Marty my buddy, my pal, called me a few weeks back and asked me to write a blog post. I've been threatening the world for quite awhile about starting one of these things and well...as I am the king of procrastination it has simply never materialized.
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We are in pre production for a short film to be shot the weekend of Jan. 30. We are looking for a dedicated actress (twenties to early thirties) to play the part of Anna, a woman who confronts the man who killed her sister. It is a twenty minute shor
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Posted by Jace Witman on January 12, 2010 at 1:37pm
In one of my past lives I was a makeup FX artist. This comes in handy working on my own productions and occasionally working with friends on theirs.This weekend I'll be lending a bloody hand to Trash Film Orgy's shoot of Planet of the Vampire Women.
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Posted by Julie Sorci on January 12, 2010 at 1:26pm
Thanks for sharing the Christmas party photos - it looks as if you guys had a blast! Your new site looks very professional and user friendly - I'm going to have to delve deeper.An answer to a previous question - I've just finished rewriting one of my
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Posted by Martin Anaya on January 7, 2010 at 10:30am
PAUL MARTIN Chair Emeritus Director's Guild of America Northern California Topic: Paul has been a 1st unit AD on many films throughout a long career. In addition, he has served on the board and is the chair emeritus of the Director's Guild of America
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Posted by Ron Petersen on January 2, 2010 at 2:55am
I am looking to find good copies of old public domain serials for a television/internet show still in early pre-production. This is a pocket change budget show at the moment. I am currently working with and cleaning up footage from Archive.org and ot
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Posted by Kirk Parker on December 29, 2009 at 11:04am
Whenever I involve myself with creative people, I come across something very interesting. Valerie Fioravanti, a talented writer of poetry and short stories has created an event called, Stories on Stage. This will be consecutive monthly readings of st
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Posted by Martin Anaya on December 22, 2009 at 3:24am
by Martin Anaya Let me put your mind at ease. The short answer is "NO". In spite of the forcast demise of the Motion picture industry at the hands of illegal piracy as fortold by the MPAA, the truth is that In 2009, Hollywood made more movies and mor
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We just got a stellar idea for a new short 20 minute film. We are going to try to make the deadline for the Sac International Film Festival, but this means we have to move through the pre-production process fast! We will have the script fully complet
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Posted by Jace Witman on December 17, 2009 at 3:44pm
I've been forgetting to come back regularly to this site. I like the networking aspect of it, and it also allows me yet another place to write a blog. I don't really like cutting and pasting blogs that I've written from other places, so it's another
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Posted by Martin Anaya on December 12, 2009 at 6:30pm
SAC FILM FEST SCREENING: THE YOUNG VICTORIA Crest Theater EVENT SOLD OUT Monday, December 21st Rated: PG Run Time: 100 minutes Go to events page (top button bar) and sign up for CASINO NORCALE this wednesday. While supplies last, folks attending will
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This month we've seen some interesting developments in the Exhibition business... the people who own the theaters. Naturally, this directly relates to Movie Making since these are the people we want to show our products. The big challenge has always
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What is it with all these people here who say they are in the "Film Business" in Sacramento??? I suspect they would "like" to be in some sort of "film business", but I'm sure most of them all have "day jobs". Come on...There are only a handful of peo
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Dan Rather on What the Comcast-NBC/Universal Deal Might Mean for NBC News By Chris Ariens on Dec 01, 2009 03:56 PMDan Rather was here at mediabistro.com this morning for our Media Beat series. TVNewser's Gail Shister asked Rather what he thought the
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Turner Classic Movies Sounds the Trumpet for Hollywood Epics With Latest A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES Special One-Hour Film-Genre Specials from Dreamworks Television Continue Sunday, Dec. 20, With A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE GIGANTIC WORLD OF EPICS, Part of
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The Local Community Radio Act continues to move quickly through Congress! On Thursday, November 19 at 10 AM, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation will vote on the bill (S.592). Building on the unanimous passage out of the Ener
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Just finished scoring Chris King's beautiful "The Killing of Mary Surratt", a very poignant period piece, reenactment Lincoln-era documentary...a very empathetic treatment of a very troubled time and issue, and real opportunity to compose expressive
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