SKETCH #1

I've been working with pencils and paper again. After growing up with these tools glued to me, i took decades off only to return to them two years ago. This sketch is the first one i did since around 1991. Yikes! Time flies.

It Moves Fast

My first film, from a few years back that i made at the U of R. 16mm found footage.

16mm>HD (off the wall) | 1m 13s | 1:33.1 (HD 16x9) | English | Stereo

It Moves Fast from Terryll Loffler on Vimeo.

I've Never Been Outside

I opened a vimeo account and will be gradually uploading some of my work. I started with one of my first films called 'I've Never Been Outside' starring west coast hipster Percy Fuentes.

16mm > NTSC DV | 5m 40s | 1:66.1 | English | Stereo

Partial list of past screenings:

- Antimatter Short Film Festival | Victoria, British Columbia
- Canada’s Golden Sheafs | Yorkton, Saskatchewan
- Tamagawa Short Film & Video Festival | Japan
- SKOL Centre des arts | Montréal, Québec
- WNDX New Prairie Cinema | Winnipeg, Manitoba
- 8th Dresden Schmalfilmtage Competition | Dresden, Germany
- 16mm Film Festival | Florence, Italy
- Montreal Underground Film Festival | Montréal, Québec

I've Never Been Outside from Terryll Loffler on Vimeo.

Clutch vs Gorillaz: The video mashup?

I love the new video for Gorillaz' Stylo, but unfortunately i find that the song doesn't fit the visuals. The track is a bit to, um, casual (for the lack of a better term) for a video that contains muscle cars, cops, guns and Bruce Willis. So i took the song Big News I, from the great American rock band Clutch and their 1995 self titled album, and recut Stylo to it. I think it works well.



Clutch official site

Gorillaz official site

YORKTON FILM FESTIVAL

I was in Yorkton recently to take in a bit of the festival. I met some friends and checked out the new Panasonic twin lens 3D camera. 3D still seems like a novelty to me and is a few years away from practicality on the low budget scale of filmmaking. Plus i don't really know how many stories (whether doc or fiction) really warrant the 3D experience.

The main reason i was in Yorkton was to guide a group of high school students in making a video (shot and edited) in about 5 hours. It was a great experience that was facilitated by Tony Hrynchuk of Fahrenheit Films. The students had the task of shooting their interpretation of a scene from Alexander Payne's Election. They did a really good job and if i get a copy of it i'll throw it up here.

Yorkton Film Festival

TRUCKERS

Convoy - 1978 - Directed by Sam Peckinpah



High Ballin' - 1978 - Directed by Peter Carter



White Line Fever - 1975 - Directed by Jonathan Kaplan



Smokey and the Bandit - 1977 - Directed by Hal Needham



Duel - 1971 - Directed by Steven Spielberg

HOT DOCS

I will be at Hot Docs this year to soak in the festivities and see some great (hopefully) documentary films and to hang out with some friends.

hotdocs.ca

'North America's largest documentary festival runs for 11 days, April 29 to May 9, presenting over 170 films from more than 40 countries and welcoming hundreds of international filmmakers and industry delegates to Toronto.'