Clint and Jeremy of Flickskinny.com began the “True Tour Story Project” in the spring of 2006. The conversation leading to it’s for- mation went something like this:
Clint: The “Sprockets Film Festival” wants us to do a cartoon for them, but the deadline for it’s only one month away! What the hell are we going to do?!?
Jeremy: Obviously, we’ll have to leave the country.
Clint: Brilliant!
Jeremy: But wait, with the dollar so low maybe it would be wiser to record some “musician types” telling their wackiest personal tour storiesand then all we’ll have to do is crudely animate them.
Clint: I liked your first idea better.
After 24 days of heated debate (culminating in a final arm-wres- tling showdown), the “True Tour Story Project” was declared a “go” and is now an annual tradition with a new True Tour Stories to premier tonight at the “Sprockets Film Festival.”
(To submit your story email [email protected].)
#Sprockets2014 FILM ATHENS presents: SPROCKETS MUSIC VIDEO FESTIVAL Started in 2004, the Sprockets International Music Video Festival is the longest running film festival exclusively for music videos in the world. Held each summer in Athens, GA – a city known worldwide for its vibrant music and arts scene. The Sprockets festival hosts 2 music video screenings (the Georgia Music Video Show and Sprockets International Music Video Show) and “Sprockets Industry Talks.”
Sprockets gives out 3 awards: (Best Music Video) chosen by our rad judges (see next page) (Audience Choice) chosen by audience ballot Sat. July 19th (Best Georgia Video) chosen by audience ballot Fri. July 18th
“Best Music Video” winner also receives a 6-month Director Pre- mium Account with Radar Music Videos! sprocketsmusicvideofestival.com
2014 Sprockets Music Video Festival is brought to you by Film Athens.
Hear about upcoming screenings, networking events, workshops & more by signing up for our mailing list: www.filmathens.net/mailinglist #Sprockets2014 2014 sprockets judges
ALYSSA DEHAYES Alyssa DeHayes arrived in Athens, GA for college in 2005, and was lucky enough to land an elusive full time job and enough side-hustles to keep her around town.
Alyssa has handled national publicity and media relations for record labels and inde- pendent artists at Team Clermont since 2009. Her experience in this field lends it self to a public relations column for the artist resource company Sonicbids. One year ago, she founded Arrowhawk Records (BAMBARA, Dream Boat, Feverer,) and she operates a blog and sometimes-online-boutique called Arrowhead Vintage.
She and her co-conspirators find punny entertainment in creating websites like the Parks & Rec inspired Tom Haverfoods or the True Detective themed Music Industry Rust Cohle, which worked their way to the likes of Time Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, and more.
Over the years she’s assisted The 40 Watt Club and Ciné with public relations, and dabbled in music photography gigs for local and national outlets.
CAROLINE BOTTOMLEY Caroline Bottomley set up and manages RadarMusicVideos, an award-winning network of over 10,000 music videos directors worldwide. Radar helps labels and artists commis- sion exciting, engaging music videos for affordable budgets. Majors, independent labels, managers and DIY artists use the service and last year over 100 music videos were com- missioned.
Caroline started her career as a successful club and live promoter at Sheffield venue, The Leadmill. She then worked in TV production on many award-winning programmes, before launching Radar. Radar began as a music video festival in 2007 and become the current commissioning network model in 2009.
She’s a regular speaker at conferences, about the business of music video. She a jury member for the UK Music Video Awards. She has an MBA specialising in marketing and is a member of AIM.
DAVID BARBE David Barbe in a music engineer, producer, musician and songwriter, and is the director of the Music Business Certificate Program at the University of Georgia. He has lived in Athens, Georgia since 1981 is Chief Engineer of Chase Park Transduction studio, which opened in 1997. David has worked on hundreds of recording projects as engineer, pro- ducer, musician and writer.
The list of artists with whom he was worked includes Deerhunter, Drive-By Truckers, Dead Confederate and Son Volt. Barbe is known for his work as a songwriter, singer, guitarist, and bass guitarist in Sugar, Mercyland, and Buzz Hungry, as well as solo perfor- mances. #Sprockets2014 2014 sprockets judges
LOUIS CALABRO Louis Calabro is the Director of Awards and Special Events at the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, as well as Founder and Director of the Prism Prize, a national arts award presented to the best Canadian music video of the year.
