WANT TO BE IN A FILM? We are currently shooting in Wahoo and are in need of extras to be in the wedding scene. Tuesday June 29th- Plan for 8 hours on set. Please email trunkdthemovie@gmail.com for times, details, instructions, wardrobe, and be put on the list to be an EXTRA in TRUNK'D!
United Methodist Church, 714 N. Beach street, Wahoo, NE 68066
Reminder: You must RSVP- trunkdthemovie@gmail.com. Thanks!

Hello!

If you know of anyone interested with the time to commit to a number of days onset (or even just a few weekends in June), AB PRODUCTIONS is still accepting a few last positions of volunteer internships.

You will get a LOT of great hands-on experience, working on a RED ONE feature film shoot. And a free copy of the film when it is done. We are shooting near Wahoo Nebraska, and you will need your own transportation.

If you are interested, send us an email at abproductions06@gmail.com and trunkdthemovie@gmail.com and we'll gauge where you will best fit in our production! Thanks!

The Crew of TRUNK'D/ AB PRODUCTIONS

what is RED THEATER?
Red Theater is a theater collective formed in Lincoln, NE with five shows previously produced. Red Theater is based on the Neo-Futurist theater movement.
Red Theater is looking to create an Omaha collective.

here’s what we’re looking for:

an ORIGINAL monologue written by YOU.
it can have props, be interactive, physical, musical, whatever.
what makes you “you”? what’s important to you?
in a positive, funny, tragic, or beautiful way?
it doesn’t have to be epic.
you can perform a monologue about ANYTHING.
as long as YOU wrote it.
we are not looking for awesome actors but rather awesome PEOPLE.

How?
Auditions will be held on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Where?
Nebraska Film Group
1904 Farnam St.?
Suite 320?
Omaha, NE 68102

When?
Monday May 17th
Tuesday May 18th
7:30-10:30pm

What to do for the audition?
Please prepare a one minute original audition focusing on the personal and theatrical.

PRESS RELEASE- Lincoln, NE, March 3, 2010:

40 Nights Photography and Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties, formerly Lincoln Action Program, announced today that its cooperative photojournalism project, "40 Nights In Lincoln: Surviving Poverty," will be on display in April and May in Lincoln. Surviving Poverty tells the life stories of local residents through still photos accompanied by short written essays and video documentary.

Heavily influenced by Giallo, a genre of Italian horror popularized in the late 60’s and 70’s by masters like Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci, Blood Rites is a macabre mystery of murder, drug use and the occult. A drug deal has gone horribly wrong. Nicky, a young woman on the wrong side of the law, finds herself trapped in a secluded warehouse with a sociopathic ex-soldier, a violently unstable drug user, a dying gunshot victim and a handful of religious zealots. Something unnatural is happening. A demon wants to be born and that can only happen with a sacrifice of blood.

This is the second feature produced by Unfiltered Entertainment, Inc. Our previous project, "Wake the Witch", is being picked up for video on demand distribution. Please visit our websites - www.unfiltered-ent.com and www.wakethewitchmovie.com - for more information.

* Posted by Jamie Vesay on December 17, 2009 at 2:00pm filminne.ning.com

I worked on Up in the Air. I ended up with the most days on the project of any local crew. Jason Reitman is all the nice guy he appears in interviews. The Producers and out-of-town crew were all top shelf professionals and as kind. I am proud to have worked on this project.

My involvement in Locations started way back in October of 2008 when Jason came to town for a Director's scout. Honestly, it was a tad surreal since only a month earlier, I was watching him on my TV doing behind-the-scenes commentary from Juno. Over the next few months, there were other visits and more scouting - hoping that at least some of the movie would come here.

I got to see the movie last night. While a good movie, as it has been critically reviewed, my emotions were admittedly mixed. A few things:

1. There's even less of Omaha in the movie that was shot (they filmed two days - Omaha airport and Old Market).

Switched at Birth Productions are calling out for local short films! If you want your Nebraska made short included, keep reading and upload your movie!

