New!!! CAmm's got P2, 32gb that is.

That's right! We will now be renting out our HVX200 HD camera with a 32gb P2 card (you'll still get our 100gb firestore drive as well in the HD Pack).

We will also be renting the card out separately for $75 for Monday-Wednesday and Wednesday-Friday rentals, and $100 for Friday- Monday rentals.

What are the advantages of using a P2 card? While it doesn't hold as much memory as our Firestore drive, it does make it much easier to move the camera around during a shoot (you don't have to worry about the firewire connection). This is ideal for short film shoots, interviews and art documentation!

Interested in checking it out? Email Jaimes at jaimes@creativealliance.org

CAmm Cine Lounge 4-6-08!

Check out this crowd! Films were great!

Takle 5 w/ Filmmaker Roman Hardgrave (Standards of Ethical Content, screening @ The Patterson 4-11-09 @ 8pm!)

Roman Hardgrave is a resident of Canton and a real-life computer dork who makes his directorial debut with Standards of Ethical Conduct (Sat Apr 11, 8pm, Creative Alliance at The Patterson). This is his second major project, after working as a Producer on "Spotless", a feature-film that was successfully distributed internationally. His love for both filmmaking and economics has him looking at an economics focused documentary or webshow as his next project.

1. What’s the last movie you loved and what was the last movie you hated?
With an 11 month old baby, I haven't seen many movies lately. I did like Benjamin Button, partly because it hit my heartstrings around being a father. Last movie I really loved was I.O.U.S.A., a documentary made by Baltimore's own Addison Wiggin. "The Wire" of course is a favorite. I'm not sure this is the last movie I hated, but "The Boondock Saints" stands out as a film I didn't like that some of my friends did.


2. What’s your guilty pleasure movie or TV show?
Pretty much anything Will Ferrell acts in. Anchorman is a personal favorite, although it seems to be a polarizing film among Ferrell fans, some love it, others hate it. How can you hate a movie with this quote: "I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany." I'm also a huge football fan, so you'll see me on the NFL Network quite a bit.


3. How’d you get into filmmaking?
I started as a screenwriter. Than I realized that to bring a story to life, you have to direct it as well, so I focused on learning how to make movies. I worked on several small projects before becoming the Producer on Spotless. That project was difficult to say the least...lets just say it was a good learning experience. It gave me the contacts and confidence to make my own movie.


4. What’s your fave piece of gear?
My crew mostly kept me at arm's length from any on-set gear. Every time I tried to lend a hand I seemed to break something. So I'm not what you would call a gearhead. I'm pretty skilled with Final Cut Pro and have been happy with it. I also have a lot of experience with online technologies, and I've been really pleased with the tools available to promote indie films. Facebook, Youtube, Blogger, plus a lot of smaller plug-ins, have come in very handy on this project.


5. What’s the one thing you’d warn a new filmmaker NOT to do on their first film?
Ask yourself, if this project didn't make a dime and no one likes it, would I still be glad I spent years of my life making it. There is nothing worse than devoting yourself to a project you don't love, hoping for fame or money, and than when it doesn't work out, feeling like you wasted years of your life and effort. Make a story that you're proud to tell regardless of the outcome. Second, don't ask for any friends/family money on your first big project. Just don't. Last, you're casting options will likely be limited, so its up to you as the director to make the story work around the talent you have. A good analogy is one of a basketball coach. A good coach takes the talent on hand and builds his offense around it. He doesn't try to stuff a bunch of little guys into a half-court offense. I wish I had done more molding of the story around the actors I had, rather than trying to stuff square pegs into round holes. That's three tips, sorry :-)


Check out the official film site!
Hear Roman on WYPR's The Signal!
Buy tickets!

CAmm Cine Lounge coming up this Monday! Meet and Greet, Screenings and More!

Join us this Monday night starting at 7pm for the CAmm Cine Lounge! This month's event will include, in addition to our usual screening, a meet and greet with local production companies-- and don't forget to talk to Jaimes for a special Cine Lounge coupon for gear rental!
Start Time : 7pm
Cost: $8/$6 Members


OPEN NETWORKING:
Come out and bring your headshots, resumes, business cards, reels and press packets. Aside from the companies featured at our event, you can network with other professionals in the local film market... maybe you will collaborate, maybe you will get a gig, maybe you will hire someone for your project, maybe you'll just expand your rolodex!
Participating Production Companies:
Opening Act Productions (www.openingactproductions.com)
Absolute Independent Pictures (www.absoluteindependentpictures.com)
Kapri Productions (www.filmfest.com)
Campanile Media (www.campanilemedia.com)
Arctic Circle Films
Hamilton Film Group (www.hamiltonfilmgroup.org)
Herron Designs (www.herrondesigns.com)
Pulse Cinema, Inc. (www.pulsecinema.com)
The Rumbley Film Studio
Grasshopper Philms (www.grasshopperphilms.com)
Ruckus Productions (www.ruckusproductions.com)

SCREENINGS:
We'll be screening a segment from the feature film, ONE DOWN, from local Director Brian J. Morrison
http://www.onedownmovie.com/

* Because of the special "Meet & Greet" event this month, we only be accepting VERY FEW FILMS at the door for screening/critique that night.

OPEN BAR:
... That is, the bar is always open!

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