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So it seems that the rumors were true. The entries that went up on the empire website were the English entries only. We got word today that Truman has been selected as one of the top 5 Irish entrants. I’m absolutely delighted that we get a night out to celebrate what we put so much work into. Reaching the top five is certainly encouragement to keep doing what we’re doing.

There’s an event to screen the shortlisted entries this weekend as part of the Jameson film festival. Then the top two Irish entries are chosen by judges Lisa Cannon, John Boorman, John Maguire and John Moore. (That’s a lot of Johns!) It will be great to see all the entries but because that will only take five minutes, we get to attend the film that was voted ‘Best Movie Remake’ by a poll ran by entertainment.ie.

The five shortlisted DISS are mentioned here but there’s no video links so you’ll have to wait until my review of the evening this weekend. Thanks to everyone that has been supportive of our video, you’re all lovely.

Got the news yesterday that our Truman Show wasn’t chosen as a finalist for the Empire and Jameson done in 60 seconds competition. Disappointed as I am, I knew it would be tough as it is an international competition. I’m not thinking of putting an end to Tin Foil Productions and our parodies just yet, especially since all of our six entries for The Touch Film festival made it to the final last year. Maybe the recipe for success is to have multiple entries! I’m still really happy with Truman. I think we did really well with the resources we had as well as having just one cast member in the final cut. It was also extremely fun trying to condense a movie into 60 seconds and I don’t think this will be the last time I try. It was a good way to enhance my editing skills and we had some great laughs filming it. Here’s a little chewing gum blooper.

I’m really surprised that a few entries didn’t get through. I thought this version of Sweeney Todd was especially brilliant.

If you want to see and vote for the finalists that did make it through, you can see them here.

As part of the competition for the Done in 60 seconds Empire & Jameson Awards, Tinfoil productions reunited for another parody. I never thought 60 seconds would take so long but with different schedules and the amount of time that went into editing, this took a couple of weeks to get together. We had a great laugh as usual though and I thought Denis (Truman) was really suited to this role.

There’s an extended edition that featured my own mother, the very charismatic ‘Mamo Davis’ but unfortunately we had to cut it due to our 60 second time restraint. She was devastated and I think it will take a lot of grovelling if I need her to appear in our next feature. As a Tribute, I wanted to post the extended version here so that everyone can see her talent. I think it’s very reminiscent of Fair City. She couldn’t understand why Denis was putting on an American accent as she had never seen the Truman Show so that’s the reason she’s holding back a grin. Our biggest challenge was the end of the film- Truman’s escape.

I went through a few ideas of painting a wall blue with clouds or bringing a door to the beach but in the end, I think it worked out nicely thanks to Ian’s handy editing. We find out soon whether we’re shortlisted as the top twenty entries should be announced next week. It’s an international competition so there’s a lot of entries including another Truman but I’m hopeful we’ll get through. Hopefully, I’ll be asking you all for your votes soon. In the meantime here are the videos:

This is the 60 second version:

And here is the extended version:

The Truman Show Parody- Extended Version from Jentertainment on Vimeo.