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December 2009 Blog Posts (39)

Trying to do it right.

I want to give props to the great people who worked on the short film with me this weekend. It was an intense and an amazing experience and I feel we produced a product as good as anything to come out of a production with a real budget, even though we had almost none!

Filmmaking is many things. For me it is a career. I’ve been in this business for a long time, but only a few years making narrative pieces. I’ve covered the nut making documentaries, news magazine shows, commercial… Continue

Added by Ken Willinger on December 14, 2009 at 9:19pm — No Comments

I am very bored

I am not sure if I am bored or sad, its a similar feeling, I have been spending a lot of time on Facebook its like a high school reunion, I have also wanted to start writing again, but I can't seem to get anything out that makes sense, and I get easily distracted, I need ambition which has been lacking lately

Added by Judith Perkins on December 14, 2009 at 3:33pm — 2 Comments

NUN OF THAT / PRETTY DEAD THINGS DVDs -- NOW ACCEPTING PRE-ORDERS!

Hello everyone --

We are now taking pre-orders on PayPal for the January 12th DVD release of our two newest movies.... NUN OF THAT and PRETTY DEAD THINGS!

The NUN OF THAT DVD comes with exciting extras including --

1. Crew Commentary Track!

2. Cast Commentary Track!

3. "Breaking the Habit" - A 30 minute Making-Of Featurette!

4. The original short film and trailer!

The PRETTY DEAD THINGS DVD comes with these blood-dripping extras --

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Added by SCORPIO FILM RELEASING on December 13, 2009 at 9:55pm — No Comments

The House Film Project

We have started developing the opening title sequence for the film. It is an airplane landing on Moosehead Lake. You have to see it to understand the importance of the sequence. Indie film suffer from being treated as being "too small" they need to add a little "epic" to their "small" in order to compete. They need to give the sense of production value beyond the size of their budgets. Below are the first two stages of the design for the sequence.

Pre-Viz Step… Continue

Added by John W. Bosley on December 11, 2009 at 1:00pm — 4 Comments

Need Firearms,tanks or explosions in you movie

Looking for a firearm in your movie then you need The Firearms Consulting Company. Here at FCC we have everykind of firearm you may need for your movie. From handguns to rifles and even tanks, thats right fully operartional tanks. Need an explosion in your movie we have a a licesened pyrotechnic on hand. Sick of seeing the orange tip of a fake firearm in your movie then come to FCC and we will fix that for you. All of out guns are adapted to shoot blanks. We are willing to work with whatever… Continue

Added by Kevin Gaynor on December 9, 2009 at 1:20pm — 1 Comment

Dark Castle Lords Publications “Winter’s Rite”

Hi all,

I wanted to share a bit of good news with everyone. Some time back, I announced that my publisher, Dark Castle Lords Publications ( http://www.thedarkcastlelords.com/index.htm ) is picking up my first three novels, the ones I’d self-published. The DCL-published version of my first novel, “Winter’s Rite”, is due to be released on December 12th. That’s this coming Saturday.

Scott Harper…

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Added by Scott Harper on December 9, 2009 at 12:15pm — 1 Comment

Words of Wisdom

Try to remember, people: It's 'pleaded guilty', not "pled guilty". Also, A person dying by rope around his neck is 'hanged', not "hung". Well, he could be hung, I guess. But that's a totally different meaning.

Added by Bill Cassinelli on December 8, 2009 at 6:48am — 3 Comments

Heaven and Hell Official Grand Screening!!

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Time: 4pm-5:15pm

Location: Regent Theatre

Street: 7 Medford St

City/Town: Arlington, MA

-Tickets will be 5 dollars.

-Contact me ASAP to reserve your seat! You can send check or money to Rick Chandler, 9 Seminole Rd, Canton, MA 02021. I will then add your name to the guest list.

