Long-time friend and and Silver-Lined "muse," Giovannie Espiritu has created a fantastic new web site (www.filmfriendfinder.com) that promises to give filmmakers of all shapes and sizes a place to meet, collaborate, and create. [ more » ]
Shooting began this last weekend for the remake of Scott Howe's short film, The Trade. Originally produced as a ten-minute short for the 2006 10x10 film festival, this new version of The Trade is being lengthened to at least twenty minutes and features a new ending. Scott's daughter, Jodi Mao and Jodi's friend Isabella Nuestadt are reprising their roles as the two young friends who trek deep into the heart of Ricket's Wood to find out whether or not the stories are true about the wood's supernatural powers. What a difference two years makes; Jodi and Isabella were great in their rolls the first time around, but they have definitely matured as actors. The night before they were to shoot their scenes, they both met with me to discuss their parts. Their ideas for some of their characters' motivations and some dialog changes were incredibly insightful and I was excited to implement their ideas throughout Saturday's shoot. Also new to this remake of the film are two very talented actors, Sierra Hersek and John Crosthwaite. Their performances Saturday evening were nothing less than amazing.
An additional shoot date is being planned for August in order to finish the last two scenes of this film. Until then editing has commenced on the footage so far and everything looks great!
Announced today, the 2007 film "Kindred", won in the Cultural Perspectives - Professional Category awarded by the Alliance for Community Media Hometown Awards. The film, written and produced by Scott Howe, was honored at the 2007 "Place Called Sacramento" Film Festival and can be seen at www.AccessSacramento.org
The award ceremony will be help July 10, 2008 in Washington D.C.
The ACM "Hometown" Awards honor programs created by public, educational, and government access organizations throughout North America.
"Kindred" is a fictional account based upon the cholera epidemic of the 1850's in old Sacramento. A modern day doctor is disturbed by "dreams" she is having. Dismissing the visions as stress related, Dr. Chen realizes the dreams are originating from her Chinese ancestors and explain her drive to become a physician.
Details about the ACM Hometown Awards can be obtained at: www.acmhometown.org
All of us at Silverlined entertainment would like to sincerely thank each and every one of you who took the time out on a busy (and very hot) Saturday to come and introduce yourself to us. As you are all aware, this process is not an exact science. We were looking for any number of things in our attempt to find the person who would best fit a particular role. As such, we each had certain ideas in mind when we spoke to each of you. If it seemed as though we gave some people more or less time than yourself, don't take this as any indication of how your audition went; as far as we're concerned, you were all great! Our primary focus in meeting with you was to consider those qualities in each of you that will best work within the framework of each story. If you felt at all nervous, you can relax; this was an open audition and we were hoping to find a variety of looks and talent. Moreover, we were not concerned at all about your level of experience. We heartily believe that talent can come in all shapes, sizes -- and experience.
I also realize that some of you who had hoped and planned on attending, had to decline for one reason or other. Rest assured, this has no bearing on whether or not we cast you for any upcoming or future films. You are all included in our ever-growing talent database, and we will continue to let you know about other casting opportunities as they arise.
"The Last Suspect," Chris Terry's entry into this year's 48 hour Filmmaker Challenge has been awarded the honor of 1st Place. Out of eleven finished films, the judges honored "The Last Suspect," as their pick for the best 48 hour film of 2008. For the second year in a row, Chris Terry headed up a talented team to take on the 48 hour filmmaker challenge. The concept was simple enough: teams were given 48 hours inwhich to brainstorm, write, shoot and finally edit an entire story idea. To ensure that all teams worked within the 48 hour time limit, each team was given a phrase to be used somewhere in each film. Additionally, an umbrella also had to appear in the completed film. If that wasn't enough, each team was given a character name which had to appear in the story.
This project was a perfect opportunity for Chris to bring together several of his other friends and coworkers to create a sort of dream team, devoted to making a great film. In the end, the project melded into a joint venture of Chris's own "Revolv Films," and "Silver-Lined Entertainment."
On Sunday evening, April 6, filmmakers and friends gathered together to celebrate on the Delta King. The highlight of the evening, at least for Chris and Silver-Lined however, was announcing the winner. Congratulations to everyone for making this project a critical success!
Sacramento News & Review Associate Arts Editor, Josh Fernandez gave praise to "KINDRED," in the March 6th, 2008 issue. Fernandez's article, informing Sacramentans of this year's "A Place Called Sacramento" film festival, included a photo still from the film, and also gave credit to each of the principal actors from KINDRED. In an email to Scott Howe, Fernandez described KINDRED as frightening, but also added that he was totally impressed. He further added that he would like to be kept up-to-date on upcoming projects since he'd like to give "Silver-Lined" the credit it deserves. Thanks Josh!
Friday I rushed over as fast as I could to our HQ (Scott's house) to witness the scheming process. Friday night was to be used for planning, Saturday was designated for filming and then Sunday was reserved for the editing wizards to work their magic. The movie needed to be submitted by 6:30pm on Sunday. [ more » ]