This is the trailer for the feature length film Loves Her Gun by Geoff Marslett premiering Spring 2013
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A Swerve Pictures and Wordmark Systems Production
starring Trieste Kelly Dunn, Francisco Barreiro, Ashley Rae Spillers and Melissa Hideko Bisagni with appearances by John Merriman, Heather Kafka, Chris Doubek and Jennymarie Jemison
cinematography by Amy Bench
editing by Ian Holden
production design by Javier Bonafont
sound design by Robert Kellough
and original score by Hanan Townshend
with songs by Howe Gelb, The Silos, Marianne Dissard, Ben Weaver, Peter Wagner, The Karate Kids, Leo Rondeau and Nicole Atkins
produced by Geoff Marslett
produced by Robert Howell, Melissa Dalley, Lauren Modery and Geoff Lerer
written by Lauren Modery, Geoff Marslett and Geoff Lerer
directed by Geoff Marslett
copywrite 2013

• WINNER of the juried Louis Black Lone Star Filmmaker Award at SXSW 2013

• “Loves Her Gun is one of the most soothing examinations of fear you’re ever likely to see. Adopting an appealingly low-key approach to a high-stakes subject, this gently observant drama from Geoff Marslett takes its sweet time introducing the girl to the gun, but when it does, we’re all but guaranteed to care.” – Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times (chosen as a critic’s pick)

• “An essential film about women and violence” – Gayle Trotter, Think Progress

• “Almost documentary like realism” – Michael Nordine, The Village Voice

• “As both a life-in-Austin indie and a piercing social commentary, Loves Her Gun is gripping and thoroughly entertaining cinema, the sort of unnervingly real, thought-provoking movie that does the Austin film industry proud.” – Don Clinchy, Slackerwood

• “Her own descent into violence is so unsensationalized that it comes as a shock to see where it leads, at the same time that director Geoff Marslett and his co-writer, Lauren Modery, make it feel inevitable.” – Elise Nakhnikian, Slant Magazine

• “the film isn’t about guns; it’s about people, and Marslett seems to know them rather well. Certainly he knows how to elicit unscripted scenes of bristling realism from talented, undersung actors. But he also knows that community is where the interesting stories, and maybe the solutions, lie — a notion that both Rick Santorum and Hillary Clinton could get behind.” – Ted Scheinman, Los Angeles Review of Books

• “Marslett has a real feeling for this place and these people; his Austin party scenes are seductive and atmospheric” – Andrew O’Hehir, Salon

• “Top 5 from SXSW Film” – Chris Vognar, The Dallas Morning News

• “Like Allie’s current plight, the film has a sort of meandering feel that fits just right without making it seem like the story is going nowhere. Her natural progression through various situations, good and bad, registers as real” – Annette Kellerman, Ain’t It Cool News

• “3 1/2 Stars” – Don Simpson, Film Threat

• “One minute she’s thriving and you’re thrilled for her, but slowly the darkness creeps back in and you’re begging her to make the right decision rather than lose herself to the memories of the attack.” – Perri Nemiroff, Shockya

Who's out there? Why do we care?
And what is love??

MARS is a uniquely animated romantic comedy about astronauts and robots falling in love on their way to the red planet. Told in the playful style of a graphic novel, MARS is equal parts character driven story, homage to our galactic neighbor, and exploration of why we explore. See more at: swervepictures.com and filmscience.com

*Featuring Mark Duplass, Zoe Simpson, Paul Gordon, Cynthia Watros, Michael Dolan, Liza Weil, James Kochalka, Howe Gelb and Kinky Friedman

**Written and Directed by Geoff Marslett

***Shot in Austin, Texas

SXSW Film Festival March 2010, Austin, Texas
Maryland Film Festival May 2010, Baltimore, Maryland
BAMcinemaFEST June 2010, Brooklyn, New York
Salt Lake City Film Festival August 2010, Salt Lake City, Utah
Flagstaff Film Festival August 2010, Flagstaff, Arizona
Nevada City Film Festival August 2010, Nevada City, California
Chesapeake Film Festival September 2010, Eastern Shore of Maryland
Dallas Video Fest September 2010, Dallas, Texas – honorable mention for Narrative Feature Competition
Sidewalk Moving Pictures Festival September 2010, Birmingham, Alabama
The Lund International Fantastic Fest September 2010, Lund, Sweden
Best of Lund International Fantastic Fest October 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark
Bendfilm October 2010, Bend, Oregon

