C47Houston WEEKLY no. 36 w/ Director DJ Yarotsky by C47Houston News & Entertainment Magazine

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Premiere: Friday, August 28th

Presents: Mac Wellman’s

“Dracula”

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PREMIERE: Friday, August 28th

Just in time for the Halloween season, the Artistic Director of the Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company, Ms. Jennifer Decker, invites the public to the presentation of writer Mac Wellman’s stage play “Dracula” running October 15th through October 31st starting at 8PM at Studio 101 (1824 Spring Street, Houston, TX 77007). Directed by Ms. Decker, the story follows two sexually repressed women who find the freedom and passion of the vampiric world in the late days of Victorian London in a bizarre and offbeat rendition of Bram Stoker’s classic novel. October 16th is Pay-What-You-Can Mondays and Matinee show Sunday, October 25th starting at 3PM. For tickets and information visit:

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The Houston Miller Outdoor Theater present: Classic Movies at Miller Wednesday, August 26th at 8:00PM 6000 Hermann Park Dr. - FREE

Houston Writer and Actor turned Director Marcus W. Freeman and Popimarx Productions are pleased to invite the public to the Premiere screening of his Directorial short film, “The Prank”, Friday, August 28th starting at 6PM to 9PM at the Furniture Management Group (6901 Portwest Dr., Houston, TX 77024) Written by Mr. Freeman the movie follows a former high school basketball star of Joseph McBride High School by the name of Kevin Chambers. Life has been troubled for this basketball star when he loses his grandmother, his only parent. When his fifteenth class reunion comes up, Kevin decides to go. Things are going well at the reunion until he sees a woman from a bar the night before. Did she go to McBride High School or is she part of an elaborate scheme? Casting includes Kedrin Birdwell as Kevin Chambers, Greta JordanWilliams, Gregory Malonson, Jeleesa Robinson, with Travis Wethers, Mea Banks, Swantia Smith, Karen Davis, Toni Wo-mack, Tiffany Thomas, Dario ‘Ceo’ Nelson, Tedman Brown, Felecha Addison-Williams, Deidra Turnak, Veronica Pennamon, and Richard Thomas. Behind the camera is Cinematographer Yus G. Marta. Produced by Charnele Brown, Darion ‘Ceo’ Nelson and Lionell Hillard, Mr. Freeman transitioned from actor to writer in 2009 after encouragement from his mentor Charnele Brown (Kimberly Reese on “A Different World”). Mr. Freeman has written the stage plays “My Daughter My Child”, “The Lottery”, “A Day at the Office”, “Empowerment” and “The Em-pty Egg and Four Men and a Letter”. He has written short screen plays including “Sneakin”, “Trump”, “The Perfect Mate” and this movie, “The Prank”. Mr. Freeman has been acting for the past 15years both on the stage and in front of the camera with such movies as “The MC Hammer Story”, “King of the World”, “Deceitful Storm”, “American Nightmare” and “Thug Life”. Tickets for the premiere short film are only $21.49. You can get them online at: http://tinyurl.com/ojhugpu Also, check out their IMDB Page at: www.imdb.com/title/tt3887270/ And, visit the production website at: http://popimarx34.wix.com/popimarx-prod

October 15th through October 31st

The 17th Annual Gulf Coast Film & Video Festival has released the Official list for nominated Screenplays and the Official list of movies to be screened Friday and Saturday, September 11th and 12th at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel in the Clear Lake City area.

The 2015 GCFVF Selected Screenplay Nominees: 7 Screenplays have been nominated for the 2015 GCFVF Best Screenplay this year out of dozens. Of course, out of the seven nominees there can only be one winner for Best Screenplay. The nominated Screenplays include (in no particular order): “A Tender Proxy” by James Coate, “The Example” by Gordon S. Williams, “The Wheel” by Quinton Lowe, “The Border” by Norman Fitts, “The Tribute” by Mike Reid, “Catching Hail” by Mac McStravick and, “The Necessity” by Mac McStravick See the official list at: http://www.gulfcoastfilmfest.com/script-screenplay/

