Thanks to everyone who helped make 2009 wonderful for The Computer!
Look for the DVD release of The Computer: Wonder of the Future in 2010.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Read How the Future Was Created
The Computer Wonder of the Future is featured in the current issue of Microfilmmaker Magazine, just out now.
In the article, "Tips & Tricks - News: LA Shorts Fest 09: A Great Festival to Feature Your Microbudget Short," director and co-writer Michael Kenneth Jackson shares some of the behind-the-scenes microbudget methods used to create the past in the Future.
Read the full article here (which includes four other films screened at the LA Shorts Fest) and see why The Computer truly is, "The Wonder of the Future."
MicroFilmmaker Magazine is dedicated to connecting and assisting producers of ultra-low budget independent 'Micro-Films, movies about the magic that can only come from the filmmakers' souls when they pour their life's blood into the art of making films.
In the article, "Tips & Tricks - News: LA Shorts Fest 09: A Great Festival to Feature Your Microbudget Short," director and co-writer Michael Kenneth Jackson shares some of the behind-the-scenes microbudget methods used to create the past in the Future.
Read the full article here (which includes four other films screened at the LA Shorts Fest) and see why The Computer truly is, "The Wonder of the Future."
MicroFilmmaker Magazine is dedicated to connecting and assisting producers of ultra-low budget independent 'Micro-Films, movies about the magic that can only come from the filmmakers' souls when they pour their life's blood into the art of making films.
LA Shorts Fest Closing Night Awards Ceremony
Okay, let's get it out of the way right at the top here: The Computer: Wonder of the Future did not win the award for best comedy at the LA Shorts Fest awards gala.
But it is really okay; I have not lost one drip of sleep thinking about it. In the most honesty I have conjured up ever, I was so happy just to have been selected to screen at such a major festing right in the heart of Hollywood with so may other excellent films, winning was not everything.
The awards gala, held on the closing night of the festival, Friday, July 31 (2009) at CineSpace on Hollywood Boulevard was a blast. The majority of the winning films were screened -- The filmmakers made acceptance speeches, the audience cheered and applauded, and I had a Bud Light. (Those of you who know me, know I don't drink. However, when the President of the the United States drank the King of Beers, I was inspired. And now, I'm up to sixer a day. Not bad for a guy who, at this time last week, was a teetotaler!)
I was rather sad at the end of the night, realizing that the LA Shorts Fest was over. I really enjoyed my time at the Laemmle Sunset 5 cinemas watching the movies. I had a magical night the Sunday evening my movie screened -- having the company of all my dear friends during the program and celebrating at dinner afterwards. It's going to be a tough act to follow let alone top. But that's all the more reason to get going n my next movie for next year's festival.
MKJ
But it is really okay; I have not lost one drip of sleep thinking about it. In the most honesty I have conjured up ever, I was so happy just to have been selected to screen at such a major festing right in the heart of Hollywood with so may other excellent films, winning was not everything.
The awards gala, held on the closing night of the festival, Friday, July 31 (2009) at CineSpace on Hollywood Boulevard was a blast. The majority of the winning films were screened -- The filmmakers made acceptance speeches, the audience cheered and applauded, and I had a Bud Light. (Those of you who know me, know I don't drink. However, when the President of the the United States drank the King of Beers, I was inspired. And now, I'm up to sixer a day. Not bad for a guy who, at this time last week, was a teetotaler!)
I was rather sad at the end of the night, realizing that the LA Shorts Fest was over. I really enjoyed my time at the Laemmle Sunset 5 cinemas watching the movies. I had a magical night the Sunday evening my movie screened -- having the company of all my dear friends during the program and celebrating at dinner afterwards. It's going to be a tough act to follow let alone top. But that's all the more reason to get going n my next movie for next year's festival.
MKJ
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
"Computer" Invited to West Hollywood International Film Festival
Hot on the heels of its Hollywood premiere at the LA Shorts Film Fest, The Computer: Wonder of the Future has been selected to screen at the West Hollywood International Film Festival.
The festival is an intimate affair of A-list celebrities, not just from Hollywood, but from the whole world. The event takes place at several locations in West Hollywood over four days and feature events booths, entertainment, discussion panels and of course the best movies the world has to offer.
For those of you who were unable to make the LA Shorts Fest screening, this is your opportunity to see this little movie on the big screen, and at a great Los Angeles theatrical venue: The Regency Theatres Fairfax Cinemas.
The Computer: Wonder of the Future will screen Saturday, August 8 at 11:00 a.m.
Tickets are just $10 each for the program and can be purchased online through Brown Paper Tickets.
PURCHASE TICKETS
(Select "Aug 08, 2009 11:00 AM" from the pulldown menu.)
The Computer: Wonder of the Future
West Hollywood International Film Festival
Saturday, August 8, 2009
11:00 a.m.
