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Our first clip is a submission for the "Make Your Own Grain belt Commercial" contest. It was filmed in the IDS Marquette Hotel. The spot stars Jim Westcott, Emily Fradenburgh, John Eichenlaub, Matt Born, Matt Tobin, Alysen Farran, and Ryan Cassem. This is the extended cut, before having to trim it down to under a minute to meet the contest requirement. Diviney Pictures provided the script, location scouting, lighting, props, filming, editing, gfx, and music. Enjoy!

Here is our submission for the 2009 "Project Direct" contest held by the Sundance Film Festival and Youtube. Shorts had to utilize a red telephone along with a selection of props from previous Sundance hits. The film had to be under 5 minutes in length. UnConscionable stars Jatin Setia, Douglas Sidney, and Jim Westcott. Diviney Pictures provided writing, filming, editing, color correction, sound mix, and score. Enjoy!

Our next clip is a submission for the "24 Seconds to Save the World" Create a Commercial Contest, held by Fox's 24 and Mountain Dew. The task was to make a 24 second commercial for M.D., doing a parody of Jack Bauer. Douglas Sidney, Tony Czech, and Matt Tobin star. Diviney Pictures was responsible for writing, lighting, shooting, and editing. Enjoy!

Here is a submission for the Jim Beam Commercial Remake Contest. The challenge was to parody one of their ads without showing any liquor consumption or minors. Matt and Darby Tobin star in "The Translator." Diviney Pictures was responsible for writing, filming, and editing. Enjoy!

Our Next clip is a submission for the Doritos "Crash The Superbowl" ad contest. The assigment was to write, shoot, edit, and submit a 30 second spot. 5 winners get $25,000 and a trip to the superbowl. One winner gets played during the big game, and has a shot at winning $1,000,000. Diviney Pictures provided writing, lighting, filming, editing, and music. Tony Czech, Matt Tobin, and Clint Clark star.

Our next clip is a promo for NBC's "The Office" which won 1st place in a national contest on youtube.com.The clip was featured on the show's website, and aired twice during episodes of the show on NBC. The submission also appears on the 3rd Season DVD for the show. This short was filmed in downtown Minneapolis and stars Craig Diviney. Diviney Pictures provided the writing, shooting, and editing for the project.

Brian Roussell stars in this second promo for "The Office." Diviney pictures offered conceptual ideas, filming, and editing for the short, which was shot in Plymouth MN. The clip was considered as a finalist for the contest in August 2006.

Here is our last submission for the office contest starring Matt Tobin as a removed video editor. Diviney Picutres provided the screenplay, shooting, set design, editing, and even a supporting acting role. The short was filmed in the Diviney Pictures office in Plymouth, MN. Perhaps overlooked by NBC because of the usage of a solitary swear word.

Here is our submission for the "Heinz Top This TV Challenge." The assignment was to create a 30 second commercial for Heinz Ketchup. The grand prize winner received prize money estimated at $57,000. The short stars Matt Tobin and the voice of Melissa Swenson. Diviney Pictures spearheaded the writing, directing, lighting, still photography, special effects, camera work, editing, color correcting, and music. Enjoy.

Our next clip is a submission for the 2007 MTV Movie Awards Parody Contest. This entry is entitled HAMM3R, and was filmed in HD 1080 30f using the Canon XL-A1. The short stars DP regulars Brian Roussell, Matt Tobin, and Peter Park. Written, filmed, edited, and scored by Elliot Diviney. The idea is to take two very popular film franchises (Jackass and Saw) that deal with pain in very different ways and combine them. Easy comparison, right?

This a short film entitled "A Minor Misunderstanding," was submitted for the contest to become a cast member on Spielberg's new reality series, "The Lot." We filmed in Cedar Rapids, IA in February of 2007. I rented the Canon XL-H1 and shot the project in full 1080 resolution with true 24-fps recording. The movie stars Kyle Votroubek and Luke Meyer as federal agents, and Leeland Votroubek, Lance Votroubek, Nathan Votroubek, and Elliot Diviney as henchman and evil-doers. My apologies for the slight sync problem. Enjoy!

Here is a fake grindhouse trailer for the Robert Rodriguez contest that was held last February in preparation for the theatrical release. This short was conceived, written, filmed, edited, and s

hipped out in under 24 hours. It stars Kyle Votroubek and Elliot Diviney. The assignment was to make a trailer for a low-budget film in the '70s that exploits sex, violence, and gore. We had other ideas.

Here is a streaming video of the first student film Diviney Pictures produced at the University of Iowa, "Periaquaductal Grey." The movie was shot on 16mm black & white reversal with an Arriflex camera, and edited using the school's film rewinds. All sound was recorded during post production. Elliot was responsible for writing, directing, producing, photography, storyboards, rehearsals, costumes, editing, music, and post-production sound. The film was shot in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City in April of 2004, and stars Luke Meyer and Devon Waite. Enjoy.

"Periaquaductal Grey: Formula 13" (aka PG-13) was produced as a final project for 'Advanced 16mm Film Production' at the University of Iowa in the fall of 2004. This project was shot with an Arriflex sync-sound 16mm camera in Cedar Rapids Iowa using color negative stock. Diviney Pictures was responsible for writing, directing, photography, sound, editing, music, and conforming. This sequel reunites actors Devon Waite and Luke Meyer.

This clip is a slideshow, put together for the wedding of Jennifer Dondanville, and Diviney Pictures regular, Brian Roussell. The wedding took place on September 28th, 2007, in Red Wing, MN.

Our final clip is a music video for Midwest Connection's "Farewell for Now." The video was filmed in Plymouth, MN over several nights in a garage on 30th Pl. N. It stars Lisa and Elliot Diviney. It was edited on Final Cut Pro and submitted for youtube's underground music contest. Diviney pictures offered visualization, photography, and editing services. The video has also been submitted for a contest at musicnation.com. For more about Midwest Connection, check out our myspace.