The 2015 GCFVF Selected Movies to be Screened: This year the Gulf Coast Film & Video Festival, 2015 has a great lineup of movies including 13 Short movies (including trailers and music videos), 9 Standard movies (longer than shorts but not as long as feature movies) and 4 feature movies. All the Screenings will take place Friday and Saturday, September 11th and 12 at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel (18100 Saturn Ln., Houston TX 77058). To view the Official list of selected movies to be screened visit: http://www.gulfcoastfilmfest.com/the-2015-selected-movies/ TICKETS: http://www.gulfcoastfilmfest.com/event-tickets/

September 11th and September 12th The Organizer and Founder of the Gulf Coast Film & Video Festival (GCFVF), Mr. Hal Wixon invites you to attend the 17th Annual GCFVF, 2015 Festival. The festival is taking place Friday and Saturday, September 11th and 12th, next month. Screenings Information: PASSES Screenings will take place at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel (18100 Saturn Ln. Houston, TX 77058) both Friday and Saturday September 11th and 12th. Single movies tickets are only $5.00, One Day Passes are only $15.00 and Two Day Passes are only $20.00. Tickets are going pretty fast. You can order your tickets for both screenings at: www.gulfcoastfilmfest.com/event-tickets/

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Awards Presentation The Saturday Night “Live” Cascade Awards Presentation is being held at The Sundance Grill II (800 Mariners Dr., Kemah, TX 77565 ) Saturday, September 12th. This year the GCFVF is pleased to have Houston Actor and Producer Lew Temple as the honored and scheduled guest. Mr. Temple is accepting the 2015 GCFVF’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Temple is a dynamic actor and has over a 100 credits to his name that includes a recurring part on “The Walking Dead”, “Walker, Texas Ranger”, “The Preacher’s Daughter”, “Lap Dance”, “The Rolling Road”, “The Lone Ranger”, “Hawaii Five-0” among a huge list. Check out his IMDB page for a complete listing at: www.IMDB.com/name/nm0854702 Tickets for the Saturday Night “Live” Awards Presentation and the two day screenings are currently on sale and online at: www.gulfcoastfilmfest.com/event-tickets/ ...GET THEM! Learn more about the GCFVF and “Like” them on facebook at: www.facebook.com/GulfCoastFilmFest, and on Twitter at: www.Twitter.com/gcfvf and visit their website at:

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November 12th-19th, 2015

Different Times by Carl Williams The Interminable by Nicholas Garelick Cosmic Discovery by Lauren Tunnell The War on Plastic by Alison Scott Waylay Makeover by Donna Latham Snob in a Melodrama by Fernando Dovalina Careful, Mrs. Brown by Shannon Donahue Tying the Knot by Joe Barnes Untapped Potential by Eric Jones Jornada Del Muerto by Gwen Flager

7th Anniversary

Scriptwriters Houston and Artistic Director Devan Wade are pleased to invite the public to their 25th Annual Scriptwriters Houston’s 10X10 Showcase running , Thursday through Sunday, August 20th through 22nd starting at 8PM, August 23rd starting at 2PM and again, Thursday through Saturday, August 27th through 28th starting at 8PM and August 29th starting at 2PM AND 8PM at The Company OnStage (536 Westbury Square, Houston TX 77035). Come see a full night of theatre featuring 10 original 10-minute short plays. Scripts were selected from hundreds of submission and for the 25th anniversary the selected plays include:

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We got the opportunity to be able meet this first-time feature movie maker at his Premiere of “Overdose: Death of a Punk Rocker” last month, July in Alvin, Texas. C47Houston News & Entertainment Magazine (the parent magazine) has been following the progress of this movie, which started back in June of 2012 with updates. We were happy to attend the premiere and we were pleased to meet some of the people that helped to put this feature movie onto the big screen. At first we were skeptical that a first time feature movie maker would be able to create something worth watching, but we found the movie to be entertaining and well-made. This is an independent movie and as their production name suggests a lo2no budget project and a project that is already moving toward cult status. We were thrilled that the director accepted our invitation for an interview. C47Houston is pleased to present:

C47Houston: Thank you DJ for answering a few questions for our readers. Are you originally from the Houston area? Mr. Yarotsky: No, not originally. My wife and I moved to the Houston area in 2009 from Ohio. She was doing some graduate work at Kent State University (where I graduated from) and was offered a job as a librarian here in the Houston area and we moved. Currently we live in the Clear Lake City area, not too far from the Johnson Space Center. C47Houston: You have completed your first feature movie. What were you thinking picking up a camera and making a feature motion picture and your first one at that? Mr. Yarotsky: When I was a teenager I was a bit of a dreamer. I always wanted to be a rock musician or a movie director. I wasn’t really interested in being famous or anything like that. I just wanted to be able to comfortably make a living out of it. Well, I always wanted to make a movie, but like a lot of people that want to do something big and creative, I would talk myself out of it. But, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that if I was going to make a movie, I’d have to just do it.

