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My buddy and I are scouting for a permanent place to film (where we can build sets) and we found a location we are considering renting. The Property Manager is motivated to rent to us since they are having a difficult time getting tenants. When we mentioned what our purpose was she made it clear...

Well....if you like to watch different types of scenery moving across the screen with a piano playing in the background it's fine. If you were sending out a message I didn't get it.

My personal theory is that at least one intelligent species has visited our planet. They took one look at humanity and left the solar system at Warp Factor 8 screaming in horror. As they left they created a force field at the edge of our solar system that will never allow us to get out. They...

Entertaining people is a constantly evolving creature. In the early days there were live musicans that either traveled or entertained in place. Theatre in one form or another has been around since man started walking upright. Then came devices that could store music (music boxes, etc) for...

The larger the school system the more beauracracy you will have to deal with. If possible go to a rural area and talk to someone at the school board. Chances are you will end up there anyway due to the school principal not being able to make a command decsion. You might also find a school that...

My company will be named after a creek that runs through the location of the production facility. Simple but effective since said creek flows through most of the county and into a major river. I believe in the KISS principle.

One of Stephen Kings best early books and Nicklesons best movies. The "here's Johnny" scene is a classic.

Looks good. Hope you are successful getting it distributed. Keep us informed as to how that works out.

Have you explored product placement? The producer of the first Indi film I was in got $1500.00 from Jack Daniels for having their product in one scene. I think there are "agents" that do product placement for producers. Maybe someone reading this has knowlege of how to work with them.

Are you sure they were phones and not small recorders? I was a journalist in the Army and I used a small tape recorder to do interviews and to tape briefings. I often would turn the recorder on and place it on the speakers platform just as they started to talk. When we did press conferences and...

I was raised on the old school science fiction of Bradbury, Clark, Heinlein and others of their fame. My mother was a librarian so I spent a lot of time reading books while I waited for her to get off work. In our library there were a lot of "anthology" books full of short stories by famous and...

Parts of the film I was just in as an extra used an electric hovercopter to film some scenes. The pilot built it himself and said he had about 3 grand in it. It was gyroscopically stabilized and I saw some amazing footage that it was used to shoot. It will be used in future films. They have not...

You know Conan the Barbarian had a little gay brother right? Ronan the Librarian. Sorry.......I'm comedy impaired.

Tyler Perry is a good example of the film makers that are working out of Atlanta. While I personally don't like Atlanta (or any other big city) there are resources there. One of the advantages of the southern states is that they are all "Right to Work" states which saves money since you don't...

It must require a lot of coordination with local officials to make a film like that. I wonder if the city foots the bill for traffic control and placing/removing needed barriers for the route. Anyone planning to use cityscapes for filming would do well to cultivate positive relationships with...

I collect United States military surplus vehicles. The objects of my affliction now are the M900 series vehicles. These are rated at 5 tons (for the cargo trucks) and have power steering, automatic transmissions and comfortable cabs. Google M927 to see what my favorite toy looks like.

A device that would allow you to look back into the past (not travel there) and see how something really looked rather than how someone now imagines it. This would really be helpful for events that happened before the invention of photography.

My vehicles are the more modern working trucks. Google "M927" to see an example of one of my trucks.They stay in my "Motor Pool" in the back yard. I live out in the sticks so there is no problem with complaints from neighbors. I have friends that have period correct vehicles that they keep in...

Hello all, I joined this forum because I have been interested in the film industry for a while. I'm a retired military journalist and Public Affairs Supervisor. During my tenure with an Army Training Support Division my office published a quarterly magazine and produced in house videos that...