C47Houston WEEKLY Vol. 2 Issue 32

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WEEKLY Vol. 2 - Issue 32 - 2015

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Thursday, May 14th @ 7PM Houston Executive Producer Lynn Birdwell of Bird House Productions and the Rivet production company, and Pam Johnson, breath coach and founder of the Heights School of Yoga, invite the pubic to the screening of their new short art film. “Breath: The Pulse of the Universe: Tadasana Troupe Performance and Meditation” starting at 7PM, Thursday, May 14th, tomorrow, at the Rothko Chapel (3900 Yupon St., Houston, TX 77006).

The short movie is an inspirational piece that captures the metaphysical essence of slow-motion, rhythmic breath and luminosity. It was created to allow viewers to observe and become keenly aware of the sound and movement that is our life force - the “breath” and for the participant to feel the essence and integrity of the ancient healing practice of yoga and to develop our human capacity so that we may grow and mature our sacred and peaceful internal spaces.

The film will be projected onto the exterior of the chapel building. In collaboration, the team is presenting a unique “LIVE” performance inside the center of Rothko Chapel by six Mandala Troupe members.

Suggested donation is $10 Register at: RothkoChapel.org

The Gulf Coast Video & Film Festival is Raffling-off a T-Shirt autographed by Texas Actor Lew Temple. The Raffle will take place during the Saturday Night “Live” Awards Presentation event, Saturday, September 12th, 2015. 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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Writer Susan McCauley, Director John Hale, Producers Debra Gutjahar and Dominic Orozco of Rival Studios and Bleedthrough Productions have kicked off their IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign for their new short movie “The Cask”.

Written by Ms. McCauley, “The Cask” is part of anthology by Ragnarok Publications called “Demon Rum and Other Evil Spirits” and is a modern adaptation and re-telling of Edgar Allen Poe’s 1846 short story “The Cask of Amontillado”. The story tells the story of Jack Montresor and the events that led to the day he took his revenge on a friend that betrayed him.

Directed by John Hale the project is in pre-production and will be shot in Houston Texas.

Learn more about “The Cast” and “Like” them on F**ebook at: www.facebook.com/thecaskfilm And, kicking off their IndieGogo campaign last week, they have raised several thousand dollars and, as of pubication, over 35% funded with a little over a month and a half left for funding deadline. Want to contribute and help the movie makers with this project? Go to the website at: http://igg.me/at/Thecaskshortfilm/x

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Organizers Jo’Nathan Gwynn and Rakesh Jacob invite the public to attend The ZONE Space City’s Science Fiction Film Race & Film Festival coming up and starting Friday, May 22nd at 10AM and Noon , Saturday, May 23rd at 5PM and Sunday, May 24th at Noon, 2PM, 4PM, 6PM and 8PM, all next weekend at Comicpalooza: The Texas International Comic Con at the George R. Brown Convention Center (Downtown Houston, 1001 Avenida de Las Americas, Houston, Texas 77010). All screenings will take place in the George R. Brown Convention Center’s Theater 360. Screening will be the short films made by Film Race competition back in March of 2015.

Filmmakers were given the task to make a short movie within a 7-day time period, back in March of 2015.

The genre...Science Fiction and/or Fantasy. Over 20 teams signed up for the film competition and 16 movies were completed and screened. The Premiere screening of these one-of-a-kind short movies took place over two nights, Tuesday, April 28th and Wednesday, April 29th, last month, all at the Alamo Drafthouse-Vintage Park, Houston Texas. Both night’s were SOLD-OUT and standing room only, as was expected. The ZONE Film Race and Film Festival and Comicpalooza have partnered to bring a new audience of movie fans to see some fantastic movies including such short movies as: Plutonium Pictures’ “The Ferry”, Team Martini’s “Alone without Silence”, Cinestar Interactive’s “Coercing Tesla”, Illegal ALIENS’ “Skilled in Deception”, Wobbly’s “Deadly Healing”, Super Deluxe Ultra Mega Force Extreme’s “III”, Stone Hedgehog’s “PAM” and the Spring Film Group’s “12:42”, JAEKAE’s “Breath Easy”, Aperture’s “I'm Sorry”. Jammin Jae Productions’ “Damien”, Euclidean 3D’s “A Perfect Circle”, Silly Monkey Productions’ “Save Houston”, Jagged Lenz’s “Magnolia Project”, Jumping Jupiter Productions’ “Space Grads” and Bent Antenna’s “Drone” The winners of the various categories will be announced and awards presented Sunday, May 24th starting at 7PM in Theater 360 as part of Comicpalooza. You can keep up with what is happening and get updates on their website at: www.TheZoneSciFan.com and check them out on F**ebook at: www.facebook.com/thezonescifan and “follow” them on Twitter at: www.Twitter.com/TheZoneSciFan

