - Pizza Infinity Podcast: Episode 7
The amazing Kat Steele is our guest this week. She was the psycho girlfriend
in Bloody Mary in between doing everyone's makeup and hair. We discuss
the best way to get a bat out of your house and try to beatbox.
The Pizza Infinity Podcast
is on iTunes - search for us or subscribe using the following link...
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=257296509
if you can't get the iTunes
thingy to work you can also download it direct...
Episode
007 - time: 66min. - file size: 30.3mb
but if you do it that way, also watch Pizza Infinity Audio Podcast 007 Video Supplement (on Vimeo!)
Pizza Infinity Audio Podcast
#007 Video Supplement from Pizza
Infinity on Vimeo.
07.05.07 - Pizza Infinity Podcast: Episode 6
Exploded's Bomb Boy, Aaron Maas, is the guest this week. He's also
been featured in our films Bloody Mary, Mustache of Lies and Love
Me, Don't Sit on Me. We talk about why Aaron lies and Vincent Van Gogh's
last words.
The Pizza Infinity Podcast
is on iTunes - search for us or subscribe using the following link...
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=257296509
if you can't get the iTunes
thingy to work you can also download it direct...
Episode
006 - time: 73min. - file size: 33.5mb
but if you do it that way, also watch Exploded (on Vimeo!)
Exploded from Pizza
Infinity on Vimeo.
06.28.07 - Pizza Infinity Podcast: Episode 5
Julie Hill is the guest
this week. She's an illustrator who's done some title design for a couple of
our films. We talk about dogza and read lots of emails.
The Pizza Infinity Podcast
is on iTunes - search for us or subscribe using the following link...
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=257296509
if you can't get the iTunes
thingy to work you can also download it direct...
Episode
005 - time: 62min. - file size: 28.6mb
but if you do it that way, also watch Pizza Infinity Audio Podcast #005 Video Supplement (on Vimeo!)
Pizza Infinity Audio Podcast #005 Video Supplement
from Pizza Infinity on Vimeo.
and we spend a lot of time talking about dogza so you might also want to watch this video...
06.20.07
Episode 4 of the Pizza Infinity Podcast is now online. Homer Shadowheart is
the guest this week. He was the subject of Josh's documentary short, Enough
Stones. We talk about cancer and death - it's funny!
The Pizza Infinity Podcast
is on iTunes - search for us or subscribe using the following link...
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=257296509
if you can't get the iTunes
thingy to work you can also download it direct...
Episode
004 - time: 62min. - file size: 28.6mb
but if you do it that way, watch Enough Stones first (on Vimeo!)
Enough Stones: A documentary
about Homer Shadowheart from JoshFlowers
on Vimeo.
06.13.07
Episode 3 of the Pizza Infinity Podcast is now online. We host our first guest,
Adam Stovall from Bloody Mary. We talk about apathy and dying. It's
funny!
The Pizza Infinity Podcast
is on iTunes - search for us or subscribe using the following link...
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=257296509
if you can't get the iTunes
thingy to work you can also download it direct...
Episode
003 - time: 60min. - file size: 27.6mb
but if you do it that way, watch Bloody Mary first (on Vimeo!)
Bloody Mary from Pizza
Infinity on Vimeo.
06.05.07
Episode 2 of the Pizza Infinity Podcast is now online. We try to discuss Cheese
Knives until it becomes too painful and we attempt to see who can read
the email better.
Subscribe to the podcast
via iTunes using the following link...
itpc://mediaprowess.com/PizzaInfinity/podcasts.xml
if you can't get the iTunes
thingy to work you can also download it direct...
http://www.pizzainfinity.com/podcasts/070604_PI_Podcast_002.mp3
but if you do it that way, watch Cheese Knives first (on Vimeo!)
05.31.07
Pizza Infinity has a podcast and you can listen to the first episode by subscribing
via iTunes using the following link...
itpc://mediaprowess.com/PizzaInfinity/podcasts.xml
It's an audio podcast but we're also posting videos that we'll be talking about in each episode. Please check it out and let us know what you think - I may have made some technical mistakes - let me know!
if you can't get the iTunes
thingy to work you can also download it direct...
http://www.pizzainfinity.com/podcasts/070531_PI_Podcast_001.mp3
enjoy! (thanks Kat)
05.16.07
All 18 episodes of our 2007 Chicago Sketchfest series are now online...
