General Call Times & Locations for "Death Do Us Part"

We currently are in need of a few Extras to play funeral party guests during the Sunday Feb 27th Funeral Scene shoot- best if over 45 years of age.  Wear black 'formal' and sunglasses- make sure to bring a change of clothes and wear sunscreen.  A black or grey umbrella would be a good idea to bring as well- if you got em.

General Call Times

CAST Call Times:
Friday Feb 18th 7:00pm-2am  - Scenes 2,3,4  (Barbara, Cathy, Henry)
Sunday Feb 20th 10:00am-7pm  - Scenes 4,5,6 (Barbara, Henry)
Saturday Feb 26th 9:00am-2pm  - Scenes 7,8 (Barbara)
Sunday Feb 27th 10:00am-3pm  - Scene 1 (Barbara, Cathy, Priest, BG Talent)

CREW Call Times:
Friday Feb 18th 6:00pm-2am  - Scenes 2,3,4 (Matt & Tim not needed, Need Marcus)
Sunday Feb 20th 9:00am-7pm  - Scenes 4,5,6 (Matt & Tim not needed, Need Marcus)
Saturday Feb 26th 9:00am-2pm  - Scenes 7,8 (only need Joyce, Jon, Wheat, Rebecca, & Antonio)
Sunday Feb 27th 9:00am-3pm  - Scene 1 (Need BG Talent & Matt & Tim to help with Funeral Setup)


Locations:

Fri 18th night shoot & Sun 20th

INT/EXT House location
135 9th Ave NE, St. Petersburg, FL.
--Park along the street on 9th Ave NE or along the street going down 1st St.
--Meet in front of 135 9th Ave House. Then on the back deck of the house.


Sat Feb 26th
Crematorium location
Royal Palm Cemetery, 1st Ave S. + 55th St., St. Petersburg, FL.
--Parking along side of street, 1st Ave. S.
--Meet on 1st Ave S. & walk in when called -or- we will drive you into the cemetery if possible.

Beach location
Sunset Beach, 77th Ave + West Gulf Boulevard, Treasure Island, FL
--Park in the Parking Lot at the beach. Pay for parking if necessary- we will reimburse you.
--Meet in the Parking Lot.


Sun Feb 27th
Cemetery location
Royal Palm Cemetery, 1st Ave S. + 55th St., St. Petersburg, FL.
(Same location as the Crematorium)
--Parking along side of street, 1st Ave. S.
--Meet on 1st Ave S. & walk in when called -or- we will drive you into the cemetery if possible.

Backup Cemetery location -2 blocks away:
Park location
Bear Creek Park 1st Ave N. + 60th St., St. Petersburg, FL.
--Parking along side of street, 1st Ave N.
--Meet at picnic benches between ball park behind the house on corner.

Thank you so much for helping & we should have a great fun 4 days of shooting!!!

Jon

First Day of Shooting "Death Do Us Part"

First days are always the best & worst days.  You get over your worries but you also deal with your worst scenarios.  You find out if people are really on your side & if your overall plan really works... Its a sea-change... whatever the heck that means.

For this shoot we had to do a lot.  As you can see by this picture we were somewhat successful though.  We got a time machine on the blackmarket, brought our lead actors with us, and told them to establish a long-lasting marital relationship, so that their part for the movie would be acted more realistically.  It all paid off!  We took this photo as proof of what we did!  Better yet, with the time machine we didn't lose any time in this process we couldn't make up later.  Of course, now I have stories of meeting up with doppelgangers and having our brief run-ins with the universe collapsing- but we are all just fine as you can see!

Tonight, we are going to shoot this movie & the acting will be stellar, because they really DID spend the last 40 years re-living their best & worst moments... for YOU and for the FILM.  So, expect this movie to knock your socks off!  I, for one, did not expect to find a time machine for such a great price on the black market so I am blown away!!

The General Call Times and location are thus:

6pm for Crew -- 7pm for Cast at:
135 9th Ave. NE 
St. Petersburg, FL
--Park along the street on 9th Ave NE or along the street going down 1st St.
--Meet in front of 135 9th Ave House. Then on the back deck of the house.

