Some time ago Keep Off sent our runner “Sunshine” (aka Tiffany) Palmer, to scout talent and locations and along the way live out her dream of casting aside western commercialism to “empower the earnest indigenous people”. Here's her report.
By Sunshine Palmer Ohmygod, I am having the totally coolest trip. I’ve been staying at this cute coastal village in the jungle that is totally poor and completely free of commercial products. No TV and no vending machines! Awesome! The other week I assisted my host family by teaching them unique methods to eat wholesome, organic vegetarian foods. I did all the prep work myself: soaking the beans overnight, drain, cooking on an open pit fire for 12 hours, then mix in other fibrous vegetation for another two-and-three-quarters days, simmer just a smidge to release the toxins, purify the chakras, then serve. But no, they gave their starving daughter beef! How dare they! I spent four days digging for nutritious, fibrous roots from under the rain forest canopy, and harvesting beans and this is how they show their appreciation — by passing me a burger?! Needless to say, I bolted from that cesspool. I left that family and found a quaint village and it was located closer to the mountain range, where the rain pours harder (acid rain, for sure). Anyway, I was told that it was the local custom to give a new host family a gift, so I presented them with an honourary chicken because they apparently held it in high regard. Well, they ate it! Their five-year-old son has had his insides polluted forever by toxins and hormones injected in that foul bird. I couldn’t stop crying. They tried to cheer me up (they thought I was mentally ill) but I was in no mood. I just slept on a hammock for days while they pretended to ignore me by working from dawn to dusk in the fields. A week later, I lectured them on greedy multinational corporations. The host family was very thankful. In fact, they encouraged me to give more lectures to families who they said needed me more. I excitedly left the following morning. My host family said my work was too important (at least that is what I think they said since I don’t speak Guatemalish), and so I took their advice and left that evening by donkey. Thanks to me, they were very, very happy when I left.
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Good news! 'Galactic Gold Rush' has been selected for the 2º Sci-Fi Floripa Film Festival in Milan, Italy.
This proves our super funny film will appeal to all ages and intergalactic species! Martians, Plutonians, plus ALL the 3,450 mixed-race humanoids of the Andromeda Galaxy agree this comedy is a WINNER! But don't listen to them (and their 3.4 million different languages and dialects) see for yourself! Our short comedy film 'If Memory Serves' got an honourable mention at the Night of Comedy Shorts. Yay! Sweet! More stuff: #keepoffproductions.com #night_of_comedy_shorts #comedyvideos #shortfilm #comedyshort #indyfilmVery thrilled that our short comedy film about a cop with short-term memory loss has been selected as a FINALIST from @ReelS0cial film festival. And Galactic Gold Rush was also selected! So sweet! #filmmakers #comedymovie #shortfilms Check out http://keepoffproductions.com for more info. Cheers all!
Keep Off Productions is proud to announce the development of a super hero franchise featuring 33% more super heroes than Marvel or DC.
"We got them based on a cockroach and the tiny tardigrade, plus a guy who can throw a javelin really far. The catch is he has no aim," said one boss. "Javelins are cool, maybe not as cool as bullets but there's room in the javelin/spear market for a new character. Just think of the merchandising! Every parent is going to buy Timmy and Kimmy a javelin to throw around the yard." "Marvel dropped the ball in not creating a character based on an aardvark. We've already got a prototype costume: we stuck a vacuum inside a costume and put the hose down the snout area. Boom, instant super powers." In total, 4,000 super hero films are expected and each super hero will get a shot at saving the world before being "killed off", before magically appearing again via some kind of stupid excuse. Latest film 'Galactic Goldrush' is currently in post-productions, which means, it will be tweaked endlessly until we're driven mad and kill each other. But it's funny, trust us!
Oof! Just discovered that our short film had a similar scene to one in Armando Iannucci's 'Avenue 5' (great show, huge fan!). Ours is on left, Avenue 5 is on right. Not to worry, I cut it and found alternative scene using lots of B-roll. #Filmmaking #filmmakers #Avenue5
Our new comedy short just got accepted into the inaugural Okanagan Screen Awards! Very excited about this because it's led by a group of very dedicated and talented people! Sweet!
TBH, we're not going all out and trying to obtain as many laurels as possible. We're just going for a select few. We're not made of money people! So being accepted into the Okanagan awards is especially great for us. |
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