Toronto International Film Festival 2009 for short film film featuring sound design and audio post by Richard
Described by TIFF as, "a charming tongue-in-cheek drama about a woman who waits outside the gates of heaven for her soulmate," it stars Georgina Reilly - a lead actress in Bruce McDonald's feature film, "Pontypool" (which premiered at last years TIFF).
It is the second time Dev and Richard have collaborated. Last time around, Richard delivered audio post for "Terry Southern's Plums and Prunes"- featuring an original script by Terry Southern (Dr. Strangelove; Easy Rider; Barbarella). This short was also selected by the Toronto International Film Festival, screening in 2007.
'Becoming' awarded 'Best Experimental Film' at Miami Short Film Festival
You can read more about the film below - and on the filmmakers website http://www.becomingthefilm.com/Becoming.html
BravoFact! short 'Becoming' - Premieres in Los Angeles, hits 4 Canadian Festivals, then travels to Barcelona Spain for Festival International De Badalona and Miami during November.
Richard completed sound design for Becoming, a visually stunning short film, written, directed and produced by Ayelen Liberona and Joseph Johnson Cami. Extensive field recording and foley sessions were carried out for this piece, as the entire film was shot MOS. The entire soundscape was built from the ground up.
Featuring animations by Carlos Lascano (2005 Oscar pre-nomination), a wonderful cello based score by New York based Rubin Kodheli, and make up/effects by Colin Penman (Hulk; SAW series), it was a fantastic project to be a part of. A 6 minute version will air on Bravo!, and a longer 8 minute cut will head to the film festival circuit. Key dates so far...
June 6th: Opens up the Dance Camera West Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA)
June 16th and 21st: Screens on opening and closing night at CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival (Toronto, ON)
August 15: Toronto After Dark Film Festival (Canada)
September: Calgary International Film Festival (Canada)
October: Curtocircuito (Santiago de Compostela, Spain) http://www.curtocircuito.org/?lg=ing
October: Planet In Focus Film Festival (Toronto Canada)
November: Festival International De Badalona (Barcelona, Spain) http://www.festivalfilmets.cat/principal.php
November: Miami Short Film Festival (Miami, USA)
Watch the official trailer for 'Becoming' here... http://www.becomingthefilm.com/Becoming.html
UPDATE: The film was recently reviewed by the Goethe Institut where the sound design and music were noted as follows...
"Mention should be made of Rubin Kodheli’s music and Richard Cavagin-Carey’s soundscape, a brilliant fusion of the voices of nature intermixed with menacing eerie chords and arpeggios..."
Read the full article here: http://blog.goethe.de/tanz-de-ca/index.php?/archives/36-Bravo!Fact-and-the-film-Becoming.html
Music cues provided for Gemini Award winning travel documentary, "Departures"
Departures is an inspirational TV show that follows two travellers who drop everything to journey across the world for an entire year. Richard has provided music cues for the upcoming second series of the show.
The show is beautifully shot - and recently won a Best Photography award at the 23rd Annual Gemini Awards - as well as being nominated for Best Picture Editing in an Information Program/Series.
The new series begins airing in Canada on OLN (Outdoor Life Network) in January 2009, and then Internationally to over 40 countries in September 2009 on the National Geographic Adventure Channel.
Short film Slap! screens at 25th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Frieda Luk's short film Slap! - featuring sound design, background music cues and mix by Richard - premiered at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival in May. It screened at the prestigious DGA (Director's Guild of America) Theater on Sunset Boulevard.
The film involves Paul, a man completely overwhelmed from breaking up with his girlfriend. Paul decides to commit suicide. Before he gets to the act, God suddenly appears- an unconventional God that surprises, confounds and challenges him.
The festival is celebrating it's 25th anniversary this year.
UPDATE: Slap! recently screened in France, at the Strasbourg International Film Festival during September 2009.
