The Midwest Independent Film Fest was last night. Futurecop 2010 and Wheelchair Werewolf were on the bill along with Paul Thomas’s Tighty Whiteys and a bunch from Steve Delahoyde. Both incredibly nice and funny guys.

After the shorts, the directors had a little Q&A with the audience. I was asked, of course, how much did it cost? I told them $40 for the wolf mask and the wheelchair was free because I lied to a retirement home in Arlington Hts. and said it was for my grandma. This got a pretty good laugh. And it’s true! A place in my hometown called the Nurse’s Closet will lend you a wheelchair for free to anyone who needs it. Just tell them it’s for your grandma or aunt.
Wheelchairs are perfect for tracking shots, or any shot that will require movement. A desk chair works great too.
There’s your film making tip for the day: Take advantage of the charity of others. Especially the elderly.

Awesome view from the very front row.

View from the director’s Q&A.

Fellow Futurecopper Joe DeJulius

Futurecop 2010 is set to appear on WTTW’s Image Union this Friday (1/9) at 10:30 pm. Big thanks to Matt Kubinski and Ed Griffin for making this happen.

See more short films on my youtube or vimeo account

Here is the proper list of credits for this fine short film:
Produced by Joe DeJulius, Matt Kelley, Patrick Fee, Scott Lynch, Joe Avella
Directed by Joe DeJulius
Director of Photography: Scott Lynch

Written by Matt Kelley & Joe Avella
Edited by Matt Kelley & Patrick Fee
Special Effects by Scott Lynch

Starring: Matt Kelley, Joe Avella, Laura Coover, Kate Lambert, Patrick Fee, Joe DeJulius, Ismael Moustapha, Neil Arsenty

Oi! Futurecop 2010 has been accepted to Portable Film Festival in Australia, mate!

What’s even better: it’s an online film fest, so no need to hop on a plane. According to the site, the Portable Film Fest is:

“…an ongoing international short film festival with a difference. No cinema, no queue, no tickets. The Portable Film Festival is online, downloadable and available wherever and whenever you want to see it. We stream video online, and allow without-charge download to popular consumer media devices such as ipods, psps, or 3g mobile phones for our viewers.”

Soon you will have Futurecop beamed directly to your portable telephone, wireless computing device or beeper-phone!

I wonder what David Lynch thinks about this?

Another big thanks to Elliot for his kind words on his Geek to Me blog. Elliot is a writer for the Chicago Red Eye, and has written a second blog post on my work. He even added a little bio about me, and FutureCop 2010 (which is refers to as Timecop, but that’s ok!)

See the full post!