Also Screening: Friday: Director Stephen Wolfe’s “Doll Factory” Friday, May 22nd at 2PM - Theater 360 Director Paul Bright’s “Goliad Uprising, Friday, May 22nd at 4PM - Theater 360 Geek & Sundry’s Digital Series “Morganville”, Friday, May 22nd at 6PM - Theater 360 Director Paul Bright’s “Altitude Falling”, Friday, May 22nd at 10PM - Theater 360 Director Joe Grisaffi’s “Conjoined”, Friday, May 22nd at 11:59PM (Midnight) - Theater 360

Saturday: Director Syd Lance’s “Frankenstein’s Monster”, Saturday, May 23rd at 10AM - Theater 360 FanboyFilmmaker.com’s “More Than Human”, Saturday, May 23rd at Noon - Theater 360 Director Mark Cantu’s “Now Hiring”, Saturday, May 23rd at 1PM - Theater 360 Director Michael Paul Reyes’ “DateWars”, Saturday, May 23rd at 3PM - Theater 360 Director Joe Grisaffi’s “Dead of Knight”, Saturday, May 23rd at 6PM - Theater 360

Sunday: Director Chuck Norfolk’s “Haunted Trailer”, Sunday, May 24th at 10PM - Theater 360 Director J.Q. Gwynn’s “Osveta Brutalis: A Reckoning”, Sunday, May 24th at 11:59PM - Theater 360

Monday: Director Stephen Wolfe’s “Midnight Abyss”, Monday, May 25th, at Noon - Theater 360 Director Paul Bright’s “Forgotten Hero”, Monday, May 25th at 2PM - Theater 360

Question/Answers: Houston Film Commission Presents: An Indie Film Case: Director Amir Valinia’s “Flashes”, Friday, May 22nd at 7PM - MicroSearch Rm 370 F Houston Director’s Series with Larry Wade Carrell, Saturday, May 23rd at 11:30AM - MicroSearch Rm 370F Houston Director’s Series with Josh Vargas Saturday, May 23rd at 1PM - MicroSearch Rm 370F Houston Director’s Series with Joe Grisaffi Saturday, May 23rd at 2:30PM - MicroSearch Rm 370F Houston Director’s Series with Mel House Saturday, May 23rd at 4PM - MicroSearch Rm 370F Houston Director’s Series with Carlos Tovar Saturday, May 23rd at 5:30PM - MicroSearch Rm 370F Houston Director’s Series with Michelle Mower Saturday, May 23rd at 7PM - MicroSearch Rm 370F MicroSearch Presents: From Script to Screen/Houston Directors Q/A Saturday, May 23rd at 8:30PM - MicroSearch Rm 370F Casting and How to be an EXTRA Sunday, May 24th at 1PM - MicroSearch Rm 370F Filmmaking: Horror Stories from the SET Sunday, May 24th at 7PM - Panel Rm 01 350A

The Organizer and Founder of the Gulf Coast Film & Video Festival (GCFVF), Mr. Hal Wixon is accepting projects, sponsors and volunteers for their 17th Annual GCFVF, 2015 season. Also, tickets are NOW on Sale!

Submit your Project!

The GCFVF is accepting Features, Standards, Shorts, Music Videos, Trailers and their new short DRONE projects.

