I've been working on my first Feature Film entitled, How Would You Feel? Its a hybrid documentary / narrative where I explain how one comes to the conclusion that s/he is experiencing a momentary feeling. I'm currently in post-production and working with animators to finish animated sequences and other super-fun things you do in front of a computer like sound design and color correction.

In addition, I am raising finishing funds to finance all of that stuff so if you can contribute anything I would greatly appreciate it. If you can't make a monetary contribution do not fret you can still help by forwarding this website widely (especially to your economically well endowed friends and family, you know they have always wanted to "get into movies").

The easiest way to contribute is to click on the little money sign on the widget to the left. Below, you will find information on all of the tasty perks you get when you contribute, you get way more than karma (although that is a big part of the deal).

still not convinced? Watch the first 15 minutes of the film here

$0.00 - $40.00

Donate up to $40.00 and you will get a copy of the film when it comes out.

$40.00 - $250.00

Contribute between $40.00 and $250.00 and you will get a copy of the film when it comes out. along with a nifty t-shirt

$250.00 - $1000.00

Angels who contribute between $250.00 and $1000.00 will get a copy of the film when it comes out, the nifty t-shirt, a "Special Thanks" credit, and a free one night stay at my home should they want to take a short vacation. When you wake up the next morning you will have an avocado omlette awaiting you.

$1,000 and more

Beautiful people who give $1000.00 or more are considered producers / investors and will be treated accordingly. In addition, they will get a copy of the film when it comes out, a "Producer" credit, the free nights stay, and a 100% return on their investment.

How Would You Feel?

is a narrative(ish) feature by Terence Nance. The film documents the story of a quixotic artist and mysterious “it” girl, who, unbeknownst to her, was cast to play herself, in this loosely fictionalized account of real life events. These events document their relationship, which teeters at the edge of platonic and romantic. The ambiguity of their rapport is fed by the inhibitory melodrama of their individual romantic pasts and present. The parable plays out in seven volumes and four appendixes composed of meticulously constructed dramatizations of the actual events, animations, and interviews with the subjects.

Starring

Namik Minter and Terence Nance director of photography Matthew Bray written, directed, produced by Terence Nance

NEWS

Animation: the learning curve

written by terence on December 24th, 2009


I wasn’t prepared for this process. I just spent the last few days making a very bad animatic. Don’t know what an animatic is? well here is an example of a good one.

You are apparently supposed to edit together your storyboards with the exact timing of all the character and camera movements. Maybe the task required a more meticulous dispostion than I posses but clearly MY animatic did not turn out as polished as the one above.

I have however been inspired to make an animated feature at some point in my career, I’ve been seduced by the control. In looking at visual references for the HWUF sequences on ffffound.com I realized how many different mark-making techniques could be applied to 2d animation that have yet to be explored in films (at least the ones I have seen). Persopolis has also subconsiously influnced this revelation. My resolve to do so was set in stone after walking out of Fantastic Mr. Fox which was… Fantastic.

There is a great example of an animatic somewhere in that video. apologies to the supremely talented and unlucky animator who has to work with my animatic.

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written by terence on November 1st, 2009

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Can you take a sec to help me out?

written by terence on October 13th, 2009

well, It’s official, the fundraising push has begun. We have gotten off to a decent start $530.00 of $5000.00. I’m sure if you are reading this blog entry then you are aware of what the film is about and how cool it is and whatnot and why you should support us with financing. (If you aren’t aware of that you should click here). With this entry, I wanted to talk a little bit about how you my friend, yes you, might be able to help out without sending me a dime.

One thing is if you know of anyone with a blog or a publication of anykind you can call or email them and tell them how cool I am and send them a link to my fundraising video. You can also blog about the film or twitter about the fundraising efforts with the link to terencenance.com/hwuf prominent in whatever information you diffuse.

you can also post my indigogo “widgit” on any blog or webpage by copy and pasting this code.

Also, I have made it an official goal to get the pitchclip on the homepage of indigogo.com. I was told by the good people there that I needed to generate more “buzz” by

  • contributions
  • followers
  • shares/referrals
  • demands
  • comments
  • new content: announcements, media and events

This is all really cool stuff you can do once you go get involved on indiegogo.com my indigogo page can be found at indigogo.com/howwouldyoufeel go ahead and check it out and do some of the stuff listed above, and get all your family and friends to do the same.

If you happen to be someone who wants some experience with filmmaking or working in post production you could also donate your time. I am sure we can put you to work.

Keep on the lookout for more, thanks for reading, thanks for participating, thanks for watching. love all around.

Good news for hwuf // Emoticon @ Sundance

written by terence on September 6th, 2009

found this at the spout blog, right up hwuf’s alley. but damn 5000 submissions already! that is crazy…

The Sundance Film Festival has announced that in 2010 they’ll launch a new programming sidebar called NEXT, designed to reflect the fact that “a new aesthetic enlisting low-and no-budget filmmaking techniques has been on the rise.” According to the press release sent out this morning, Sundance “staffers refer to the new section with the symbol < = > which literally translates to ‘less than equals greater than’.” That the new section is happening is not a total shock — Sundance’s John Cooper and Trevor Groth hinted that it was coming at a panel at Cannes — but I must say, the emoticon caught me by surprise.

See the press release in its entirety after the jump.

SUNDANCE INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES NEW SECTION FOR 2010 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

NEXT, CELEBRATING CREATIVITY BORN OF LIMITATION, TO SHOWCASE SIX TO EIGHT NEW FILMS SELECTED FOR INNOVATIVE, ORIGINAL WORK IN LOW- AND NO-BUDGET FILMMAKING

PARK CITY – The 2010 Sundance Film Festival will feature NEXT, a new section featuring six to eight films selected for their innovative and original work in low- and no-budget filmmaking. Festival Director John Cooper made the announcement today, citing the desire to discover and promote filmmakers forging new ways to tell their stories, limited by resources but uninhibited by creativity. Presented by the non-profit Sundance Institute, the 2010 Sundance Film Festival will take place January 21 – 31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

A new aesthetic enlisting low-and no-budget filmmaking techniques has been on the rise. With NEXT, Festival programmers hope to provide a platform for these filmmakers to connect to audiences, industry and press while at the same time inviting the artists to be a part of an ever-evolving community of filmmakers working outside the system. Festival staffers refer to the new section with the symbol < = > which literally translates to “less than equals greater than”.

Said Cooper, “Programming an event as important to the cultural landscape as Sundance Film Festival, we feel a responsibility both to represent new creative developments in the field and to contextualize films for our Festival goers. Historically, we have done this quite successfully with documentary, and most recently with New Frontier, ‘saving space’ as it were, to support different trends in storytelling. We want filmmakers to feel encouraged and intrigued by this new section of the Festival. We hope to excite audiences as well as inform a budding industry already investing in new models of distribution.”

“The filmmakers who are working in this realm and who I have spoken to about this have a ‘creative impatience’ that I find invigorating,” Cooper added. “These are not just the films that have been labeled mumble core…or dogma or even guerilla. They are an emerging counter culture within our counter culture.”

As of September 1, the 2010 Sundance Film Festival has received over 4,964 applications and 3,689 films. Submissions are still being accepted. Visit www.sundance.org/submissions for more information.

via Sundance Announces New Section, Emoticon | SpoutBlog.

I drew some concept art

written by terence on August 9th, 2009

and listened to nina simone while doing so… the movie is on the horizon!