my small italian shotgun wedding

No this isn't a biography of my life. It's a short film my husband and I made a couple of years back. It was shortlisted in Tropfest and was a finalist in the Sour Grapes film festival - but didn't win anything - is there a Sour Grapes Again film festival?

It runs for 4 minutes.

Just click below and enjoy!! Let me know what you think!!

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Comment by Little Angry Doll

December 10th 2006 22:26

Falling Haiku Leaf
Inner West Life

Mrs M,

Very funny! Loved the kitchen scene!

Comment by Lily

December 10th 2006 22:45

Ars Poetica

Mrs M,

i'm sitting here still chuckling... i love how he says 'i was just looking for my car keys'.. lol -- great filming too... any more?

~Lily

Comment by Mrs M

December 10th 2006 22:58

Mum's Word

Hi LAD,

Glad you liked it. Alot of the dialogue was improvised, so the actors did really well.

Hi Lily,

The lead actor (Jimbo) improvised that line. The crew almost burst at the seams trying to contain their laughter while filming was going on.

I've been working on another for about 4 years now. I'm stuck at the writing stage. Bloody writers block.

Thanks for visiting and your comments.

Love & stuff
Mrs M

Comment by Lily

December 10th 2006 23:04

Ars Poetica

ah even better that it was impro-ed... they did well to hold it together....

writers block, damn i hate that... Bullamakanka has a post about writers block at the moment....also some other posts about character development and editing -- might help...

have a you beaut day MrsM....

~Lily

Comment by katyzzz

December 10th 2006 23:06

Photography Tips
MS Paint Art

Mrs. M.

Good to see you having a break from the children.

Nice work.

katyzzz

Comment by Mrs M

December 10th 2006 23:10

Mum's Word

Hi katyzzz,

Only a short break. I'm about to race out the door to go to my sons preschool and finish that short film.

Sometimes I think I wear too many hats.

Hi Lily,

Thanks for the link. I'll take whatever help I can get.

Thanks again.

Love & stuff
Mrs M

Comment by KylieW

December 12th 2006 01:33

Celebrity Obsession

Mrs M,

Love it! The looking for my car keys line was inspired.

I hope your writers block clears up and you can finish the next one. I look forward to seeing it.

KylieW

Comment by Mrs M

December 12th 2006 02:15

Mum's Word

Thanks KylieW. I think Jimbo (the groom) really makes this film. I think if not for him, it probably wouldn't be as funny. He just looks so goofy. And half the lines, he improvised.

I agree, writer's block be gone. I'd like to see the next one too

Love & stuff
Mrs M

Comment by Johanna

December 12th 2006 02:20

PCOS Mum

I loved it! What else, but the car keys? Great idea.

Comment by Mrs M

December 12th 2006 03:15

Mum's Word

Thanks Johanna. I wonder if our kids will use that line when they're older

Love & stuff
Mrs M

Comment by pegasus

December 12th 2006 04:48

Poker Addict

So you posted to YouTube? How's that going?

Comment by Mrs M

December 12th 2006 05:08

Mum's Word

Hi pegasus,

It's been up for about a month but just in the last 2 days since I posted it here it has picked up an extra 30 or so views.

It's going okay I suppose. A couple of people have it as their favourite which is a trip.

Nice to know that there is still some life left in it.

Love & stuff
Mrs M

Comment by pegasus

December 12th 2006 05:12

Poker Addict

Cool. It must be a nice feeling to know people around the world are watching your work.

hugs,

Peg

Comment by AnthonyB

December 12th 2006 09:26

I am of Italian heritage and I love it ! Fantastic film. It's not quite how my family works, but its very well done. I'd love to make my own film and see how it goes. very inspirational.

Top work, Mrs M !!

- Anthony

Comment by AnthonyB

December 12th 2006 09:29

I tried voting twice but it didn't work =(

Still, lovely post !

Comment by Mrs M

December 12th 2006 10:18

Mum's Word

Thanks Anthony. My husband is of Italian descent otherwise I'd have no idea what the father or mother were saying.

I'm of Greek descent and at the time "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" was big so everyone looked towards me to validate the authenticity of the movie. Drove me nuts. So I decided to make the antithesis (but still stereotypical) to that.

I mean, we all know italians like to shoot people...right. I know my father-in-law had a shooters licence.

But go forth and create Anthony, I'd love to see what you come up with.

Love & stuff
Mrs M

Comment by Ash

December 12th 2006 23:20

Flashes of memories

MrsM
Thats hilarious! Job well done
Ash

Comment by Mrs M

December 13th 2006 01:25

Mum's Word

Thanks Ash. Thanks for the visit.

Love & stuff
Mrs M

Comment by MelissaA

December 13th 2006 09:06

Fun Facts

If and when I ever get my sound back I'll let you know, but going by everyone else's comments it looks pretty good.

Comment by Mrs M

December 13th 2006 09:13

Mum's Word

Thanks MelissaA. Yes sound is integral in this

But an idea I'm bouncing around for my next short film is that it's silent.

How funny.

Love & stuff
Mrs M

Comment by Lily

December 13th 2006 09:44

Ars Poetica

Mrs M...

2nd helpings are always good. This time, i noticed Jimbo untangling his arm for the bride and groom toast lol...

good luck on the 'silent' movie .. sounds hard...
but hey, charlie chaplin did it...

writer's block, be gone

stuff and love,
~Lily

Comment by MelissaA

December 13th 2006 09:56

Fun Facts

Mrs M, guaranteed if you put a silent one here for all of us to see, I'll have my sound up and running again. ; )

Comment by Mrs M

December 13th 2006 11:13

Mum's Word

Hi Lily,

2nd, 3rd and 4th helpings are always good. For me though the critic comes out and I notice things I wish I could do differently. The "toast" is my one of my favourite parts. Along with the baby of course.

Hi MelissaA,

It's always the way. Bloody Murphy.

Love & stuff
Mrs M

Comment by Ahmed

July 4th 2007 07:13

Video Gamer Kids
Little Green Foosballs
PolyKicks

I've been nosing around a certain little green aliens blog waiting for him to upload this, didn't know it was here already

haha, I saw the ending a mile away.

Where'd you get the huge cast?

Comment by Mrs M

July 4th 2007 13:56

Mum's Word

The huge cast is actually a bunch of Armenians...someone called someone who called someone else and there you have it.

yoda does have this on his blog.

As for the ending...clever you!