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First Showing of The Good Samaritan
We're holding the first (private) showing of The Good Samaritan at The Jewel Box
(part of the Rendezvous bar) in Belltown
tomorrow night at 7pm - and Jeremiah will also
be showing his film Temporary Enlightenment.
He then leaves pretty much directly from
there to Thailand, where
he's going to be making films for the next year
or so. We wish him good fortune and happy
trails.
It has been a long road getting to this stage,
but it's good to know that finally the short has
been finished and put to bed. I'll post some
photos from the showing up online after the dust
settles.
Time to buy a bottle of champagne, methinks.
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The Final Cut is the Deepest??
Well, Jeremiah and Simon have been happily beavering away on the
final cut of The Good Samaritan, and frankly it's looking real nice now.
Things are coming together rapidly, and we have
only a couple of things to fix (foley work,
soundtrack, and a strange stuttering frame
problem that we can't quite isolate in After
Effects), and then we'll be done.
Next stop: Applying to the Seattle
International Film Festival for the world premiere.
The interesting thing? Apparently you don't even
have to pay an application fee if your film was
over 50% filmed in Washington State (ours was
100% filmed here, so that should work well in
our favor).
So, this has been a long road and an excellent
learning experience. The next short should go
even smoother - and after that, who knows?
The credits have been assembled, and at this
point they look something like this. We still
need to do something about the audio credits -
as soon as they're put into stone, I'll update
them here:
Starring
Joseph DeLorenzo as Chester
Director - Jeremiah Hundley
Producer - Simon Cooke
Screenplay - Steven J. Freeman
Story by Jay Passer
Also Starring (in alphabetical
order)
Simon Cooke - Disgusted Yuppie
Beth Frye - Disgusted Woman
Jeremiah Hundley - Guitar Player in Store
Emily Nelson - Chester's Love
Jay Passer - Guitar Player in Store
Peter Torr - Guitar Player in Store
Cinematography - Jeremiah Hundley
Assistant Director - Peter Torr
Grip - Tracy McElroy
Makeup - Cherry Chau
Production Assistants - James D. Newman and Jay
Passer
Wardrobe - Joseph DeLorenzo and James D. Newman
Second Unit Camera - Simon Cooke and Peter Torr
Editing - Simon Cooke and Jeremiah Hundley
Music - Jeremiah Hundley
Executive Producer - Simon Cooke
Copyright (c) 2005 Popcorn Films, all rights
reserved
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Farscape: Peacekeeper War
Farscape is one of those shows that you just have to see to understand.
It's possibly one of the best science fiction shows ever made - always unique,
always pushing the boundaries, and never stale or one to take the expected
twist to the story.
Well, a while back, the SciFi channel
cancelled Farscape (it was funding half of the
series - each episode costs $1.5 million to
make, and SciFi were paying half of that).
The fans didn't take this too kindly. As a
direct result of their actions, the show is back
for a miniseries premiering on Oct 17th and 18th
at 9pm Eastern / 8pm Central on the SciFi
channel. Four hours of the best science fiction
entertainment ever made - so why wouldn't you
want to watch it?
What does this have to with Popcorn Films?
Well, two of us (Simon and Steve) are complete
Farscape nuts. We love this show. And we're glad
it's back.
If you're at all wondering what kind of show
inspires this kind of loyalty from its fans,
you'll just have to watch it to find out. Enjoy
the journey. Hold your questions. Use your mind.
And share the wonders we've seen.
Now, as for the obligatory Popcorn Films
related piece, we're still working on The
Good Samaritan (day jobs and computer
problems have got in the way of putting together
the final edit, but it's getting there). To
prove that we're not just making this up, here's
a picture from the short.
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The Good Samaritan
Wow. Its been quite a while since we
updated this site... UNSEALED has been
put on hold for now (until we can afford to do
it), but our latest project The Good
Samaritan (working title) is now well under
way. In fact, we're going to be shooting in and
around Seattle's University District on
Saturday June 26th and Sunday June 27th.
The story of a homeless man who finds a guitar
in a dumpster, it's a mostly silent piece about
10 minutes long.
Currently, people involved in this project
are:
Jay Passer (Story / Director)
Steve Freeman (Screenplay / Director of
Cinematography)
Simon Cooke (Producer / Assistant
Director)
Joseph DeLorenzo (Lead
Actor)
We also have a smattering of extras, and
production assistants (to be announced).