Pat will come a little early, as will Wheat, John, me & Rebecca.  We will be working until about 2am with a break at about 11pm.  Come having eaten right before & we will be ready to work!

Thanks so much!  Don't forget to thank Joyce & Patrick for giving so much of their 40 years of work & sacrifice to go back in time for us & snap that picture!  Thanks a billion!

Jon Croft
Director
Liberty No. 5 Pictures

Behind the Scenes of "Death Do Us Part" - Breakdowns

How I do my breakdowns...

We are getting close to production phase!  Let us know if you want to help us out!
libertynumber5-at-gmail.com

Behind the Scenes of "Death Do Us Part" - Part 2

Casting Sessions!!



Let us know if you want to help us out!...
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"Death Do Us Part" - Casting Call - 2/2/11

Liberty No. 5 Pictures is Casting for "Death Do Us Part," a short supernatural dramedy film.

Looking for actors between the ages of 45-65.

Casting Sessions will take place during (3) days:
1) Saturday February 5th from 11AM to 2PM
2) Monday February 7th from 6PM to 9PM &
3) Tuesday February 8th from 6PM to 9PM
at:
Rhino Film Studios, 657 Central Ave. St. Petersburg, FL. 33714

Characters (Non-SAG)

Barbara (surviving wife) (45-65) white female
Henry (husband, zombie) (45-65) white male
Cathy (Best friend of Barbara) 45-65 female
Priest (grave and sincere) 45-65 male

Bring a headshot or photo & be ready to read. There will be a moderate action sequence & Henry will need to be made-up in zombie makeup. Shooting will take place during weekends in Late February (the 19th/20th & 26th/27th). We will consider all kinds of resumes of all applicants, possibly for other unadvertised or currently unavailable positions. Please be professional and courteous- email us with your name, age, sex, important contact information, any relevant experience & the date & time you will be coming. You can send it to libertynumber5 at gmail.com. Thank you & I will be happy to meet all of you!

"Death Do Us Part" is an independent short film written by Rebecca Croft & directed by Jon Croft.

Death Do Us Part - 1/29/11 - Production Report

***NEW UPDATES as of 2/3/11***

Hi everyone!  Jon here!  Here's a quick report on what we have "going for us" and what we don't have "going for us" so far.

We have most of the equipment we need to shoot this so that (somewhat large expense) is taken care of.  We also have most of our crew (but we do need to get everyone together before we shoot).  We have found two places to conduct our casting sessions at.  The first is downtown St. Pete, the other is a nice conference room in Largo.  This will POSSIBLY be held next weekend (Saturday the 5th, the day before the Superbowl) and the following Monday 7th & Tuesday 8th in the evening- NOT SOLIDIFIED YET. Most of our locations will need no authorization or permit.  There is a "side of the street" location, a "moment at the beach", stepping out of an ext location which will double as a "crematorium", and a "funeral" which mostly will look like a cemetery but it doesn't need to be at a cemetery really.  Most of the film will take place in an old "bungalow style" house, which of course, we will need have authorization to use.  Probably two days of shooting there.  Then there is the green screen sfx head shot scene which might be effectively placed at location with a plate shot, or added with footage taken at a small green screen studio.  Many of the props are still needed however, as well as all of the cast, which would of course include wardrobe needs.

Again, this is for an 8 min non-union no/lo pay dramedy horror short film shot on the Canon 60D DSLR in Pinellas County.  Say that fast with flaming marshmallows in your mouth!  It'll be fun!  No, just kidding... don't do that!  Put those marshmallows down!

Ok, heres the rundown...

Equipment we have:
Camera Equipment (camera w/ lenses, tripod, head, monitor, skateboard dolly, & possibly a steadicam & small crane, slate), Lights (4-8 small to medium lights 250w-500w lights, one 2k Mole, a few reflectors & flags, gaffer tape, cords & strips), Sound Equipment (recorder, cords, blimp, boom, mic).