Episode
#01 - Welcome to Chicago
Episode
#02 - Energy Guys
Episode
#03 - Keilly & Roeters (and Raimi)
Episode
#04 - Ms. Chickaburns
Episode
#05 - Emo Philips
Episode
#06 - OneTwoThree
Episode
#07 - Interview Style
Episode
#08 - Freedumb
Episode
#09 - Performance Anxiety
Episode
#10 - Party Central USA
Episode
#11 - Bathroom Break
Episode
#12 - Triplette
Episode
#13 - Guest Correspondent
Episode
#14 - Now Fear This
Episode
#15 - After Parties
Episode
#16 - Sketchcore
Episode
#17 - What do you love about the Chicago Sketchfest?
Episode
#18 - Sketchubator
We also have some upcoming screenings:
Saturday, May 19 - Underneath Cincinnati
Best of 2006
The Carnegie Visual +
Performing Arts Center
1028 Scott Blvd, Covington, KY
featuring screenings of Cheese Knives and Mustache of Lies
7pm, $10 advance / $12 day of show
Saturday,
June 2 - 2007
Cincinnati Fringe Festival
Know
Theatre of Cincinnati
1120 Jackson St, Cincinnati, OH
featuring a screening of The
Haircut
2pm,
free with Fringe button ($2)
Saturday,
June 9 -
2007
Cincinnati Fringe Festival
Know
Theatre of Cincinnati
1120 Jackson St, Cincinnati, OH
featuring a screening of The
Haircut
2pm,
free with Fringe button ($2)
03.15.07
This is the first episode of Pizza Infinity's behind the scenes look
at the nation's largest sketch comedy festival, The 2007 Chicago Sketchfest.
- posted by Kendall
03.13.07
Albuquerque Flickr Set - posted by Kendall
03.11.07
Filmapalooza - day 3
Saturday morning actually started with Josh's previously mentioned bathroom flooding (in his defense, there was something wrong with the toilet...and him. They both had their problems.)
We met with Mark Rupert and Liz Langston (48 HR Film Project & Filmapalooza Producers) for breakfast at a little French bakery. Then I went to an Alexander Payne workshop and Josh went to the Shooting and Lighting on the Fly workshop. The Payne workshop only had about 30 people in it so it was a lot more intimate and we got to ask him a lot of questions.
The Boston Beer Company provided lunch (sandwiches) and after that I went to a workshop with a Samuel Adams designer where we drank beerr, watched commercials and provided feedback.
Next, they screened the National Film Challenge finalists. One of the guys we made friends with, Jack from Weary Films, had a good film in this group.
Finally, the night ended with the awards show at a place called Sauce. We received our trophy (is it a plaque?) for winning Best of Chicago and then there was an afterparty at a place called Raw. Our Weary Films friends won Best Silent Film in the National Film Challenge. A group from Portland won the overall Best Film of 2006 award and we talked to them for a while after too - their film was one of my favorites so it was good to see them win.
And that's pretty much it. - posted by Kendall
03.10.07
Filmapalooza - Day 2
The day started bright and early with free coffee and little boxes of cereal. I went to a panel on what to do with your film after you make it and then saw the HD Showdown films at the KiMo Theatre which was built in 1927 and features lots of New Mexican artwork and cow skulls. Then Josh and I caught a quick lunch (pizza) before our film showcase. We screened Bloody Mary, Cheese Knives and Mustache of Lies to a modest but appreciative crowd.
After our films it was back to the KiMo to see all the city winners' films, including our own from Chicago, All Two of Us. Then we had what was supposed to be a quick dinner at a diner called Lindy's before the main event, Alexander Payne's (dir. of Citizen Ruth, Election, About Schmidt and Sideways) Keynote.
That's about it for Friday. We've been meeting some really cool film-makers and the producers of Filmapalooza have been really great too.
Tomorrow (today) is the awards show...
PS - Josh flooded the bathroom
- posted by Kendall
03.09.07
Filmapalooza - Day 1
Josh and I arrived in Albuquerque without any problems... except that Josh tried to get a woman to steal a Delta blanket. Our cab driver to the hotel told us all about how Steven Segal was a jerk and we almost saw Jessica Alba (apparently she, Parker Posey and Christian Slater are staying at our hotel and filming something across the street).
We had some time to kill so we rode the bus to Old Town, ate some New Mexican food, visited the sculpture gardens at the Art Museum and went to the Atomic Museum.
The festival itself started at 6pm and they screened our film, Let's Spin the Night Together. It went well. After that there was a karaoke party at the District Bar and Grill. - posted by Kendall
03.07.07
Here's a quick recap of current events... Josh and I went to the Chicago
Sketchfest and filmed a bunch of stuff which we are currently editing. Josh
made a video called Fast
Love that's been seen over 600,000 times on YouTube. We have films
screening at Filmapalooza
and SXSW in the coming days. We're on our way to Albuquerque for Filmapalooza
tomorrow morning - busy!