Tucson Film and Music Festival October 2010, Tucson, Arizona – Closing Night Film
Anaheim International Film Festival October 2010, Anaheim, California
Sitges Festival International de Cinema Fantastic de Catalunya October 2010, Sitges, Spain
BFI London Film Festival October 2010, London, England
Heartland Truly Moving Pictures Festival October 2010, Indianapolis, Indiana
Indie Memphis October 2010, Memphis, Tennessee – winner jury award for narrative ambition
Holland Animation Festival November 2010, in Utrecht, Holland
Cucalorus Film Festival November 2010, Wilmington, North Carolina
Utopiales Festival November 2010, Nantes, France
Expotoons International Animation Festival December 2010, Buenos Aires, Argentina
reRun Gastropub Theatre Brooklyn, New York – ran week of 3-9, 2010

San Francisco Independent Film Festival Feb. 2011 – San Francisco, CA
The Texas Theater Dallas, TX – Dallas, TX – ran week of Feb 11-18, 2011
Austin Film Society Best of the Fests Feb. 2011 – Alamo Drafthouse, Austin, TX
Real Art Ways Feb. 2011 – Hartford, Connecticut
!f Istanbul International Independent Film Festival Feb. 2011 – Istanbul, Turkey
MARS was also be part of their !f2: Live from Istanbul (shown in 26 cities in the region) and Geoff headed up a workshop for festival participants
Monstra Festival de Animacao de Lisboa March 2011 – Lisbon, Portugal
Geoff also co-taught a workshop as part of the festival
Alamo Ritz March 7-9, 2011 – Austin, TX
limited run right at the Alamo Drafthouse
Future Film Festival Bologna, Italy, April 21
The Atlanta Film Festival Atlanta, GA, May 3 and May 6
Modern Film Fest in Kannapolis, NC, September 30th

The video for "The Curtains Wide" by The Painted Redstarts.
facebook.com/thepaintedredstarts
Music video directed by Geoff Marslett.
swervepictures.com
Camera by Geoff Marslett and Caleb Kuntz.
Special thanks to University of Texas RTF Department and Jeremy Gruy for tech assistance.
Produced entirely on VHS (in studio 4A and the Continental Club) in the era of HD.
2014.

14 teams of Austin based studios and freelancers participated in a 48 hour animation challenge in the spirit of an Exquisite Corpse presented by the Austin Motion Artists Group, Moontower VFX, Houndstooth Studio, and The Octopus Project.

On January 17th, 2014, each team received a specifically designed start frame, an end frame, an 11 second 4 bar phrase of the chosen Octopus Project song and a guiding theme "The Ecstatic Energy of Geometry."

2 days later, everybody converged on Moontower VFX to assemble their segments into a seamless 3 minute music video, drink beer, and revel in the bliss of their collaborative creation. There was also a pool table.

Credits:

Presented by: Austin Motion Artists Group, Moontower VFX, Houndstooth Studio, and The Octopus Project

Produced by: Travis Benn and Ryan Padgett

Hosted by: Moontower VFX

Keyframe Design by: The Octopus Project and Houndstooth Studio

"MMKIT"
Written and Performed by The Octopus Project
Peek-A-Boo Records

Animation:

0:06 - 0:18 Diego Hernandez - Cuyá Productions cuyaproductions.com/
0:18 - 0:30 Greg Omelchuck - Moontower VFX moontowervfx.com/
0:30 - 0:41 Chris Beaver - Powerhouse Animation powerhouseanimation.com/
Willis Bulliner
Ryan Cullen
Louie Granda
0:41 - 0:53 Travis Benn - Houndstooth Studio houndstoothstudio.com/
0:53 - 1:05 Geoff Marslett - Swerve Pictures swervepictures.com/
1:05 - 1:17 Dustin Scott - Great Job LLC greatjob.tv
Michael Ricks mricks.com
1:17 - 1:29 Jacob Hilton foliohilton.com
Thomas Thorne systmh.blogspot.com/
1:29 - 1:41 Wiley Wiggins wileywiggins.com/
1:41 - 1:52 Scott Gelber stateofeternity.com/
1:52 - 2:04 Nick Walker - Zoticus Design zoticusdesign.com/
2:04 - 2:16 Adam Garner - Trigger Studios trigger-studios.com/
2:16 - 2:28 Ryan Padgett - Chaotic Moon Studios chaoticmoon.com/ duale.tv/
Brad Dugdale audiobrad.com/
2:28 - 2:40 Ray Pena - Moontower VFX moontowervfx.com/
2:40 - 2:52 Toto Miranda - The Octopus Project theoctopusproject.com/
Josh Lambert

austinchronicle.com/screens/2014-01-17/introducing-the-octopus-projects-exquisite-corpse/

Yakona is a visual experience through the crystal clear waters of the San Marcos River and its headwaters at Spring Lake. Follow the river on an impressionistic journey from its point of view as it flows from source to sea, through the changing seasons, through time and memory. Experience its relationship with the natural world and its interactions with humankind. Through Yakona, the voice of the river calls on humanity's higher nature, inspiring its protection by revealing its beauty and life-giving spirit.