Equipment we need:
Camera Equipment (magic arm for monitor), Lights (C-stand, Black Wrap, CTO/CTB, Diffusion or a softbox, Gobo heads, clamps & arms for flags & reflectors, etc), Sound Equipment (mic situation better suited for INT conversations: cardioid mic, lavalier mic system).


Crew we have:
Producer
Director
Cinematographer
1st AD
1st AC
Production Manager?
Production Coordinator
PA

Crew we need:
SFX MU
Sound Recordist
Boom Operator
2nd AD
2nd AC
Grip
1-2 PA's

Casting done:
Found 2 1 office space for casting

Casting yet to be done:
3 casting session days- at least
Get cast (2 leads & 2 supporting)
Get 5-7 extras

Locations we have:
Side of the Street
Beach
INT/EXT House

Crematorium

Locations we need:
Cemetery


Props we have:
book of prayers, holy water, flowers, coat hanger, shoe box, purses, table, mail, mud, something to trip over.

Props we need:
casket, urn, vases, velvet covering, rope around casket, wedding picture, pepper spray bottle, shoe heel, airsoft gun, ashes, exploding head?? (LOL)

MU/Wardrobe we have:
Black clothes

MU/Wardrobe we need:
Properly fitting funeral attire, priestly garb, 2 ladies outfits w/ purses, his graveclothes, Zombie MU

So, thats it!

For right now, I need to solidify the casting times at these locations (should be Sat morning the 5th in Largo (also now in St. Pete), and then, Mon 7th from 6-9pm & Tue 8th from 6-9pm in St. Pete), so that i can send out the casting call.  Then I need to solidify the SFX MU person (its in between two people right now) and the Sound people.  Then we need to have a production meeting and make sure we are all on the same page- we're gonna get this ball rolling forward and then, punch out people getting in our way!  Just kidding!  :D

Which reminds me, I just went to a screenwriters meeting and it was very fun and encouraging to hear that people there really liked the script and hoped the shooting goes well... they were very supportive!  It just goes to show that every little bit of encouragement you can get goes a long way to holding back the discouragement that trials & tribulations can weigh down on you.  Get a shot of enthusiasm & know that if you keep pushing forward, even if it all seems hopeless now- it will come together...

Thx for reading!

Behind the Scenes of "Death Do Us Part" - Part 1

here is our first BTS video... (more of a Pre-Production Diary sort of thing).



I will keep everyone updated with more detail here as things occur...
Thx for watching =)

Jon

Liberty No. 5 Pictures in Development (2)

So, a little update on the films slated to be shot in the near future. I'm trying to get better at making more realistic goals so I think I have a need to update this list based on some new 'value changes'. I am trying to really focus on the projects most important to me... the ones that I know if things get hard, I will trudge on regardless, because I care about them getting made that much. The shorts I have slated are not because I want to make them but because I need to make them. So, they are functional tests in reality. But they should also be good quality and fun to watch. In reality though, if I make one or five of them I don't really care... because what I really want is to seriously do this as a full-time job- so I really want to make feature films. Not to mention it is hard to say anything with any complexity in a five or even fifteen minute short subject. Really, in my opinion, I want to do 'world-building'. To create an entire universe to build on... with rules and boundaries and a rawness of its own to explore. This is what I was taught in my 'gifted' middle school... to brainstorm. To look in on the system from outside the box and critique it to make something new! I have always found it to be endlessly exciting on so many levels! So, here is my current list.

Short Subjects

"Death Do Us Part" -- Pre-Production Phase -- Jan 2011

"Lunch Date" -- Pre-Production Phase -- Apr 2011

"4 Corners" -- In Development -- June 2011

Features

"Punishment" -- In Development -- Nov 2011

"Transmission" -- In Development -- Apr 2013

"Transmission" is a sci-fi epic I have planned which will be like my Star Wars. There is little else to say about it except I know it will be very powerful and groundbreaking. This is because it is not only an artistically original concept, but it is a change in form for the viewer. At least that is my plan. It depends on how well I achieve these first films that will be the judge of my achieving the vision I desire. But, I know there are far greater forces at work in me that will ensure I succeed or fail, so my attention on the matter is very important, but sometimes, I can do nothing to change the course of such outcomes... as sometimes we are all victims of this fate, we must nevertheless, be faithful to our vision. True to our conviction 'til the end.

