Thursday, December 11, 2008
WE"RE FINALLY HOME! THE FULL PICTURE TO PLAY S.F. INDIE FEST
It is with much relief that I can finally announce our first screening in San Francisco! "The Full Picture" will be part of the upcoming San Francisco Independent Film Festival (Feb 5th-19th). We will find out more information in the coming weeks and I'll be sure to post it when we know more. In the meantime, we're going to be busy getting our materials together so we're organized...so we can send it to the press....so we can get the press there...so the press can review it..so we can use the review...to get more press...and so on and so on...
Sunday, August 17, 2008
BIG UPDATE!
This past week "The Full Picture" premiered at the Rhode Island International Film Festival. We had a fantastic
screening where, due to high demand for tickets, the festival staff had to move our film into their largest venue, a gorgeous 850 seat theater! Finally, I saw the film as it was meant to be seen, on a 50 foot screen and a packed house. The crowd was really receptive with many positive comments during the Q&A. We followed the screening with a raucous after party where over 150 of the the film's friends and supporters ate and drank until the wee hours. If that wasn't enough, at the awards brunch the following Sunday, "The Full Picture" won the Grand Prize for Best Feature! It was a total shock that has of yet to sink in. For proof, please check out the link below.
http://www.indiewire.com/buzz/080810.html
Hopefully, we can use this momentum to springboard us into other festivals and down the right path to distribution. Please stay tuned.
screening where, due to high demand for tickets, the festival staff had to move our film into their largest venue, a gorgeous 850 seat theater! Finally, I saw the film as it was meant to be seen, on a 50 foot screen and a packed house. The crowd was really receptive with many positive comments during the Q&A. We followed the screening with a raucous after party where over 150 of the the film's friends and supporters ate and drank until the wee hours. If that wasn't enough, at the awards brunch the following Sunday, "The Full Picture" won the Grand Prize for Best Feature! It was a total shock that has of yet to sink in. For proof, please check out the link below.
http://www.indiewire.com/buzz/080810.html
Hopefully, we can use this momentum to springboard us into other festivals and down the right path to distribution. Please stay tuned.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!
So here is the little logo that every filmmaker wants to see on their film page. Two little olive branches. I could have created this in photoshop and made up a few festivals, but alas, we went the hard way and it was worth it. RIIFF has given us a prime screening time in their line-up, Friday, August 8th at 7:15pm. There's a short film for a half an hour right before our so we very well might start at 8/8/08 at 8pm. Now I'm not superstitious, but hell, that's exciting!
Follow the link below (or copy and paste into your browser) to buy your tickets and please get them early. I guarantee we'll sell out. And please, leave a couple hours free at the end. We don't know where yet, but we'll have a little after party to celebrate.
http://riiff2008.withoutabox.com/festivals/event_item.php?id=17525
Friday, June 27, 2008
WE'RE IN!
Alright, here we go. I can proudly announce that THE FULL PICTURE will be premiering at the Rhode Island International Film Festival sometime between Aug. 5th and 10th. I'll update the blog when I know more. In the meantime, you can check out the festival's information at
We're very excited about this opportunity as RIIFF is a top 15 festival and has a great reputation amongst filmmakers. My able Executive Assistant -who just happens to be my wife- and I will be making the trip back east. There's also a chance some of actors will make the trip so look out for us in The Ocean State. Giddy up!
We're very excited about this opportunity as RIIFF is a top 15 festival and has a great reputation amongst filmmakers. My able Executive Assistant -who just happens to be my wife- and I will be making the trip back east. There's also a chance some of actors will make the trip so look out for us in The Ocean State. Giddy up!
Friday, June 20, 2008
DOES THIS WORK?
I need to pick a photo doing director stuff. Does this fill the bill -unshaven and making weird gestures?
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
AS WE GET READY, A LITTLE RELIEF
"The Full Picture" is shot, edited, scored and sound designed. All that we have left is color correction which will be completed before our first screening. Until then, here's a little something I wrote for our press packet. Hope you like it.
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In the script, I had written a scene at Stow Lake, which is more like a polluted pond in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. In the scene, Mark (Daron Jennings) falls into the lake when his brother, Hal (Josh Hutchinson) throws food scraps on the ground, causing a dog to lunge in Mark’s direction. Unsure of the city's policy for swimming in the goose-shit infested lake, we did not inform the Park Ranger of our intent to dunk our good-natured actor in the water. With a water hose and a fresh pair of clothes at the ready, we ran the scene and luckily nailed it on the first take. Seeing the commotion, the Ranger ran over with a panic stricken look on his face. In his hand, he held a paper that read, "In case of contact with Stow Lake Water." On the page was a laundry list of maladies that could befall anyone that was to ingest even the slightest amount of the murky water. We kept a close watch on Daron for the next 24 hours and to our relief, he was fine. But the scene, well, it was a little over-the-top for the kind of film we were making. So, much to Daron’s chagrin, his little dunk will be only enjoyed on the “deleted scenes” section of the DVD. At least he knows the signs of infection should he ever fall into Stow Lake again.
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In the script, I had written a scene at Stow Lake, which is more like a polluted pond in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. In the scene, Mark (Daron Jennings) falls into the lake when his brother, Hal (Josh Hutchinson) throws food scraps on the ground, causing a dog to lunge in Mark’s direction. Unsure of the city's policy for swimming in the goose-shit infested lake, we did not inform the Park Ranger of our intent to dunk our good-natured actor in the water. With a water hose and a fresh pair of clothes at the ready, we ran the scene and luckily nailed it on the first take. Seeing the commotion, the Ranger ran over with a panic stricken look on his face. In his hand, he held a paper that read, "In case of contact with Stow Lake Water." On the page was a laundry list of maladies that could befall anyone that was to ingest even the slightest amount of the murky water. We kept a close watch on Daron for the next 24 hours and to our relief, he was fine. But the scene, well, it was a little over-the-top for the kind of film we were making. So, much to Daron’s chagrin, his little dunk will be only enjoyed on the “deleted scenes” section of the DVD. At least he knows the signs of infection should he ever fall into Stow Lake again.
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