The films of Christian Gridelli and Hunter Norris.Tumblr (3.0; @dimestorefilms)http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzd4pe0G8q1qb8810o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Our short was picked as a finalist for the Chicago IO 30 day film fest “Vidiocy”. It’ll screen this Thursday (Feb 16th) at 7 PM at IO. From there the finalists will be voted on by the audience and whittled down to a top 3. Live in Chicago and want to come vote for our film (or anyone’s for that matter)? You should.</p> <p>Above is a teaser image and the title we picked out of a hat to be our topic. The time limit and 30 day crunch while working full time was a bit sketchy at times but I’m happy with our content. Lets hope others are as well.</p>http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/17588888166http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/17588888166Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:08:00 -0600ChicagoFilmfestivals<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyl4y0gQKY1qb8810o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>3 days left until our shoot for IO 30 day film fest challenge. Preproduction in full swing.</p>http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/16728960646http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/16728960646Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:20:23 -0600DimeStore Filmsshort filmI HAD HAND!<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lya6uqsfyN1qzn4uwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Writing for DimeStore as the astronaut smiles down upon us. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">Instagram</a> at Atomix)</p> </blockquote> <p>Script just about done for the 30 day IO Short Film contest. Tomorrow, preproduction.</p>http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/16425262698http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/16425262698Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:53:54 -0600<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly11rftSLb1qzn4uwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.nevermindthebolex.com/post/16099912817/writing-begins-for-the-io-vidiocy-film-fest-we"></a></p> <p>Writing begins for the IO Vidiocy Film Fest we entered. We drew a title from a hat and have 30 days to write, shoot, edit, and submit. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">Instagram</a> at Hollywood Grill)</p> <p>Right now the hardest part is trying to stuff our idea into the 6 minute window…conclusion: our comedies will always be too wordy.</p>http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/16104866794http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/16104866794Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:54:05 -0600DimeStore FilmsImportant research materials<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lubp4m4CcH1qz84pso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tumblr.peterostrander.com/post/12499396924/bizarro-dimestore-films-taken-with-instagram">peterostrander</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Bizarro DimeStore Films. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p>Man I’ve lost a lot of hair…oh, right I’m probably the one in the plaid looking anxious.</p> <p>-C</p>http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/12532402884http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/12532402884Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:49:52 -0600<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/31303733" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Brand new, special <em>extended </em>episode of DimeStore Does It!</p> <p>Episode 3: Dining Out. </p> <p><span>The DimeStore gents take a stroll to a hot new spot they’ve been reading about.<br/></span></p> <p>If you enjoy this episode or any of our other work, spread the love by reblogging or just letting us know what you thought.</p> <p>Xo,</p> <p>Christian and Hunter</p> <p>(The gentlemen of DimeStore Films)</p>http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/12176309097http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/12176309097Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:57:46 -0500DimeStore FilmsDimeStore Does ItShort FilmSketchComedy<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltmgrkSB0k1qb8810o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>After a hiatus to shoot another project and work on our feature, it’s back.</p> <p>A new <em>and</em> extended installment of DimeStore Does It!</p> <p>Coming Monday.</p>http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/11967657905http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/11967657905Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:20:18 -0500DimeStore FilmsDimeStore Does It<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvtf8Lrh41qb8810o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvtf8Lrh41qb8810o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvtf8Lrh41qb8810o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvtf8Lrh41qb8810o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvtf8Lrh41qb8810o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvtf8Lrh41qb8810o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvtf8Lrh41qb8810o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvtf8Lrh41qb8810o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvtf8Lrh41qb8810o9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvtf8Lrh41qb8810o10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>DimeStore Films photo shoot for our production packet, success.</p> <p>I wish we had more time and money to do some of our other ideas but hey, we’ll take cake and a crossbow any day.</p>http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/11337288520http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/11337288520Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:17:00 -0500<p>Pictures to come but until then I’ll leave you with this, a list of things involved in the shoot:</p> <p>- a sheet cake<br/> -birthday candles<br/> - a crossbow<br/> - Chicago style hotdogs<br/> - a mustard bottle</p>http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/11238048849http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/11238048849Sun, 09 Oct 2011 14:20:10 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsezluIJFr1qb8810o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>You know it’s a DimeStore shoot if…</p>http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/10913647755http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/10913647755Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:17:54 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lse515XgyR1qb8810o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lse515XgyR1qb8810o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lse515XgyR1qb8810o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lse515XgyR1qb8810o3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>Lots of irons in the fire. Shooting two projects this weekend, finishing one of those.</p> <p>One of projects looks something like this (see above). The other is a new DimeStore Does It.</p> <p>We know its been awhile but we’ve been working on putting our feature together and having to work our actual jobs quite a bit. Thanks for sticking around, I can’t wait to post the finished films.