Renegade Picture Show

Just a quick update to let everyone know about the 2012 Renegade Picture Show season. We're working on a schedule of events right now and should be up and running this Spring! We can't wait to get back to it.

Last Saturday we hosted the 2011 Reel Rock Film Tour as our 20th Renegade Picture Show. Backwoods sponsored the event - which was really cool of them. It was held at Rocktown on the back of the building where there is a large white screen painted - same place that many other RPSs have been shown. In addition to the film there was a band before the show. This gave me the opportunity to have to build a stage. The band, Sanburke (I think they were called) did a great job. We had a sizable turnout for the show - not sure how many people but I would estimate it was on the order of 60-75. The weather was beautiful, the films were stellar, and overall it appeared that audience really enjoyed the experience. As far as the technical stuff, the sound was superb, the projector (the same one I've used for 5 years running) continues to beam big and bright without a hiccup, and the playing of the show was smooth. For future plans, I'm working on trying to pull-off some sort of Hal...

It's July here in Oklahoma and we are already in the midst of a major heatwave with no sign of relief. With highs in the low hundreds and nighttime lows sill in the 80s, it's difficult to get psyched about sitting outside in the sweltering heat at 10 pm and enjoying anything. I say this only because I'm a little frustrated we missed the very small window of "mild" weather in March that would have been the beginning of this 2011 RPS season. And now here we are, in summer. I would liked to have said that we've already hosted four or five shows in this, our fifth season for the Renegade Picture Show, but its not so. At this point the best we can hope for is a slight cool-down that will allow us to host a major showing. The one good thing is that we still have plenty of time. And summer can't last forever - can it?

Our Super 8 film night last Saturday evening was great. We watched a total of 17 short films ranging in length from about 2 minutes to 20 minutes. The program was divided into two half with the first half consisting of a number of Super 8 films I've found online. After a brief intermission we screened the second half of the program which featured shorts from the 2010 Cambridge International Super 8 Film Festival. Overall the response was good and I think people really enjoyed most (if not all) of the films. The next show - our 20th - will have to be a good one. I'm thinking about what to do. Ideas?

Renegade Picture Show & Aaron W. Gibson present an evening of Super 8 Film Shorts at Rocktown Climbing Gym this coming Saturday. The films vary from far and wide - several were selected as "Best of Fest" from the 2010 Super 8 Festival in Cambridge, England. The films vary widely in terms of genre; foreign, quirky, dark, sentimental, experimental...some arre just plain strange. Some are black and white, some color - appearance and... mood all differ. They all have on thing in common - all were shot in the Super 8 film format. This is a RARE opportunity to see the state of Super 8 filmmaking today and experience stories told across the globe in a variety of ways. This will be the FIRST showing of its type for Renegade and will take place indoors. Yes, indoors at Rocktown, in our Silo Art Space area. Hope you all can be there. We'll do our best to accommodate. The show will begin approximately 8:30 pm. A personal note from Aaron: "I've selected films which explo...

Our first show of 2010 kicks off on Saturday, June 26 at 9 pm. We'll start the evening with Aaron Gibson's film, The Good Soldier . Shot on location at Rocktown Climbing Gym and in Norman, OK, this film has been recognized at festivals both internationally (Cambridge Super 8 Film Fest, England) and locally (deadCenter Film Fest, OKC). In attendance will be various cast and crew. The film will be followed by a short Q&A session. Copies of the film will be available for sale at the showing for $10 ( also available online ). Following a brief intermission we'll then show a classic FEATURE film (~95 min) of a similar genre. For additional details, sign-up on THE LIST and check your email for an update from Pancho here at the Renegade Picture Show. The show will begin at 9 pm. If this will be your first RPS, or if it's been so long you've just forgotten, here's some things you'll want to bring: 1) Some snacks 2) Drinks 3) Something to sit on (or in) 4) Bug s...

We had a great turn-out for this event. This was our first gig that we required tickets for. That's because the film cost us money to show so we needed to charge at least to break even. In order to do so I devised a plan to have vendor booths/sponsors for the event. At one time it appeared we would have 5 vendors but it eventually backed to 3 vendors. All were paying to be at the show and display their wares. As the crowd was mostly climbers, it was after all, a climbing film festival, they were drawn to the outdoor gear-store sponsor, and the wine vendor, the most. Our t-shirt vendor did ok but I think they wished that they would have sold more shirts. In any case, the event went wonderfully - not a single technical issue. In fact, it was probably one of the smoothest running shows I've delivered. As for the climbing films - all were absolutely amazing and with the feedback I got, everyone was really happy they attended. So maybe we'll make it an annual event. **** On to s...