- posted by Kendall
12.23.06
A Pizza Infinity Christmas Special
Happy Holidays from Pizza Infinity!
11.14.06
Bloody Mary will be screened at the 20th
Century Theatre in Oakley this Sunday, November 19th at 4pm. It will be
shown with other regional films created as part of the National
Film Challenge followed by Brown Mackie College student films. $1 admission.
11.10.06
The last few weeks have been prolific for Pizza Infinity - we completed two
short films. The first film, Bloody Mary,
was created as part of the National
Film Challenge, a timed filmmaking competition where filmmaking teams have
just one weekend to make a short film. We received our genre and other required
elements on the evening of Friday, October 20 and had to turn in the finished
film the following Monday.
Our genre was "Holiday Film" and we went with Halloween. We filmed at alchemize all day on Saturday. Woo was our DP and he brought a small, efficient crew.
Two weeks later we participated in the 48 Hour Film Project's Fall Shootout. This was only open to the city winners of this year's competition. We won "Best of Chicago" with our film All Two of Us (watch it on YouTube), a collaboration with Chicago-based sketch comedy troupe, OneTwoThree.
This time our genre was "Musical or Western". We went with musical which meant I had to spend a whole lotta extra time writing and recording songs during the weekend. I recorded demos for the cast to sing to during filming and then we recorded their vocals the next day after the film was edited.
making Let's Spin the Night Together pictures
We can't put this one online quite yet but you can get a sneak peak of some of the music by listening to the new episode of the Crankcast (Episode 57). Liz from OneTwoThree is a guest. - posted by Kendall
11.03.06
Because we are gluttons for punishment... and because we won Best of Chicago's
48 Hour Film Project
with All
Two of Us... we're making another film this weekend... starring
OneTwoThree!
It's for the 48 Hour Film Project's Fall Shootout - only open to the winning team in each city - wish us luck!
Hello Pizza Infinity/OneTwoThree--
Without further ado... the
elements for the 2006 48 Hour Film Project Fall Shootout are...
Character: Tony or Tammy Tipparino, Cartoon Voice Artist
Prop: Extension cord
Line of Dialogue: "Good luck with that."
Your genre: Musical or Western
- posted by Kendall
11.03.06
I've made the cheesiest
slide show possible to show my making of photos of Bloody
Mary. I think it's hilarious. Now, bug Kendall to share his photos.
They are awesome. Onward to our next film!
- posted by Josh
11.02.06
We just found out that Mustache
of Lies won the "Audience Choice Award" at the most recent
Underneath
Cincinnati.
This also means it will automatically be included in the 2006 Best of Underneath
festival.
- posted by Kendall
10.25.06
Watch our new film, Bloody Mary, online!
- posted by Kendall
10.21.06
We have a script - it's called Bloody Mary.
We're filming today at alchemize. We need lots of extras in Halloween costumes so... if you wanna be in our short film come to alchemize IN A HALLOWEEN COSTUME at 2pm and expect to maybe hang out for a few hours. You can show off your costume a week early or bring out the dusty old thing you wore last year for an encore.
Peek in the window first to see if it looks like we're in the middle of a take...
alchemize is located at 3929 Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati, OH - there's a big Preacher's sign outside.- posted by Kendall
10.20.06
Team Pizza Infinity,
The 2006 National Film Challenge has commenced!! Following is your film genre and your elements for the 2006 National Film Challenge:
GENRE: Holiday Film
CHARACTER: Bobbie Soxer, Candidate
PROP: Oil
LINE OF DIALOGUE: If it doesn't work, give it a shake.-
posted by Kendall
10.15.06
Underneath
Cincinnati
is tonight at the Southgate House and they're showing our short film, Mustache
of Lies.
We'll have some shirts, stickers and buttons available too...
Sunday, Oct 15 - Underneath
Cincinnati
The
Historic Southgate House
24 East 3rd St., Newport, KY
$5, 8-10pm, 18+ -
posted by Kendall
09.22.06
Pizza Infinity has finished a music video for legendary California
band, White
Flag.
Who is White Flag? Over the years, several musicians have joined and left White Flag. Pat Fear and Doug Graves founded the band in 1982. The band's recordings or live performances have at one time featured both Ken Stringfellow (who appears under the name Kim Crimson) and Jon Auer of the Posies, Kim Shattuck and Ronnie Barnett of the Muffs, Jeff McDonald and Steve McDonald of Redd Kross, Greg Hetson from Bad Religion, Dale Crover from the Melvins, Eric Erlandson from Hole, Javier Escovedo of legendary Los Angeles punk band The Zeros, and Rancid's Tim Armstrong to name only a few.
