Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Uncategorized PSST! 3 gets your attention at the Plaza
Posted by Jonathan Williams on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Subtlety isn't normally the way movie marketing machines get audiences' attention. But when it comes to underground shorts composed in an experimental manner, a little bug in the ear may be a bit more effective than billboards and elaborate trailers.
Having world premiered in Los Angeles in February, PSST! 3, a collection of short films created over the last year by teams from around the world, comes to Atlanta's Plaza Theatre Wednesday night. Each film was made in three parts, with one team passing its portion off to another like that kids game Telephone, where information is passed in a circle by means of whispering ear to ear.
This mash-up technique of filmmaking is similar to the way The Signal, and Atlanta-made horror film, was told in three parts by three different directors. But PSST! 3's 17 shorts combine live action, animation and various other creative techniques within each finished piece. More than 175 artists, filmmakers and animators participated in PSST! 3, which runs just over an hour in length. So the results are sure to be chaotically interesting, which is more than can be said of most big-budget movies.
Wed., March 18, 7:30 p.m. $5. Plaza Theatre, 1049 Ponce de Leon Ave. 404-873-1939. www.plazaatlanta.com.
(Photo courtesy PlazaAtlanta.com)
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