Enter your project NOW until 11:59PM August 1st Fees are $95 for Features, $60 for Standards, $55 for Shorts and Trailers. NOW you can submit your fees online and with PayPal. For details and fee rates visit: www.GulfCoastFilmFest.com/movies/ Get a FREE AD When you Submit a Project!

As part of entering your project AND IF your project is accepted for screening, The GCFVF is giving the selected project (or production company) free advertising space in their 2015 program guide. This program guide is given out to every ticket holder at the presentation awards and is distributed around the Greater Bay Area and in Houston.

Even if you are not entering a project, the GCFVF offers advertising space in their program guide and this is an excellent way of getting your message, your headshot, your production company or your film some needed attention.

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. You can order your tickets for both screenings at: www.gulfcoastfilmfest.com/event-tickets/ Awards Presentation The Saturday Night “Live” Cascade Awards Presentation will be held at The Sundance Grill II (800 Mariners Dr., Kemah, TX 77565 ) Saturday, September 12th, 2015, later this year. This year the GCFVF is pleased to announce that Houston Actor and Producer Lew Temple is scheduled to be the honored guest and is accepting the 2015 GCFVF’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Temple is a dynamic actor and has close to 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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September 23rd through 27th Regular DEADLINE Friday, May 15th

Saturday, June 13th, 2015 Producer and Director Michelle Robinson invites the public to their continuing Houston SAG/AFTRA Script 2 Screen Project’s “Sassy Shorts Series”, coming up next month, Saturday, June 13th, 2015 at the Houston Community College, Spring Branch Campus (Town & Country) Screening Room in the Performing Arts Center (1010 W. Sam Houston Parkway, N., Houston TX 77043) starting at 3PM. The “Sassy Short Series” will include the readings of scripts including and featuring Chuck Norfolk’s “Alien Crash Sites on the Moon” (about a skeptical gossip ran reporter must help a sexy UFO abductee overcome mysterious men watching her as she prepares for her latest contact with the alien beings), Suzanne Lucas’ “Letters from Gabriel” (about one extraordinary man who touches the lives of millions. One ordinary man touched the soul of the extraordinary), Travis DeLuca’s “Silhouettes in Black” (is this ‘real-life’ or is this a dream?

You be the judge while you listen and learn, America), Linda BrileyWebb’s “Casa in the Desert” (who can you trust when your cell phone is on the fritz and you get lost in the middle of the desert? Prepare to have your socks knocked off) and Allison Wolfe and Jessie Schulz’s “The Wolf and the Rabbit” (about a recovering addict struggles to save his loved one when a home invasion goes terribly wrong).

The Script to Screening readings are always free. There is plenty of FREE parking and there is a reception to follow.

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Austin Director and Organizer James Christopher and the Twitchy Dolphin Flix production company are calling on movie-makers and screenplay writers to submit their projects to:

The 4th Annual 2015 Austin Revolution Film Festival taking place Wednesday, September 23rd through Sunday, September 27th, 2015 in Austin, Texas.

The Festival is accepting Features, Shorts, Feature Screenplays, Webseries/TV, Music Videos, Trailers, Short Film Screenplays, Television pilots, Television Screen plays, Student Features and Student Short Film projects.

All projects must be the “original work” of the filmmakers and all filmmakers must have the necessary rights. Films must not have distribution and Texas PREMIERES are preferred. Of course, The Austin Revolution Film Festival reserves the right to change their programming without notice. Entry fees range from $30 to $50 depending on the entered category and specific deadline.

(Enter code C47 and receive $5 off your entry fee) Regular Deadline is now until May 15th, 2015, next month.

Late Deadline: June 10th, 2015 and Extended Deadline: July 1st.

Selected filmmakers will be notified August 1st, 2015.

Learn more about The Austin Revolution Film Festival and “Like” them on F**ebook at: www.facebook.com/austinrevolutionfilmfest/ And to register, forms and for more information visit their website at:

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One of the best things about our job is having the opportunity to ask questions and giving our readers some insight into the world of those that make movies. We have been following this particular writer/director for several years when we first met comedian Al Bahmani who stepped into moviemaking and directing and co-wrote a short screenplay with Mr. Longmore called “Captain Magnanimous Saves the World” back in 2011. Since then Mr. Longmore has written and directed several short movies and on his way to directing his first feature motion picture. We proudly present Writer and Director James Longmore...

