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  • Auditioning & Directing Actors

    Auditioning & Directing Actors

    We’re currently casting for our independent feature film entitled Lullaby for a Lunatic. Out of the roughly 500 submissions we’ve received for the roles of the film, we’ve called in roughly 60 actors for an audition. During our first auditions we’re looking for the following:...

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  • Writing For Independent Film

    Writing For Independent Film

    The question remains: Do structures, templates and systems help us with the evaluation of film or literature? Kurt Vonnegut, in his post on Lapham’s Quarterly (a magazine dedicated to history and Ideas) states that “Perhaps a real masterpiece cannot be crucified on a cross [of...

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  • Feature Film: Canon 5D Mark II & 7D For Filmmakers

    Feature Film: Canon 5D Mark II & 7D For Filmmakers

    In my previous post about our first independent feature film I touched on the subject of using technology to help ensure high production value while at the same time allowing us to keep our production costs down. One of the ways we’re going to be...

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  • Mars to Jupiter Short Film

    Mars to Jupiter Short Film

    Mars to Jupiter is both the name of our most recent short film and the name of the song in the video. The song was created by a brilliant musician out of Tokyo, Japan named coppe’ : mango + sweet rice and the song is...

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  • Lynx & Kemo Video Shoot

    Lynx & Kemo Video Shoot

    Tonight we wrapped the music video shoot for the Lynx and Kemo track “Keep it Low”. The shoot lasted 4 nights in total. Three nights out in the city with the Canon 5D Mark II until the early hours of the morning and 1 busy...

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