The Independent Gorilla's Blurbs
We air short films from independent filmmakers, then showcase selected works by independent filmmakers, artists and/or talent. Following the showcase, we interview guests who were/are involved in the showcased project to discuss the piece or films topic and any nuances that went into the production of the project. After the interview portion of the program we showcase a musical group or band that has had their music in a film, represents or supports the independent scene.

http://www.myspace.com/theindependentgorilla

Here is the FTP information, to upload films.
FTP Server: ftp.switchedatbirthproductions.com
FTP Username: gorillafilm@switchedatbirthproductions.com
Password: TIGtheGR8!

upload anything for consideration and call or text me to let me know.

So your thinking "The Farmer" of course we are in Nebraska, HAHA, beware the tiltle will catch you. I am not going to give any spoilers but I will say this short film is going to be an all out production. Here is a list of the equipment we are getting in for this 1 day shoot.

HVX-200 w/mattebox, follow focus, and wide angle lens
Sticks, Skater dolly, 16' of rail and Jib
3 Mole lights w/scrims and flags
Sehniser Shotgun and wireless lav
Clap board, directors chairs and even craft services for the crew!!!

This short film will also utilize some intense SFX in post. I have some people listed to help on the crew for various positions but if you would like to come out to the Kearney area to watch the shoot happen please comment here or email me at jbunger@fishnebraskatv.com I will post on here a final shoot date when the funding is set.

Oh BTW here is a link to the poster(Draft as the main character is not set yet)
http://www.fishnebraskatv.com/Images/Draft.jpg

Thanks

Hello team,

I got a call from Minnesota asking for names of good crew for the Larry the Cable Guy shoot at memorial stadium on July 4th...

Picture Factory is looking for production assistants.... I did not ask about pay rate.

Here is their website. Might not be fun to work on the 4th, but seems like this would be GREAT experience and a good contact to have in the region....

http://www.picture-factory.com/team/team_foundJILLI.html

If you are interested or know of people who are qualified, here is the contact info:

JILLIAN NODLAND
jillian@picture-factory.com
Jillian's Mobile: 612.968.2192

filmWEST Motion Pictures Productions
in association with
Avenue Pictures
proudly announce the film:
“DIESEL”
Important notice:
DIESEL is an action film set in the 1970’s. Classic muscle car races and chases backbone the story that follows Diesel, a young man with a plan to win, cash in and make a new life for himself. Cutting edge filming techniques and equipment will be used to shoot DIESEL and talent will be paid for their roles.

Auditions will be held by appointment and invite only.
if you would like to be considered, please submit headshot and resume to: diesel@nebraskafilmgroup.com
Only those selected from submissions will be considered and invited to an appointment audition T.B.A later this month.
roles listed below are for leads only and further casting will be needed including many ages male/female featured and extras.

roles:
Diesel: Male/lead 18-28 to play 22

Sara: Female/lead 17-28 to play 18

Sheriff : Male/lead 40/60 to play 50

The Plains Humanities Alliance, a unit of the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln that promotes the interdisciplinary study of the Great Plains, announces an upcoming deadline to apply for its Digital Research in the Humanities Fellowships. A major agenda of the Plains Humanities Alliance is to encourage the development of digital projects in the humanities of the Great Plains and regionalism.

Check it out. The "NING" platform looks super easy. Kind of Facebooklike...
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WHEN a law is passed, movies WILL be made in Nebraska. Be an Actor and Act. Be a Producer & Produce. Be somebody & do something.
Iowa
The next door neighbor's just got a new pool and everybody wants in. Wow. It looks like a good one. Before I write the next sentence I pause and ask myself how to sound optimistic. Help me. Please. While I want so so badly for our State to get it and yearn to show would-be Producers the multiple location options we have here, the pain at watching other states win is stinging. Dare I do it but here is the link to Iowa's incentives page http://www.traveliowa.com/film/incentives.html Quietly weeping.

FROM http://filminne.ning.com/

Michelle Schrage sent a message to the members of Make More Movies in Nebraska.
Hello wonderful supporters of Nebraska Filmmaking!

I wanted to let you know that Senator Heath Mello (Omaha's 5th Dist.) is taking the lead on introducing film tax incentive bill to the senate this legislative session. The bill is known as LB282.