C47Houston: So, making movies is something you like to do…why?

Mr. Longmore: I am, first and foremost, a writer (should my life ever be made into a movie, a suggested title would be ‘The Accidental Director’). I write novels (my first published - Flanagan - will be out later this year), short stories, TV shows (mostly sitcoms to date), and features across genres ranging from horror to family film, biopics (having just completed a biopic of Bob Marley for Spectra Records) to comedy; both as ‘writer for hire’ and as creator of my own ideas.

Now, that’s not to say that I don’t enjoy the whole movie making process; in fact, I find it fun, even exhilarating at times, and I love working with film people. But for me, making movies to this point in time has been very much a means to an end - all about getting stories and ideas out of my head and ‘out there’.

Making movies in any/all of their forms can be a rewarding - if timeconsuming - business; there are few thrills greater than seeing your vision up on the screen!

C47Houston: You started off as a writer, why are you making films if you’re a writer?

Mr. Longmore: Making movies is the perfect way to showcase a writer’s talent, especially if you are writing for film or TV. I was advised long ago by a senior executive at FoxTV that in today’s age of visual, instant media and short attention spans (thanks a lot, MTV!), a (good), short movie is more likely to catch the attention of the decision makers in production companies, TV networks etc. than in the good old days of mailing in spec scripts.

As a writer of screenplays, I also feel that it is important to get to know all of the parts of the process that go into making a movie happen. That way, my scripts are completely empathetic to everyone involved in making the movie (actors, cinematographers, sound people, etc.) Through working hard at learning my craft, I have developed a style that allows the reader to ‘see’ the movie as they read the script – and that makes the whole job just that little bit easier!

Of course, this had made me better equipped as a writer to create strong, workable screenplays for myself, in collaboration, or as writer for hire.

C47Houston: Compared your first movie to your last, what have you learn about the process of movie making?

Mr. Longmore: I’d say that I’ve learned two major lessons between my first and last movie projects.

The first, possibly the most important, is Do Not Overwrite! My first film project, a short for Splatterfest 2011,‘Blood and Kisses’, was fourteen pages long. And, since the contest had a movie time limit of seven minutes which made it almost double the required length.

When we came to edit the thing, it looked amazing at thirteen minutes long, yet by the time we’d hacked it down to meet the seven

minutes which made it almost double the required length. When we came to edit the thing, it looked amazing at thirteen minutes long, yet by the time we’d hacked it down to meet the seven minute requirement, it looked like an over long trailer for a 1970’s Hammer Horror film! Two years on, same contest, I wrote a seven page script and the resulting movie won Best Director and an honorable mention!

I carry this valuable lesson forward in everything I write now; if a director asks me for ten pages, or ninety, that’s precisely what I deliver!

The second lesson I learned was that, while the story is the starting point, the bedrock of all movies, the script its king, the process of getting those ideas onto the screen is very much a team effort. It was John Donne who said ‘no man is an island’, and this is no more a truism than in the wonderful world of making movies. So, writers/ directors must choose their team carefully, work with the very best they can find and work with people they can trust to recreate their ideas as a piece of visual art.

C47Houston: Directing movies is a little different from writing.

What have you learned about directing movies?

Mr. Longmore: Writing a screenplay versus a novel/short story is like working in three dimensions rather than two. With a story, I have to create the ‘visual’ effects in the reader’s mind with only words, and they have to be just the right words to evoke the imagery required to set the scene and tell the story. With a screenplay, I am writing for a visual medium in which it is the Director’s job to create the images that bring the story to life (reference above, regards team work!). All too often I see screenplays in which a character will say (for example) “Hey, we’re outside a school.”!