So, it was a quick production. After we did that video he helped me with my music video. But, mostly I have done for my demo reel. C47Houston: What are your thoughts about short movies? Mr. Yarotsky: The problem I have with short films is (and I might be dead wrong here) that most of the people that watch them happen to be other filmmakers. And that’s cool and everything, but I became interested in making full-length movies because it would be a fulllength movie that I hoped would get filmmakers and nonfilmmakers, alike, excited to see. C47Houston: We understand that you wrote the story for “Overdose: Death of a Punk Rocker. Is the movie based (or loosely based) on true event? Mr. Yarotsky: There are some things in the movie that are very closely based on true events, but most of it was a fictionalized version of true stories. For example, (spoiler alert) the break-up scene between Brian and Molly started off nearly identical to a break-up I experienced in the past. Then the scene where the dog peed on Brian and her dad chased him away with a shotgun; well, those last two things didn’t really happen. In reality the dog just stayed by her side and her dad calmly asked me to leave. C47Houston: There is a lot of drug references in the movie, was this drawn from your experiences? Mr. Yarotsky: It was. I was in a band called “The Yars” and a lot of the movie I drew from my experiences playing in the band. I loved playing in the band but the one thing that I always thought sucked, and was totally clichéd, was the drug use and the total exposure to it, in all shapes and forms. I played with several people throughout the years in the band and I was usually quite disgusted with their drug use. The sad thing is that the “Snarfs” (a character in the movie) that I’d meet would oftentimes be good people aside from their vices—chiefly drug use. And that’s a large factor in why I haven’t had a band in several years. I just don’t want to be around that toxic shit anymore. So the whole thing with the “Eddie” character: if you find a band member who is talented and substance-free, you hold onto that guy, because, unfortunately, they are rare. C47Houston: You have a lot of outstanding indie music in this movie and one of the subjects of your story is music. C47Houston: Yeah, getting to the point of “just do it” is a major hurdle in anything big and creative. It takes a lot of energy and that leap of faith to do something out of one’s comfort zone. Mr. Yarotsky: I was watching the special features from the movie “Hot Fuzz” and Director Edgar Wright who did the movie was basically saying to everyone who wanted to make a movie: Go out and do it! No one’s going to pay you millions of dollars to make your first movie when they don’t even know what you’re capable of. I figured, that’s what you gotta do. And, I am sure this is how some of the great filmmakers of our time have launched their careers: simply by getting out there, believing in themselves, and just getting it done, regardless of the budget. If there is a will…there is always a way to make a movie. C47Houston: Did you have some experience in making movies, working on crew or did you make some short movies before you took this giant leap into making a feature movie? Mr. Yarotsky: Not professionally. I have worked on some student projects in High School and in college. Looking back at those projects, they are all kind of embarrassing, but I was learning techniques and honing my craft. I have made a couple of music videos; one for Brent Simon for his song “Space Camp” for a music video contest. That video was green-screen intensive and had a turn-around time of 6 days.

Mr. Yarotsky: Absolutely, I love rock music. Sometimes I joke that it is my religion. But, when you hear a good rock song, it’s hard to NOT believe there is a God. C47Houston: And what do you enjoy about Punk Rock?

Mr. Yarotsky: Well, one of the things I really love about PUNK rock is the importance of getting a message out there and maintaining your musical integrity in doing so. “Punk” had its day in the 80s, came back bigger than ever in the 90s and then by the 2000s, radio stations and MTV were calling shitty pop-bands “punk rock”, and the whole scene started to fall back into obscurity with that. So I have a lot of opinions on it (obviously) and therefore “Brian” (the character in the movie) has a lot of opinions on it. I’d like people to watch this movie and remember what they like about real punk rock and know that it’s totally cool if it’s not as popular as it once was. Look at the stuff that is now popular and you should be more than OK with yourself being a punk rock fan. C47Houston: Do you have a particular style of moviemaking?