Richard writes musical score for award winning US film
Richard completed the musical score for U.S. film, 'Invisible Man' during 2007. We are pleased to announce that the film has been selected by the jury as a Finalist at this year's Moondance International Film Festival in Boulder, Colarado. The film - directed by Mark Rogers - "revolves around a day in the life of a homeless man in Washington, D.C.", and is described as,"...the classic story of the underdog who fights against overwhelming odds to help his fellow man." 'Invisible Man' features fourteen music cues by Richard. It screens at the festival on September 1st 2008. http://invisiblemandvd.com/
Update: 'Invisible Man' recently won a bronze award at the 30th Annual Telly Awards in the film/video category.
Update: 'Invisible Man' was also an Official Selection at the 14th Annual International Family Film Festival in Los Angeles, and screens there during March 2009.
Just For Laughs Festival 2008 for film "Terry Southern's Plums and Prunes"
Richard delivered sound design for this short film, written by the legendary Terry Southern - Easy Rider; Dr. Strangelove; Barbarella; Saturday Night Live etc. - and brought to the screen by D Khanna.
After a world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2007, 'Terry Southern's Plums and Prunes' heads up to Montreal Quebec for the annual Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in July 2008. It is to be screened as part of the 12th annual Just For Laughs Film Festival/Eat My Twisted Shorts program - "the largest comedy short film festival in the world" they say... The film get a UK screening at the Portobello Film Festival 2008 in London, England...
Considered too controversial to be made when written by Southern back in the 1960's, it has only now been created for the screen, and has the full backing of the Terry Southern estate.
'Last Run' get first USA screening at Illinois film Festival...
Richard recently completed work on the muscial score and sound design for Brian Yung's short film, Last Run.
Having written an initial score for the project, this was then deconstructed - elements were manipulated in various ways to create a different suite of music. Last Run - shot on beautiful, warm, film - is a piece with a blind man as it's central character. All music and sound design therefore was an interpretation of what this character may experience through a hightened auditory perspective of his surroundings.
Richard even got the opportunity to tip his hat to a favorite 1970's film score by Roy Budd - Get Carter, starring Michael Caine - by utilising instruments such as the dulcitone to emphasise the winter backdrop of Last Run. Sound design elements were captured on set also, which both inspired the score and ensured the ambiences were authentic in the mix.
UPDATE: 'Last Run' begins its film festival journey in the US, playing at the iMAGO Film Festival in April 2009...
Feature Film "Baby Blues"
Richard created sound design for feature film, Baby Blues in late 2007.
Baby Blues was nominated for 3 Alberta Motion Picture Industry Association (AMPIA) Rosie Awards - Best Feature Film, Best Cinematographer (Andrew Scholotiuk) and Best Writer (Lewaa Naserdeen).
On 11th January 2008 the film opened at movie theatres in Windsor, Canada and made total weekend box office revenues of $17,000 - making it the Highest Per-Screen-Average for North America that weekend.
The film begins a rotation on movie tv station, Super Channel in December 2008.
The Last Day - award winning short film...
"The Last Day", a film by Jacob Owens premiered at the Atlantic Film Festival in September 2007, and continues to be screened at festivals worldwide including Barcelona and Madrid. Richard wrote the score for this project - full orchestra with piano. The film won the award for 'Best Short Film" at the 8th Muestra Internacional De Cine GLBT in Valladolid, Spain.
Subsequently, Richard wrote the orchestral score for Jacob's film, "Copain de Memoires", also an Atlantic Film Festival 2007 selection, which has screened at film festivals in Miami, New York City and Europe.
Feature film 'Nara' is coming soon...
Richard created all sound design for this upcoming Canadian feature length thriller/horror film.
The film offered up a host of fantastic opportunities for sound design - a lot of visually rich scenes/cuts to trigger the imagination.
He also contributed five pieces of music to the film's score.
A cinema release is being scheduled for Summer 2009 in Canada.
In the meantime the film gets the first in a series of early screenings at the Hamilton Film Festival 2008 in early November.
Watch the theatrical trailer here... http://narathemovie.com/
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