Pizza Girl in NYC on May 10 - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

robbdn · 04-28-2006, 11:33 PM

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The movie I produced last year got into a film fest in New York, and I'm pretty excited about it... any of you New York TFPers wanna go check it out and let me know what you think? Would love to hear your feedback.

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Pizza Girl , an independent feature film by Brian Murphy and starring Amy Wray (produced by Frank "the Tank" Pokorny and Robb Norton) will appear at the New York International Independent Film Festival in New York City/Village East Cinemas Wednesday May 10th, 2006 at 10:10pm.

Please pass info on if you know someone in NYC that may be interested in attending.

*visit www.pizzagirlmovie.com to view movie trailer*

www.nyfilmvideo.com film fest website

PIZZA GIRL follows Delilah (Amy Wray), a pizza delivery driver, on her last day of work. She juggles the usual assortment of oddball customers while trying to tie up loose ends with the people who depend on her. As a tough and aging hipster, Delilah provides a breath of humanity to people who can no longer see themselves in a media-drenched world. Writer/Director Brian S. Murphy uses stunning visual style and skillful storytelling to make PIZZA GIRL deliver an edgy, yet touching tale about overcoming personal stagnation and maintaining relationships despite the digital residue of a world infatuated with superficial images and consumption.

"Score one for the amateurs. Eugene filmmaker Brian Murphy invites us to ride shotgun with Delilah (Amy Wray, a seasonally depressed twenty something pizza delivery driver whose nights are spent schlepping lousy pies to a dismal assortment of druggies, shut-ins and walking wounded. Rather than dwell on bohemian ennui, Murphy emphasizes the humanity in his characters by having them make positive connections and try, somehow, to pull themselves out of self-imposed paralysis. He comes up with imaginative visual solutions to jazzing up his low-budget production, boosting it far above similar efforts by his cut rate cohorts. More than anything, "Pizza Girl" offers ample evidence of a writer-director who could actually create something of value if decent money was to be flung his way" -portland tribune

"A hipster version of Amelie. That said, it's a darker, more sardonic tale about a young woman (a pizza girl, in this case) who goes on a mission to save her customers from themselves. See this locally produced indie film for the message: Yes, even hipsters need to grow up. And it has cool special effects-one character is totally pixilated throughout the film, until he finally stops isolating himself by obsessively playing video games."-portland mercury

This is a feature length film that was made for under 12,000 dollars, including our equipment costs (camera/crane/dolly/etc) and I'm amazingly proud of what we managed to accomplish with that. And no, Pizza Girl is not a porno. I always clarify that because during production every time I pitched the movie for sponsorship/funding the first question I was asked was if it had any connection to the John Holmes film "Pizza Girls." It doesn't, no connection, no inspiration, no nothing. The movie would probably be rated R for language, drug use, and adult themes, but there's no porno/nudity and only moderate violence.

Feel free to PM me with any questions, and do let me know if you go see it!

SteelyLoins · 04-29-2006, 06:28 PM

I don't live close enough to see it, but congratulations! I'll see it when it opens "in major theater chains everywhere."

Cynthetiq · 04-29-2006, 08:42 PM

Hopefully I'll have time to be able to see this...

maybe we can even make this a mini-TFP meetup

ElwoodBlues · 04-30-2006, 06:13 AM

I myself am a film student currently, and I'm very interested to hear more about this production. I won't be able to make it to the screening, unfortunately, I live a good couple of hours away, and have early morning finals the next day.

A few questions about the production.

About how long did it take to produce?

Also, I haven't been able to get the trailer to load, so, was it shot on film, or video? If film, what stock? Also, what kind of camera was used?

Sorry, I'm a film-nerd haha

robbdn · 04-30-2006, 02:36 PM

No problem! I have to be honest, it is my hope to eventually make Pizza Girl available for free download on the internet, so if you can't make the showing hopefully you will eventually be able to see it anyway. It's quite a task to set up that much bandwidth without paying for it... but I have a couple of ideas in the works!

To answer your questions...

We started pre-production while the script was still being written. Casting, location scouting, equipment, and funding took us about four months, during which time we also rehearsed.

Once we got into shooting, we were on a one-month shooting schedule. Unfortunately, when you're not paying your actors they often cancel shoots on you due to their work schedule. Oh well. We got 95% of our shooting done within 2.5 months, but we didn't get 100% for six months. We'd already started post before we completely wrapped, however.

Studio recording for the soundtrack and looping and misc. sound engineering took about 8 months, which was going on simultaneously with production and post.

Editing and special effects took about six months. In all, the project from start to finish was about 14 months. Producing a feature film on a next-to-nothing budget is no small time commitment... it would have gone MUCH faster if we had money.

We shot the film on DV. We used a Panasonic DVX-100, which is a sweet camera. We shot everying in 24p mode with a 16x9 anamorphic lens. It turned out really, really well if I do say so myself. The only time it was really obvious it wasn't shot on film was when it was seen on the big screen.

