Love Story 2015 Short Film Watch Online

[Jenine Killebrew]

As the film emerges festival season with awards from the New Hampshire Film Festival, the Hawaiian International Film Festival, and more, its creators are hoping Aikāne can reach a global audience with its message of positivity and queer love.

Dean Hamer: Joe and I had been working on [it] for more than 20 years, even though we didn't know it. We've spent all our time together since we got married working on making documentaries and helping to tell stories of queer people and mostly of the injustices and the wrongs and the challenges that we face and the perseverance that's required to survive.

We felt it was time to tell a different type of story. Instead of talking about all of the struggle and the conflict of queerness, [we wanted to] talk a little bit about the benefits. During all of our work together, what has always held us together, despite all the conflict that we've witnessed and been involved in, is our love for one another and our trust of one another and our relationship.

In traditional, pre-Western contact times, those relationships were quite common. Chiefly folk were especially noted to have intimate friends of the same sex within their retinue, within their midst, because they needed their close confidantes. They needed people who they could trust with their life, and they also needed support if they were not able to tend to an important matter. If their aikāne went on their behalf, it was sanctioned and accepted. That changed with Christianity. Christianity made relationships like that go the other way and be negative. So I come from a culture that only knows one pronoun, he, she, and it is only one word, and that is ʻo ia. 'O ia is an indicator of how my people feel about sex and gender.

Daniel Sousa: I was really amazed that we could tackle an original fictional story that was epic and had monsters and mythology and a love story, [and somehow] juggle all these pieces together. These characters did not speak and had to communicate through pantomime, almost like shadow puppet theater, which I thought was fascinating, too. We arrived at something that we were all happy with.

DH: We told [Hinaleimoana] that we didn't really see any known Kānaka story that exactly fit this sort of arc that we were looking for. She was very clear that we should be careful not to pretend it was a Hawaiian story or even any other Polynesian story, because there were no Samoan stories or Tongan stories or Māori stories that we knew of that fit either. So we were careful to do that, and we got rid of anything in the dress or the tattoos and the landscapes even, that would make it specifically Hawaiian. Then we showed pretty much the finished film, or very close to the finished film, to Hina.

I often find that queer love stories in general are portrayed pretty tragically. But what I love about the ending of Aikāne is the fact that we have our protagonists being successful against this evil, opposing force, and they get to enjoy their love afterwards. I'd love to know about the significance of that.

DH: Although there are plenty of gay love stories, they're always about the fight of the two people against homophobia, against outside forces that are against them. And about that struggle. We know that's a lot of life, but since we had the freedom of fiction, we just wanted to imagine what would happen in a world where there was none of that. And where them being two men doesn't really make any difference. We made this movie because we think that telling a queer love story with a happy ending is a form of resistance.

In October I graded a great little short film titled Necrophilia: A Love Story. It was written and directed by Michael Millichamp. It's currently doing the festival circuit, so it's unlikely it will be available to view online for a good while. I am however allowed to share a few frames.For more info on the short, check it's Facebook page here.

As with pretty much all projects I work on, the raw footage looked great straight out of the camera. Therefore the idea behind the grade was to enhance what was originally captured. For the night time grave shots and interior party scenes I used the summer blockbuster technique. Mainly too boost the cool night time look, rather than to create a teal and orange colour separation.

The other method I sometimes use is to setup the first tint node exactly the same, but on the next node I create a luminance qualifier to isolate just the blacks and lower shadows. Then I desaturate them. This method can work quite well although there are two things to be aware of:

"Everyone is going through something." Sony Pictures Animation has just launched their new 7-minute short film titled The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story, an official creation from the Spider-Verse team and animators at the studio. While waiting as they keep working on the sequel to Across the Spider-Verse there's this to watch to help hold everyone over. Miles Morales experiences a panic attack that forces him to confront the manifestations of his anxiety and learn that reaching out for help can be just as brave an act as protecting his city from evil. Catch the entire short film in full below. Sony: "We are proud to officially debut The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story, in partnership with the Kevin Love Fund." This follow-up features Shameik Moore back as the voice of Miles, with Brian Tyree Henry as his father Jeff. The Spider Within was developed & produced in the inaugural year of Sony Pictures Animation (SPA) and Sony Pictures Imageworks' (SPI) Leading & Empowering New Storytellers (LENS) program. It turned out superb. Even if it is a bit different from the movies, this is still an important story to tell with Miles - worth a watch.

The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story is directed by the animation filmmaker Jarelle Dampier, who is making his directorial debut with this - he's mainly a storyboard artist on other animated series including "Young Justice", "Spider-Man", "Invincible", and "Fast & Furious Spy Racers" previously. The screenplay is written by Khaila Amazan. It was produced by LENS program creators Michelle Raimo-Kouyate and David Schulenburg. Made by Sony Pictures Animation. Debuted by Sony Pictures + the Kevin Love Fund online.

Remember that Spike Jonze directed short film that all of us were raving about from Sundance this year? Well, after a fairly short wait the film has arrived online in its entirety for your viewing pleasure. Titled I'm Here, the short is about two robots who fall in love, set in a world a bit different from our own. It's kind of hard to describe, but it's a wonderful film, one of the few shorts I've ever felt compelled by enough to feature on the site. Absolut (who financed the film) has put a cap on how many people can watch it, so you'll have to hit the official website at the right to see it, but I highly suggest checking it out. It truly is an amazing short!

I'm Here is written and directed by visionary filmmaker and artist Spike Jonze, of the films Adaptation, Being John Malkovich, and Where the Wild Things Are previously. This 31 minute short film stars British actor Andrew Garfield and actress Sienna Guillory, one of Maxim's 100 sexiest women. It was funded by Absolut Vodka as a promo for the liquor, but was also available for sale at the Sundance Film Festival. I'm not sure this will be arriving in theaters at all, but I hope it's eventually going to be available on DVD with some extra behind-the-scenes footage, because I'd love to see more from this. What did you think?

FYI: Since the publication of this blog post, it has been one of the most popular contributions on this blog! ? Therefore, we decided to offer you an extra series of inspiring short films with accompanying ready-made lesson activities in a new blog post. Check it out ?

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Do you already use short films in class or are you planning to do so? I hope I gave you some new ideas that might inspire you.Which of these ideas is your favorite? Let us know on Twitter! - @ibookwidgets

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A young school child who is struggling with dyslexia is constantly belittled, ignored and bullied by his classmates, teachers and even school principals. If this continues he faces a life living in the shadows of success. That is until one day someone steps in and changes his life forever.

Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom is the story of a young Chinese man, who is disillusioned with his dead-end job at a supermarket. A spin of the globe leads him to choose Ireland as the destination for his new life and further research informs him that the official language of that country is Gaeilge.

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