Recent content by Alphie

Check out my recent short film shot on the GL2 ... http://www.metacafe.com/iloveny/grandprize/ This is for an I LOVE NY competition that is judgedby Tina Fey and Philip Seymour Hoffman! The winning short plays during the Thanksgiving Day parade! If you feel so inclined, please rate it (HIGH...

I agree completely. That WOULD be a very valuable list ... one which I'm pretty sure doesn't exist. In Ithaca, NY, we're luck enough to have seven (7) indie art screens and I wonder how many more are out there. Would you project digital or film?

Clive, I think I did send it to you ("In Love and Decay")? Let me know. You mentioned being busy and would read it when you could (and thanks for the offer). I totally agree with all of your input. Again, my goal here is less to MAKE the movie (Produce/Direct) than to have Lisa read the script...

Yeah. Money talks. I know this. Tried to cast a few other scripts (to attach and actor to other projects) and they won't put it into the actors hands without A) getting paid themselves; B) knowing the project can pay the actor. Makes sense really. Needless to say ... this project is under-funded.

I've been trying to get a hold of Lisa Loeb for about a year and can't get past the gatekeeper/s (her agent and manager). Really, all I want to do is have her READ my screenplay. I think she would be perfect for this role (and then, if she were attached ... I might get financing or at least...

I would make a WAV of the scratchy/noise sound and run that under the audio track and then make a WAV of the crumple and drop it in where you want it. You could probably fake most of this with an open microphone and static from a TV. The editing software we use would allow for great flexibility...

One more thing ... We put up some select scenes and the outtakes reel from our movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RTmKMWjxZ8 Worth checking out. One thing our movie DOES have is an incredible level of quality for a mini-dv feature. Our director is a REAL stickler for high video and audio...

Very well said, reeceracer. Obviously all of this gets filed in the "lessons learned" folder in the file cabinet of my life. Would I go through all of this again? Not a chance. If someone approached ME with $500,000 would I make the move I want to make (with NO strings attached) ... you betcha...

A Plea ... I have added another video that might help me pay back the investors and finance my next film! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo5l_D3NVU8 ;)

We actually did have a Producer's Rep willing to show the movie/script to "the right people" to get it made into a "big time" Hollywood production. And it was only going to cost us $10,500. The upside of any of this is that we DO have a finished movie on DVD so ... if for some reason I DO bump...

Clive, Was responding to mdifilm and your post must have come in. Thanks for your insight. I've been "following" what you've been doing for a while and am very impressed with your talent. As it is right now, MY talent is better spent in commercial work/design, etc. It has afforded me a very...

We thought about trying to get the story produced off-Broadway (and even thought it would make a pretty hilarious puppet show). I'll talk to the Director about slapping DeNiro's face onto one of our principle actors .. I think that would go over well (like a fart in church). Seriously, if I...

Not from within what was shot. Who wants to watch two guys sit at a table in an overnight standoff? Now, if the parts were played by DeNiro and Spacey (which is who they were written around) ... we'd have something here! I would love to use this experience as inspiration to go on ... to keep on...

Did Kevin Smith GET lucky? I don't think luck is involved in any of this. You HAVE to know someone somewhere to make it. When I send my feature to: Sundance Festival Slamdance Festival SXSW FILM FESTIVAL Cinequest Film Festival Miami Film Festival TromaDance Syracuse Film Festival NY...

The whole thing started when I was in pre-production and tried to hire a Producer's Rep. They were interested in the script and thought we had something great until they saw the rough cut. Had we gone back in at that point and made: 1) The waiter in the movie chop the heads off the hitmen and...