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Attack of the Flix #14 - April 21 at 5:00pm

Winners of Attack of the Flix #13, congratulations to you all!

• 1st Place - "Train Safety" by DJ Hupp
• 2nd Place - "Andy and Tara" by Bryan Hiltner
• 3rd Place -"The Host" by Chris Gortz

And the audience choice winners of "Best of the Best: Fall 2012" are:

1st Place: "In Hell There Is a River of Marinara Sauce (Episode 4)" by James Michael Williams
2nd Place: "Say It to My Face" by Jason Turner
3rd Place: "Vancouvria: Survival Class" by Brighton West

And the rest where everyone is a winner:

"77 Spaces" by AJ Brooks
"Attack of the Hipster" by Tyler Bertram
"Bella Nova's Guide to Hollywood Screenwriting" by Chris Gortz 
"Driving Drowsy" by a3o Studios
"Hey Hey Hey" by Rachel Sharkeye and John Meyer
"Sadie's Song" by Tango Silent Films
"Spooked Anomalies" by Cameron Harrison
"The Mustard Museum" by David Craig 
"Vitti Batum" by Bryan Hiltner 

Well it's that time again, time for your films. We will be playing and voting on the best of the best films:

"Vancouvria: Survival Class" by: Brighton West
"77 Spaces" by: AJ Brooks
"In Hell There Is a River of Marinara Sauce (Episode 4)" by: James Michael Williams
"Say It to My Face" by: Jason Turner
"Bella Nova's Guide to Hollywood Screenwriting" by: Chris Gortz
"Hey Hey Hey" by: Rachel Sharkeye and John Meyer
"The Mustard Museum" by: David Craig
"Sadie's Song" by: Tango Silent Films
"Attack of the Hipster" by: Tyler Bertram
"Spooked Anomalies" by: Cameron Harrison
"Driving Drowsy" by: a3o Studios
"Vitti Batum" by:  Bryan Hiltner

In addition to the best of the best, awards will be handed out for other community achievements.

Same time, same place, see you all there.

Four prizes for 3 people at Attack of the Flix #12:

1st Place - Entry 3 - "Vancouvria: Dream of the Nine Ts" by Brighton West

1st Place - Entry 6 - "Dogwalker" by Tyler Bertram

2nd Place - Entry 7 - "Attack of the Hipster" by Tyler Bertram

3rd Place - Entry 4 - "Vitti Batum" by Bryan Hiltner

Attack of the Flix #11 Triumphs despite overwhelming odds

This month was a short but sweet competition with world class films. The winners include:

• 1st Place - "Vancouvria: Survival Class" by Brighton West
  
• 2nd Place - "77 Spaces" by AJ Brooks
  
• 3rd Place - "An Elf's Journey" by David Craig

Fun was had by all, and people seemed to be settling into the new monthly time. AtoF also premiered a new online voting system that went of without a hitch.

(Above) 1st place takes the beans at Attack Of The Flix #10


(Above) 2nd and 3rd place bask in adulation of the crowd, make due with no beans

Attack Of The Flix #10 was a resounding success at it's new earlier time (6PM), submissions were fast and furious, and we nearly ran out of chairs for the legions of fans that came out.

1st Place - "In Hell there is a River of Marinara Sauce (Episode 4)" by James Michael Williams
2nd Place - "Say it to my face" by Jason Turner
3rd Place - "Bella Nova's Guide to Hollywood Screenwriting" by Chris Gortz

Attention all Facebook users! We have a Facebook Fan Page. We are sure you will love it. Please take the time to check it out, maybe even like us.

So you want to submit a film, here's how to do it:

• Make sure your film is 10 minutes or less.
• Save your movie in Apple TV 2 format in favorite media encoder
• Put that file on a usb thumb drive and show up at 5 pm on the day of the event.

We recommend using iTunes to encode your video, and here is a short tutorial on how to get it done:

If you prefer Adobe Media Encoder and/or have a PC, this guide is for you: Compression Guide (YouTube)

This last year has brought a lot of changes to lives of Team Attack of the Flix – careers, schedules, and in August my daughter Elise was born. These changes leave us with less time on our hands to do the unseen and unnoticed leg work involved in maintaining Attack of the Flix.

Changes to Attack of the Flix
After some lengthy discussions we have settled on some compromises that work for the team the we believe will keep the spirit of the night in place.

• Podcast - while we enjoyed doing the podcast it’s been difficult to schedule and find time to do a regular release, so we are discontinuing it.
• Microflix - anything else branded Microflix will be discontinued so we  can focus on maintaining and promoting Attack of the Flix
• Livestream - this has never pulled in the additional viewers that we were hoping for, given that it adds a layer of technical complexity we have decided to drop it.

New Submission / Show Time
This change has been the source of a lively debate among the AofT team and our filmmakers on facebook.  We believe full heartedly that this will be a good change. It should help the event be less work for the team while still being an open, uncensored, free event for Portland filmmakers. Here are the details on the new showtime.

• Submissions at 5pm
• Show plays at 6pm
• The show is capped at 60 minutes
• Prizes and winners at 7:00pm to 7:30pm
• Out by 7:30pm

Curious will then be hosting a comedy open mic, beginning just after the Attack is finished.  This puts our event in-line with the rest of the theater’s schedule.   

We  believe that short movies make great entertainment as dinner theater.  We believe that the potential for cross pollination between the performers from the comedy open mic and the filmmakers from AofT could be adventurous.  And we are confidant that the audience that will come early to the comedy open mic will be respectful to us.   

Best Of  - The Top 15
Twice a year we will be doing the Best of AotF.  This will include the top 3 entries from the 5 preceding nights.  The Best Of will be in January and July.  

Thank you, Curious Comedy!
I want to make it clear that Stacy, the Artistic Director of Curious Comedy, has been very supportive of our event and was an advocate for keeping the night.  Also, Greg, the theater’s Event Organizer and Bar Manager speaks very highly of the community that attends the event.  We have proven over the last couple of years to be not only respectful of the films but also of the space and the staff. It is because of all of you that the theater has been so happy to keep AofT and not charge us to use the space.

And Finally...
Please remember, the main focus of our event has always been to provide a respectful space for filmmakers to show their projects to one another and to a larger community.  That focus will not change, we are simply rolling off some of the extra efforts we have experimented with over the years, and leaving the original focus.

Attack of the Flix #09 was a success, here are the placements:

1st Place: "Hey, Hey, Hey" By John Meyer and Rachel Sharkey
2nd Place: "The Mustard Museum" by David Craig
3rd Place: "Sadie's Song" by Tango Silent Films

Hey Flixers, we're going through some changes here at AotF.  One of the things we're doing is simplifying our process of advertising and setup for the night.  A part of that process is dropping the MicroFlix name and focusing on Attack of the Flix.