So we had them film themselves performing the song in California and then send us the footage...
or you can watch it on YouTube
more about the members of White Flag...
Pat Fear has worked as a songwriter and producer for such artists as Courtney Love's band Hole, NOFX, Pat Smear (of Nirvana/Foo Fighters and The Germs fame), The Go-Go's, Bangles, Redd Kross, Sean Lennon, Ace Frehley of KISS, and Swedish garage punk legends The Nomads. He is also a technical advisor on the currently in production film "What We Do is Secret," (starring two long time White Flag fans: "E.R." actor Shane West, and Bijou Phillips), as well as being vegetarian, and a member of PeTA.
Kim Crimson,(under his real name of Ken Stringfellow) is a sought after producer, when not busy fronting his full time band The Posies, and is one forth of the revamped lineup of the legendary band Big Star, and tours as keyboardist for R.E.M.
Doug Graves is a professional surfer on the band supported Team Clecoin Snow and Surf team, and a member of the internationally known 70's disco tribute band "The Boogie Knights", who were single handedly responsible for starting the campy disco revival fad in The United States. The Boogie Knights are an established club act, with a large "following," r or rock and roll and punk fans who enjoy the band's irreverent approach to the once hated dance music, as well as much sought after entertainers for private events, They have performed for parties such varied public figures as Tom Cruise, Mick Jagger, and former US President Gerald Ford.
El Swe is a member of the popular Swedish band Sator, and is a well respected producer in Scandinavia, having worked on releases by The Hellacopters, The Hives, The Nomads, and former ABBA member Bjorn's solo albums.
Victor M. Surrounded was the drummer in the final version of Goth punk pioneers Christian Death that featured the late front man Roz Williams, and produces music for the "Teletubbies" children's television series. He also played in the band Test Pattern, which featured founding White Flag members Pat Fear, Pick Z. Stix and Jello B. Afro. In 1980, when he was 14 years old.
09.19.06
We made this short little video thingy to promote our shirts...
or you can watch it on YouTube
Buy these fantastic screenprinted American Apparel T-Shirts in our store. - posted by Kendall
09.07.06
"Oh great, this guy is a real artist."
That was my first thought on meeting Kendall for the first time two years ago today on the set of my talk show. From there, John (my co-host) and I fretted about whether this guy is going to freak out on us or not. I did not do a typical talk show and this was the most untypical episode yet. At this point we had only had one artist on the program and it was the worst guest yet. Boring and he wouldn't shut up. That was a "normal" episode too. This show though was the most messed up episode I ever did. I loved having subplots and the subplot of this one was we were selling out to Fox and we replaced our co-co-host Peapers (a plastic skunk) with a human (played by Scott Spaulding) and we added a laugh track (and lots more stuff). Anyway, it was nuts. Here are some choice clips from the show focussing on the interview.
So the show went great in my opinion but I really really thought Kendall hated me. After the show I tried to avoid him a bit. I figured he'd be angry. He acted like he really liked it but I just could not believe it. I mean, did you see those clips? I really didn't think it'd matter if he was lying or not as I'd probably never run into him again anyway. HA!
The show was supposed to be shown in Cincinanti. Our contact there bailed on us and we were having trouble getting it shown. After the show, Kendall kept e-mailing me about the Cincinnati show time which I basically ignored (I e-mailed back once) because Bob (producer) hadn't gotten back to me about it. So when I saw Kendall on the set of the short film I was supposed to be in I was not ecstatic. I was like "oh great, the guy who has been bugging me." I went over and talked to him to explain the situation again and realized, "hey he's actually pretty cool." Not once had he been a jerk although he could have been.
Now I wanted to show clips from the actual short film we worked on but the film's script supervisor wouldn't let me. I'm not even allowed to say the name of this short film. Instead, let's pretend this was a birthday party with cameras. Here is a montage of behind the scenes photos. First, you can see the chairs where we got the idea for Love Me, Don't Sit on Me. If not for fake mobsters being shot by paint ball guns there might have never been a bloody chair and then there might never have been my concern of, "That poor chair" and then there might never have been Pizza Infinity. Seriously. Not even Peter Parker has a better origin story than that.
Then here are two short video clips from Kendall's camera.
You can see my great acting as a bodyguard.