I suppose part of the reason I am including it on this list is that I want people to know that I intend to be mostly a creator of sci-fi and fantasy epic genre films... not really psychological-thrillers like "Punishment". But, psych-thrillers are a good genre for beginning filmmakers to make a break into the industry with. The sci-fi or fantasy genre is primarily what I dream of when I imagine deep stories that make a statement. I'm sure there will be times I may be limited in my opportunities to make what I desire, I may need to be adaptable in order to make work for myself, but since I am not a believer in making halfway-good movies or making them for the sake of making them, it may at times be difficult to achieve this. I just have to admit that most of the original stories I have that I really consider good are sci-fi or fantasy epics. To be more specific, I have about 5 or 6 good sci-fi-fantasies (at least one of them, hopefully, will be a trilogy) planned after "Transmission". Also, I am hoping to be a part of making C.S. Lewis' Sci-Fi Trilogy which I pretty much grew up on, even before I got into J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" mytho-fantasy series.

It is very ambitious for me to want this, I admit, but I want to ensure, that people know I am working towards this goal, so that one day I can give the world the greatest interpretation of those books to film possible. Something that we can all love as a great story... and a great adventure into the depths of space.

My Director Watch

[I will be updating this list often] My director watch is like a neighborhood watch. We don't get paid to do it, but we all benefit in so many unspeakable ways when we have a good one. So, I wanted to put my 5 cents in and tell you all about the directors I watch to see how these currently working, cutting edge filmmakers are impacting the way we all watch movies. I will list them in alphabetical order, including the films they are known by here in the US of A and I will do this in three sections... for the 'generation' of filmmaking they belong to.

First, the old Hollywood bunch.  Many of these used to be called the "New Hollywood" bunch in the 80's. These are directors who have proven themselves to be masters of cinema and have still remained relevant and a vital part of the film industry regardless of some ups and downs. I have left out the master directors who have passed on... leaving their legacy of greatness behind them.  Second, will be the currently "en vogue" directors with a strong track record (at least three good movies) or directors who at least have made a strong performance as a director when they are not practicing their other chosen disciplines apart from directing features (such as J. J. Abrams, who does a lot of Producing and TV directing). So, when they direct films it may be somewhat sporadic but it is usually quite successful. But keep in mind, they are no newbie to the film industry. And third, I will list the fresh new directorial arrivals to the film industry. They may be game changers or directors who appear to have potential even though they only have one or two good films under their belt. So, without further adieu...

The Hollywood Master Directors

James Cameron
Piranha II, Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Terminator 2, True Lies, Titanic, Avatar, Avatar 2

John Carpenter
Dark Star, Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, The Fog, Escape From New York, The Thing, Christine, Starman, Big Trouble in Little China, They Live, In the Mouth of Madness, Village of the Damned, Escape from L.A., Vampires, Ghosts of Mars, The Ward

Francis Ford Coppola
The Godfather, The Conversation, Godfather II, Apocalypse Now, The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, Godfather III, Dracula, Jack, The Rainmaker, Youth Without Youth, Tetro, Twixt

Clint Eastwood
Unforgiven, A Perfect World, Bridges of Madison County, Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil, Absolute Power, True Crime, Space Cowboys, Blood Work, Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, Changeling, Gran Torino, Invictus, Hereafter, J. Edgar

Terry Gilliam
Monty Python & the Holy Grail, Brazil, Jabberwocky, Time Bandits, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Fisher King, Twelve Monkeys, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Brothers Grimm, Tideland, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

Werner Herzog
Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Fitzcarraldo, Invincible, Rescue Dawn, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, My Son My Son What Have Ye Done, Cave of Forgotten Dreams

George Lucas
THX 1138, American Graffiti, Star Wars Franchise

Martin Scorcese
Taxi Driver, New York New York, Raging Bull, After Hours, Last Temptation of Christ, Goodfellas, Cape Fear, Age of Innocence, Casino, Kundun, Bringing Out The Dead, Gangs of New York, The Aviator, No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, The Departed, Shutter Island, Hugo, Silence (pre), Wolf at Wall Street (pre), Sinatra (pre)