Mr. Yarotsky: Character driven. I really think good characterization is the most important part of any movie and, usually more than the plotline, what the movie is really about. I really don’t like the...

the movies that are so plot driven that everything the characters say is so utilitarian that you don’t get a sense of who they are (take Sam Raimi’s Spiderman movies and compare them to “the Amazing Spiderman” for example. So much of the dialog from “The Amazing Spiderman” was just telling Spiderman where to go and what to do. Where Sam Raimi’s “Spiderman” had J Jonah Jameson’s scene stealing with all of the hilarious things he’d say.) The plot, in many cases, is almost secondary to the real charm of the movie, which is its characters, their thoughts, opinions, and ideas. C47Houston: It seems you actually took the time to assemble a wonderful cast of actors. They matched and complemented each other, kind of rare in indie projects. Did you have any doubt as to the talent you picked for this movie? Mr. Yarotsky: No doubt. I really thought it was important to properly utilize the immense talent we have in this city. It was kind of neat to see real friendships form between the actors on set. Sure, there were some challenging situations on the set. In one case, I had some flaky actors that caused some real problems. We even had one of the cast members cast the day of the shoot when the original actor bailed on us. But, I am happy with our cast and their performances.

member in college when I took my Photography 101 class, my professor was kind of like “Meh, your shots need work”. I have been asked to take pictures by some of the actors since the movie. And, I did one photo shoot for one of my actors. He was happy with the results and used them when he released his second album. That’s about it. C47Houston: How were you able to make this movie as a cinematographer/DP? Mr. Yarotsky: I am self-taught. When I got a GH2 back in 2011, I had to relearn how to shoot video as it is set-up like an SLR camera and not a camcorder. I took a lot of shots of Lindsay and tried to learn as much as I could about the camera. I try to follow some basic rules, like shooting stuff at an angle and not chopping the chin and what not. It took some time but when I get an idea of what something should look like in my head, I really want to accomplish that when I compose a shot. I will do it until I get it right. One of my actors gave me a backhanded compliment when he said something along the lines of “You took a little longer sometimes than other directors I’ve worked with, but damn the shots look great in the end!”

C47Houston: Looking back, would you have done anything differently with the cast? Mr. Yarotsky: I’m not sure what I would have done differently as I think we did have such a great cast. Some of the best casting came from actors referring other actors they knew. I guess going forth, I’m going to keep in mind what actors were reliable and contributed to the process smoothly in getting the film done and try to work with them again, and, give them bigger parts.

C47Houston: What did you find to be the hardest part of the cinemagraphic process as a Cinematographer/DP? Mr. Yarotsky: To me the hardest part about the cinematography is the “focus” of the camera. Working with a shallow depth of field can be tricky if your actor is dynamic and moves around a lot (which is what you want so they are engaging on screen). I had one actor that we shot his scene at least 3 times because he moved around so much. By the time we were done I had gotten so good at rack focusing his shot that my hand was constantly moving and keeping most of it in focus. It was tricky, at times, but we got the shot!

C47Houston: On top of being a director, you were also behind the camera as Cinematographer/DP. Your camera work was amazing. Are you a photographer by trade or have some experience in composing shots? Mr. Yarotsky: No, I am not a photographer by trade. In fact, I re-

C47Houston: Basically you wore a lot of hats in the construction of the movie. Are you pleased with the outcome? Mr. Yarotsky: I’m pretty happy with the way the movie turned out. I think it got the message across well and I think that there will be...

