Texture. Taste. Time. Pressure. Creativity. Mystery.
Turns out, the ingredients for a good soup happen to have quite a bit in common with what goes into a quality film festival. So, for the 12th annual Oak Cliff Film Festival, that was the theme: Soup. Along with being OCFF's wettest campaign, Soup's On! was also their most successful.
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Pre-festival materials included filmmaker entry cards, posters for local establishments, and a teaser film that began to introduce the idea to independent theatre audiences. I composed the music and directed this film with Nick Denman.
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On the first day of the festival, we showed "Soup's On!" a welcome to the 12th Annual Oak Cliff Film Festival.
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The program borrowed culinary language and soupy soupy typography for our wet and delicious presentation.
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During the festival weekend, we even worked with a local chef and the festival programmers to pair a repertory showing of Tampopo (1985) with some delicious bowls of ramen.
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We also created unique soup-themed bumpers to play before each film category presentation.
During the fest, attendees were encouraged to punch in to movies on two timecard machines (as seen in the welcome video)
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Soupcore is in. You heard it here first.
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Press:
CD: Nick Denman, Benjy Joung
Design: Tess Fam
"The Stock" Film
Story by: Benjy Joung
Director: Benjy Joung and Nick Denman
Director of Photography: Brett Waguespack
Art Department: Kris McKinney
Music: Benjy Joung
"Soup's On!" Film
Story by: Benjy Joung
Director: Benjy Joung
Director of Photography: Brett Waguespack
Camera Operator: Alyssa Udonovitch
Art Department: Kris McKinney, Emily Gibson
Music: Benjy Joung
Story by: Benjy Joung
Director: Benjy Joung and Nick Denman
Director of Photography: Brett Waguespack
Art Department: Kris McKinney
Music: Benjy Joung
"Soup's On!" Film
Story by: Benjy Joung
Director: Benjy Joung
Director of Photography: Brett Waguespack
Camera Operator: Alyssa Udonovitch
Art Department: Kris McKinney, Emily Gibson
Music: Benjy Joung
"Bumpers Omakase" Films
Creative Direction: Nick Denman and Benjy Joung
Director: Brett Waguespack
Director of Photography: Kevin Yurasovich
Art Department: Kris McKinney
Creative Direction: Nick Denman and Benjy Joung
Director: Brett Waguespack
Director of Photography: Kevin Yurasovich
Art Department: Kris McKinney