Now is the time to rally around Senator Mello and show more support for this industry and demonstrate how we can develop more infrastructure and continue to grow the industry with job creation by moving
this bill forward. LB282 has not been assigned to a committee. Senators Mello and Nantkes (last year's champion of the bill) are on the Appropriations Committee but it is yet undetermined where this will be reviewed. As soon as the bill is assigned, it would be great to begin dialogue with those seated senators.

A strategy planning meeting will be held with Senator Mello in one week.

Idea: We could write a grant for a "Lincoln/Omaha/Kearney" local arts and entertainment education TV station!

In the vein of a TV/user generated version of PS Collective radio station in Benson (Omaha), except with a digital and/or HD transmitter for local arts/ film/ etc kinda like 'over the air public access"... But with CONTENT and/or LOCAL! Or is that PBS in the olden days? Am I crazy? Lots of people are okay without Cable or Satelite...

Whaddya think are the main obstacles (buying/maintaining a tower, permits, fundraising, mission?)

YouTube is free and HD but not local...

Jeremy Furrow, the lead actor in "Grapes. The Story of an Aspiring Serial Killer" has opened his own coffee shop! I shot this indie flick (alternate original title: THE REALITY OF MY DEMISE) last spring for director Jake Hull. We are finishing color correction, sound is pretty much done and ONE last FX pickup left before a lock for Sundance! Furrow is a hilarious guy, up and coming actor, scooter rider, and ninja barista. Good to see him doing business inside the State Theater!- RHETT

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ATTENTION ladies and gentlemen - My Coffee shop is now open!!! I know, youre thinking - ANOTHER coffee shop in downtown lincoln? Well yes, but its locally owned by yours truly and Brian Walsh, we are a green company, we use fair trade organic beans, and our drinks taste better than anything you have ever tasted - other than cake.

Horror Feature Production in Lincoln, NE

This September, Wake the Witch, a horror suspense feature written and directed by Dorothy Booraem, will begin shooting in Lincoln, Nebraska. Inspired by the creeping dread of Japanese horror films, Wake the Witch is a ninety-minute feature about three friends who unwittingly release the vengeful spirit of a witch from her resting place in Wilderness Park. As the spirit's influence over the city grows, the friends search for answers begins. But each answer only raises more questions as the power they unleashed reveals a truth beyond their imagination.

Wake the Witch is the latest project from Dorothy’s Girl Meets Monster Productions and the independent production company, Unfiltered Entertainment, Inc. It will be shot in high definition digital video at a variety of locations around Lincoln.

Congrats to Jake and Megan Hull on bringing the newest NIFP member into the world!

Jaxson Thomas Hull. 7lbs 6oz. 4-11-2008

Here is the page linking to NIFP's YouTube account. Contains all 6 videos submitted. Matt wrote us up a script, we filled in the blanks, and hilarity ensued... One of the best meetings in a long time!

http://youtube.com/neifp

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It looks like the market, in terms of exposure, is ripe for comedy shorts with a hook, a twist, and a three-minute runtime.

I have a working script for one short and ideas for a few others. I'm using a DVX camera with a 35mm adapter and a couple of prime lenses.

I'm looking for two or three dependable people to help on the crew, a 3-point lighting kit, and some general advice.

That said, is there an upcoming NIFP meeting in April?

Thanks,

Sean Bryan
sabbry@gmail.com

Bob's Take on Cinema: Film tackles birth of NU football
BY BOB FISCHBACH
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

How's this for a movie pitch: George Clooney directs and stars in a retro screwball romantic comedy, a la director Howard Hawks' "His Girl Friday" or George Cukor's "The Philadelphia Story." Clooney competes with the younger John Krasinski ("The Office") for the affections of Renée Zellweger.

OK, I think we have the women hooked.

And a lot of the men will probably follow when I tell you the movie, "Leatherheads," is about the early days of pro football, set in 1925. It was written by two Sports Illustrated reporters, Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly.

I'm looking forward to its opening Friday.

When I showed the "Leatherheads" publicity materials to Omaha filmmaker Jim Fields, his reaction was immediate:

"This is so much more sophisticated than the time period I'm dealing with."

He wasn't referring to the movie's attempt at witty repartee.