From this meeting we slowly began to write Love Me, Don't Sit on Me together. We met once a week on Saturday at the Starbucks inside Barnes and Noble on Newport on the Levee. I imagine it was because we are slow to trust people and wanted to feel each other out. Soon, I think we will tell each other our real names and where we live but I don't want to rush anything. So that's the beginning!
Two years later and how are we doing? - posted by Josh
08.31.06
Our short film, Utter Chaos,
is being released on DVD in October. Utter Chaos is an adaptation of
a short story from the Students of the Unusual, a horror anthology comic book.
We won the "Best Comic to Film Adaptation" award at their film showcase
which took place at Heroes Con in Charlotte, NC in June. They're releasing a
special issue that includes a bunch of short adaptations on DVD. They've created
a trailer
to promote the release.
Here's our behind the scenes look at Making Utter Chaos.
If you want a copy of of this DVD the best way is to contact your local comic book retailer NOW and request a copy of the Students of the Unusual: Extra Credit Special #1 published by 3 Boys Productions - solicited in Diamond Previews AUG06 3554. It's only $2.95 for a 48 page comic plus the DVD and this will be the first commercially released DVD that includes a Pizza Infinity film - jump on it! If you don't know where your closest comic book retailer is call 1-888-COMIC BOOK or visit www.comicshoplocator.com.- posted by Kendall
08.23.06
If you've been wondering what
we're keeping busy with in the world of infinite pizza... we've been working
on... DVDs! We'll provide more details as we get closer to having a finished
product but just know that we're trying to put something nice together so you
and all your friends can watch our films in the privacy of your own homes.
We've also been finishing work on a music video... stay tuned!
Yes, we're working on arranging some more screenings of The Haircut for those of you who missed the premiere. If anyone has suggestions of places for us to screen our films, feel free to email us - especially if you're outside the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area. Thanks to everyone for being interested.
PS - I updated the All Two of Us page today with some photos from the Best of Chicago's 48 Hour film Project screening.- posted by Kendall
07.29.06
Thanks to everyone who came
to see and/or was just there and had to put up with the premiere of The
Haircut last night - 400 people crowded into the ballroom at the Southgate
House! Two other Pizza Infinity films are showing this weekend at Lite
Brite - Exploded
and Love
Me, Don't Sit on Me.
-
posted by Kendall
07.27.06
It's been two years in the making but it's (finally) here - the world premiere
of The Haircut is Friday, July 28th at the
Southgate House as part of the Lite
Brite Indie Pop and Film Test. The short film will be presented on a 25
foot screen in the ballroom between performances by Man
Man and Danielson.
"The lighthearted, surprisingly suspenseful, sometimes insightful 36-minute film comes off like a well-oiled episode of a reality television program." - Jason Gargano, Cincinnati CityBeat
Read the entire CityBeat article - Man of the People
After the film, Josh and I will be providing video during Danielson's performance. AND we'll have Pizza Infinity shirts for sale! - posted by Kendall
07.18.06
I'm heading to California tomorrow morning for the San
Diego International Comic-Con (unfortunately Josh will be staying here in
the Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati sun).
I'll be with Devil's Due Publishing at booth 1732. Devil's Due is one of the top ten comic book companies, publishing titles that include G.I. Joe, Army of Darkness, Family Guy and Hack/Slash (being made into a film by Rogue Pictures).
Also present at the con will be Students of the Unusual (booth #5523), who will be promoting the Giant-sized Students of the Unusual Extra Credit Special #1 which includes a DVD featuring our short film, Utter Chaos, as well as some special features. I can't wait to meet these guys - it was a lot of fun making a film of one of their comics.
If you're in San Diego for the con, come to the Devil's Due booth and say hello! - posted by Kendall
07.16.06
The Summer Underneath
Cincinnati
film series is tonight at the Southgate House and they're screening our short
film, All
Two of Us - PLUS they'll be showing our trailer for The
Haircut
- get a sneak peak at what you'll be seeing July 28th!
All Two of Us recently won "Best Picture" at Chicago's 48 Hour Film Festival. This is what CityBeat has to say about it...
"If you're into watching crazy people abuse each other (and who isn't?), then the ménage a trois of dumb, dumber and dumbest that is the film All Two of Us (pictured) might be for you. Created by the local cinema team Pizza Infinity, the short flick is a weird trip into the lives of three best friends and their psychotic adventures."
