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DayTrip
Three college students go for a hike, where Sean convinces Nate and Claire to day trip with him. Their fun outing turns grim as hallucinations overtake them.
Written, filmed, and edited in 60 hours
Accolades
Best of Festival
Best VFX
Shot in H.264 with a Canon 60D, EF 50mm f/1.4 USM,
& EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6
28 Drinks Later
A highly respected physicist, two confused friends, and a nuclear reaction.
Accolades
Best of Festival
Best Directing
Best Screenplay
Best Male Actor
Best Ensemble Cast
Shot in H.264 with a Canon 60D, EF 50mm f/1.4 USM,
& Tokina EF-S 11-16mm f/2.8
Apache Assassin
Action. Violence. Scalping. You'll see it all in, "Apache Assassin." Dark meat, carves light meat, this Thanksgiving in, "Apache Assassin." A trailer for a grindhouse style exploitation film, pitting an Apache against the military in a land ownership dispute.
Cast & Crew
Written/Directed/Filmed/Edited by Mark Giles
Staring Chris Thomas
Also Staring Mark Giles & Cole Franklin
Music by Moby
Shot in H.264 with a Canon 60D, EF 50mm f/1.4L USM lens
Save The Date
A grindhouse short film in which a psychologist interviews a serial killer about his thoughts and actions before he is executed.
Cast & Crew
Written/Directed/Filmed/Edited by Mark Giles
Staring Chris Thomas & Nick White
Music by
Shot in H.264 with a Canon 60D, EF 50mm f/1.4L USM lens
Echo
A neo-noir following a man avenging the staged murder of his ex girlfriend. Written, filmed, and edited in 48 hours for the Ellensburg Film Festival Show us Your Shorts competition.
Cast & Crew
Directed by Chris Thomas
Cinematography & Editing by Mark Giles
Screenplay by Cole Franklin
Produced by Tara Klettke
Staring Nick White
Music by Moby
Shot in H.264 with a Canon 60D, EF 50mm f/1.4L USM lens,
EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Sundown
Two brothers struggle with reconciliation after one leaves the other behind to suffer the fate of his father if he does not make significant life changes. Written, filmed, and edited in 48 hours for the Ellensburg Film Festival Show Us Your Shorts competition.
Cast & Crew
Directed by Josh Perrault
Cinematography by Mark Giles
Editing by Jacob Chase
Staring Nick Brown & Matt Blount
Shot in H.264 with a Canon 7D & 24-105mm f/4L IS
It's A Terrible Life
George Bailey learns the true nature of his hallucinatory foray into what life would have been like without him, as well as just who exactly Clarence is.
Cast & Crew
Written, Directed, & Edited by Chris Thomas
Cinematography by Mark Giles
Staring Chris Thomas & Cole Franklin
Shot in H.264 with a Canon 60D & EF 50mm f/1.4L USM lens
Bruce Campbell's Lawn Care
When Bruce Campbell can't land a Hollywood role, he turns to lawn care to pay the bills. Shot and edited to look campy like Sam Rami's legendary Evil Dead trilogy; complete with quick zooms.
Cast & Crew
Written/Directed/Filmed/Edited by Mark Giles
Starring Nick White
Shot in H.264 with a Canon 60D, EF 50mm f/1.4L USM lens,
EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Bruce Campbell's Turkey Carving
After lawn care didn't pan out, Bruce is back for the holidays to carve your turkey.
Cast & Crew
Written/Directed/Filmed/Edited by Mark Giles
Starring Nick White
Shot in H.264 with a Canon 60D, EF 50mm f/1.4L USM lens,
EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Bruce Campbell vs. Paul Bunyan
Bruce Campbell summons Paul Bunyan to settle who the best tree-faller is.
Cast & Crew
Written/Directed/Filmed/Edited by Mark Giles
Starring Nick White
Shot in H.264 with a Canon 60D, EF 50mm f/1.4L USM lens
Suna
A science fiction love story in which Dyren must come to terms with the fact that Cass, his girlfriend, is going to the moon to avenge her brother's mysterious death.
Cast & Crew
Written, Directed, & Edited by Mark Giles
Starring Jazmarae Beebe and Matt Blount
Cinematography by Josh Perrault
Sound Design by Jacob Chase
Music by Moby
Shot in H.264 with a Canon 60D & EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens
A Man Tries To Get
A Light For His Cigarette
A silent film about a man, his cigarette, and his struggle to get another man to light it.
Cast & Crew
Written, Directed, & Edited by Mark Giles
Starring Jacob Chase & Peet Montzingo
Cinematography & Score by Mark Giles
Shot in AVCHD with a Panasonic HMC150
i can't stop (art)
Jackie Johanson turns textured particle board into art with a few cans of spray paint.
Cast & Crew
Directed & Edited by Mark Giles
Starring Jackie Johanson
Music by Flux Pavilion
Shot in AVCHD with a Panasonic HMC150
Man of Passion
An intimate look at the life and passion of Danny Bullis, a close friend of mine.
Cast & Crew
Directed & Edited by Mark Giles
Starring Danny Bullis
Music by Cold of Apathy
Accolades
Screened at CWU SOURCE
Shot on miniDV with a Canon GL2
Ellensburg Artist Tim Deselms
A live studio demonstration of Tim painting over a hot griddle with crayon, using the wax to create art as it melts.
Cast & Crew
Directed & Edited by Mark Giles
Starring Tim Deselms
Hosted by Zach Bennett
Produced by Melanie Garber
Shot on DVCPRO50 with Ikegami Studio Cameras
Year 2525: The Bronco Tales
An Alice 3-D re-imagining of the final sequence from Yeast Wars, a fictional Sci-Fi book in the movie Gentlemen Broncos.
Cast & Crew
Directed & Programmed by Mark Giles
Music by Zager & Evans
Programmed in Alice 3D