72 Hour Filmmaking report
Slow blogging, but a busy weekend! I was part of a team that filmed a movie this weekend for the 72 Hour Film Festival. The goal, if you haven't heard, is to make a 5 minute movie in 3 days. In order to make sure that you don't get a jump on the movie-making, the Grand gives required elements that must be in the film. This year, those were: a map the line of dialog: "Should I know what that means?" something has to break and in the first minute a bag has to be found that contains something important Read more…
What can you make in 72 hours?
Five years ago I was very proud to create the 72-Hour Film Competition at the Grand. Then three years ago I got to actually compete in the festival with a few friends. Our movie (below) won Best Use of a Tacoma Landmark and Best Use of the "Action"–in this case, something had to be dropped or thrown. (The other qualifications for the movie were to have a hat and the line of dialog "what we have here is a failure to communicate.") Well, we'll be at it again this weekend making another 5 minute movie in 3 days. Next Friday, Read more…
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Good news for the Foss and the Bay!
Meanwhile the City of Tacoma’s annual report on its efforts to monitor and control polluted stormwater flowing into the Foss is showing positive results. In some of the stormwater outfalls that flow into the waterway, chemical pollution has been reduced by 60 percent in the past eight years, according to Lorna Mauren, manager of the surface water group in the city’s Public Works Department. via thenewstribune.com
81-year-old Bank Robber in UP
An 81-year-old man arrested Thursday in connection with a bank robbery was arrested in a bank heist once before – 40 years ago. “He’s probably our oldest bank robber to date,” Pierce County sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said. “The economy forced him out of retirement.” via thenewstribune.com At City Club earlier this month, Sheriff Paul Pastor suggested we might see the economy continue to drive people to desperate measures. This story would seem to confirm that. How sad.
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