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Our video for the El Cantador song “Glean” has been...

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:59:53 -0400

Our video for the El Cantador song “Glean” has been accepted to the Tucson Film & Music Festival. Hooray!

Dick-George, Tenn-Tom at the Echo Park Film Center

Mon, 11 May 2009 21:05:00 -0400

Dick-George, Tenn-Tom at the Echo Park Film Center:

Earlier this year we received an email from Will O’Loughlen, asking if he could screen the Dick-George, Tenn-Tom at the Echo Park Film Center as part of a Southern Exposure night. As we never seen it screened west of the Mississippi or north of the Mason-Dixon, it felt good. We’re excited to have it play for some folks out west.

Playing Thursday May 14th 2009, 8pm at the Echo Park Film Center.

“Glean” - El Cantador - Music VideoEl Cantador’s latest video,...

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:09:00 -0400

“Glean” - El Cantador - Music Video

El Cantador’s latest video, for their song “Glean.” As the song title suggests, the video gathers useful remnants, bit by bit, of the band’s performance by filming their shadows, a visual synonym for the ephemeral nature of song. Directed by Gideon C. Kennedy & Marcus Rosentrater

More music http://elcantador.com
More movies http://climenole.com

El Cantador is:
Heath Underwood (vocals, guitar)
Sean Murphy (drums)
Johnny Gwin (bass)
Melody Duncan (vocals, violin)

Sign up for El Cantador’s mailing list for the latest news. Visit elcantador.com to download the single.

Special thanks to:
Back Door Studios, location
http://www.myspace.com/backdoorstudiosmobile

Doug Bruce of Doug Bruce Productions, gear
http://dougbruceproductions.com

Jordan Bramblett who had his car totaled while coming out to help.

And of course all our chorus who came out to sing!

Also, if you really like it, help us all out by sharing it with others - post it to your own page. Thanks!

Danger Woman's Superhero Showdown

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:10:48 -0400

Danger Woman's Superhero Showdown:

If you are in Atlanta and/or like comic books or super heroes or movies or supporting your local filmakers, creators, artists, then you must swing by The Vinyl this Thursday evening for the Danger Woman Superhero Showdown.

About the event:
Danger Woman’s Superhero Showdown is to raise awareness and completion funds for the film, “Disabled But Able To Rock”, a locally-produced documentary by Blake Myers. The show features a cornucopia of performances that includes rock ‘n roll by Atlanta’s The Selmanaires and The Falcon Lords, seductive burlesque dancing, and a super hero costume contest judged by a panel that has one of 96 Rock’s The Regular Guys. Danger Woman’s Danger Force Band will also make an appearance that is sure to deliver an unforgettable set.

Gideon curates Geronimo 2: Film and Music Festival

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:16:45 -0400

The Alabama Music Box is hosting the second Geronimo Film and Music Festival in collaboration with Climenole, LLC. Gideon has curated works both foreign and domestic that together make an impressive showcase of the short film medium. The festival is co-sponsored by the Crescent Theater and the South Alabama Film Festival. Here is the lineup.

Thurs April 16th 2009 - Random Greatness

“Dahlia” (3min) by Michael Langan
Made as part of the Slamdance Film Festival $99 Special series (films are made for $99 in 99 days), this short uses inventive stop motion techniques in real-world surroundings, combined with an vocal score, to create a breathless work of astonishing beauty.
http://www.langanfilms.com

“Horsefingers 3: Starfucker” (12min 43sec) by Kirsten Kearse
Emma is costumed and ready for her cult meeting but she’s got the wrong address. Uncomfortable in her wig and horse hooves, Emma hangs out at a local bar, not sure what to do. She bumps into Lem, an actor from a movie she worked on years ago. He doesn’t recognize her but he does like the cut of her hoof. What follows is a bizarre date between a script supervisor in a costume and a minor movie star. Funny, unsettling and a little creepy, HORSEFINGERS 3: STARFUCKER provides a life lesson to be remembered.