Cincinnati CityBeat, To Do List: Eclectic Images
PS - Mustache of Lies won the "Producer's Choice" award at The Best of Cincinnati's 48 Hour Film Project on Friday. - posted by Kendall
07.11.06
I'm pleased to report that All
Two of Us won "Best Picture" at Chicago's 48
Hour Film Project! We also took home awards for "Audience Choice",
"Best Use of Character" and "Best Use of Prop". The short
film will go on to compete on the international level.
The Best of Cincinnati's 48 Hour Film Project is this Friday and our film, Mustache
of Lies, will be screened and in competition at that event...
The Best of Cincinnati's
48 Hour Film Project
The Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center
1028 Scott St, Covington, KY
$8, Friday, July 14 - 8pm
- posted by Kendall
07.04.06
Utter Chaos won the "Best
Comic to Film Adaptation Award" at the Students
of the Unusual Film Showcase on Friday at Heroes
Con. Fantastic. The next screening of a Pizza Infinity film will be
All Two of Us
on July 10th at the Best
of Chicago's 48 Hour Film Project!
-
posted by Kendall
06.27.06
It's time for the Chicago 48
Hour Film Project recap... For some reason Josh and I decided it'd be fun
to do the 48 Hour project two weekends in a row so we teamed up with Chicago
sketch comedy troupe OneTwoThree
and formed a superfilmakingroup. Friday morning, Josh and I loaded up his car
with our equipment... it was a tight fit. The drive took a little longer than
usual due to the Skyway being down to one lane but we made it to Sam and Liz's
apartment (our homebase) about an hour before the kickoff event was set to begin.
We met Rob there and he directed us to Subterranean,
where all 16 teams waited for our... assignments? We initally drew "action/adventure"
as our genre but decided to go for the wild card, coming up with "buddy
movie". The required prop was a soccer ball.
When we got back to Sam and Liz's place, we started writing. OneTwoThree is comprised of Kelly, Rob and Liz. We were also joined by world famous standup comedian, Bryan Applegate (just ask his dad). Sam (Liz's husband) went to go hunt down a soccer ball. Josh and I write together and we've never involved a bunch of other people in the process but it turned out to be real nice and collaborative-like, a true team effort.
We got a few props together and I drew a three-legged race flyer.
Here's where it gets crazy... we were done with writing and prep for the morning so early... that I slept for FIVE hours on Friday night. The only downside was that right before I went to sleep with the knowledge that I had forgot my power cable for my G5 Tower back home in Cincinnati. It turns out that this particular cable is unique to my specific model of computer and finding one, even in a bustling city like Chicago, on short notice is not an easy task... but I'd deal with it after sleeping.
We got up at 6am and headed out to the park. Liz and Kelly had called around the night before and secured us some extras and small part actors - everyone was GREAT, especially considering they showed at 7am on a Saturday with barely any notice. I did see Mary throwing up behind a tree at one point but she performed like a champ, notwithstanding.
Everyone but me got really excited when two dogs that were tied together ran by...
This was a no-crew shoot with Josh and I taking turns with the camera and the boom but everyone pitched in - especially Bryan. Our bloody soccer-player didn't seem to faze the cops who came by or the little league baseball team that was warming up nearby.
Liz seemed a little too willing to roll in the dirt...
...and Bryan seemed a little too willing to tend to James' naked flesh.
Next, we were off to the Golden Budha Chinese Restaurant and Sam went to Devil's Due to borrow the power cable I needed. I found out later that Liz had previously worked at the Golden Budha which explained why they didn't think it was weird that we were doing the things we were doing.
It was a really nice location with ornate decoration and a giant waterfall. We were there while the restaurant was open, so there was a decent amount of noise and the waterfall didn't help. We asked if they could turn it off for a bit and we found out that, lucky for us, it was going to be shut off soon for repairs anyway. This was NOT lucky news for the goldfish that lived in the little pool of water. We were in the middle of a scene when the owner, Charlie Lin, called us over to help save the fish who were flopping around in the empty reservoir.
We took a break to eat and it was time for me to face the grim reality of our G5 power cable situation. Sam had retrieved a cable we thought would work from Devil's Due but... it didn't. We had already called the Apple Store and been told that it was a special order part but I decided, since we were closeby, to investigate in person... and beg. Kelly drove me over and I made my way through the suprisingly busy store to the Genius Bar, where I skipped ahead of the people who made appointments and pleaded for help. I was told, "no", "sorry", and "there's nothing we can do" for about an hour before someone named Mike finally saved us and let me borrow the elusive cable I needed. We raced back to the restaurant, where I gave the cable to Sam to take to the apt and try out. Sam took one look at it and said it was the wrong thing but I insisted he humor me and try it out anyway.
Twenty minutes later he texted me, "I've never been more happy to be wrong!"
