Produce (Short) Movies

The shoot went well…

I’m noticing it’s actually easier to shoot in every city OTHER THAN L.A.

We went into Adventuredome in Circus Circus and shot some interactive improv and nobody bothered us. Very refreshing after being chased out of the Venice Whole Foods a couple months ago for taking a picture of a beautiful homemade pizza.

The reason why is because everyone and their brother is a filmmaker/producer/director/actor/whatever and the collective there is so jaded by the filming experience that they want to call their agent when a 14 year old kid with a Target camera wants to record her brother on the beach and her brother happens to be building a sandcastle in front of someone totally indistinguishable sunbathing 50 feet away.

Anyhoo, more info on the Adventuredome shoot will be posted soon. Woohoo! Good times!

Tags: filmmaking, Las Vegas, Los Angeles

From Silence To Sound – My friend completed her documentary

My friend and colleague Jennie Mayring of Brooklyn Girl Productions recently finished producing her full length documentary From Silence to Sound.

I haven’t seen it yet but I’ve heard it’s good. Here’s the info:

From Silence to Sound NOW ON DVD
Deaf man gains hearing at age 27 thanks to modern medical technology!

Brooklyn Girl Productions
presents

the award-winning documentary
FROM SILENCE TO SOUND

produced by Jenine Mayring
directed by Chase Matthews

NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD!
save 20% for a limited time only
(coupon code: 9W75SP3S)
http://www.fromsilencetosound.com

*WINNER-BEST DOCUMENTARY USA, Everglades International Film Festival
*BEST DOCUMENTARY nominee, Trail Dance Film Festival
*BEST DOCUMENTARY nominee, International Film Festival South Africa

“…an intimate and powerful portrait of courage…”
- Adrian Belic, Academy Award® nominee

“…spellbinding…the ultimate story of beating the odds…”
- Camryn Manheim, Emmy Award® winner & Golden Globe® winner

“…tremendously heartwarming and uplifting…”
- Alan Berliner, Emmy Award® winner & 2007 Sundance Film Festival Juror

SPECIAL DVD FEATURES (with English captions):
*Q&A Session with Justin Garrett after Los Angeles premiere
*Theatrical Trailer
*Behind-the-Scenes Interviews with director Chase Matthews,
producer Jenine Mayring and executive producer Jack Polachek

Synopsis:
In the United States, more than 20 million people are either deaf or hard-of-hearing. Justin Garrett’s parents discovered that their son was profoundly deaf at age 2. With that diagnosis, their idealistic dreams for him shattered. Not long after that, so did their family. As a young adult, Justin’s audiologists recommended a cochlear implant. If the surgery went well, it would enable him to hear. An unsuccessful surgery, however, would mean a lifetime of irreversible deafness. In a miraculous turn of events, Justin was then approved for a bilateral (double) cochlear implant – the first time in history a man would undergo such a procedure in Oklahoma. On March 13, 2006, this state-of-the-art surgery changed his life forever. Join him on this incredible journey as Justin seeks a new life in the hearing world.

WITNESS THE MIRACLE
http://www.fromsilencetosound.com

Tags: Brooklyn Girl Productions, Everglades International Film Festival, From Silence to Sound, Jennie Mayring, produce movies