Wearing my Director’s hat, I have the use of the location, the actors, the light, ambient sound, even the weather, to create a scene. It is not necessary, for example, for an actor to say ‘I am angry’ when that emotion can be shown in a couple of seconds. The golden rule, I discovered, is ‘show, not tell’ (of course, in the pure written medium, it is precisely the opposite!). I guess the main thing I have learned about directing movies is that it can be hard work, at times, soul destroying slog; but infinitely worth it when done right.

C47Houston: As a director, you have to “direct” and get a performance out of an actor or your actors. What is your particular philosophy when it comes to directing “actors”?

Mr. Longmore: Number one for me is always ’don’t f**k with my script!’. Whilst I’m not an ogre who demands that actors on my set perform the lines by rote (I actually, actively encourage them to bring their own personality to their characters and help iron out the occasional ‘Englishisms’ that may sneak in, providing they do not alter the essence of the lines), I do ask that we avoid the ‘hey, what ..

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if aliens landed in the car park right now’, ‘can you write a part for my girlfriend?’ and ‘I think my character would say this part in Mandarin’ moments.

This is especially critical when filming comedy, or comedic lines within a movie. Comedy has a specific rhythm (I’ve written and performed stand up comedy so I have learned this the hard way!) that must be adhered to; I’ve had actors try to ad-lib between a set up line and the punch line before, and this always kills the joke!

Number Two has to be ‘don’t waste your team’s time’. I have experience on other director’s shoots where nothing happens for three hours and everyone seems to be just standing around. I always make sure that I’m fully prepared before we get on set and aim to get started the minute the lights and camera are set up. It is important to realize that paid work or otherwise - everyone there is using up their most precious commodity, their time. It is the director’s job (I feel) to drive the shoot forward apace and minimize the standing around time.

Three (is there a three? Oh yeah, there is); ‘don’t ask the actors to do anything I wouldn’t be prepared to do myself.’ Ask anyone who has worked with me, especially on my award-winning short films, and they will tell you that I am no shrinking violet. However, I do know how to get the very best from my actors, even if it takes many, many takes - if I know that an actor has it in them, I’m more than happy to keep going until we capture it on film. Equally, I am more than happy to perform the line (and I’m no thespian, believe you me!) for them so they understand exactly what I am looking for. Yep, I’m a blunt Yorkshireman, but people seem to love working with me in spite of that!

C47Houston: What’s new for James Longmore…what are you working on?

Mr. Longmore: I am working with my publisher on the Flanagan edit, writing a family film screenplay for an up and coming local producer/director, working on my next novel and short story anthology AND talking to a handful of producers about writer for hire work.

Oh yeah, I am also planning a feature of my own, a dark comedy ‘dramedy’ - about an obsessive-compulsive guy and his crazy life (writing this year, production next year, dependent upon securing finance).

C47Houston: In your opinion, what is missing when it comes to the state of our film community here in the Houston area, and, how can it be remedied?

Mr. Longmore: As a relative newcomer to the Houston film scene, I have found it to be quite fragmented; very much a ’The People’s Front of Judea’ effect (if you haven’t seen ‘Life of Brian’ - shame on you!). Of course the way to remedy this would be to pull the factions together under one (metaphorical) umbrella. Just how that could be achieved is another matter…

I think that Houston is experiencing the growing pains of a young film industry, there are some great people out there who can offer sound advice, help with locations, talent, even financing, but I find it hard to choose who best to speak to - perhaps an ‘official’ (city-run) body may be the answer? If there is one, and I don’t know about it, I guess I just made my own point.

As will any new industry, the Houston film community has its own fair share of chancers, time-wasters and downright con-artists. Sifting through these characters, whilst great for future material, is very much a trial-and-error process, very often ending up with learning lessons the hard way. I throw open the challenge to anyone reading this within the film community to say they have not at some time or another been exposed to the nefarious activities of the aforementioned! Again, some central body would help with some of the sifting.

C47Houston: Filmmaking….art or business….Hobby or career?