Knowing that hurdle had been overcome, I suddenly felt much better about everything. Kelly and I quickly ate some of the food that Bryan kindly didn't finish.
We breezed through the rest of our scenes and finished shooting at around 3:30pm!
Josh, Liz and I went back to her apartment and immediately began capturing and reviewing footage.
Josh and I had a rough edit by 1am. Liz Rob and Kelly watched us work...
...and the darn cat wouldn't stop playing video games.
I worked on some music while Josh took some photos of OneTwoThree.
We were the first team to turn in our finished film at 7pm on Sunday - we didn't want to repeat the experience from the previous weekend.
After turning in the completed film, we packed up the equipment and sent Josh on his way back to Cincinnati. He had to get home for work the next day. Since I am as free as the mythical Northern winds I decided to stay for the screening on Tuesday.
Tuesday came. Everyone found the place by writing the address on their hands. Cute.
Bryan was nervous.
Rob and Liz were wondering how Sean Dove's email got written on their armrest.
Kelly was freaked out by the voting process.
We won the "Audience Choice Award" so we went to a bar to celebrate!!!
So that's Chicago. All Two of Us will be screened at the Best of Chicago's 48 Hour Film Project on July 10th. Our friend, Sean Dove's film turned out pretty good as well. You can watch it on YouTube. And listen to the freakin' Crankcast (a podcast about... comics and stuff)! - posted by Kendall
06.23.06
The last few weeks have been nonstop busy and productive. Within the span of
twelve days we completed two short films for the 48
Hour Film Project and had three screenings - two in Cincinnati and one in
Chicago. Our Cincinnati film, Mustache
of Lies, recieved a great response at both screenings and our Chicago
film, All
Two of Us,
won the "Audience Choice Award"!
Okay, Let me think waaay back to June 9th and see if I can remember how things went down... Josh and I went to the kickoff event at Media Bridges with the hope of not getting "action/adventure" again (although we decided that Exploded 2 would be fun to make) or "drama" (we talked at length about what constitutes a dramedy but I think we just confused ourselves). 7pm came around and I drew the genre this time, coming out with "detective/cop". I wasn't so hot on it but we kept it anyway. Josh and I walked back to my place and started coming up with an outline.
By the time the cast and crew arrived at 10pm we were pretty set. I had never seen so many people in my apartment before. Josh and I met the bulk of the crew that our cinematographer, Woo, put together for the first time.
After going over everybodies roles and where this was going to all happen, everyone left, allowing Josh and I to write the actual script.
We finished around 3am and I immediately began working on music while Josh went to make copies of the script and pick up some supplies. We had decided that we were going to include a musical sequence in the script regardless of what genre we pulled. I knew that Paul could pull it off so I wrote it for his character. I wrote the song on guitar and then sequenced some tracks in Reason. I recorded it with my vocals for Paul to use as reference and sent him mp3s and lyrics to study the next morning.
Daylight crept up on us and before we knew it we had to leave for filming at Trisha's house. Trisha has this amazing home and she let us film some exterior shots there. Turns out it was a little hard to find for most of the crew though (my lack of directions didn't help) so we got a bit of a late start. Once everyone arrived things came together quickly and we finished right on schedule. Josh and I hadn't worked with a crew this large or professional before and they were awesome. Trisha saved us by running some errands and putting together some of the missing pieces. She also provided an amazing hot lunch!
Our second location was at Christy's, the bar I cut my drinking teeth on and also a location we used in the first scene of Love Me, Don't Sit on Me. Once again, the cast and crew pulled through in a big way. Shannon provided some amazing mustaches for us. Paul gave a fantastic musical performance. We finished around 8pm and we left with some great footage.
From there it was back to my place where we immediately captured and reviewed the footage.
I finally passed out at around midnight (after being awake for 41 hours straight) and slept for four hours. After we completed a rough cut, I started working on the music again. Paul came over and we recorded his vocals for the final mix while Josh worked on refining the edit.
We also got our titles from Julie Hill and put them in place. I was working on music until the absolute last minute possible, making Josh quite nervous. As we were exporting our final edit to tape I noticed that there was a shot with out of sync audio. Josh took the tape with the bad edit and all the forms and rushed to the drop off location while I fixed the bad edit and made a second tape. If I couldn't get there in time, Josh would turn in the bad tape. I rolled up to the door and handed Josh the tape at the last minute and he turned it in with 30 seconds to spare. No problem.
The first screening took place the following Wednesday. We were in a group with a lot of other fantastic films - I was impressed!