In 2005, Calabro cofounded Goin’ Steady Productions, acting as DJ and producer for 200+ events in Toronto and Montréal, including the long running Goin’ Steady and Chronologic dance parties.
Calabro has performed original stage material at such prestigious events as Nuit Blanche and Trampoline Hall and in 2006 began the performance series, The End of the Internet featuring bestselling Canadian poet, Christian Bök and Baltimore absurdist composer Dan Deacon. Calabro’s first text, Stop Here on Red Signal 96 was published by Lyrical Myrical Press in 2005.
A graduate of the University of Toronto with a Major in Cinema Studies, Louis lives and works in Toronto.
VINCE MANCINI Vince Mancini is a writer, comedian, film critic, and podcaster best known as the found- ing editor of the humor-focused-but-seriously-film-obsessed website FilmDrunk.com, now part of the Uproxx network. He’s a graduate of the prestigious MFA program in creative writing at Columbia University where he almost had a class with James Franco, and a survivor of the Gathering of the Juggalos, where he appeared in the documentary Whoop Dreams and watched a guy cut off his nipple for money.
These days you can find his work on FilmDrunk, the FilmDrunk Frotcast, the Portland Mercury, stages in and around San Francisco, and all over his mom’s refrigerator.
2014 sprockets trophy artist
Mike Harboldt of Saint Udio Mike was born in California and raised just outside of Atlanta, Georgia. He earned a BFA in ceramics from the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia in 2012. A relentless inventor, with an innate ability to conceive of elegant ideas and bring them to fruition.
Mike started making the Sprockets’ trophies in 2013 where he encorporates iron, wood and a vintage film reel donated to us by Peabody Awards Archive. Each trophy Mike makes is a unique and amazing piece of art. www.saintudio.us
#Sprockets2014 supports Athens Filmmakers
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#Sprockets2014 [saturday] international vIDEOS
LOCAL FILM TRAILERS AND SUCH!
A Film by Molly Roland & Riley Richards
RETRIBUTION Directed by Chris Conley vimeo.com/retributionmovie
PAST IS A GROTESQUE ANIMAL Directed by Jason Miller ofmontrealmovie.com
MUSIC VIDEOS!
Symphony N° 9 by Dvořák Director: Raf Reyntjens 2min 53sec www.caviarcontent.com Seoul / Belgium
#Sprockets2014 [saturday] international vIDEOS
Rock And Roll Forever by The Whigs (Director) Jordan Noel 3min 4sec gingergroupdesigns.com thewhigs.com Atlanta GA USA
Siren by The Brian Travis Band Director: David Barlia 4min 52sec www.facebook.com/thebriantravisband Los Angeles CA USA
The State Of The Greed by Angela Kerfoot (Director) John Jurko II 3min 10sec johnjurko.com soundcloud.com/angelakerfoot Las Vegas NV USA
Looking Back At Today by Sci-Fried (Director) Betsy Lee 5min 24sec betsydraws.com Sci-Fried.com Orlando FL USA
#Sprockets2014 [saturday] international vIDEOS
Lights Out In Zap City by Americans UK (Director) Darin Murano 3min 50sec muranophotography.com americans-uk.com Brooklyn NY USA
Teddy by Dr Glam (Director) Bernardo Rao 5min 46sec twitter.com/Dr_Glam Dunedin New Zealand
Sprockets Industry Talks are sponsored by the Foundry Park Inn Saturday 7/19 1pm & 3pm @ the Melting Point
#Sprockets2014 [saturday] international vIDEOS
On Stoney Ground by Dolman (Director) Tia Salisbury 4min 20sec fyrafilms.com thisisdolman.com Bristol UK
Valse de meduse by Le Cardamomò (Director) Sara Taigher & Gioia Di Biagio 3min 46sec sarataigher.com lecardamomo.com Rome Italy