some people that can really relate to it and its characters. I wouldn’t change anything now. The movie is DONE! Looking back; I might have condensed some of the dialogue or given the characters more to do in some scenes with the dialogue. I think some of it goes on for a little bit (some characters get long-winded). It may work if you’re watching it and really into it, but it has the potential to drag a little. If I were to revisit the editing of this movie, I’d try to streamline the dialogue and give the characters more to do physically in their scenes so the scenes are more dynamic and interesting to watch. C47Houston: Still, that is a lot of hats to wear. Would you do it again? Mr. Yarotsky: No…next time I am going to try to get a dedicated person on audio throughout the entire movie. C47Houston: What are the plans for “Overdose: Death of a Punk Rocker”? Mr. Yarotsky: The ultimate goal is to get this movie out there so that people can see it. It would be great to get this movie to a cult status. And, of course, we are shopping it around in hopes of getting distribution. In the meantime, I’m selling DVDs and Blurays on our website. We’ve also submitted to over 60 film festivals and keep hoping we get it selected. C47Houston: What is next for Dwight ‘DJ’ Yarotsky when it comes to making movies? Mr. Yarotsky: Right now, I’m going to take a breather. I want to see how “Overdose” goes and how it is received. My hope is that there is enough love for this movie that all kinds of people will want to work with me on my next film, so I don’t have to wear so many hats. It got exhausting at times. In the meantime, I’ve been kicking around an idea in my head about a mom and a son and a collection of b-budget horror movies. The movie would be full of twists that result in characters being put in absurd situations. It’s just an idea, right now. C47Houston: Did you crowd fund the movie?

Mr. Yarotsky: We tried to crowd fund “Overdose” to help cover the audio post work. We were only partially successful. About $300 was raised for a target goal of $3000. We originally tried using KickStarter, but it failed (even though it was more than $300, you don’t get anything unless it’s fully funded) . Then some people that gave to KickStarter, didn’t give to IndieGoGo. So that was unfortunate. C47Houston: Which did you prefer?

Mr. Yarotsky: I think IndieGoGo is more useful than KickStarter because something is better than nothing. I think crowdfunding can be useful but it requires a lot of work on your part. If you don’t feel comfortable wearing a cardboard sign and begging for money on the side of the street, you won’t feel TOO much more comfortable in bugging the crap out of everybody on your Facebook page to support your IndieGoGo campaign! (At least there are rewards). C47Houston: What have you learned about making your first feature movie? Mr. Yarotsky: I have learned a lot. I learned that I could do it, no matter what anyone else had said. I learned that some people are really dedicated, creative, and generous with their time. I learned that even someone like myself who knew nobody in the Houston Film Community, when I started this project, could be embraced by the wonderful and talented people of this city. I learned some corners can’t be cut (like having someone on audio at all times). And lastly I learned that making a film is very time consuming and expensive, so you better really believe in the message you are trying to send. C47Houston: When it comes to dealing with the talent and crew (if any), what have you learned? Mr. Yarotsky: I learned the importance of securing reliable, talented people and learning to stick with them. Remember they are working on your movie, often times, for FREE, so ALWAYS be grateful. Work with people you like, but also respect. Work with people who believe in you, your movie and the efficacy they will bring to the project. You may be the director, but they are the ones breathing life into your film/script.

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Last Question C47Houston: “Overdose: Death of a Punk Rocker” was an entertaining movie, well made and fun to watch. Now that you have your first feature movie done and you have a bit of feature making experience, what kind of advice can you pass along to potential filmmakers that are contemplating making their first feature?

DJ Yarotsky: If you are thinking about making your first feature, you should go for it. If nothing else comes out of it, you will learn more about the production process than anything else can teach you. Write a great script. Get several friends to read it aloud with you. Listen to their feedback. Re-write as necessary. Don’t think about storyboarding everything. If it’s action heavy and requires a lot of movement, then storyboarding might be the way to go. I found block mapping more helpful in most scenes, especially if they were conversational. It also helps you to not “cut the axis”. You have to believe in your project. This is true if you want everyone working with you to put forth their best effort. Then you have to get the right people on board with the right attitude that are going to do their best to ensure the project is a success. When working with people, LISTEN to them. You don’t have to follow everything they say, but they are invested in this project too-- whether it be time, effort or money. Don’t just cast your friends, especially if they can’t act. If they can, then absolutely cast them. But they can always help out in other ways if they can’t act. Finding good, reliable, and trustworthy people to crew is one of the hardest things to do. This is why you may be wearing a lot of hats on your first feature. That being said, I recommend getting an audio person who is consistent throughout the project. If you budget for that, you’ll likely save time, money, and frustration in audio post work. I also think you should have a lighting technician to place the lights. This I believe is the bare minimum crew for making a movie. Learn from me, I tried to skimp on audio during production and paid dearly for it in post. When editing your project in post, my recommendation is to not edit the entire film in one project in your Non-linear editor. This will probably cause issues even on a super fast computer. Instead, try doing it in chunks. For example, the first 10 minutes, etc. Learn more about “Overdose: Death of a Punk Rocker” on FB at: https://www.facebook.com/overdosefilm Movie IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3118034/combined And, order a DVD, BlueRay or t-shirt at: http://tinyurl.com/nf9ho3m

