16DP/Cameraperson Needed ASAP - San Francisco and Portland
Hey everyone - this is really important. Please reblog to help me spread the word.
Looking for a San Francisco-area DP or camera op, ASAP, for a low-budget/indie documentary on queercore and queer punk rock. Own equipment optional, should be willing to travel (driving from SF to Portland for more shooting), LGBTQ+ affiliation a huge plus. Shooting starts in SF on April 22nd and will wrap in Portland on June 1st. If you or someone you know would be interested, PLEASE shoot me a message - and please reblog to help spread the word!
Thanks so much!
(via wickerboy)
At one point there was a Bomb the Music Industry documentary in the works. Is that still happening?
Yeah, that’s still happening. I like music documentaries a lot and all the ones that I think are really interesting take place over a long period of time. And Sara Crow (the director) felt the same way. So I think that’s where we’re at—if the documentary came out today, there really wouldn’t be an ending. There’s a lot more to capture. It’s funny because since the Kickstarter campaign people have been like “Where’s the documentary?” But [Sara] doesn’t want to make a documentary in just a year and half. Like, fucking Dig! took like eight years to make. I think Some Kind of Monster took three or four years to make. And those movies are awesome. So I think to make it a really good movie people just have to be a little more patient.
-Megan Seling interviews Jeff Rosenstock in The Stranger this week. Check it out!
Sara Crow is so cool. Better believe I’ll be the first to see this when it premieres at the Gene Siskel Film Center (even if I’ve already seen it).
The team for The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye are doing a Kickstarter to raise the necessary funds to have Psychic TV / PTV3 perform at the US premiere of the film at South By Southwest in Austin, TX on March 15th. The festival does not give funds to fly bands in. We have received a small grant but it doesn’t cover all of the air tickets and hotels that we need. Please pledge something, anything. There are great incentives listed, so in addition to helping, you actually get something cool in return.
Please visit:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ptvballadsxsw/bring-psychic-tv-and-the-ballad-of-genesis-and-lad?play=1&ref=users
For more information about the film:
http://www.balladofgenesisandladyjaye.com/ballad/
“Pancha is a modern western told from the perspective of a little girl who dreams of becoming an outlaw like her hero, the revolutionary Pacho Villa. When her friend’s doll is kidnapped by a gang of rowdy boys, Pancha offers them a tempting trade that gets her into serious trouble with the law. After discovering the true meaning of heroism, she rallies up the girls to get back at the boys once and for all…
In other words: an epic little ten-minute narrative shot on 35mm film.”
Even a couple bucks will help my friends with this great project; if you can’t donate, a reblog would be awesome.
*If this seems like a film you would want to see, I would appreciate reblogging to help spread the word.
Hey Guys,
As some of you know, I’m working on a film called DEADHAND. This is my senior thesis film and it’s going to be feature length; some of you may have seen some of the test footage / concept art I’ve been posting in the last few months. We start shooting soon and are using a combination of 16mm and 35mm film, but I need to raise some additional funds for post-production (film development and transfer). The above video is a teaser.
I’ve made a Kickstarter (click here) to help fund the post-production of this project. Basically, you pledge a certain amount, and each amount comes with incentives. The catch is, if I don’t raise the money, I keep nothing and no one is charged. This is to ensure that no one gets ripped off. Here is the list of incentives:
$5+ A signed postcard of a screenshot from the film.
$10+ A signed 11”x14” print of a drawing or photography by me of your choice + all of the above.
$20+ A signed copy of the completed film + all of the above.
$40+ Bonus features dvd + an invitation to the premiere + all of the above.
$75+ An exclusive comic book version illustrated by me + all of the above.
$150+ Special Thanks in the credits + all of the above.
$500+ Associate Producer credit + a prop or costume + all of the above.
$1000+ Producer credit + a strip of original negative from the film + all of the above.
$2000+ Executive Producer credit + an exclusive line of prints and concept art + all of the above.
100% of funds will go directly to film development and transfer costs. As a special incentive, the first funder gets all of the rewards regardless of the amount, minus the credits.SYNOPSIS: DEADHAND follows the story of Itagaki, an ex-scientist, in the search for his missing wife Josephine. Along the way, he teams up with Maria, a young Hispanic prostitute who had a life-altering encounter with Josephine: they traded arms.
It is revealed that Josephine has a complete robo-prosthetic body; only her brain is human. In an attempt to regain her full human form, Josephine offers Maria money and freedom from her life of prostitution in exchange for her human body. Maria, questioning her own humanity, agrees to do it.
The surgery does not go according to plan: the unskilled, crooked scientist performing the operation can only successfully transplant their arms. Maria has lost contact with Josephine and the scientist when Itagaki shows up at her brothel. She agrees to help him with the hope that he will be able to complete the operation. However, things go awry when Maria develops feelings for Itagaki and discovers the mysterious circumstances that led to her own birth and the creation of Josephine’s body.
THEMES: DEADHAND is in Japanese, English and Spanish. One of the things I want to accomplish with this film is an implicit breakdown and critique of the representation of women and minorities and the over sexualization of youth in media. Other themes include mental-physical integration, the limits and morality of science, cultural diffusion, free will vs biology, simulation as valid experience, and the disappearance of the original in the digital world.
PRODUCTION: We start shooting in mid February and wrap mid April. You can expect a finished product around August 2011.
Questions / comments? Click my “ask” button or e-mail me at iscaro.jillian@gmail.com or deadhandfilm@gmail.com. You can also check out the film’s website at deadhand.net
If this sounds like a movie you want to see, please reblog and thank you to everyone who has been helping me so far through reblogging, liking and commenting on other posts about this project. :)
Jillian Iscaro is a multi-media artist whose work I greatly admire. Anyone who’s interested in her work should definitely check her out. If you have a couple bucks to spare, toss ‘em her way!
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I’m writing you from a dressing room in Berlin at what might be my last show on this tour. Despite the kindness and generosity of Bomb and the new friends we’ve met along the way, my funds have run out. I paid for the rental car to transport me and half of BTMI around Germany but underestimated fuel costs significantly and now find myself about $500 USD short to finish the tour. The Less Than Jake tour so far has proven to supply super interesting footage that is crucial to this story and I’m heartbroken to have to spend the next few weeks sleeping on a friends floor in Germany waiting to go home. If ever there was a time to support this project, it’s now.
My goal for this project is to break even. I want everyone to get to see the movie and I want you to enjoy it, so if you can donate $30+ you will get a free copy of the film when it’s released on DVD.
Please, please, please donate if you can! I stretched that kickstarter money to the last pennies but I need a little more help to get the movie to you as soon as possible. Thanks!!
BLESS THIS MESS
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Filmmakers and supporters of indie films, let’s help Sara!!
Check it out!
I think it’s been a few months since I pointed you to my “professional” website. Specifically, the section that tries to show off all of my filmmaking involvement. There are many videos across the categories. Some repeats.
Also, I spent the evening cleaning the site up and updating it. I wanted to share.
