8/24/15 O&A Hollywood Monday: Runaway

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Runaway is a charming story about a misunderstanding between a man named Stanley and his treasured 1950’s refrigerator, named Chillie. Set in present day, a sad event sends Chillie into a whirlwind of emotional turmoil, and as a result, he runs away. This charming CGI animated short film was created by the talented female team of, Susan Yung, Emily Buchanan and Esther Parobek at Ringling College of Art and Design. Continue reading

8/17/15 O&A Hollywood Monday (REPOST) : The Hire: Star- A BMW short film starring Madonna

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The Hire are an eight short films BMW film series, directed by Guy Ritchie and produced for the Internet in 2001 and 2002. The series starred Clive Owen as the Driver, and featured icons including Madonna, James Brown, Marilyn Manson, Gary Oldman Don Cheadle and Forest Whitaker. The series highlighted the performance aspects of various BMW automobiles.

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8/9/15 O&A Hollywood Monday: I Miss You

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I Miss You features a screenplay by Nick L’Barrow and narration by Alex Fitzalan has the quality of a love letter. The short film stars Alex Fitzalan and Steph Howe as a pair of former lovers, Howe reminisces about the relationship and comes to the conclusion I miss you.   Continue reading

7/20/15 O&A Hollywood Monday: Home Sweet Home

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Home Sweet Home is a beautifully animated 3D short film about a house which escapes from its suburban foundations and sets off on an epic journey. Created by the talented Pierre Clenet, Alejandro Diaz, Romain Mazevet and Stéphane Paccolat, made in Supinfocom Arles during their last year in 2013. It took one year to create the film, and they used 3ds Max and Vray for rendering and Maya for animation. Compositing was done in after effects. Continue reading

7/13/15 O&A Hollywood Monday: The Egyptian Pyramids

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The Egyptian Pyramids, set in Cairo, 1920, an archaeologist is about to discover the secret of the Egyptian Pyramids. Directed by Corentin Charron, Lise Corriol, Olivier Lafay, Nicolas Mrikhi with music by Kalina Świątnicka.

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7/6/15 O&A Hollywood Monday: Halle Berry- Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (excerpts)

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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge is the 1999 biography of Dorothy Dandridge follows her career through early days on the club circuit with her sister to her turn in movies, including becoming the first black actress to win a Best Actress Nomination in 1954 for “Carmen Jones”, to her death from prescription drugs, which remains debated whether it was suicide or accidental. In 2000 production won five Emmy Awards including Outstanding Art Direction, Cinematography, Costumes, Hairstyling and Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie—Halle Berry.  Continue reading

(Repost) O&A NYC TGIF : The L.A. Complex

 

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The L.A. Complex follows the lives of twenty year olds living in the same apartment complex in L.A. trying to make it as actors, dancers, producers and comedians. The story centers around Kaldrick King (Andra Fuller) a successful but troubled and bad-tempered rapper. King, originally from Oakland, California, is attempting to make a comeback in the music world while dealing with the secret of being a closeted homosexual. Continue reading