Ridley Scott
Duelists, Alien, Blade Runner, Legend, Someone to Watch Over Me, Black Rain, Thelma & Louise, 1492, White Squall, GI Jane, Gladiator, Hannibal, Black Hawk Down, Matchstick Men, Kingdom of Heaven, A Good Year, American Gangster, Body of Lies, Robin Hood, Prometheus, The Councellor (pre), Untitled Blade Runner Project (pre)

Stephen Spielberg
Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Indiana Jones Movies, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Empire of the Sun, Jurassic Park, Amistad, Saving Private Ryan, AI: Artificial Intelligence, Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can, The Terminal, War of the Worlds, Munich, The Adventures of Tintin, War Horse, Lincoln (pre), Robopocalypse (pre), Indiana Jones 5 (pre)


The Currently En Vogue Directors

J. J. Abrams
Alias (TV), Lost (TV), Mission Impossible III, Star Trek (2009), Super 8, Untitled Star Trek Sequel (pre)

P. T. Anderson
Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love, There Will Be Blood, The Master

Wes Anderson
Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom

Judd Apatow
40 Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Funny People, This is Forty (pre)

Darren Aronofsky
Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, The Wrestler, Black Swan, Noah (pre)

Michael Bay
Bad Boys, The Rock, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, Bad Boys II, The Island, Transformers, Transformers II, Transformers III, Pain and Gain (post), Bad Boys 3 (pre), Untitled Transformers Sequel (pre)

Kathryn Bigelow
Near Dark, Blue Steel, Point Break, Strange Days, The Weight of Water, K-19: The Widowmaker, The Hurt Locker

Timur Bekmambetov
Night Watch, Day Watch, Wanted, 9, Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter

Danny Boyle
Trainspotting, A Life Less Ordinary, The Beach, 28 Days Later, Sunshine, Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, Trance

Edward Burns
The Brothers McMullen, She's the One, No Looking Back, Sidewalks of New York, Ash Wednesday, Looking for Kitty, The Groomsman, Purple Violets, Nice Guy Johnny, Newlyweds

Tim Burton
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Beetle Juice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, Ed Wood, Mars Attacks!, Sleepy Hollow, Planet of the Apes, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Alice in Wonderland, Dark Shadows, Frankenweenie

D. J. Caruso
The Salton Sea, Taking Lives, Disturbia, Eagle Eye, I Am Number Four, Goat Island

Park Chan-Wook
Joint Security Area, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, Lady Vengeance, Thirst, Stoker

Joel & Ethan Coen
Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Millers Crossing, Barton Fink, The Hudsucker Proxy, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou?, The Man Who Wasn't There, Intolerable Cruelty, The Ladykillers, No Country For Old Men, Burn After Reading, A Serious Man, True Grit, Inside Llewyn Davis

Sofia Coppola
The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, Marie Antoinette, Somewhere, The Bling Ring

Alfonso Cuaron
Great Expectations, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Children of Men, Gravity

Guillermo Del Toro
Blade II, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Pacific Rim (post)

Roland Emmerich
Making Contact, Moon 44, Universal Soldier, Stargate, Independence Day, Godzilla, The Patriot, Day After Tomorrow, 10,000BC, 2012, Anonymous

David Fincher
Alien 3, Seven, The Game, Fight Club, Panic Room, Zodiac, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Marc Forster
Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland, Stay, Stranger Than Fiction, Quantum of Solace, Machine Gun Preacher, World War Z (filming)

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
 Intact, 28 Weeks Later, Intruders, The Crow (pre)

Mel Gibson
Braveheart, The Passion of the Christ, Apocalypto

Michel Gondry
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep, Be Kind Rewind, The Green Hornet, The We and the I, Mood Indigo, Tales From the Hanging Head (pre)

Paul Greengrass
Resurrected, The Theory of Flight, Bloody Sunday, The Bourne Supremacy, United 93, The Bourne Ultimatum, Green Zone, Captain Phillips, Barca (pre)