September 23rd through 27th Austin Director and Organizer James Christopher and the Twitchy Dolphin Flix production company are pleased to invite the public to attend:

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Director Marcus Nispel is scheduled to be in attendance for Q& A. This feature movie will start at 9PM.

Wednesday October 28th Houston Director, Producer and Organizer Damir Catic is helping out the community and inviting Houston indie movie fans to attend the fright-fest event of 2015, HORRORTHON 2015, starting at 6PM, Wednesday, October 28th at the Edwards Marq*E 23 and IMAX Entertainment Center (7620 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX 77024 / I-10 and Silber Rd.). Some of the movies scheduled to be screened include “Exeter” by Director Marcus Nispel (the director of the 2003 version of “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”, the 2009 “Friday the 13th and the 2011 version of “Conan the Barbarian), Director Derek Huey’s “Stalking Miss Barlow”, the premiere of Director Johnnard Harper’s debut feature motion picture, “Bloody Mary”, and Director Damir Catic’s “The Lost”, “Board of the Damned” and “Dark Presence”, more to come. Fans will be treated to several feature movies, a batch of short movies and an after party, all HORROR genre movies. There are two ways to get into this event: the first is by donating some blood, (an appropriate Halloween vampire giving). All you have to do is donate at any Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, provide code J151, from October 1st through October 26th, or donate on the day of the HorrorThon 2015 at the Edwards Marq’E 23 Cinemas & IMAX on October 28th from 1PM to 6PM bring in your proof of donation and get in for FREE (this includes VIP seating) Can’t give blood? There is another way you can get in for FREE. All you have to do is go to: http://tinyurl.com/pg2xpfu donate $20 or more to help 20-year-old Ms. Ana Jimenez who needs a costly bone marrow transplant. The transplant is Ana’s best chance for living a long, healthy life. Bring in proof that you donated and you get in for FREE.

“Wanna” get a GCFVF t-shirt signed by Actor Lew Temple? The Gulf Coast Film & Video Festival is Raffling-off a T-Shirt autographed and signed by Texas Actor Lew Temple, the recipient of this year’s 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award. The Raffle will take place during the Saturday Night “Live” Awards Presentation event, Saturday, September 12th, 2015 at the Sundance Grill in Kemah, Texas. You can order one (1) ticket for $5.00, four (4) tickets for $10.00 and six (6) tickets for $15.00. Order one ticket or a hundred tickets. You don’t have to be present to win, but you do have to have the ticket stub or proof of an ordered ticket. ORDER AT:

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Houston filmmakers turned in their completed short movies Sunday night, August 16th. Now it’s time to see what creative minds can do under pressure.

Premiere Screenings: Group A & B Friday, August 28th 7PM and 9:30PM respectively

Premiere Screenings: Group C & D, Sat., August 29th 7PM and 9:30PM respectively Queensbury Theatre-CityCentre Plaza (12777 Queensbury Lane, Houston, TX 77024) Houston Producer: Laura Schlecht

For more information visit: www.48HourFilm.com/houston-tx The Houston Cinema Arts Festival present: Artist’s Choice Film Series Monday, August 21st at 8:30PM Café Brasil 2604 Dunlavy - FREE

