Collaborates on Rob Benedict's New Film, "The Sidekick," Which Made Its World Premiere at Comic-Con
Editor/Color Artist Stephen Hens has launched KiddKolor; a new “micro company,” providing crafted edit, color and finishing services to the entertainment industry. Hens and KiddKolor have collaborated with Writer/Actor Rob Benedict and director Michael Weithorn on their new featurette “THE SIDEKICK,” which made its world premiere at Comic-Con 2013.nn
nTo view a trailer from the new film, with color by KiddKolor, GO HERE. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mvoZsCw3v4nn”THE SIDEKICK” (www.thesidekickproject.com) is a 30-minute featurette, directed by Michael J. Weithorn (“The King of Queens,” “A Little Help”) and Writer/Actor Rob Benedict (“Supernatural,” “Waiting…”), featuring a powerhouse cast including Ron Livingston (“Office Space,” “Swingers”), Lizzy Caplan (“Mean Girls,” “Cloverfield”), Jordan Peele (“Key and Peele”), Martin Starr (“Knocked Up,” “Superbad”) and Jason Ritter (“Happy Endings,” “Parenthood”). “THE SIDEKICK” is both an offbeat take on the super-hero genre and an allegory about the struggle to find your purpose in life even as you are being…re-purposed. nn”When we set out to make this featurette, one of our primary mission statements was that it not look like an independent short,” comments Filmmaker Rob Benedict. “We wanted this to appear to be like any big-budget, super hero feature that could morph into a banal world where people just happened to be super heros. This put an enormous amount of responsibility on our Colorist Stephen Hens, who was the hero of our postproduction journey. He was able to elevate our project into this amazing realm where you could shift between a show down on a rooftop to four guys talking in a Laundromat; from an evil lair to a boring lunch at a sushi restaurant. He brought character to the vision of the movie, which we honestly thought could not be done. Without Stephen this would just be another short. He helped to make it more than that.”nnKiddKolor was hired for “THE SIDEKICK” by Nathan Adams of Cinematomic, a company providing full-service post-production for web, television and theatrical projects. Cinematomic leverages relationships with freelance artists working from micro-companies or home studios, a concept that Adams calls “in-sourcing.” “By decentralizing post-production, we’ve created a ‘facility-free’ solution for clients on more sensible budgets to achieve high-quality results.” Adams believes that “micro-companies” like KiddKolor and Cinematomic represent the evolution of post-production.nn”I was thrilled when Nathan called me to do finishing work on ‘THE SIDEKICK,'” says KiddKolor‘s Hens. “I found Rob and Michael to be incredibly open and collaborative. They had shot the film with two very different looks, and after an initial pass, it was clear that it wasn’t working. We did a second pass that got us closer. Then it was time to throw the playbook out the window. The filmmakers let me do my own pass, and we decided together to just focus on making this a beautiful film, which I believe we did.”nnWith KiddKolor being a “micro company,” Hens was able to take on the project and work within the filmmakers’ budget. “The economic structure of KiddKolor has give Contact:
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“Ǝvolution” Comes Full Circle At The Chelsea Film Festival
The Chelsea Film Festival, running from October 16th through October 20th, 2024, at Regal Cinemas here in Union Square, is set to host the East Coast premiere of Ǝvolution, a thought-provoking experimental micro-short film that proves big ideas can come in small packages and in perfect circles.
In just 1 minute 16 seconds, this cinematic gem by Award-Winning Director Romina Schwedler, with original music by Argentine Composer Ignacio Montoya Carlotto, explores a cycle as old as time: life leads to progress, progress leads to destruction, and destruction, well, leads back to life. But is this vicious circle unbreakable? Ǝvolution suggests the answer is yes, unless we decide to open our eyes.
Inspired by the overwhelming number of recent events that threaten human existence, Ǝvolution, possibly the shortest film in this 12th edition of the festival, plays out entirely through the symbolism of circles, cleverly illustrating —in the blink of an eye— the repeating patterns of history, and confronting viewers with the uncomfortable truth that our so-called “progress” may, in fact, be guiding us to our own ruin.Premiering at the Regal 14 Union Square, New York City, on October 18, 2024, at 11 a.m., Romina Schwedler's micro-short, featuring Leah Young with cinematography by Alan J. Carmona, will be sure to spark conversations longer than the film itself! Forcing viewers to reconsider the true meaning of evolution, not just as a biological process, but as a reflection of our collective journey as humans.
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