Regency Theatres Fairfax Cinemas
7907 Beverly Boulevard (at Fairfax Ave.)
Los Angeles, CA 90048
For more on the film, and a link to purchase tickets, please visit the official C:WotF Website.
For more information on the festival, visit the West Hollywood International Film Festival Website.
ABOUT THE COMPUTER: WONDER OF THE FUTURE
Science-Tone Films, maker of children's educational movies in the 1950s, presents a fantastical look at how computers will one day simplify the lives of all who use them.
Our guide for this informative and astounding journey into the future is none other than the Science-Tone Professor himself. Delivering a lesson to Larry and Suzy, two well-mannered grade school students with excellent posture, The Professor foretells a time in the not too distant future when mechanical thinking machines, called "com-putors," will increase our quality of life, send rockets to Mars, and help fight communism.
The Professor concludes the day's lesson with a coda that will be proven true in decades to come: "At work, at home, or on the go, the computer truly is the wonder of the future."
THE COMPUTER: WONDER OF THE FUTURE Starring TOM ACORD as The Professor, CIARAN VEJBY as Larry, ERIC VEJBY as Bob, DEBORAH JEAN WELSH as Doris, and CAITLIN VEJBY as Suzy. Directed by MICHAEL KENNETH JACKSON, Written and Produced by ERIC VEJBY & MICHAEL KENNETH JACKSON, Cinematographer and Editor MICHAEL KENNETH JACKSON.
3 minutes, 35 seconds - Color - English - USA 2008 - Not Rated
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
The West Hollywood International Film Festival (WHIFF) founded in 2007 by Martin De Luca, in its inaugural year, is soon to be West Hollywood's premier festival destination. Filmmaking, by nature, is an intensely collaborative, creative, and communicated art form. It takes a diverse range of personalities and talent to see a film to completion. Filmmaking is a dream of many around the planet, regardless of race, nationality, color or language. Filmmaking transcends and seeks to eliminate the barriers of society.
WHIFF is here to celebrate that triumphant rise of Hollywood as a leader in filmmaking, its influence on filmmaking around the world, and now, with WHIFF, its celebratory return to the stage that made it famous. By bringing filmmakers and their films from around the world to West Hollywood , the WHIFF shows its support and dedication to the world being created all around us, an increasingly connected world.
The festival is an intimate affair of A-list celebrities, not just from Hollywood, but from the whole world. The event takes place at several locations in West Hollywood over four days and feature events booths, entertainment, discussion panels and of course the best movies the world has to offer.
For those of you who were unable to make the LA Shorts Fest screening, this is your opportunity to see this little movie on the big screen, and at a great Los Angeles theatrical venue: The Regency Theatres Fairfax Cinemas.
The Computer: Wonder of the Future will screen Saturday, August 8 at 11:00 a.m.
Tickets are just $10 each for the program and can be purchased online through Brown Paper Tickets.
PURCHASE TICKETS
(Select "Aug 08, 2009 11:00 AM" from the pulldown menu.)
The Computer: Wonder of the Future
West Hollywood International Film Festival
Saturday, August 8, 2009
11:00 a.m.
Regency Theatres Fairfax Cinemas
7907 Beverly Boulevard (at Fairfax Ave.)
Los Angeles, CA 90048
For more on the film, and a link to purchase tickets, please visit the official C:WotF Website.
For more information on the festival, visit the West Hollywood International Film Festival Website.
ABOUT THE COMPUTER: WONDER OF THE FUTURE
Science-Tone Films, maker of children's educational movies in the 1950s, presents a fantastical look at how computers will one day simplify the lives of all who use them.
Our guide for this informative and astounding journey into the future is none other than the Science-Tone Professor himself. Delivering a lesson to Larry and Suzy, two well-mannered grade school students with excellent posture, The Professor foretells a time in the not too distant future when mechanical thinking machines, called "com-putors," will increase our quality of life, send rockets to Mars, and help fight communism.
The Professor concludes the day's lesson with a coda that will be proven true in decades to come: "At work, at home, or on the go, the computer truly is the wonder of the future."
THE COMPUTER: WONDER OF THE FUTURE Starring TOM ACORD as The Professor, CIARAN VEJBY as Larry, ERIC VEJBY as Bob, DEBORAH JEAN WELSH as Doris, and CAITLIN VEJBY as Suzy. Directed by MICHAEL KENNETH JACKSON, Written and Produced by ERIC VEJBY & MICHAEL KENNETH JACKSON, Cinematographer and Editor MICHAEL KENNETH JACKSON.
3 minutes, 35 seconds - Color - English - USA 2008 - Not Rated
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
The West Hollywood International Film Festival (WHIFF) founded in 2007 by Martin De Luca, in its inaugural year, is soon to be West Hollywood's premier festival destination. Filmmaking, by nature, is an intensely collaborative, creative, and communicated art form. It takes a diverse range of personalities and talent to see a film to completion. Filmmaking is a dream of many around the planet, regardless of race, nationality, color or language. Filmmaking transcends and seeks to eliminate the barriers of society.