Jeremiah Hundley (Director /
Cinematographer of
Temporary Enlightenment) has
agreed to come on board to shoot the piece for
us.
We're looking for a Makeup / Wardrobe
person to help out during the shoot, and to help
us create a crusty / distressed look for Joseph.
If you want to help out, please
contact us by email.
The project page for The Good Samaritan will
be up online as soon as Simon gets a free
moment. And yes, we're still planning on
shooting UNSEALED as soon as we can find
somewhere to shoot it. We need a bar /
restaurant for about 8 weekends. We can shoot
around your schedule, but ideally we'd be
shooting during the day. Preferably somewhere
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We Need Your Help
We're not kidding. We really need your help.
We're trying to raise the $10,000 we need to make filming UNSEALED possible. Now,
because of certain SEC laws governing how you can get investors involved (ie. you can't, unless they've
got a spare $100,000,000 lying around), and because it's a short film (ie. probably no revenue at the end, but
if you're lucky, you'll make back what it cost to make it. Real lucky, that is)... well... it kind of gets in
the way of seeking funding.
Now, speaking from our point of view, we're damned certain that UNSEALED is worth making. All of our
feedback so far has been exceedingly positive - people love the script, and want to see it get made into a real honest-to-goodness
movie. A movie about 40 minutes long, but a movie nonetheless.
So we've decided to do something about it. And we're doing it Backwards.
No, we're not insane. Well, not much. What we're doing is selling T-Shirts and Mugs on CafePress.com. Now, CafePress has pretty high prices to begin with, so we're deliberately
labelling each item with how much each one sold gives us towards the film. It's a vague hope, but it's a hope.
So friends, Romans, countrymen... open your wallets. Buy cool stuff. It's all for a good cause. And we think the mugs and T-shirts
are very cool - especially the Shut Up And Drink ones.
Each item sold has a limited-edition heartfelt note of thanks. That heartfelt note will not be on anything we sell after
we start principal photography (unless we really really need the money to keep filming). It'll be a collector's edition. Priceless, if you will.
Heck, you could probably sell it on eBay in 20 years for... well... maybe enough to buy yourself a nice sandwich.
And if you know anyone who's feeling in a philanthropical mood, please, send them in our direction. We'd like to start shooting by
the middle of February. Pretty please :)
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Unsealed Starts Preproduction
We've starting the casting process for the roles of Scarlet, D.K. and Phil for
UNSEALED.
Open auditions will be held in the near future, so check here regularly for more information. If you're interested in auditioning, either
turn up on the day, or please email us your headshot and resume at
casting@popcornfilms.com.
We're also looking for a sound engineer (preferably with their own equipment) and a make-up artist
to join the crew for the project. Also, we're looking for a location; a closed bar/restaurant where
we can shoot weekend for several weeks. If you have any information, please email us
at hotbutter@popcornfilms.com.
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Unsealed Listed On IMDB
Woohoo! Unsealed now has an entry in the Internet
Movie Database. According to the IMDB's figures, the short film is
currently about as popular as The Brit Awards 2003. Not bad for a
movie which hasn't actually been made yet... (cough)
You can find our entry at the following link:
Unsealed (2003). And no, Simon isn't Simon Cooke III in real life. He's
just the third one to be entered into the database. But hey, he's British, so
you never know...
Update (7/24/2003): The info at IMDB is a little out of date right now. We're waiting until we
enter principal photography before we update the listing in one go.
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Unsealed Enters Pre-Production
After a little over two months of script-writing,
UNSEALED,
Popcorn Films' first official project has entered the pre-production phase.
The screenplay (drama / extremely black comedy) is
complete, and currently stands at a little over
36 pages.
The short film will be directed by Simon Cooke and Joseph DeLorenzo, who have
also co-authored the screenplay.
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Popcorn Films Website Goes Live
Popcorn Films, an independent film company founded by partners in crime Simon
Cooke and Steven J. Freeman, is now live and online. But heck, you already knew
that - after all, you're reading this website.
Our aim is to produce films of the highest quality. There's an old adage - if
something's worth doing, it's worth doing well. Well, we believe wholeheartedly
in that. In our case, if something's not going to be done well, we're not going
to waste our time and energy on it. It's a motto we've decided to live and die
by.
If you're interested, you can find out more about the people behind Popcorn
Films, and why we set up this production company in the "Who
We Are" section of the website.
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