A couple of years ago I had a mid-life crisis. I was feeling a lack of meaning and that I had a lot more to contribute to life than what I was giving. I always knew that hidden underneath the layers of bitterness from working jobs I hated and the beer gut I put on …
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New York City Film Festivals
I was asked what some of the key film festivals in New York were. My first thought was that there are now quite a lot. Then I did some research. Couldn’t really find a good list, so I started to compile one. Learned that there are way too many. So here we go, with dates …
Carrboro Film Festival 2013 Recap
It was truly an honor to have our first short ‘Alphabet Soup’ be selected at this year’s Carrboro Film Festival (the 8th annual film festival at Carrboro). Kudos to Nic Beery and his staff for expanding to two days and two venues. It was a great event for the community and a wonderful gathering of …
Top 10 Movie Filming Locations in New York City For Those With Low Budgets
Sure there are loads of articles that talk about top locations to film in NYC, and the five boroughs are filled with great locations depicted in many a classic movie. However, as nice as filming in Harlem, East Village or Tribeca can be (as per many a movie listed on articles such as http://www.nyfa.edu/students/resources/filmmaking-in-new-york.php), its …
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Halloween Movies That The Kids Like
Double header of posts today, and about time too. Anyway, whilst on this Halloween evening I had to help someone out with trick or treat visitors. So I figured I’d make this of some interest too. If the kids wanted candy, they had to answer my survey style question. The question was, what is your …
Carrboro Film Festival 2013 – Official Selection
Great bit of news from the Carrboro Film Festival 2013, as one of our short films was an official selection. Looking forward to seeing the line up and being at the festival on November 24th and 25th. Starting to get more involved on the NYC side of things too, and while we were too late …
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Top 10 Halloween Movies To Watch During October Nights
Movies to watch during halloween season. At first I was going to do a top 10 of halloween movies, but I’m not sure if all of these were necessarily “halloween” releases, a couple of which spring to mind. But they are worth a watch during the season of movie marathons. 10 – Nightmare on Elm …
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An Idiots Guide – Short Film with Notes From The Director
Well after having our lead actor go MIA and 5 inches of rain pour down in half an hour, seeping into Bowbarr and delaying our shoot, we are proud to present our latest short “An Idiot’s Guide (On How Not to be an Idiot)”. This movie is only possible after years of extensive research where …
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An Idiot’s Guide (on How Not to Be an Idiot)
Long time no post! But we have been working on stuff, such as our recently completed short movie ‘An Idiot’s Guide (on How Not to Be an Idiot)‘ and we would like to invite you to Bowbarr (same place we filmed) on Sunday 9/22 at 8 PM for a screening. We will also include another …
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Scriptly for iPad screenwriting app review
Finally some time to post another review as I churn through various screenwriting apps on the iPad, wondering how writers lived without such shortcuts like the screen knowing I was going to type a character, or a scene, or a parenthetical, and so on. Scriptly by http://studiomedia.com/ pushes the “free” aspect, and states that “Scriptly …
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