48 Hour Film Festival

Next week is our city's 48.  The film festival revolves around picking a genre, character and line of dialogue then you have 48 hours to write, shoot, cut and turn in a short film. A daunting task, with the help of some great producers -- 3 Grunts Productions. We assembled an amazing team this year.  My goal is to have fun, keep it simple and no guns, no violent death.  I really want to experience a true 48 so we've really kept story brainstorming to a minimum. More to come as I'll post pictures and the final film.

Screenplay Finally Finished

Well I've finished co-writing a feature length screenplay which had the majority of my attention since November. In that time I didn't touch my camera once but I did write about a dozen shorts to combat writer's block.

Anyway, I'm working on the beginnings of feature screenplay #4 and prepare for the 48 hour film fest this summer.  Also, I hope to shoot at least one short film before then.

Post Production - Bad Pumpkin

I'm currently finishing up post production for the director's cut of Bad Pumpkin.  Just need to do a re-edit.   I've had to cut one of my babies with the opening scene. As much as I liked it as written, the final product didn't do it justice.  It really boiled to location.  I could reshoot it but at this point I don't believe the effort to do that would add much to the story. It's a horror comedy and taking out a couple chuckles at the beginning and getting right to the story is the better way to go.

Here's the poster.

"Bad Pumpkin"

Pre-production has begun on, "Bad Pumpkin", a short film that we decided to put together at the last minute. The last short film we put together at the last minute didn't turn out as expected.
The story is horror/comedy about a couple who pick out a haunted pumpkin that terrorizes those who do not celebrate Halloween.
The plan is to shoot sometime this month which is an extremely short timeline.

Tulsa - Kinship

I'm headed to the Tulsa International Film Fest (TIFF) here soon. I must say they've rolled out the red carpet even though it's their first year.  Let you know how it shows.  Not much else to report....except...

*trick*

Kinship got selected to the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival!!!! I got you kinda!

What an honor!

Underneath Cincinnati Finals!

Well, as the last few film festivals make there decision I  have some mixed news on Kinship our flagship short film.  It got into the finals of Underneath Cincinnati where it will compete head to head with the other 8 films from the 2010 - 2011 season. Very exciting!

However, some festival I took a chance on rejected us, our first rejection.  Cincinnati International Film Festival regretfully did not select Kinship this year.  Oh well, can't win them all.

Two More Film Festivals!

Well Kinship is doing rather well getting in the film festival circuit.  Added two more to the tally: Underneath Cincinnati and Rumschpringe Short Film Festival.  I'm truly honored that this short film is getting the opportunity to play in front of a live audience.   I will attending Underneath Cincinnati on Wed night.

While I really wanted to go to Grand Rapids, I didn't realize it was during the week. Unfortunately we did not win Best Short and I'm not sure how well it was received but it played 3 times which is amazing in itself!