-If you are bringing friends, when you send your funds, please incude the price per ticket and their… Continue

Added by Richard Chandler on December 6, 2009 at 10:30pm — 5 Comments

The Story Of 'Amelioration' (Part II)

Originally I intended the story to be set in an ancient time, something resembling Greek and Roman eras but in a world similar to ours. After choosing two female leads I decided to involve martial arts into the story, no specific ones since I don't want to sterotype the story and since it doesn't take place on Earth. Being inspired by 'Kill Bill' and 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon', I realized the lack of female lead characters in an action genre type film set in a historical time. In other… Continue

Added by Gabriel Rizzo on December 6, 2009 at 6:33pm — No Comments

SMALLTOWN --official trailer hits interwebs

Hey OFS folk.

I just wanted to throw a quick blog out there and share the awesome news. The recent feature I worked on entitled SMALLTOWN has released its official trailer--and I really love it.

Wonderfully shot, lit, and cast. I can't wait to see this one spliced together.

Produced by Exile Movies and directed by the very cool Mark Fogarty.

Shot on RED.

Have a look:…

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Added by Michael Reed on December 5, 2009 at 3:30am — 1 Comment

Walking the Witch Performing at the Middle Eastern on 12/27

Come out and support our dear friends, Walking the Witch! They'll be performing at the Middle Eastern Club in Cambridge on 12/27 at 8 pm. Their sound is unique and awesome, and if you didn't know it already, they wrote and performed the theme song for Quest for the Indie Tube! Show some love to Walking the… Continue

Added by Zee - Unfolding Story Pictures on December 3, 2009 at 3:58pm — No Comments

I have a question????

That anybody knows what happen with Craig Amabello's site???? I try to send him a message and it says is NOT FOUND! the only thing I find is blogs that he had posted, that's about it! Craig if you read this please get back to me. I will appreciate any info from anybody.

Added by Adriana Rozo on December 3, 2009 at 10:00am — 3 Comments

New videos and reviews on Catzilla Productions website

The Catzilla Productions website has been overhauled recently.

Pleaes take a look at www.catzillaproductions.com. In particular there is an interview of Eliza Locke, outstanding poet whose work 'Kissing In Iceland' is available at www.lulu.com…

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Added by Dennis Stevens on December 2, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Maine Film & Video Association Winter Meeting -I'll be there how about you?

The Maine Film & Video Association (MFVA)

Supporting Maine's Media Professionals

www.mainefilm. com

in association with the

Maine Film Collaborative

December 5, 2009 Winter MFVA Meeting

Maine Studios, Portland, ME

Featuring The 48 Hour Film Project

The next meeting of the Maine Film & Video Association is 5:00PM Saturday, December 5, 2009 at the new Maine Studios, 235 Presumpscot St., Portland,… Continue

Added by Gary N. Hauger on December 2, 2009 at 7:56am — No Comments

casting directors and local actors:

Ok so tell me:, say you have an audtion and well you don't get the part. Where do you go from there? I mean let's face it how many chances do you really get?

Added by Christopher J Davis on December 1, 2009 at 3:00pm — 7 Comments

Making music is a labour of love, making money is a by-product.

In a perfect world we would give all our music away for free and survive on touring revenue, merchandising and licensing income. Alas this is not always possible. In order to eat we have to sell a few CD’s. The good news is that much of our catalog has been released under this creative commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 We have made many Antiqcool songs free to download for a reason, we want you to… Continue

Added by Pete Smith on December 1, 2009 at 2:26am — No Comments

Knox Road Review : Another awesome mystery band.

Review by Knox Road

Continuing the growing Knox Road trend of featuring artists who provide little to

no information about themselves (see: Hello, Broken Arrow and Manet,) I present

to you Antiqcool, from just outside Chester, England. As far as I can tell

(and have been told,) Antiqcool is the project of Pete… Continue

Added by Pete Smith on December 1, 2009 at 2:25am — No Comments

Mojophenia review

Review by Mojophenia

The good old fashioned musical mystery, an audio collaboration that could easily be as complicated as the Enigma Code, a personnel puzzle to confuse the most ardent of reviewers. I..m sure Chester based Pete Smith refrains from masks and disguises but wonderfully composed collections of music, EP..s and albums are a growing… Continue

Added by Pete Smith on December 1, 2009 at 2:24am — No Comments