Davis Guggenheim
An Inconvenient Truth, It Might Get Loud, Waiting for Superman

Mikael Hafstrom
Evil, Derailed, 1408, The Rite, The Tomb

Michael Haneke
Code Unknown, The Piano Teacher, Cache (Hidden), Funny Games, The White Ribbon, Love

Jered Hess
Napolean Dynamite, Nacho Libre, Gentlemen Broncos

John Hillcoat
The Proposition, The Road, Lawless, Triple Nine (pre)

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
21 Grams, Babel, Biutiful

Peter Jackson
Bad Taste, Meet the Feebles, Dead Alive, Heavenly Creatures, The Frighteners, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, King Kong, The Lovely Bones, The Hobbit Parts 1 & 2 (filming)

Jim Jarmusch
Permanent Vacation, Stranger Than Paradise, Down by Law, Mystery Train, Dead Man, Night on Earth, Ghost Dog: The Way of The Samurai, Coffee and Cigarettes, Broken Flowers, Limits of Control

Rian JohnsonBrick, The Brothers Bloom, Looper

Duncan Jones
Moon, Source Code, Untitled Ian Fleming Project (pre)

Spike Jonze
Being John Malkovich, Adaptation., Where the Wild Things Are

Wong Kar-Wai
Chunking Express, In the Mood for Love, 2046, My Blueberry Nights

Richard Kelly
Donnie Darko, Southland Tales, The Box, Corpus Christi (pre)

Francis Lawrence
Constantine, I Am Legend, Water for Elephants, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Ang Lee
Sense and Sensibility, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hulk, Brokeback Mountain, Lust Caution, Taking Woodstock, Life of Pi (filming)

Richard Linklater
Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise, School of Rock, Before Sunset, A Scanner Darkly, Fast Food Nation, Me and Orson Welles, Bernie

David Lynch
Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Dune, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Twin Peaks (TV), Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, Rabbits, Inland Empire

Terrence Malick
Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, The New World, The Tree of Life, To the Wonder, Voyage of Time, Lawless, Knight of Cups

Michael Mann
Thief, The Keep, Manhunter, Last of the Mohicans, Heat, The Insider, Ali, Collateral, Miami Vice, Public Enemies

Adam McKay
Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Step Brothers, The Other Guys, Anchorman 2


 Sam Mendes
American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Jarhead, Revolutionary Road, Away We Go, Skyfall

John Cameron Mitchell 

Hedwig & the Angry Inch, Shortbus, Rabbit Hole

Michael Moore
Roger & Me, Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko, Capitalism: A Love Story

Vincenzo Natali
 Cube, Cypher, Nothing, Splice, High Rise, Haunter (pre)

Christopher Nolan
Following, Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises

Wolfgang Petersen
Das Boot, The Neverending Story, In the Line of Fire, Outbreak, The Perfect Storm, Troy, Poseidon

Alex Proyas
Spirits of the Air Gremlins of the Clouds, The Crow, Dark City, Garage Days, I Robot, Knowing, Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag (pre), Sydney Unplugged (pre)

Sam Raimi
Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, Darkman, Army of Darkness, The Quick and the Dead, Spiderman Franchise, Drag Me To Hell, Oz: The Great & Powerful (pre)

Matt Reeves
 Cloverfield, Let Me In, Untitled Cloverfield Sequel (pre)

Ivan Reitman
Foxy Lady, Cannibal Girls, Meatballs, Stripes, Ghostbusters, Legal Eagles, Twins, Ghostbusters II, Kindergarten Cop, Dave, Junior, Fathers' Day, Six Days Seven Nights, Evolution, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, No Strings Attached, Ghostbusters III (pre)

Jason Reitman
Thank You For Smoking, Juno, Up In The Air, Young Adult, Labor Day (pre)

Nicholas Winding Refn
Pusher, Bleeder, Fear X, With Blood On My Hands: Pusher II, I'm the Angel of Death: Pusher III, Bronson, Valhalla Rising, Drive, Only God Forgives (pre), Logan's Run (pre)

