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P&P – DAY 6 & 7 – The Walls Close In
The shot above is a look into the on-set monitor, a dramatic glimpse into the filming of “The Walls” segment of “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre”, where the protagonist of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story about the … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Charlotte Purser, Director of Photography, Edgar Allan Poe, Han Jang Houston, Ja'rel Ivory, Jason Chua, Keisuke Nojima, Mariana Soares da Silva, musicabre, musical, notes, Production Design, score, Spanish Inquisition, Star Wars, The Pit and the Pendulum, trash compactor, Walls
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BEST HORROR MUSICAL IN CYPRUS
3 AWARDS for THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM – a musicabre from THE CYPRUS HORROR SOCIETY The Cyprus Horror Society will screen an award-winning selection of short films this Saturday, including yours truly’s “The Pit and the Pendulum – a … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Ed, Here’s Your New Viola/Piano Duet!
Ed’s birthday is today, and, as every year of the past 29 years that we’ve been together, I compose a viola/piano duet for him on his birthday. He plays viola, I play piano. Each one of these duets is called … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Chamber Works, Notes in the News
Tagged birthday, computer, duet, Edward Elder, Evocation, gothic, musicabre, piano, score, Viola, XXIX
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P&P CULT CRITIC MOVIE AWARD
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” received the Outstanding Achievement Award for its Original Film Score from the Cult Critic Movie Awards
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News
Tagged Awards, Critic, Cult, film, movie, musicabre, original, score, soundtrack, The Pit and the Pendulum
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3 GOLDEN HORSE AWARDS FOR P&P
Golden Horse International Film Festival gives three awards to “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” Best Experimental Short Film Best Actor Best Original Score
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Awards, best, Best Actor, Experimental, festival, film, Golden Horse, International, musicabre, original, score, short film, The Pit and the Pendulum
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P&P LUIS BUNUEL AWARDS
“The Pit and and Pendulum – a musicabre” received 2 Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards from L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival (LIAFF). CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabreDirected by Danny Ashkenasi United States Best Film … Continue reading
Beautiful and yet Painful to Watch
How a Tell-Tale Compliment Became a T-Shirt Dare My friend Dean Jackson recently watched “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” and sent me a message about his reaction to my short film. I don’t make a habit of repeating on … Continue reading
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ED
My husband turns 61 today. Happy birthday, Ed! And just like every year for the past 27, I composed a viola piano duet for us to play. Each one is called an Evocation. This year’s birthday duet, Evocation XXVII, takes … Continue reading
Posted in Chamber Works, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News
Tagged 27, bandit, birthday, coronavirus, duet, Ed Elder, Edward Elder, Evocation, louboutins, manola, music, piano, Rainbow, score, Viola, XXVII
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L’AGE D’OR AWARDS
UPDATE 2/25/20 Received notification that L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival has nominated“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” for their first annual Pigeon d’Or Award, in the following categories: Short Film Best Actor Film Score. From their email: Warm … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged 2020, Arthouse, Award, Best Actor, festival, film, India, Kolkota, L'Age d'Or, LIAFF, nomination, Outstanding Achievement, Pigeon d'Or, score, short film
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TELL-TALE BANNER
The London International Filmmaker Festival 2020 is screening my film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” on February 14th at 1pm. The festival also nominated the film for four awards. I will be attending the festival. Where I, … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged 2020, advertisment, Awards, banner, Best Actor, Edgar Allan Poe, festival, Filmmaker, International, Kaoru Kajitani, London, musicabre, musical, score, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart, winner, writing
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CINEMA WORLD FEST & SPOTLIGHT AWARDS – LONDON IFF 2020 NOMINATIONS
HAPPY HOLIDAY NEWS INDEED! I just found out that “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” won four Cinema Worldfest Film Awards: Best Musical – Acting – Costumes – Color Treatment Congratulations, Anthony Paul-Cavaretta and Austin Lepri! Here are … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged 2020, Acting, Anthony Paul-Cavaretta, Austin Lepri, Awards, Cinema, Color, costumes, festival, Filmmaker, International, London, musicabre, musical, nomination, score, screenplay, song, sound, The Tell-Tale Heart, WorldFest
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NEW YORK FILM AWARDS and more
“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” wins New York Film Awards, plus more awards from Crown Wood, CARE, Oniros and DIFF and the London Independent Film Awards too The New York Film Awards announced today that “The … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged actor, audience, Awards, best, Bhutan, CARE, Crown Wood, Druk, Experimental, festival, film, Grand Jury, Honorable Mention, International, musicabre, Narrative, New York, Oniros, score, The Tell-Tale Heart
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L’AGE D’OR AWARDS
UPDATE 2/25/20 Received notification that L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival has nominated “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” for their first annual Pigeon d’Or Award, in the following categories: Short Film Best Actor Film Score. From their email: … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged 2020, Arthouse, Award, Best Actor, festival, film, India, Kolkota, L'Age d'Or, LIAFF, nomination, Outstanding Achievement, Pigeon d'Or, score, short film
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CYNDI LAUPER Just Wants to Have Lots and Lots of Fun (and so do many guys)
“Girls Just Want to Have Fun” is the song that put Cyndi Lauper on the scene and to this day is the song she is most identified with, even though she has had many other hit songs since, recorded dance … Continue reading
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