Though the film works as a unique piece, it is also part of the HORSEFINGERS TRILOGY. Tied to one another by costumes and characters, the films investigate the assumptions set up between animal and human, female and male, fate and self-determination.
http://www.horsefingers.com/

“ELA in Love at First Byte” (10min) by Fernando Sarmiento
An incredibly accomplished mashup of pop culture – with the most obvious influences coming from Tron, She-Ra, Space Invaders, and 1980s Saturday morning cartoons. All these nostalgic elements combine to create something wholly original yet eerily familiar. In this episode of ELA, the young warrior princess uses her power of light to fight the powers of darkness to find Havra the Merciless. A high-paced special effects-driven adventure-ride through space, low compression rates, pixels and love.
http://www.peppermelon.tv/

“Jerk It – Thunderheist” (3min 34sec) by That Go
Let them know you’re worth it. Dust it off and jerk it. A girl, a rooster, and a video for the song recently featured in “The Wrestler” by Canadian duo Thunderheist.
http://www.that-go.net/

Fri April 17th 2009 - Music Videos

“Glean – El Cantador” (5min 45sec) by Gideon C. Kennedy & Marcus Rosentrater
Premiere of Mobile, AL-based alt country group El Cantador’s latest video, for their song “Glean.” As the song title suggests, the video gathers useful remnants, bit by bit, of the band’s performance by filming their shadows, a visual synonym for the ephemeral nature of song. The video will precede El Cantador’s live set.
http://climenole.com

More music videos TBA.

Sat April 18th 2009 - Essay Documentaries

“My Dog Doesn’t Have a Job” (5min) by Karl Tebbe
So, if I come to think of it, we’re not really a good team. I don’t go hunting and I have a pointer. But nevertheless the dog makes me happy. Although he doesn’t really have a job when he’s together with me. Because his job is pointing at deer, isn’t it?
http://www.karltebbe.de/

“When the Light’s Red” (10min 45sec) by Keith Wilson
After moving to Austin, director Keith Wilson must face a daily moral dilemma when faced with the city’s large homeless population. An external exploration of an internal debate on how to treat “flyers” - the homeless who stake out freeway exits asking temporarily stopped motorists for spare change.
http://wall-eye.com

“Frog Jesus” (approx. 1min) by Ben Peters
Why say more? Besides, the film’s around a minute long, so any description beyond that is really just ruining it, isn’t it?
http://www.kijo.com/

“Rock Pockets” (5min 10sec) by Trevor Anderson
A sugar rush of sex, politics, and rock ‘n’ roll, as seen through the eyes of a ten-year-old-boy at the fair.
http://www.dirtycityfilms.com/

Sun April 19th 2009

“We Fun” (approx. 90min) by Matthew Robison
A document of the Atlanta music scene in all its strangeness, including the Black Lips, Mastadon, Deerhunter, the Carbonas, All Night Drug Prowling Wolves, Mourdella, and many many more. One of the musicians and stars of the film, Jessica “Juggz” Reed, should be in attendance (barring her uber vida loca).
http://myspace.com/wefunmovie

El Cantador "Glean" Music Video, Post-Production Begins

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:14:00 -0400

El Cantador "Glean" Music Video, Post-Production Begins:

(http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=49783913)

Post-production on El Cantador’s “Glean” music video begins this week with hopes of completeing it by mid-April. If you haven’t heard of El Cantador, shame on you! Lawrence Sprecker of Mobile Press Register says that “if you wanted to compare songs with rooms, an El Cantador song would be a room full of antique furniture, with bumps and scrapes left in the walls by old fistfights, and the books in the shelves would be full of cryptic annotations left by people long since dead.” Watch the clip above to see some behind the scenes footage of the filming of the video.

The finished video will premiere in Mobile AL, stay tuned for details and listen to a few songs by El Cantador at elcantador.com.

Climenole, LLC on Twitter

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:04:21 -0500

Climenole, LLC on Twitter:

Clandestine progress. Dick-George, Tenn-Tom screenings. Plus updates ongoing research projects.

