Month: June 2016

Originally posted on WILDsound Festival:
Read the best of the best stunt performers working in Hollywood today. Great insights. Entertaining stories about the field. Educational for any filmmaker. Interview with Stunt Performer Adam Kirley (Batman Begins, Casino Royale, Grimsby) http://matthewtoffolo.com/2016/03/17/interview-with-stunt-performer-adam-kirley-batman-begins-casino-royale-grimsby/ Interview with Stunt Double Olga Wilhelmine (10 Cloverfield Lane) http://matthewtoffolo.com/2016/03/10/interview-with-stunt-double-olga-wilhelmine-10-cloverfield-lane/ Interview with Special Effects Coordinator…

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March 2016 Winning Short Screenplay Watch LEROY’S DREAM Table Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lEiizFdsgk CAST LIST: NARRATOR – Val Cole LEROY – Ucal Shillingford DARYL – Rob Notman SONYA – Alicia Payne Get to know writer Diarra McCormick: 1. What is your short screenplay about? My screenplay is about a disgruntled hardworking father…

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LEROY’S DREAM Written by Diarra McCormick Read 10 Questions with the writer CAST LIST: NARRATOR – Val Cole LEROY – Ucal Shillingford DARYL – Rob Notman SONYA – Alicia Payne SYNOPSIS: Genres: Drama A disgruntled hardworking father struggles to communicate with his combative alcoholic wife who must find the strength…

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BEST INTERESTS Written by James M. Freeman Read 10 Questions with the writer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu1Ya66wmJk SYNOPSIS: Genres: Action, History, Drama To protest inhumane treatment and unfair rejection of his application for refugee status, a teenage Vietnamese asylum seeker challenges the authority of a Hong Kong detention camp commandant, resisting the commandant’s…

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GATES OF HELL Written by Pamela Green and Everett House Sr. Read 10 Questions with the writer SYNOPSIS: Genres: Drama, Family Entails the life of Everett House as he grows up in a poor, Christian home in a Midwest city following the Great Depression, portraying his passion for playing the…

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MOTHS TO FLAME Written by Fredric Maffei Read 10 Questions with the writer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9O5OTFEu6s SYNOPSIS: Genres: Horror, Thriller Days from receiving his inheritance, young Nick hops in his truck and is California bound. Starved for a mentor/hero in his life, Nick hooks up with as canny a secret predator as…

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Submit your Fantasy/Sci-Fi Screenplay or Film via FilmFreeway: Get your script and story performed by professional actors at the Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival. Get your Short Film showcased at the FEEDBACK Film Festival and get an audience video. See the best of the Sci-Fi/Fantasy January 2016 Film and Screenplay Festival February 2016:…

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Deadline to submit your screenplay to the festival: http://www.wildsound.ca/screenplaycontest.html Watch the Winning Best Scene Screenplay Readings from January to June 2016 from the Writing Festival: Best Scene Screenplay – SEED OF THE WOMAN June 2016 Reading Written by Gary R. Billings Best Scene Screenplay – THE MESSIAH PROJECT June 2016 Reading Written…

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
The role of an Assistant Director – 1st AD on a film includes tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, and maintaining order on the set.  John McKeown has worked in the AD department, mainly as a…

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
It was a great honor to sit down with the very talented DP Adam Kimmel. His career has spanned almost 30 years, starting out as a teenager being an apprentice for Cinematographer Michael Chapman. His Cinematographer credits include: “The Ref”, “Beautiful Girls”, “Almost Heroes”, “Jesus’ Son”, “Capote”, “Lars…