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Tag Archives: Editing
P&P wins MUSIC AWARD at P2S
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” wins Best Music Scoring at the Pitch To Screen Film Awards in New York “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre“, my (deep breath intake) short film musical adaptation of the … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Andreia Gibau, Awards, cinematography, Dolby Theater, Edgar Allan Poe, Editing, Edward Elder, Film Festival, horror, Jason Chua, Kristiana Roemer, music scoring, musicabre, musical, Pitch to Screen, short film, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart
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Watch (and vote for!) P&P at P2S!
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” screens on-line at Pitch To Screen Film Festival through Monday Vote for its nominations in 3 categories! My short film musical Edgar Allan Poe adaptation (breathe!) “The Pit and the Pendulum – … Continue reading
P&P’s SFAAF AWARDS
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” Receives 5 Awards 3 Honorable Mentions plus the 2nd Audience Award from the South Film and Arts Academy Festival
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Academy, art direction, arts, Awards, costume, Direction, Editing, festival, film, Honorable Mention, horror, Lead Actor, lighting, musicabre, Production, short, South, South Film Arts and Academy Festival, The Pit and the Pendulum
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Honor the Editor!
Stolis Hadjicharalambous won Best Editor at The NEXT International Short Film Festival for his work on The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre Congratulations, Stolis!
P&P wins 3 AWARDS at AUTUMN’S DAWN FILM FESTIVAL
Yesterday “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” was the final film in the Autumn’s Dawn Film Festival four hour screening of shorts at the Film Noir Cinema in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. This was quickly followed by the Edgar Allan … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged adaptation, Autumn's Dawn, brooklyn, Cinema, cinematography, Edgar Allan Poe, Editing, Film Festival, Film Noir, Greenpoint, Jason Chua, musicabre, musical, sound, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, The Pit and the Pendulum, Todd Maki, Tom Walsh, whiskey
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P&P’s INDEPENDENT HORROR MOVIE AWARD
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” won a Best Actor Award and was nominated for Editing, Special Effects and Music by the Independent Horror Movie Awards
The FILM FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE at INDIE GATHERING, CHAIN NYC and NYACK
Over the course of five days this past week “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” screened in film festivals in Cleveland, New York City and Nyack. This blog post is about all three. I was in New York … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Award, Chain NYC, cinematography, Cleveland, Covid, Craig Bettendorf, Edgar Allan Poe, Editing, Edward Elder, Eric William, Experimental Short, Film Festival, Independent Film, Indie Gathering, International, Jackie Chin, Jason Chua, John Boswell, Kai Morgan, L. E. Salas, Munenori Kishi, musicabre, Not a Tame Lion, Nyack, NYC, Richard Quinn, Ruan Szuch, Saturday Night Theater, short film, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, tailgating party, The Pit and the Pendulum, Zombiepalooza
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RIVETING AND REMARKABLE
Tell-Tale Review in The Art is Alive Magazine “What sounds like a recipe for disaster turns out to be an artistic delight.” The Art is Alive Magazine has published a review of my short film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a … Continue reading
FESTIVAL PANDEMIC POSTPONEMENTS
See you in … 2021? Below is the 2020 Official Trailer for the Denali Film Festival. It’s a beautifully put together trailer, full of lovely images of the great outdoors. You get a strong sense for the festival’s overriding theme, … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres, The Teaching Artist
Tagged Alaska, coronavirus, Covid 19, Denali, Editing, Facebook, festival, film, horror, Horror Hotel, International, landscape, musicabre, musical, nature, Northeast, Ohio, pandemic, The Tell-Tale Heart, Todd Maki, trailer
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INDEPENDENT HORROR MOVIE AWARD
Email received 4:39 pm, January 15, 2020 From: Independent Horror Movie Awards To: me Congratulations, your film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” won Best Actor (Danny Ashkenasi) at the 2019 Independent Horror Movie Awards (Winter Edition)! It was also nominated for Best Short, Best … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Awards, Best Actor, Best Short, director, Editing, film short, horror, Independent, movie, nomination, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, winner
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