Gideon to serve on jury duty at Slamdance

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:22:00 -0500

Gideon to serve on jury duty at Slamdance:

The 2009 Slamdance film festival has invited Gideon Kennedy to be a juror over the short films. Gideon has accepted this offer and is currently there doing whatever it is that jurors do. This is his second year attending the film festival after being responsible for the smooth operation of the festivals projection systems in 2008.

“A Morning Without Coffee” Here is a 15 second spot...

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:10:27 -0500

“A Morning Without Coffee”

Here is a 15 second spot that was produced by Climenole for Serda’s Coffee Company. Enjoy!

2008 Nappie Awards Video 2008 was a difficult year for the...

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:02:00 -0500

2008 Nappie Awards Video

2008 was a difficult year for the Im-Port-Ant City of Mobile, AL. Nevertheless the Mobile *Chamber of Commerce was still optimistic about the fundamental strengths of it’s beloved city. This video, produced for the 2008 Nappie Awards Banquet was briefly interrupted by the ABC Board during it’s premier. Fortunately there were no illegals being served alcohol and a good time was had by all.

Brought to you by Nick Shantazio, Jordan Bramblett, Gideon Kennedy, and Marcus Rosentrater. With special guest stars Kevin Lee and Robert E. Lee

*The Chamber of Commerce of Mobile had nothing to do with the production of this video.

2007 Nappie Awards Video Produced for the 2007 Nappie Awards...

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:49:00 -0500

2007 Nappie Awards Video

Produced for the 2007 Nappie Awards Banquet, this video was for the hard working people of Mobile, AL who were not among the winners.

“The Losers” introduction by:
Nick Shantazio, Mason Merrill, Jordan Bramblett, Gideon Kennedy & Marcus Rosentrater

With Special Thanks to:
The Bike Shop, Liquid Lounge, Callaghan’s, Kevin Painter, Lydia Smith, David Trimmier, Dan Anderson, William Carroll, John Thompson, Cheryl Shifflet, Dan Brennan, Shelby Mitchell, & Zorro

Danger Woman Movie

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:48:00 -0500

Danger Woman Movie:

(http://dangerwomanmovie.com/)

Fellow Atlanta film makers Blake Myers and Mark Wynn are nearly a decade in on production of Disabled but Able to Rock!, and are looking to turn up production a notch in 2009. Kicking of this new energy was a fund raising party on Wednesday December 10th 2008 at the 5 spot in Atlanta’s Little 5 Points. The evening featured a live performance from Danger Woman herself, which was outstanding.

If you don’t know much about the Danger Woman project follow the link above and get yourself up to speed. While you are there, why not consider contributing to the project. The rough cuts of the film have been assembled, and if the director/producer team can acquire the resources, it will indeed be a documentary worth watching.

For more on this film project and the work of the greater Big Party High 5 film ensemble, visit bigpartyhighfive.com.

Projects

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:18:58 -0400

Dick-George, Tenn-Tom
In 1971, President Richard M. Nixon visited Mobile, AL for 104 minutes, during which time he shook 100 feet of hands, lost a cufflink, and shared a stage with his biggest political rival, Governor George Wallace. “Dick-George, Tenn-Tom” is a sardonic look at their rivalry, the creation of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, and the attempt on Wallace’s life less than a year later.
http://dickgeorgetenntom.com/

Clandestine
“Clandestine” is the history from 1940 to the present day of encoded shortwave radio broadcasts used to communicate from home governments to spies in the field, also known as Numbers Stations.

“Clandestine” is one man’s story of his secretive father, a shortwave radio operator and Numbers Stations enthusiast, and the gulf in communication that exists between them.

Half fiction and half fact, “Clandestine” intertwines these two stories to show how childish fantasies can lead personal heroes to public villainy.

Made entirely from ephemeral films (news reels, movie serials, industrial and educational films, etc.) existing within the public domain, this approximately 20 minute short will be the third project from Gideon C. Kennedy and Marcus Rosentrater and will see completion by the end of 2008.
http://clandestine-movie.com/