</p>http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/10888925439http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/10888925439Sat, 01 Oct 2011 09:35:06 -0500DimeStore FilmsShort Films<p>Our feature film teaser/fundraising video that you saw behind the scenes stills for is progressing nicely.</p> <p>Picture cut - Done.</p> <p>Get graphics laid in - laid indeed.</p> <p>Recording the voice over track this morning with VO artist Bob Ball. You may know him from the opening of The Maximum Fun podcast <em>My brother, my brother, and me</em>.</p> <p>Pretty neat.</p>http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/8645522881http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/8645522881Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:53:00 -0500The Origins of Wit and HumorOur First FeatureMaximum Fun<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp5nmtHUls1qb8810o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Filming a new <em>DimeStore Does It</em> this weekend.</p> <p>Promo and release coming soon.</p>http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/8261193462http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/8261193462Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:40:04 -0500DimeStore Does It<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lni9l9BYBg1qb8810o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lni9l9BYBg1qb8810o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lni9l9BYBg1qb8810o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lni9l9BYBg1qb8810o8_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lni9l9BYBg1qb8810o3_500.jpg"/><br/> Monitoring<br/><br/> <img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lni9l9BYBg1qb8810o5_500.jpg"/><br/> Team DimeStore<br/><br/> <img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lni9l9BYBg1qb8810o6_500.jpg"/><br/> Commitment<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lni9l9BYBg1qb8810o9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lni9l9BYBg1qb8810o7_500.jpg"/><br/> The Crew<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lni9l9BYBg1qb8810o10_500.jpg"/><br/> Pops and Jr. My favorite DP and old pal.<br/><br/> <p>GPOYShootW</p> <p>Here are some behind the scenes shots from our teaser shoot we did to gain interest/raise funds for our feature. We’ll be taking our efforts to Kickstarter while the production company working with us will take the more professional producery route and hit up their contacts and search for grants.</p> <p>It’s in post right now (editing/color correcting, drop in graphics, drop in VO, and finally music) and we’re really happy with how it turned out. Our goal was to think of a unique way to summarize what the film is about and deliver that information while maintaining a unique visual style and illustrate the sense of humor/tone in our writing…mission accomplished.</p> <p>We can’t wait to show it to you all.</p> <p>Fun fact: We needed hair as one of our elements in the shoot, Hunter shaved his head. Commitment, that is our middle name. Mostly, we were too embarrassed to go to a hair cuttery and ask for a hair pile. There’s no tactful/non creepy way to do that…and if there is we would have fucked it up…knowing us it’d turn into an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.</p>http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/7052098217http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/7052098217Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:08:00 -0500DimeStore FilmsOur First FeatureThe Origins of Wit and Humor<p>It’s not because we’ve given up, it’s because we’ve been hustling. Yesterday we (along with the production company we’re working with) wrapped on shooting the “trailer”/fundraising teaser for our feature (slated to shoot in Sept/Oct). There’s still post work to be done but we’re really happy with how it turned out and how much Hunter and I were able to pull together on a short budget and even shorter time table given to us. After our initial schedule/plan fell through, we reworked the whole idea in 24 hours, busted our asses to build everything in a week, and be done by this past weekend to knock it out.</p> <p>We’re looking forward to  posting it when it’s done. In the meantime we’ve got some photos from the shoot coming soon. One involves Hunter with a bag of hair. That sounds like fun huh? </p> <p>Thanks for following.</p>http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/5768803346http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/5768803346Mon, 23 May 2011 10:46:26 -0500Our First Feature<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcoklwziS31qb8810o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day 2 of shooting our new short/sketch. Today.</p>http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/2050258455http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/2050258455Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:05:54 -0600shortsDimeStore FilmsLife's Pretty Cool Sometimes Photo Series<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/15973564?byline=0&portrait=0&color=ff9933" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><em>DimeStore Does It: Dream Interpretation</em></p> <p>The latest short infofilm from DimeStore Films. Enjoy.</p>http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/1351731550http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/1351731550Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:32:37 -0500DimeStore FilmsDimeStore Does It<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lad1fjZ74x1qb8810o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Latest Installment of <em>DimeStore Does It</em></p> <p>Launching Tomorrow.</p>http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/1344572970http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/1344572970Sun, 17 Oct 2010 16:52:00 -0500DimeStore FilmsDimeStore Does It<p><img src="http://medieval.etrusia.co.uk/images/black_death.jpg"/></p> <p>I swear, we still exist. We are tirelessly combing through garbage bags full of old receipts and napkins with funny ideas scribbled on them. There’s a wall-sized cork board that we sort them on. We work in 18 hour shifts, staring at the board, looking for patterns. I haven’t slept in two days. Christian hasn’t sat down in four. We work by candlelight, saving up for our big plans. I must admit, though, I sometimes forget what those are.  I must admit, too, that in the darkness there are times when I lose faith in our methods. When the sunlight creeps in, it revives me.  It’s autumn, though, and the sun is rising later and later.</p>http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/1259916700http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/1259916700Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:48:30 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/13943520" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>The first installment of our new webseries, <em>DimeStore Does It</em>. In this episode we peek into the reading habits of our young hosts.<br/><br/><em>DimeStore Does It</em> is designed to be an outlet for short gags, ideas, and micro-frivolity that can be generally shot and edited within the matter of a day or two. Summing up, it’s something to keep our hands busy. We’re very excited for this series and hope you enjoy it.</p>http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/938186547http://blog.dimestorefilms.com/post/938186547Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:00:00 -0500DimeStore Does ItNew!