oBsCuRe StUdIoS

Exactly one week ago, we, the crazy maniacs at Obscure Studios, were down in the trenches creating a short film for the NAU 73 Hour Film Festival. We had 73 hours (just over 3 days) to write, shoot, edit, and score a film less than 5 minutes long. Insane? Yes. Fun? Absolutely.

We were required to incorporate a theme (Anxiety) and a line of dialogue ("Where were you last night?"), but other than that, we were free to do whatever we pleased. So, we did. Our final film, Cold Read, is probably the most awkward and risque short we've ever made. We produced such cinematic gems as, "It'll be like 2001: A Space Odyssey, except with mud wrestling and a donkey" and "Okay, but no cocoa butter this time." Needless to say, we're very proud.

Now, as much as we enjoy making art for art's sake, there is a prize at stake here. The winning film goes on to be screened at the highly prestigious Sedona International Film Festival — an accomplishment that's nothing to sneeze at.

The winning film gets announced on Friday, November 19th at 6 pm at the film festival screening at Cline Library Auditorium on the Northern Arizona University campus in Flagstaff, AZ. We would love to see you there. All of the competing films will be shown, so don't miss this chance to see Will McDonald scandalized by Jonny Eberle's "art film" director, the debut of the lovely Hanna Spence-Schehr, and the hilariously deadpan narration of Ron Poe in a comedic tour-de-force that will leave you feeling very dirty.

If your sense of humor is a little twisted and you have a soft spot for supremely awkward situations, then you're not going to want to miss Cold Read! We'll see you at the afterparty!

Take it easy!