That’s Jentertainment

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.