Cole Webley, whose spot roosts are Uber Content in the U.S. and Holiday Films in Canada, directed this self-financed passion project, a short film which inspired and is set to a poem written by Chateau Bezerra, an art director at AKQA. The two were university classmates and Webley went on to collaborate on some of the director’s first spec work.
“The film is a visual expression of the angst of being lost–emotionally,” explained Webley. “It represents something we all go through, and something that is integral to the human experience. We certainly don’t like it, but we almost can’t avoid feeling this way at some time or another.”
Feeling the need to re-charge his batteries, after a busy year shooting commercial films, Webley began this project as a personal creative outlet. He had been shooting a lot of footage and was in the process of editing it together, and trying to figure out a way to tie it all together, when he showed the footage to Bezerra who was immediately inspired to write the poem.
Webley instantly fell in love with the poem, and it provided him with the structure and the narrative he’d been seeking. He then shot more footage, to fill in the gaps, and began cutting it to the poem after the voiceover by Jessica Vizzone was recorded.
“Wicked,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Emilia Pรฉrez” Among Feature Film Winners At MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Wicked, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pรฉrez, Saturday Night and The Wild Robot were among that feature category winners at the 72nd Annual Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Golden Reel Awards held Sunday (2/23) at the Wilshire Ebel Theatre in Los Angeles. The Golden Reel Awards honor outstanding achievement in sound editing, sound design, music editing and foley artistry in film, television and gaming.
Television winners included Shลgun, Ripley, The Penguin and Only Murders in the Building.
Two honorary awards were also presented: Kevin Costner received the Filmmaker Award and supervising sound editor Greg Hedgepath, MPSE received the Career Achievement Award. Patton Oswalt served as the eveningโs emcee, marking the third time heโs hosted the Golden Reel Awards. MPSE president David Barber presided over the festivities as the sound community came together to celebrate their own. The MPSE invited firefighters to attend the gala as special guests with the audience honoring them for their heroic efforts during the recent L.A. wildfires.
Hereโs a category-by-category rundown of the Golden Reel Award winners.
WINNERS FOR THE 72ND ANNUAL MPSE GOLDEN REEL AWARDS
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing โ Broadcast Animation
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Supervising Sound Editors
Brad North MPSE
Matt Yocum MPSE
Sound Designers
Joseph Fraioli
Nolan McNaughton MPSE
Ryan Sullivan
Sound Effects Editors
Chris Battaglia MPSE
Harry Cohen MPSE
Foley Editors
Matt Manselle
Matt Telsey
Foley Artist
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