Can you believe our little comedy shorts festival is going to the big screen?  Well, we are!  I am pleased to announce we are joining forces with the FilmDayton Festival this year, August 24th at the Neon Theater in downtown Dayton.  We are going to be on the big screen and it will be the best incarnation yet.  I am really thrilled that we have teamed up with them and this is getting bigger than I ever really imagined and that is great stuff.  We will screen on Friday night and I’ll have more details as we get closer.

Do you want to have one of your shorts showcased?  Here’s the submission details:

Funny.  Any video that is funny.  Under 5 minutes.  Under 5 minutes and funny.  All submissions must be received by August 6th, 2012.  FREE.  I must have the physical copy or digital copy of your short by 8/6 and NO LATER in the following formats:  .mov or .mp4.  The process of screening and compiling these shorts is time consuming, so I need at least 2 1/2 weeks to be in front of it all.  RECAP:  Under 5 minutes, FUNNY, in my hands by 8/6/12.  The higher quality the better, but remember that if something is funny, that trumps all else.  ALL else.

Those are the only rules.  The time limit is so we can showcase as many videos by as many filmmakers as we can in the 90 minute time frame.  90 minutes is the best length of time for a comedy and much consideration goes into building this 90 minute collective of shorts to build and provide a unique and hilarious viewing experience.

I will accept yousendit.com, dropbox, and other file transfer services at the email:  ryanjsinger@hotmail.com

Or you can mail submissions on Data DVD to:

Ryan Singer
1133 Justin Ave.
Apt. 115
Glendale, CA 91201

Flick My Clip started as an attempt to unite the creative forces and minds of stand up comedians and filmmakers in the Southern Ohio area.  It seemed like a natural fit and has proven to be just that so far.  The number of creative forces and minds in this area is immense and this comedy shorts festival is a great way for these forces to unite and collide.  The local talent is the focus and the outside contributors are a unique way to get introduced to the creative minds working hard outside the local frame of comedic reference.

Just for more clarification about the types of videos we will consider:  anything that you have filmed and edited that you think is funny can be submitted.  Including the pilots of web series, individual episodes of web series that are stand alone funny, music videos, spoofs, sketches, anything.  I am not going to be actively looking for copyright violations, so please try your best to submit only original works.  But, we are not that corporate or mainstream and I can appreciate the guerilla style filmmaker.  Just make people laugh.

Facebook event page if you like to follow along there ==> http://www.facebook.com/events/359307320800768/

I am genuinely excited and looking forward to watching each and every submission for this year’s festival.  So, on behalf of myself and the fine folks at FilmDayton, thanks in advance for sharing your creativity, hard work, and willingness to be a participant.  -  Ryan Singer

I am proud to announce that we are doing a second installment of the “Flick My Clip – Comedy Shorts Festival.” The inaugural screening was a success. And yes, I used the term “inaugural” as I intend for it to become an institution rivaling that of Sundance and the like.  The Second Installment will be held once again at Go Bananas Comedy Club and will be on February 16th, 2010.  We had awesome shorts graciously given to us for screening by so many talented folks, it was a real treat and I am hoping to make it even bigger and better this time around.  I want you to be a part of it!

UPDATED!!!  LIST OF FILMS/FILMMAKERS FOR FLICK MY CLIP 2:

PSA’S – Reid Faylor, Andrew Short and Ryan Singer
Sunbathers – Beef and Sage
Cut Your Own Christmas Tree – Tim Harmston
The Beard – Beef and Sage
A Pointless Short – GB
Livin’ the Dream Part 1 – Mike Newman
Prop 8 “A True Story” – Joey Ogelsby
Jones Cheap Ass Prepaid and Legal – Ramiro Castro
Jones Good Ass BBQ & Foot Massage – Ramiro Castro
Best Party Ever – Future Friend!
The Opener w/Jimmy Dore – Jim Tews
The Opener w/Maria Bamford – Jim Tews
I Blame the Jacket – Jim Tews
The Meeting – Bill Squire
Stepdad – Bill Squire
Dr. Incredulous – Beards of Industry
Roomate – Beards of Industry
G.O. Bananas – Mike Cronin and Ryan Singer
House Sitting – Mike Cronin and Alex Stone
Dave Waite Fever – Dave Waite and Alex Stone
Hipster Song – Alex Stone and Mike Cronin
Suburban Housewife Rap – Sally Brooks
The Angry Bacon Shorts – Vincent Holliday
Christian Camp – Jared Cullum
A Cartoon About Death – Jesse Fernandez

Part of the reason, the main reason why we wanted to start this festival is to get the local comedians with a love of making comedy shorts and local filmmakers who have a love of comedy together in a collaborative relationship. At least, in my mind, it seems beneficial that these two worlds would merge at least for moments of glory in the future. Why not try to get the best out of the resources and talent in our area?

We had some great surprises at the festival and I hope for even more this time around. I am begging at this point for all local and national and worldly short comedy filmmakers to submit to me their videos. If you think it is funny, I want to see it. There is no prize, no esteemed recognition that comes along with acceptance at this point. But, you will get your hard work showcased in front of some great and truly educated fans of comedy. The local comedy fans in Cincinnati and the surrounding areas have proven time and time again that they would and in fact, will support comedy that they find meets their demands.

No matter how rich, how famous, how disconnected I may ever become, one thing is certain: I intend to carry on the tradition of “Flick My Clip” until I am in the grave. Let us hope that that is later than sooner. If you are interested in having your short screened as part of the festival, please email me:

ryanjsinger@hotmail.com

Here are the requirements:
1. funny
2. you made it
3. under 5 minutes long (exceptions will be made on specific cases, please inquire if you have longer piece)
4. submitted by 1/31/10

There is a facebook event page that you can reference if you like for more information, but you will pretty much get the same information I have already given you here. I look forward to discovering more local artists that we can all enjoy and possibly work with in the future. Get off your ass and make something.

We had a blast on Wednesday night and look to have even more fun on Saturday (2 shows: 8 and 1030) and Sunday night.  Our buddy Tom Bolton made this kickass flyer for the show:

If you bring a canned good and make a reservation, you get half price tickets for Saturday night.  It is a food drive, not for me.  If you do that on Sunday night, you get in for FREE!  What is better than helping people and laughing for free?  Nothing.

As a special added incentive for the Sunday night show, if we sell out the show, I will give everyone a free copy of my new cd entitled, “How To Get High Without Drugs.” By sold out, I mean that the number of free seats available will be no more than I can count on my two hands.  It would be an awesome way to end an awesome weekend.  No pressure.  There just may be an extra special surprise on Sunday night’s show as well.  Hint, hint.

If you came to my cd recording show last month, come on out to get your free copy of the cd that I owe you.  Or email me your address so I can send it to you as a late Christmas present.