I have a mirror set up for the trailer here, if you have trouble downloading it:

http://www.eternalgamer.com/mirrors/pgtrailer.mpeg

Thanks for all your interest!

ElwoodBlues · 04-30-2006, 06:15 PM

The DVX is a sweet camera indeed. I shot a project on a DVX-100 recently, for a 5-day "film" festival. In reality everyone shot on video, but we'll overlook that small detail.

I finally got the trailer to load (damn college networks) and I must say, it looks damn fine. It's really cool to see projects beyond the realm of student films, where I'm firmly planted right now.

I can definately relate to low budget productions taking forever though. I'm currently shooting a short 16mm film on a CP-16R. We had originally planned to be completely finished with the production by now, but in reality, we've only finished about 60% of the shooting, let alone waiting for the film to get processed and sent back to us so we can start post.

Supple Cow · 05-04-2006, 04:06 AM

Way cool, robbdn. I plan on seeing it as long as my boss doesn't give me the evening shift that day.

04-29-2006, 08:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	Hopefully I'll have time to be able to see this... maybe we can even make this a mini-TFP meetup __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

04-30-2006, 06:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
ElwoodBlues Psycho Location: Massachusetts	I myself am a film student currently, and I'm very interested to hear more about this production. I won't be able to make it to the screening, unfortunately, I live a good couple of hours away, and have early morning finals the next day. A few questions about the production. About how long did it take to produce? Also, I haven't been able to get the trailer to load, so, was it shot on film, or video? If film, what stock? Also, what kind of camera was used? Sorry, I'm a film-nerd haha __________________ I think Pringles initial intention was to make tennis balls. But on the day that the rubber was supposed to show up, a big truckload of potatoes arrived. But Pringles is a laid back company. They said "Fuck it. Cut em up." -Mitch Hedberg, '68-'05 Bauer's the man.

04-30-2006, 02:36 PM	#5 (permalink)
robbdn Crazy	No problem! I have to be honest, it is my hope to eventually make Pizza Girl available for free download on the internet, so if you can't make the showing hopefully you will eventually be able to see it anyway. It's quite a task to set up that much bandwidth without paying for it... but I have a couple of ideas in the works! To answer your questions... We started pre-production while the script was still being written. Casting, location scouting, equipment, and funding took us about four months, during which time we also rehearsed. Once we got into shooting, we were on a one-month shooting schedule. Unfortunately, when you're not paying your actors they often cancel shoots on you due to their work schedule. Oh well. We got 95% of our shooting done within 2.5 months, but we didn't get 100% for six months. We'd already started post before we completely wrapped, however. Studio recording for the soundtrack and looping and misc. sound engineering took about 8 months, which was going on simultaneously with production and post. Editing and special effects took about six months. In all, the project from start to finish was about 14 months. Producing a feature film on a next-to-nothing budget is no small time commitment... it would have gone MUCH faster if we had money. We shot the film on DV. We used a Panasonic DVX-100, which is a sweet camera. We shot everying in 24p mode with a 16x9 anamorphic lens. It turned out really, really well if I do say so myself. The only time it was really obvious it wasn't shot on film was when it was seen on the big screen. I have a mirror set up for the trailer here, if you have trouble downloading it: http://www.eternalgamer.com/mirrors/pgtrailer.mpeg Thanks for all your interest! __________________ I'm swimming in the digital residue of a media-drenched world. It's too cold.

04-30-2006, 06:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
ElwoodBlues Psycho Location: Massachusetts	The DVX is a sweet camera indeed. I shot a project on a DVX-100 recently, for a 5-day "film" festival. In reality everyone shot on video, but we'll overlook that small detail. I finally got the trailer to load (damn college networks) and I must say, it looks damn fine. It's really cool to see projects beyond the realm of student films, where I'm firmly planted right now. I can definately relate to low budget productions taking forever though. I'm currently shooting a short 16mm film on a CP-16R. We had originally planned to be completely finished with the production by now, but in reality, we've only finished about 60% of the shooting, let alone waiting for the film to get processed and sent back to us so we can start post. __________________ I think Pringles initial intention was to make tennis balls. But on the day that the rubber was supposed to show up, a big truckload of potatoes arrived. But Pringles is a laid back company. They said "Fuck it. Cut em up." -Mitch Hedberg, '68-'05 Bauer's the man.

05-04-2006, 04:06 AM	#7 (permalink)
Supple Cow Americow, the Beautiful Location: Washington, D.C.	Way cool, robbdn. I plan on seeing it as long as my boss doesn't give me the evening shift that day. __________________ "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." (Michael Jordan)

04-29-2006, 06:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
SteelyLoins Upright	I don't live close enough to see it, but congratulations! I'll see it when it opens "in major theater chains everywhere."