Mr. Longmore: I don’t see why something cannot be both art and business! Sure, we are creating something that is considered art insomuch it is a visual thing, but one only has to look at the vast amounts of money movies generate to see that it is also a thriving, and for some, a

lucrative business. For me, it is most definitely a career! I take what I do (be it writing or directing) very seriously and consider my time and ideas to be my salable assets. In what can be an incredibly fun environment, I strive to maintain a level of professionalism that I cultivated in my previous ‘life’ as a sales & marketing professional (Toyota, Duracell, Lo-Jack) and as an entrepreneur/business owner (we had products in Harrods!!!).

I think that we have all come across the hobbyists at some time or another and whilst what they do is admirable, their (collective) track record of unfinished work, false promises of paid work and indeed, false promises overall have tended to give some of the industry a bad name. Should I ever slip into the hobbyist category, my wife has permission to have me put gently to sleep.

C47Houston: Story, Cinematography or a combination that makes a movie?

Mr. Longmore: As a writer, of course I’m going to say ‘story’!

Without the story, and the writer getting it out of his head (or out of the head of someone else), nothing begins.

As a director, I’d also say ’Story’.

However, without the invaluable (and difficult) work of the cinematographer, no story would ever make it to the screen! Strong cinematography, and a good working relationship between cinematographer and director is crucial in creating a great movie. I work with one cinematographer - the inimitable Brett Cimo - not only because he is excellent at what he does, but because he understands how I work and what I expect, and he instinctively knows the very best way to make the best out of each shot.

You can learn more about Director James Longmore on his website at: www.JamesLongmore.com and check out the website for “Swinging in Lorraine” at: www.SwingingInLorraine.com

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Sunday, May 31st @ 4:30PM Writer and Director Farrukh Sheikh aka: Frank Shank and F5150S Films are happy to invite the public to the Premiere screening of their new feature Drama motion picture “Preydators” coming up Sunday, May 31st starting at 4:30PM at the Post Midtown Square Apartments just behind CoCo’s (110 Gray Street, Houston TX 77002) Written by Frank Shank, the story follows Joel, a family man who finds that his son, Joel Jr. has been kidnapped and tortured. When his son dies, Joel is determined to find and kill the culprits. As he digs deeper he finds that his son is one of thousands that have been kidnapped by a underground ring of child molesters. Now, Joel is determined to shut them down but they have other plans, they want Joel killed and will do anything to keep Joel away. What if it was your child?

Casting includes Kash Sheikh, Benjamin Wadsworth, Mia Ruiz, Diego Bieberach, Austin Vaughn, Becky Jamison, Ronnette Ramirez, Rachid Sow, Glenn Wharton, Noelle Anthony, Carter Anthony, Karina PalMontano, Steven Glenn, Ruben Flores, Frank Shank, Justin Stump, Stephen Walenta, Juan Choppa, Shawn Boykin and Pamela Mabry.

Behind the cameras were cinematographers Steven Glenn, Justin Stump and Stephen Walenta You may remember Director Farrukh Sheikh, aka: Frank Shank. He has directed numerous feature movies including “Distruban Legends”, “Isle of Doom”, “Pseudoie” and “A good Thing Gone”.

Director Farrukh Sheikh IMDB: www.imdb.com/name/nm5108969/ Learn more about “Preydators” and see a trailer on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/fOU3ywKcISY And, learn more on their new website at: http://frankshank122209.wix.com/f5150sfilms

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

Writer and Director Kerry Beyer of Kerosene Films has linked their new short science fiction film “Go Earth” on Vimeo.

The short experimental sci-fi movie follows a soldier that contemplates the nature of the soul during an alien apocalypse.

Three cinematographers, Mr. Beyer, Chad Thackston and Kelly Byrns, shot this movie in 2-days and was done with a GH4 with Nikon lenses and a Metabones Speedbooster. The Armor worn by the soldier was hand-made out of foam.

Directed by Kerry Beyer, “Go Earth” is an outstanding short movie.

Mr. Beyer is a talented director, Cinematographer and photographer and has completed several feature movies including, “Spirit Camp”, “Killing Mr. Right” and “Rogue Strike”.

Kerry Beyer IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0079930/ Check out the “Go Earth” on Vimeo at: https://vimeo.com/113557543

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