Guy Ritchie
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch., Swept Away, Revolver, RocknRolla, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (pre)

Robert Rodriguez
El Mariachi, Desperado, From Dusk Til Dawn, The Faculty, Spy Kids, Spy Kids 2, Spy Kids 3, Once Upon A Time In Mexico, Sin City, Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, Planet Terror, Shorts, Machete, Spy Kids 4, Machete Kills, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (pre)


Mark Romanek
Static, One Hour Photo, Never Let Me Go, Locke & Key (pre)

David O. Russell
Spanking the Monkey, Flirting with Disaster, Three Kings, I Heart Huckabees, The Fighter, Nailed (post), The Silver Linings Playbook (post), American Bullsh*t (pre)

Joel Schumacher
The Lost Boys, Flatliners, Falling Down, Batman Forever, The Phantom of the Opera, The Number 23, Blood Creek, Twelve, Man in the Mirror, Trespass (post)

Tony Scott
The Hunger, Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, Revenge, Days of Thunder, The Last Boyscout, True Romance, Crimson Tide, The Fan, Enemy of the State, Spy Game, Man on Fire, Domino, Deja Vu, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, Unstoppable, Top Gun 2 (pre), Emma's War (pre)

M. Night Shyamalan
The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village, Lady In The Water, The Last Airbender, After Earth (post)

Bryan Singer
The Usual Suspects, X-Men, X2, Superman Returns, Valkyrie, Jack the Giant Killer (post)

Kevin Smith
Clerks., Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Jersey Girl, Clerks II, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Cop Out, Red State

Zack Snyder
Dawn of the Dead, 300, Watchmen, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, Sucker Punch, The Man of Steel (pre)

Steven Soderburgh
Sex Lies and Videotape, Kafka, The Underneath, Out of Sight, The Limey, Erin Brockovich, Traffic, Ocean's 11, Solaris, Ocean's 12, Bubble, The Good German, Ocean's 13, Che, The Girlfriend Experience, The Informant!, Haywire, Contagion, Magic Mike (pre), Bitter Pill (pre), Behind the Candelabra (pre)

Quentin Tarantino
Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill: Vol I-II, Death Proof, Inglorious Basterds, Django Unchained, Kill Bill: Vol III (pre)

Gus Van Sant
My Own Private Idaho, Good Will Hunting, Psycho (1998), Finding Forrester, Elephant, Paranoid Park, Milk, Restless, My Own Private River, Promised land (pre)

Gore Verbinski
The Mexican, The Ring, Pirates of the Caribbean I-III, The Weather Man, Rango, The Lone Ranger (post)

The Wachowskis
Bound, The Matrix Trilogy, Speed Racer, Cloud Atlas (post), Jupiter Ascending (pre)

Joss Whedon
 Firefly (TV), Buffy The Vampire Slayer (TV), Angel (TV), Serenity, Thor, The Avengers, Much Ado About Nothing (pre)

Edgar Wright
Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The World's End (pre), Ant-Man (pre)

Joe Wright
 Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, The Soloist, Hanna, Anna Karenina (post)



The New Directors with Fresh Eyes
They have made 1-3 films with at least one film that speaks with a new and skillful voice.

Jeffrey Blitz- Rocket Science
Neill Blomkamp- District 9, Elysium (pre)
Joe Cornish- Attack the Block
Lena Dunham- Tiny Furniture
Gareth Edwards- Monsters
Chris Fuller- Loren Cass, Surpassing All Other Kings

Debra Granik- Down to the Bone, Winters Bone

Ian Hubert- SBFP, Ideality, Project London

Paul Johanssen- Atlas Shrugged: Part I 

Jennifer Chambers Lynch- Surveillance, Hisss 

Greg Marcks- 11:14, Echelon Conspiracy 

John Maybury- The Jacket 

Kelly Reichardt- Wendy & Lucy, Meek's Cutoff 

Daniel Stamm- A Necessary Death, The Last Exorcism 

M Dot Strange- We Are The Strange, Heart String Marionette

Red & Jim Jannard finally tell us what kind of company they are

http://reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?p=660570#post660570

As I predicted in my last article RED needed to accept their place as a pro camera company & that is exactly what they did! As Jim Jannard's announcement indicates, RED is finally starting to get it and will draw the line better as it comes to what kind of company they are. Which, I think, should help them carve out a better niche for themselves. It was about time they admitted the obvious. My hope is that, now, the company will be finding its footing better and accepting its limitations even more. Then they can start to recognize who their true competition is. here's a hint... it's NOT Canon & Nikon!