WHIFF is here to celebrate that triumphant rise of Hollywood as a leader in filmmaking, its influence on filmmaking around the world, and now, with WHIFF, its celebratory return to the stage that made it famous. By bringing filmmakers and their films from around the world to West Hollywood , the WHIFF shows its support and dedication to the world being created all around us, an increasingly connected world.
Monday, July 27, 2009
C:WotF Screening At LA Shorts Fest
Last night was The Computer: Wonder of the Future screening at the LA Shorts Fest.
Sunday at 7:45 p.m. was a sweet spot in the schedule; one of the two weekend nights and neither too early nor too late.
The FOCs (Friends of Computer) attended to lend their support to the movie during the screening were Eleanor, Luis, Jeffrey, Jeff, Paolina, Dawn, Marie and Justine.
Eleanor shows her enthusiasm for the Hollywood premiere of C:WotF.
Luis and Jeffery await the screening.
C:WotF screened about in the middle of the program - right after the premiere of the new R.E.M. video Hollow Man! (I was thinking to myself "Thanks for the spot following the new R.E.M. video -- now I'm like that poor bastard magician who had to follow The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show."). But my concern was for naught; the crowd was responsive to C:WotF and appeared to be having fun with the premise. While the laughs were not always as hearty as I wished for, they were there and I recievds an enthusiastic response from some audience members after the Q&A.
Jeff and Paolina arrive for the big screening.
Dawn and Marie on the photo walk just before the premiere screening.
After all the movies screened, there was a question and answer session with all the filmmakers present. I said a few things about the origin of the concept (Our Mr. Sun) and the premise (past prognostication versus future reality -- but stated in a far less pretentious way).
Paolina and Justine with Michael at the C:WotF screening.
After the screening, all the "Computer Contingent" headed over Palermo's in Los Feliz for a post-screening celebration dinner.
Mmmmm... Italian food.
MKJ
Sunday at 7:45 p.m. was a sweet spot in the schedule; one of the two weekend nights and neither too early nor too late.
The FOCs (Friends of Computer) attended to lend their support to the movie during the screening were Eleanor, Luis, Jeffrey, Jeff, Paolina, Dawn, Marie and Justine.
Eleanor shows her enthusiasm for the Hollywood premiere of C:WotF.
Luis and Jeffery await the screening.
C:WotF screened about in the middle of the program - right after the premiere of the new R.E.M. video Hollow Man! (I was thinking to myself "Thanks for the spot following the new R.E.M. video -- now I'm like that poor bastard magician who had to follow The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show."). But my concern was for naught; the crowd was responsive to C:WotF and appeared to be having fun with the premise. While the laughs were not always as hearty as I wished for, they were there and I recievds an enthusiastic response from some audience members after the Q&A.
Jeff and Paolina arrive for the big screening.
Dawn and Marie on the photo walk just before the premiere screening.
After all the movies screened, there was a question and answer session with all the filmmakers present. I said a few things about the origin of the concept (Our Mr. Sun) and the premise (past prognostication versus future reality -- but stated in a far less pretentious way).
Paolina and Justine with Michael at the C:WotF screening.
After the screening, all the "Computer Contingent" headed over Palermo's in Los Feliz for a post-screening celebration dinner.
Mmmmm... Italian food.
MKJ
Saturday, July 25, 2009
LA Shorts Fest - Day 3
I'm here in West Hollywood at the Sunset Plaza on a beautiful Southern California July morning ready for day 3 of the LA SHORTS Fest.
Starting off the day is the Coffee Chat seminar series, today's topic: "Making It Big In Shorts. Starts at noon - on my way now...
Later tonight we're all catching the 7:45 PM film program of comedy and drama films.
Starting off the day is the Coffee Chat seminar series, today's topic: "Making It Big In Shorts. Starts at noon - on my way now...
Later tonight we're all catching the 7:45 PM film program of comedy and drama films.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Opening Day At The 13th Annual LA Shorts Fest
Opening day of the LA Shorts Film Festival was a blast! The focus was more on the celebrity filmmakers in attendance (Scarlett Johansson, Courteney Cox and Kirsten ‘Kiwi’ Smith) and their respective short films (which were all very good).
The star power brought the main stream media to the festival along with some fanfare and recognition.
I also met some great folks (other filmmakers) there, the majority of whom strangely all had a San Francisco Connection (one fellow grew up a couple of miles from me, another is a S.F State alum, another just returned from San Francisco, even the London filmmaker I met is heading off to San Francisco next week... weird.)
Great opening day for easing into the rhythm of the festival. Now the real fun starts: seeing films and attending seminars.
MKJ
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