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An Official Selection (2)
Our short film “3:31″ has officially been selected to screen at the 2010 SoAL Film Festival! On behalf of the cast and crew, we would like to thank the festival for allowing our film to be a part of this year’s action.
The SoAL Film Festival is planned for November 5th – 7th at the Bernheim Hall in the Ben May Main Library in Mobile, AL. We are truly honored to be a part of this year’s 3rd annual festival.
Click HERE for the schedule so you can support our film and this wonderful event!
An Official Selection
Our short film “3:31″ has officially been selected to screen at the 2010 Dixie Film Festival! On behalf of the cast and crew, we would like to thank the festival for allowing our film to be a part of this year’s action.
The Dixie Film Festival is planned for October 1st – 3rd at the Morton Theatre in Athens, Georgia. We are truly honored to be a part of this year’s 7th annual festival.
3:31 {the movie}
The website for our soon to be released short film “3:31″ is now live! You can check it out at www.331movie.com. The site includes updates on progress, pictures, and videos associated with the project. Please give it a visit.
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CALLING ALL ACTORS!
Update 3/19/2010:
We are moving right along with the project. We got our main location approved this week and are very pleased with your auditions. We are tentatively scheduled to shoot the 3 weekends following Easter (April 10th, 11th, 17th, 18th, 24th & 25th). We would need for you to be committed to a full day on the dates you are scheduled for shooting. We will soon have a more specific schedule for each character that will include some or all of the days listed. Please look over your calendars and let me know if you have any conflicts with ANY of these dates.
Again, thank you all for the great auditions.
Update 3/18/2010:
I just wanted to thank everyone for their help and participation in the audition Saturday. We had a good showing and realized some great local talent. We will have a pick-up date for the people that could not attend yesterday, so if you know anyone interested you can tell them to check for updates on www.jonnyhee.com.
Thanks again to everyone involved.
WHAT: OPEN CASTING CALL
WHEN: SATURDAY, MARCH 13TH 2010 | 10AM-2PM
WHERE: WPMI-TV | 661 AZALEA ROAD |
MOBILE, AL
WHO: EVERYONE
FOR: A LOCAL SHORT FILM
Hello all,
We will be holding an open casting for an upcoming film. Production will take place on consecutive weekends from April 3rd, 2010 to April 18th, 2010. The film will be submitted to several choice festivals and is intended for premiere in our local theaters.
This film is written as a drama by a very talented local writer. There are four available roles for men and two for women. Though the project is not-for-profit, the cast/crew will be provided lunch on days of production. If you are interested in being involved in what plans to be an exciting adventure – we encourage you to attend the casting and/or leave us a comment HERE.
48 Hour Scramble
Last weekend, I worked with a really cool group of guys and girls on a film for the SoAL Film Festival. The concept was for the festival’s 48hour Film Scramble. We had 48hours to produce, write, direct, shoot, and edit the film. The scramble concept was “Mobile, We love you” and our location was Spinghill College. The film is a love story/comedy that takes place in the Springhill area titled, “Steal My Heart” and debuts Friday, Nov. 6th during the opening of the SoAL Film Festival at the Crescent Theatre. Try to come out, check it out and vote for our film before you go off and get into whatever it is you’re gonna get into later that night.
|JONNYHEE|
Still Alive
Hey guys, I’m still here. People are fussing at me about the lack of posts on the site. The imbalance of work and more work leaves little time for jonnyhee.com, but I’m about to get back in the groove. Many updates to come on my new project entitled for now: “(type title here)”. OK. I haven’t got a title yet. But it is a short-subject documentary on the Middle Bay Lighthouse in Mobile bay. Click here if you wanna learn about it. Middle Light is one of our most beautiful historic places here along the gulf coast and there is an effort to try and move it on land. Before that happens, I want to archive the beauty and elegance of this super cool place before it is too late. I will post when it is complete and have to trailer on jonnyhee.com.
Still waiting…
The days seem longer now that I have saved up enough cash to pay for this camera and can’t seem to get the guy to go through with the sell. I have reached the first step in the budget aspect. I penny pinched and saved all of my earnings from the website business to reach the goal. Problem is, I can’t buy the thing any cheaper than what guy is asking for it. It is selling for around twice the amount even on ebay. I’ve reached a crossroads. Do I go ahead and assume that this transaction isn’t gonna happen and keep saving, or do I just wait him out? I need a lot more money for the project than what I have, so I guess I will try and save more and hope he pulls through. If he asks if I still want it after I pay retail for another one…well, a beating will ensue. Anyways. Here’s to saving money. Cheers!
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More on lighting…
I’ve been searching on ebay for what seems like days and think I have an idea. Ideally, my light kit would include the following:
2 – Softboxes (tungsten light with a cloth box diffuser)
2 – Key Lights (focusable tungsten with normal diffusion and gels)
2 – Accent Lights (non-focusable throws)
I think if I had all of these, I could make just about anything pop indoors. There are kits that use all softboxes, but the examples I have seen are very soft. I’m not a soft kinda guy. I don’t like using softboxes as key lights. I love them as front fills, though. The lowel Pro Light seems to be the ticket for keys. A lot of guys love the versatility of the Tota. With 2 of each of the softboxes and harder keys…the possible combinations become a lot larger that any 4 piece kit available.
I think that if I could buy the lights individually used…I could potentially cut my $1,000 light budget in half. So, the plan is to still buy quality equipment (cause remember: we are not skimping on camera, lighting, or sound), but find new or used deals on ebay individually to make up my ideal kit. I realize that this is not ingenious in itself, but I figured I should record the thoughts. Comments? Always appreciated.
What an expensive hobby!
I have the camera picked, but haven’t had the opportunity to purchase the thing. I’m checking out light kits in the mean time. Wow! This shit is expensive! I want to spend my money on quality were it really matters. I think that includes 3 things: 1. Camera 2. Lighting 3. Audio. 
I feel that everything else can be made or borrowed. I’m pretty set on the XH-A1 to shoot with. I work with Lowel lighting in TV and can’t find any reason not to spend the extra money for that quality. As far as audio is concerned, that will probably be another post. What do you think about the Lowel DV Creator kit (pictured)? It comes with 3 distinct lights with stands plus barn doors. It has a number of gels, umbrella, diffusion, etc. It costs about $1000. It’s uses for the purpose of the film will probably be limited to formal interviews with most other shots to be daytime/exterior. Would love some feedback.
"Southshore": Day One
I am re-managing my blog to be more of a diary; to reflect my thoughts and ideas and to get suggestions on the making of my new documentary; the soon to probably have a different name: “Southshore.” As of this post, I have researched books about independent filmmaking, financing, cinematography, etc. I am also writing what will become the first draft of the script.
This is how I stand right now: I have shit! No camera, no crew, no lights, no financing, no…whatever else you could possibly name that is required to make a film. But, I do have a vision. I have made contacts for interviews, possible main characters, and have researched the topic thoroughly(with plenty more of that to come). I have saved some money, about $1,400 dollars, for the purchase of a camera(yeah, it’s not much, I know). The camera is an Canon XH-G1. I have researched for months on this camera and I am sold! If he doesn’t come through on the sale, then I will have my very first major problem in getting this thing off the ground.
Till then, I will be writing and researching and making contacts for what hopefully be the start of a new exciting journey. I would appreciate any input you have, be it advice, encouragement, and yes, even criticism. I will be posting the progress exclusively on this blog, so give it a visit when you come across some downtime.