My view of the digital camera markets can be compared to some degree with the old film camera markets...

Current Digital Camera Markets
1. DSLR's & prosumer cams ---> 2. Panny & Sony Broadcast Professional HD Cameras ---> 3. RED, ARRI, Panavisions & Studio developed experimental cameras.

As compared to the Film Camera Markets from back in the day...
1. Standard 8 & Super 8 ---> 2. 16 & Super 16 ---> 3. 35mm & other experimental studio tech.

Of course there are sub-markets within these as there is more experimentation and innovation (just like with Red) but these smaller markets will only flux temporarily.

This all makes sense because each of these markets are meeting distinct needs in the marketplace. Lots of filmmakers including Spielberg & M. Night back in the day started with a Super 8 shooting family events & small shorts films in their back yard- then they moved up to 16 in film school and then by that time they understood how the whole theory works and all the ensuing implications with lighting, developing, camera moves, etc. They could realistically handle the Panavisions and could deal with the greater responsibility of that. The same is now true with the DSLR's all the way up to RED, ARRI etc.

So, as you can see, my beef with RED is that they are acting ridiculous by making fun of DSLR shooters. Panavision would never be ridiculous enough to making fun of Ricoh, Rollei, Bolex or Canon back in the 70's or 80's because they shot on a smaller format and their sync-sound wasn't as good... or they weren't as smooth running... or they were too noisy to be used for proper filmmaking purposes... that is really only going to make you look like an idiot.

They, hopefully, will continue to admit they are in a different market & then they will stop making noise in the back of the classroom like annoying little brats. RED has to learn to not sling mud and to stand apart as a different kind of company. Let it be a plus that your cameras will be undercutting other cameras in your market... that is a good thing! And try not to make the Spielbergs of tomorrow feel bad for starting their careers with DSLR's...

By the way- HDR isnt that much of an advancement, RED. In many ways, no more advanced than 3D. Here's a Canon 5DmkII shooting HDR video on vimeo. Just get us a new camera that continues the next big thing in pro filmmaking... thank you very much! aaahhhh. LOL. Im just kidding!

But, all kidding aside, I do appreciate every bit of new filmmaking tech out there from your company and from ANY of these other great companies, so thank you very much Mr. Jannard- just please learn to respect your peers sir- Canon, Nikon, Panny... these other companies are still just as relevant as your company (even Panavision!). In some ways, more so. They have a more vibrant, colorful and profitable history than yours. You're the next big thing- but don't think the old guard are gone- they are just as relevant as ever.

I'm still hoping that there will be advances in digital screening technology with the help of RED at some point-- we need a slew of new high res theaters out there. IMHO it will help continue the resurgence of the theater experience for the film exhibition industry as well... then we will SEE the evidence of RED's advanced tech better as compared to the competition. Can't you see that this better screening environment will also greatly increase the amount of sales for your cameras? hmmmmm. That this isn't discussed concerns me. The screening tech must flux WITH the camera markets at some point- but, as most of use realize in this industry, there is not much innovation in the exhibition markets. LOL.

Good luck to you & congratulations on finding your niche RED!! In the meantime- I just got my hands on a Canon 60D and will be shooting what I can as a beginning director (no longer just a producer, scripty & videographer)- I'll be learning to work within the limitations of the tech & doing what I can to still tell stories. Whatever piece of equipment I can get to help me make better films... that's what I will buy. Wish me luck and hopefully by the time you come out with Scarlet- I'll be able to see how all this extra time working on it paid off! Or maybe by then you will deserve the ridicule & scorn you have heaped on others.