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Friday/Saturday September 18th & 19th One of the biggest faults that Texas film-makers experience in trying to create a visual media is the lack of the business side of their particular industry. If you are serious about making movies and you are serious about making a living making movies, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND AND LEARN PROPER BUISNESS PRACTICES IN ORDER TO MAKE MONEY IN THIS COMPETITIVE FIELD. Without the knowing the business side of movie-making, all you are doing is spinning your wheels and getting no-where. (This includes adapting to the ever changing technology and thinking of new ways to create using that technology.) SWAMP, the Southwest Alternate Media Project, is presenting the 2015 Business of Film Conference, a 2-day event Friday and Saturday, September 18th and 19th all at the Rice Media Center, on the campus of Rice University. This 2-day event will feature panels, workshops and presentations that focus on the business side of making movies. Experienced and new movie-makers will learn from the professionals that have knowledge about business plans, finance, marketing, budgets, schedules, casting, production insurance, work-for-hire, pre-production and postproduction business and all kinds of other aspects of the industry. This year’s theme is “Building a Film Culture”. The objective is to provide practical training along with continuing the dialogue for a stronger film community. Film industry pioneer, Louis Black, co-founder of SXSW and the Austin Chronicle will be the Keynote speaker. Other speakers include film consultant Ashland Viscosi and Annie Bush who have experience in helping numerous Indie movie-makers build successful crowdfunding and audience building campaigns, as well as, knowledge about investors, producers, directors, crew and entertainment law. Of course, there are many more people to help you learn about the business side of movie making. It’s good for you...It’s good for Texas. Registration fees range from $55 for Students to $150 for General Admission, (Student SWAMP members: $25 and Adult SWAMP members $95.) Learn more and register at: http://www.swamp.org/filmmakers/business-of-film/

The Milton Brothers, Jonathan Milton and Justin Milton, their production company, Deal Breaker Studios and Art Actualized Studios are in the post-production phase of their new Psychological thriller motion picture “The Foreign Exchange Student” and are pleased to announce that they have set the date for a Red Carpet Premiere at Houston’s LandMark River Oaks Theater, Thursday, December 3rd. 2015 starting at 6:30PM. Written and Directed by Jonathan Milton, and inspired by actual events, the story follows Sinclair, a foreign exchange student from Dominica who is sent to Houston by her parents to escape a murder charge. When Sinclair meets her new family, people seem to be dying to see her. Casting includes Bianca Tonsall as Sinclair, Donny Boaz, Roc Living, Jaye Alexander, Tonyai Palmer, Mary Michelle, Monique Holmes, Loretta Petty, Jae McCain, Amey Nguyen, Reggie Choyce, Natasha Jolivette, Chris St. Mary, Braylon Alexander, Iyonna Brown and Alicia Stevens, among others. Behind the camera as Cinematographer is Jonathan Milton’s twin brother Producer and Cinematographer Justin Milton. No word on tickets or how to get them, but we will keep you updated. C47Houston WEEKLY asked the brothers some quick questions for your WEEKLY readers. They are on the cover. You can read what they have to say by ordering a copy of the issue at: http://www.c47houston.com/C47Weeklys2015D33.htm Learn more about “The Foreign Exchange Student” on F**ebook and “Like” them at: www.facebook.com/theforeignexchangestudentthemovie And, see the official trailer at: https://youtu.be/SwO9O_y8aag

“I had a filmmaker's nightmare last night. I dreamt it was the first day of production, all the batteries were dead.” Filmmaker Zak Forsman

Houston Premiere:

December 3rd

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Scheduled to Appear: Lew Temple Saturday, September 12th www.IMDB.com/name/nm0854702/ www.IMDB.com/name/nm0854702//

“Working on Funemployment today. So close... I just want to finish it. There are sSo many details to take care of... a feature is definitely a marathon and I'm on the last leg. Thanks to those who are still excited and haven't given up on me releasing this monster.” Director Christine Chen

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Houston Make-Up Artist Dale “Tdj” Johnson (pictured above) is headed to Los Angeles, California and needs your help in finding suitable accommodations for August 28th through August 31st, later this month. Ms. Johnson is nominated for Best Make-Up Artist for her work on Mark Baird’s short movie “Stumble” for the 168 Film Festival at the Regal Cinemas Premiere House, in Los Angeles. She has started a GoFundMe campaign to help pay for her stay in LA. She’s already secured her airline ticket. If you can help out, visit her campaign page at: http://www.gofundme.com/wu26qp9s Any amount will be certainly appreciated.

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