"Rosewood", a short film on Openfilm.com

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A while ago, some of my friends (Shaan Sharma, Alex Alfaro, Darnel Powell, Edward Kim, and Daniel Kim) and I (Marvin Choi, btw) set out to make a short film named “Rosewood”, about a guy’s first night as a dishwasher at an old diner named “Rosewood”. The short film was actually the condensed first act of a feature-length script I had written (oddly enough, it was also titled “Rosewood”). We originally made the film as a way to shop the script around, to show potential producers and investors that we were capable of making professional-quality movies and that "Rosewood" was a project worth investing in.

You can watch the film here at the link below on Openfilm.com. Don’t worry, it’s a legit link, you can Google “Openfilm.com” before you click on it if you want. The film DOES have some adult language (about PG-13), however, so it’s NSFW.

http://www.openfilm.com/videos/rosewood/

Didja like it? We hope so.

Fast-forward to today. “Rosewood” the short film is currently in a contest on Openfilm.com. The winner gets a $250,000 production contract to make a feature-length film based off of the short film. This is exactly the opportunity we were looking for, but we need your help to win.

The top six films will be shown to the Advisory Board and they will choose the winner (the board consists of James Caan, Robert Duvall, Mark Rydell, and Scott Caan, all big names in the biz). But to get to the top six, the films need to be rated as the top six entries for the Openfilm Get It Made! Contest by the viewers.

So, if you liked the film, what we’d like for you to do is go to Openfilm.com and vote for it. Obviously, a lot of you probably are not members of Openfilm, but it’s totally free, it’s totally easy, and I guarantee you it'll take less than three minutes:

1. Head to this URL and sign up for a FREE account: http://www.openfilm.com/join/
2. Wait for the confirmation e-mail, then click on the confirmation link (it'll come in literally under 30 seconds).
3. Once logged in, head to our video at: http://www.openfilm.com/videos/rosewood/
4. Rate it five stars.
5. If you want to, you can stick around to watch the film, but your vote was plenty enough. Thank you!

That’s it! If you decide to vote, thank you so much.

And please tell your friends about it and have them vote, too! A contest like this, every vote counts, so we really appreciate your support.

BTW, the last day to vote is JULY 31.

Also, if you’d like to see how “Rosewood” is currently ranked compared to other videos, go to:

http://www.openfilm.com/studio/

Click on “View All” and then sort by rating. This will show all of the videos currently in the contest, ranked from first to last.

Thanks for watching.

- Marvin Choi

Extra info about the movie:

Synopsis: Paul (Shaan Sharma), a college student, gets his first job as a part-time dishwasher at an old diner named Rosewood, but to survive his first night on the job he must contend with the tyrannical head chef, Sully Rodriguez (Alex Alfaro) and the veteran pasta man, Daniel Norville (Darnel Powell) and learn what it takes to work in a real restaurant.

The short itself was shot over the course of nine days in January 2010 on a budget of about $200. The majority of footage was shot at a real local restaurant named "Rosewood".

"Rosewood" premiered at the 2010 San Antonio Film Festival. It will also be screened at the 2010 Long Island International Film Expo and the 2010 Colombia Gorge International Film Festival.

Darnel Powell, the actor who portrayed "Daniel Norville" in the film won "Best Actor in a Short Film" at the 2010 Long Island International Film Expo! This was out of over 120 short films shown at the festival.

EDIT: The top six films will now be screened at the upcoming HollyShorts Film Festival!
 
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mayhem death said:
Hmm. I voted for ya. Good short movie. :D
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Thank you!

Smiley said:
Great movie reminds me a little of my cooking life..
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Yeah, I originally wrote the script based on my experiences working at my family's restaurant/bar. The actual feature-length script is a series of vignettes which were based on those experiences, plus stuff I heard from the workers.
 
Aw snap. Darnel Powell, the actor who played "Daniel Norville" in "Rosewood" won "Best Actor in a Short Film" at the Long Island International Film Expo! This is out of over 120 shorts shown at that festival.

Dang.
 
Hello !
I am also a new member. Would a newcomer be warmly welcome here? Good day you guy !
 
Cool, the guys on Openfilm.com declared that the top six finalists will also get their films screened at the HollyShorts film festival!
 
It was okay.
And it's definitely NOT PG-13. More like R. I honestly wouldn't post it on EGO.

The humor is kind of audience specific, but it was overall funny.
I do like the shot where he's sitting at his desk, but some of the composition seems a little lacking, like when he's doing the dishes, and the lighting could use a little work in some parts, and the scene when he falls asleep needed a fade instead of a cut.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed watching it, I can just be very critical.
Good job.
 
R? I heard more foul language when my 8th grade teacher thought it would be ok to show us Mean Girls while she was grading papers, and that movie was PG-13.
 
Ph?bus said:
It was okay.
And it's definitely NOT PG-13. More like R. I honestly wouldn't post it on EGO.

The humor is kind of audience specific, but it was overall funny.
I do like the shot where he's sitting at his desk, but some of the composition seems a little lacking, like when he's doing the dishes, and the lighting could use a little work in some parts, and the scene when he falls asleep needed a fade instead of a cut.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed watching it, I can just be very critical.
Good job.
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Given that the MPAA generally allows 3-4 f-bombs for a PG-13 film, as long as it does not include explicit sexual content, I guessed that, if the MPAA reviewed the film, they would deem it PG-13.

Also, your opinions are kinda funny, since they're sort of the opposite of what most people say.

Most people say they don't really like the stuff at the desk (which I personally like) and I originally had the sleeping part as a fade, but people said it was too predictable. Having an abrupt cut made it funnier because it was unexpected, and it also sped up the film by jolting the audience. So, in a way, your opinions matched with my initial instincts on the first cut of the film.

The dishwashing part, however, I stand by 100%. I used to wash dishes, and that's really what is feels like. You're stuck in one spot for a long time, doing monotonous work that never seems to end, listening to conversations from the rest of the kitchen. I've never had stuff thrown at me, but lots of other guys in the restaurant business I knew said this was a regular occurrence in larger kitchens where chefs were too lazy to walk across the lines to drop off their used pans. I tried to add some subtle humor to it (when they ask for the steak to be refired, they just stick in the microwave, etc.), but I guess it's hit or miss.

I dunno. Personally, I think the weakest part of the film is the acting, we were sort of rushed and there wasn't that much rehearsal beforehand. But I am particularly satisfied with Darnel's performance as Daniel, and Shaan did an adequate job with his gestures, which were more than 75% of his necessary performance.

Trust me, if it ever gets made as a feature film, it'll be much coolor. ;)
 
Nice video bro,
Havn't finished it, as it cut out half way for some reason and won't start back up. I'll try it later tonight though

will make an account and vote later
 
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