Rag Order. (How long will it take you?)

I have wanted to publish Damien O'Donnell's submission to the 4daymovie project practically since I first saw it last June.

Watching the audience reaction was wonderful, seeing the dawning of comprehension on people's faces as they 'got' what they were seeing. It's an intelligent and innovative way to capture a song and I doubt it will be the last time we see that method used.

Update: Once you recognise the song, how many places in Dublin can you recognise in the shots? Thanks for the suggestion Niamh!

Enjoy!

Dublin 26-06-08 is now online

You can find out more on www.4daymovie.com. I'll be continuing to update the blog here.



I'm very proud to have been involved with this project (as I may have said once or thrice before) and am glad to see it presented online for you to enjoy.

It would be very cool to know what you think of it. Please feel free to leave a comment below or over here.

4DayMovie: Birth to Earth by Daniel O' Hara

One of the most thought provoking pieces of the 4DayMovie project was Daniel O' Hara's contribution.



Daniel's ideas was to acknowledge those for whom the date 26/6/08 as most significant - those born and those who died on that day.

He's also just launched the brand new Dough Productions website where you can watch one of my favourite Irish short films ever - Yu Ming is Ainm Dom.

Keep an eye on the 4DayMovie blog for announcements and more :)

4daymovie - the films are going online

Chancer readers may have seen this already but some of the films that are part of the Dublin08 movie are now going online.

This is David Chandler's Shamrockfield:




There'll be an announcement this week about the launch of the film. Keep an eye on the blog. The team are working hard!

Dublin: The movie - a film shot in 24 hours

I'm very excited to be involved in this:



As part of the Darklight Film Festival, 30 film makers are taking part in a shoot of 24 hours tomorrow around Dublin.

The idea is to create a mini-movie of 3 to 5 minutes which will then become part of an overall feature film, to be shown at the end of the Festival.

Let's take that again:

• 30 film makers
• 24 hours (tomorrow)
• 3 to 5 minutes of film each
  
  will hopefully equal
  
  
• 1 feature film
• in 4 days.

Welcome to the 4 Day Movie project.

I'm honoured to have been invited to blog, twitter, twitterfone, interview, shoot and otherwise cover this event. My friends Niamh and Emily are helping out over what will be a very manic weekend.

I've set up a blog on 4daymovie.wordpress.com and a Twitter account on 4daymovie.

I've already been talking to some of the filmmakers and they're getting back to me. They sound very excited!

Also a big thanks to Pat Phelan of Twitterfone and to Alan, resident Twitterfone genius for their help :)

Some links for you to have a look at:

• The 4daymovie blog
  
  
• The official Twitter page
  
  
• The official MySpace page
  
  
• Rick O' Shea is watching you
  
  
• Una Mullally writes in the Sunday Tribune
  
  
• About the film on the Darklight website
  
  
• Louise Hogan covers it in the Indo

Wish me luck!