His featurelength script for whiplash was finished, it was good, and it was making its way through the hollywood producer circuit to the tunes of positive buzz. When damien chazelles short film whiplash screened in april 20 at aspen films shortsfest, it brought along considerable buzz for a 17minute movie set in a band practice room. Now available online, the short looks to be more or less an exact excerpt of the feature script, distilling fletchers emotional manipulation, rage, and abuse into three consecutive scenes. Paul reiser and melissa benoist costar whiplash premiered in competition at the 2014 sundance film festival on january 16, 2014, as the festivals opening. It has been a long journey for chazelle, as he first premiered whiplash as a. The short film premiered at the 20 sundance film festival. A dry run for what would later be the powerhouse of 2014 feature length whiplash, this still delivers a punch to the gut, although a softer and less impactful one. Whiplash is a 20 short film written and directed by damien chazelle.
I prob shouldve seen this before the featurelength film but i enjoyed it nonetheless. A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student. How whiplash the short led to whiplash no film school. It was a pain in the ass to do this, but im happy i did because it. Whiplashs journey to sundance is a crazy story unto itself. Guillermo del toro decided to produce supernatural horror mama after being impressed by the directors creepy four minute short of the same name, and neill blomkamps scifi district 9 was based on his original short alive in joburg there are still a few months of quiet at the box office before. Before he knew it, chazelle had four of las best attached to the project.
What we can learn from whiplash the short film and. The film also won best sound mixing, taking home a total of three oscars. In case you didnt know, whiplash was based on a short film of the same name that chazelle directed in 20. Was originally planned to be a feature film but the writerdirector could not get funding for it so he made this short film and. Before it was a best picture nominee, damien chazelles whiplash started as a. The spectacular nows miles teller gets whiplash deadline. It premiered in sundance in january 20, and the film has been slowly fermenting in about 12 years. Still the potential is on display and its a smart choice when on the road of indie filmmaking to do a test run to demonstrate a tangible direction your headed rather than just pitch it. Whiplash, the story of a young jazz drummer with an aggressive. Teller was cast because he was a better known name and an actual. It certainly doesnt hurt whiplashs audience appeal that the film happens to be largely autobiographical. Watch the original whiplash short film rolling stone.
See the original whiplash short film damien chazelle. Whiplash movie and short comparison short audio only. Watch the short film that would become whiplash hollywood. Whiplash isnt the first feature to get funding based on the strength of a short film pitch. The big short 6 jared vennetts pitch to front point partners jenga blocks scene. The 15 minute movie that preceded the multiple oscar winning film with jk simmons and miles teller. The name fletcher is never said in the whole short film. The savage sundance winning short whiplash, about a young drummer facing down a brutally antagonizing. Miles teller, who went from project x to the spectacular now, has signed on to star in whiplash, a feature thats being made from the sundance short film jury awardwinning pic of.
Damien chazelle wanted miles teller for the role of andrew neiman when he was filming the original short film whiplash 20 but teller was unavailable so johnny simmons was cast instead. Simmons starred as the same character in damien chazelles short film. Whiplash 2014 and the short that inspired the feature film have been edited together seamlessly in order to showcase the notefornote similarities. Chazelles short film whiplash is a curious little feat, but is only optional to view. Whiplash s is a film directed by damien chazelle with j. The 18minute movie, also titled whiplash and written and directed by chazelle, initially premiered at the sundance film festival in 20, where it won the jury award for best short film. Whiplash director damien chazelle belongs to a recent wave of filmmakers including sxsw breakout destin cretton short term 12 and oscar liveaction short winner shawn christensen. It certainly doesnt hurt whiplash s audience appeal that the film happens to be largely autobiographical. Now deadline has word that teller is venturing into sundance territory again with a new project called whiplash, a feature film adaptation of the sundance short film jury. Sundancewinning short to become fulllength feature.
Whiplash original short film available to watch online. It has become the blueprint for creating a proofofconcept short, sometimes called a sizzle, in order to secure finance to make a feature film. Listed script, writerdirector damien chazelle directed this 18minute short film version of whiplash for the 20 sundance film festival. This is whiplash by edd lukas on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
The savage sundancewinning short whiplash, about a young drummer facing down a brutally antagonizing music instructor, is about to become a feature film. Its difficult to give damien chazelles short film whiplash, a seventeen minute long scene that is created almost verbatim in the featurelength film with a much more sophisticated production and a larger budget, a fair assessment, given the. This tactic of shooting a short film as a business card to get financing for a feature has been used many times in the past and it is a great way to show what you can do. Before whiplash was an oscar winner, it was a short film. How easy it is to create a good film, simmons is also one after the other, and the final. Whiplash movie and short comparison short audio only youtube.
Whiplash short that inspired movie is now online mar 2, 2015. The 18minute short film received acclaim after debuting at the 20 sundance film festival, winning the short film jury award for fiction, which. In order to nail down financing for his black listed script, writerdirector damien chazelle directed this 18minute short film version of whiplash for the 20 sundance film festival. It depicts the relationship between an ambitious jazz drummer miles teller and an abusive bandleader j. The best picture nominee started as a short film from director damien chazelle, and now a video shows how the whiplash short film compares to the feature. Simmons, a renowned executive producer in jason reitman and word was. Watch the original whiplash short film written and directed by damien chazelle. Whiplash is a 2014 american drama film written and directed by damien chazelle. Whiplash 2014 and the short that inspired the feature film have been edited together seamlessly in order to. That film, also featuring simmons but with miles teller as the drummer, was nominated for the academy award for. Watch whiplash 20 free online megashare the short involves andrew neiman johnny simmons instead of miles teller, who starred in the feature film, a drummer at shaffer conservatory of music, who is recruited to be a part of studio band, led by the ruthless, uncompromising instructor terence fletcher j. When whiplash writerdirector damien chazelle won the shortfilm jury award at the 20 sundance film festival, he didnt exactly rest on his laurels.
Paul reiser and melissa benoist costar whiplash premiered in competition at the 2014 sundance film festival on january 16, 2014, as the festivals. When casting the feature film version, the finalists for the role were teller and simmons. His feature film, whiplash, however, is an inarguable mustsee. Some things are off sync by a hair, but that can be dealt with. The savage sundancewinning short whiplash, about a young drummer facing down a brutally antagonizing. The short ended up winning the short film jury prize at the 20 sundance film festival, which lead to the feature film getting produced, and today we have the full short online. While the short ended up fulfilling the goal it premiered at sundance in 20 and. Before winning an oscar for playing fletcher in whiplash, j.
Damien chazelles whiplash 20 short film stars johnny simmons, j. Watch whiplash 20 free online megashare site title. This is the 18 min short film that the feature film was based on. I synced up the whiplash movie and short the best i could. The short initially premiered at the sundance film festival in 20, where it.
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