Breakfast to screen at the Egomotion Screening: Flashmob Special

Egomotion are holding another of their screening nights this Saturday, the 19th of December. Following on from the huge success of the Egomotion Flashmob video on YouTube, the screening will culminate in an extended version of the Flashmob video including previously unseen footage and interviews.

As if that wasn’t enough the screening will also include some of the best films from Cork based filmmakers. Included in that selection will be the premier screening of our very own Breakfast. Check out the trailer above to whet your appetite.

Breakfast has taken longer than expected to complete post production, and there is still a slight doubt that the music will be ready for Saturday, so to finally get the film in front of an audience will be a huge moment for Clinic Media and for me personally.

Acting Initiative starts Phase 2

Clinic Media, in association with The Granary Theatre, will be holding a “Creating New Work” workshop on Monday the 19th of October. The purpose of the workshop is to choose people to join Phase 2 of The Acting Initiative and create new work.

The Acting Initiative is an actor’s laboratory for experimenting and exploring a range of techniques, which will stand to the actor’s benefit during any rehearsal process and performance. In Phase 1 actors are invited to attend and share ideas during fortnightly meetings.

In Phase 2 of the Initiative we will be focusing on creating new work. It will primarily be a devising group, but we also plan to work on new scripts – with the writer with a view to getting to a new draft – and at working on a published script and doing a performance of it that focuses mostly on the acting and the text (as opposed to production values).

The motivation behind Phase 2 is similar to Phase 1 in that the regular performances will help to hone the skills of the actors involved. It also allows a platform to put the techniques from Phase 1 into practice.

The workshop on Monday the 19th of October is to decide on the participants for this group. Interested actors are being asked to send their Headshots and CV’s for consideration (clinicproductions@gmail.com). The workshop will run from 7-9, and CV’s will be accepted until Monday the 12th of October.

People who are not picked for the first project may be asked to participate later as we will be looking at group dynamic and suitability to the genre of work we have in mind for each project.

The Acting Initiative will be facilitated by Eoin Ó hAnnracháin and Mary-Louise Mc Carthy.

Filmmakers advice to young filmmakers

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Frank Prendergast agrees to do Breakfast

After holding casting sessions in both Cork and Dublin we are delighted to announce that Frank Prendergast has agreed to join Jody O’Neill in our upcoming short film Breakfast.

Breakfast is a piece I first saw in Project Brand New and it has stayed in my mind ever since. I thought it would make a good short-film the first time I saw it and, after discussing it with Jody, we agreed to see if I was right.

In Breakfast we meet two happily married people who can not cope with the rising inflation as they share one last breakfast together. Although written before the current recession hit, it will no doubt now be viewed as a response piece. When the film finally makes it to the screen I will be interested to see the differences in the audience responses now to those of Project Brand New.

I have been looking for an excuse to work with Jody O’Neill for some time now so casting the female role was an easy decision. Completing casting of a production is always a relief, but Frank brought so much of what I am looking for, from this character, into his audition that I am also very excited about capturing the film I have in my mind on camera.

We film Thursday and Friday of next week so check back soon for updates on the project.

Auditions for short film “Breakfast”

As you may have already read we are looking for a male actor to be in our upcoming short film Breakfast.

Originally written for Project Brand New, “Breakfast” tells the story of a Man and a Woman in love. They have the perfect relationship, the perfect house and the perfect toaster…

As interest rates rise, inflation soars and house repossession reaches an all time high, this Man and Woman make a choice. With no way to make their next mortgage payment (or the one after that) we find them enjoying one last breakfast together.

We are casting for the male role upstairs in The Roundy, 1 Castle Street, Cork on Monday the 8th of June and in The Teacher’s Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1 on Friday the 12th of June.

He is a restaurant manager in his late twenties/early thirties. A breadwinner and an all round dependable type of guy.

To book a slot please email clinicproductions@gmail.com

A 2-day shoot directed by Eoin Ó hAnnracháin for Clinic Media.

As this is a no-budget short film it is an un-paid job, but expenses will be covered.

Clinic Media want a man to join them for Breakfast

Clinic Media will be making their first short film in June. We are delighted that actress and author Jody O’Neill has agreed to turn her short play Breakfast into a short film.

Originally written for Project Brand New, Breakfast tells the story of a Man and a Woman in love. They have the perfect relationship, the perfect house and the perfect toaster… As interest rates rise, inflation soars and house repossession reaches an all time high, this Man and Woman make a choice. With no way to make their next mortgage payment (or the one after that) we find them enjoying one last breakfast together.

O’Neill will be taking up the female role, but we’re still looking to fill the male role. He is a restaurant manager in his late twenties/early thirties. An all round dependable type of guy.

The 2-day shoot will be directed by Eoin Ó hAnnracháin for Clinic Media.

Please send Showreel (or examples of work), Headshot and CV to clinicproductions@gmail.com or post to 33 Slieve Mish Park, Kinsale Road, Cork, Ireland.

As this is a no-budget short film it is an un-paid job, but expenses will be covered.

Clinic get Jody O’Neill’s Breakfast

Clinic Media are delighted to announce the next exciting project, Breakfast by Jody O’Neill. Originally written as a piece for Project Brand New, O’Neill has agreed to turn it into a short film to be directed by Eoin Ó hAnnracháin.

O’Neill has also agreed to play the female character in the film.

A Man and a Woman are in love.

They have the perfect relationship, the perfect house and the perfect toaster… As interest rates rise, inflation soars and house repossession reaches all time highs, this Man and Woman make a choice. With no way to make their next mortgage payment (or the one after that) we find them enjoying one last breakfast together.

The part of the male character and the crew will be announced shortly with filming due to take place in Cork in June.

The Confession

The Confession is a clever short film now showing on the Tribeca Film Festival’s YouTube channel from Irish filmmaker Thomas Hefferon.

Hurry though, it’s showing for a limited time only.

Philips Carousel

A friend of mine drew my attention to this on Facebook yesterday and I was blown away.

What an amazing commercial. I particularly enjoyed the bit with the cop going through the broken glass. Such detail throughout the film! I love it.

Director Adam Berg and Stink Digital created this interactive campaign to promote Philips’ new television, the CINEMA 21:9.

The fact that it reminds me of The Dark Knight and The Matrix, and the microsite has a nod to Sin City and the films of Alfred Hitchcock isn’t hurting of course.

You can see a making of video here.

RTÉ launch online player

RTÉ have launched an online player. You can see eveyrthing from the News and Fair City to Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy. It’s great to see them getting into the internet revolution. Their player works great too. This should be the first steps into a whole new world of online content.

You have to have an Irish broadband connection with at least 1Mbps download speed and a web browser that supports Adobe Flash plug in.

Enjoy!