We didn't get to go to the Friday screening though because Josh and I were on our way to Chicago. Apparently, we missed quite the spectacle but I'll fill everyone in on that after I see the video. Stay tuned for details about our weekend in Chicago - right now I've gotta head out to the desdemona festival! - posted by Kendall
06.14.06
Mustache of Lies
premieres tonight! I also posted a few behind the scenes pics... -
posted by Kendall
06.12.06
In a mere 48 hours we wrote, filmed & edited a new film - Mustache
of Lies! And you can see it very soon...
Design by Julie Hill. We'll tell you more about the action packed weekend and our amazing cast and crew soon. I did not die. - posted by Kendall
06.08.06
Kendall and I are going to be super busy starting tomorrow doing the 48
Hour Film Project. Hopefully we won't die during the process. So to give
you the heads up in case of our deaths (I think Kendall will go first) we just
wanted to mention to see whatever our 48 Hour Project film will be at The
Carnegie located at 1028 Scott Blvd Covington, KY on
Wednesday, June 14 at 6:15pm and Friday, June 16 at 9p.m. If we live, Kendall
and I will be at the Wednesday one but not Friday because we'll be in Chicago
doing the 48 Hour Film Project again. Please come out and support all the filmmakers
but support us just a little more. Like that favorite child your parents have
but won't confess too. If you know don't which one it is well it's not you.
Pizza Infinity however promises to love you like you're our favorite. Come to
our screening and we will give you the love your parents couldn't or choice
not to.
-Josh
p.s. If you're parents actually loved you well pat yourself on the back. Stop rubbing it in everyone's face. Geez.
p.p.s. Don't worry I'm going to pull through. Memorial dates for Kendall pending an actual death. - posted by Josh
06.06.06
Thanks to everyone who came to the screening last night! The film got a good
reaction and the Greenwich is a really cool looking place - giant fish tank!
Plus, they had free pizza which Josh and I have deluded ourselves into believing
was a nod to us. It's happening again tonight so make it if you can...-
posted by Kendall
06.04.06
The 2006 Cincinnati Fringe Festival is happening right now and our short film,
Love
Me, Don't Sit on Me,
is going to be presented in the Celluloid Fringe screenings at the Greenwich
on Monday and Tuesday night.
Celluloid
Fringe, June 5th & 6th, 8 p.m.
The Greenwich, 2442 Gilbert Ave
$12 / $10 with Fringe Festival button
festival passes also available
(513) 221-1151
Cincinnati CityBeat
- To
Do List: Celluloid Fringe
- posted by Kendall
05.30.06
There's been some recent Fringe
Festival press. Check out this article
from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
I'm not sure where the "three short films" bit came from. We're going to be showing Love Me, Don't Sit on Me - just as good as three short films. - posted by Kendall
05.25.06
Wanna see what it was like to film with cows and babies on set?
watch Making Utter Chaos - Quicktime(10.4 MB), Vimeo, YouTube - posted by Kendall
05.21.06
OK, so I reported that we were done editing Utter
Chaos a few days ago but we changed our minds at the last minute and
reshot some footage last week. Big improvements were made. NOW it's finished.
Your first chance to see it will be at Heroes
Convention Charlotte in North Carolina on June 30th. some pictures
from the second day of shooting have been posted.
A few more details about the 2006 Cincinnati Fringe Festival have been revealed. Love Me, Don't Sit on Me will be screened on June 5th and 6th at The Greenwich. More info has been posted on the screenings page. - posted by Kendall
05.20.06
Many of you may know that Josh is in a sketch comedy troupe called Damn
Handsome Men. They were even on the cover(!) of CiN Weekly a few weeks back.
Also in the group are Richard Alcorn, Aaron Maas, Erin Schaur and Scott Spaulding
- names you should recognize from their many contributions to our films. They
have a show tonight at Union
Station (which used to be Crush which used to be Plush) in downtown Cincinnati.
Show starts at 7pm? 825 Main St. - posted by Kendall
05.15.06
1 - We're done editing Utter Chaos
- there are some pics posted
2 - Check out this Hey Clip
Fan Site if you were confused about our last Making
the Cut
3 - Some pictures from when I went to the DC Comedy Fest are posted at www.onetwothreecomedy.com
- posted by Kendall
05.11.06
We've been officially notified that Love
Me, Don't Sit on Me
has been accepted to the 2006
Cincinnati Fringe Festival. The festival runs from May 31 through June 11.
This will be the third year for the fest which features experimental work in
a variety of media including theatre, dance, music, poetry, visual art, film
and everything between and beyond.
AND look for