#Sprockets2014 [saturday] international vIDEOS
Mile High by Brooklynn (Director) Video Rahim 3min 27sec musicvideorahim.com OfficialBrooklynn.com Atlanta GA USA
The New Black by Moon Taxi (Director) WATTS 3min 18sec wattsla.com Los Angeles CA USA
Vacations by Dead Confederate (Director) Jordan Noel 3min 49sec gingergroupdesigns.com deadconfederate.com Athens GA USA
#Sprockets2014 [saturday] international vIDEOS
Biggie Bounce by Diplo feat Travis Porter (Director) Jason Miller 3min 49sec shrine.la maddecent.com Atlanta GA USA
Dance Like This by TalkFine (Director) Liann Kaye 3min 35sec liannkaye.com talkfine.com New York City NY USA
Fear & Delight by The Correspondents (Director) Naren Wilks 3min 20sec naren.co.uk thecorrespondents.co.uk London United Kingdom
Melancholia by Rebeka (Director) Arek Nowakowski 3min 34sec mrmama.tv soundcloud.com/rebekaduo Poznan Poland
#Sprockets2014 [saturday] international vIDEOS
Lover by Yip Deceiver (Director) Brett Vaughn 3min 38sec vimeo.com/brettvaughn yipdeceiver.com Athens GA USA
My Heart Belongs To You by Johnathan Rice (Director) Alan Tanner 3min 23sec alantanner.com johnathanrice.com Los Angeles CA USA
Remélem nincs harag by Solidmen (Director) David Merenyi 3min 15sec davidmerenyi.com Budapest Hungary
#Sprockets2014 [saturday] international vIDEOS
I'm Bad by Alessandro Antonaci (Director) Alessandro An- tonaci 4min 09sec facebook.com/alessandro.antonaci.75 Turin Italy
Phony Show by Morten Winther (Director) Morten Winther 4min 17sec mortenwinther.com Copenhagen Denmark
Akhirnya Indah by The Changcuters (Director) Md Hafiz 3min 35sec scalenestudios.com thechangcuters.net Singapore
Our Insides by Four Eyes (Director) Matthew MacCarthy 3min 23sec vimeo.com/matthewmaccarthy foureyesathens.bandcamp.com Athens GA USA
#Sprockets2014 [saturday] international vIDEOS
Swift Arrows by Shelby Earl (Director) Neil Ferron 3min 32sec vimeo.com/neilferron shelbyearl.com Seattle WA USA
I'm Cured by Aimee Mann (Director) Alan Tanner 3min 00sec alantanner.com aimeemann.com facebook.com/2776album Athens GA / LA USA
Fais les backs by Casseurs Flowters (Director) David Tomaszewski 3min 18sec hvhfilms.com facebook.com/CasseursFlowtersOf- ficiel Paris France
NOW GO VOTE! WINNERS ANNOUNCED TONIGHT!!
#Sprockets2014 2014 staff Joey Foreman - Senior Editor/Lead Editor International Show Audrey Veal - Lead Editor Georgia Music Video Show Mike Harboldt - Trophy Artist Ryan Lewis - Art Director Kimberly Drew - Volunteer Coordinator Chisolm Thompson - Program Designer Danielle Robarge Rusk- Sprockets Organizer
2014 VOLUNTEERS Erin Miller Erica Barton Molly Roland Benjamin Roberds Mallory Pilcher Shelby Eggers Morgan Pilcher Marva Bagher Bethany Iverson Janine Sheedy special thanks to Charlie Mustard, Clint McElroy, Jeremy Long, Asa Leffer, Tiffany Hines, Alicia Nichols, Wade Woolbright, Bob Googe, Christian Hampton, Andy Rusk, Dustin Watts, Cooper Currin, Joshua Glass, Aster Robarge, Julia Weckback, Abigail Agati, Andrew Flage, Velena Vego, Barrie Buck, André Gallant, Barry Rutherford, Abby Hicks, Derek Hill, Blake Aued, Adrienne Andrews ,Cooper Currin, Adam Fairholm, Doug Klinger, Stephen Pitalo, Andy Whitehead, Julie McLeod, Mackenzie Gallahger, Andy Flage, Gabe Vodicka, Blake Aued, Stephanie Skinner, Chris Hines, Mark Acosta, Bethany Ivarson, John Baker, Sarah Guerin, Janine Sheedy, the staff at Flicker, the 40 Watt & the Melting Point and anyone one else we may have momentarily forgotten in our scramble to put the show together - we appreciate you!
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