Top 5 Articles on Wired4Film

May 22, 2010 by S David Acuff  
Filed under Editorials

It’s Saturday morning. You should be watching cartoons, but instead you’re on the internet…or maybe you’re on the web while you’re watching cartoons.  And if you’ve got a box of Fruitloops next to you to munch on…well, then you’re just living a little slice of heaven.

This morning I was interested in finding out what the top stories of the past year were for Wired4Film so I swung by Google Analytics which is pretty much like having your own personal Spock on-call 24/7.  Or maybe it’s Rainman.  ”Yeah, Def’nitely 1450 hits this month, Def’nitely!”

Currently W4F is based on a WordPress CMS which like all things bloggery, it’s not a neat and organized dewey decimal library system.  It’s like the librarian throws the books into one gigantic room.  Old books get covered up by the new batch and so on.  (But hey, free Librarian!)

Sure some adventurous literary divers will take an effort to scuba down into the murky abyss for great historical treasures, but mostly people are just interested in snorkling the top.  So for the newcomers, here’s what you may or may not have missed at Wired4Film:

5. Christian Film Wake-up Call

I put together this article in order to take the temperature of the Christian Film Industry circa Dec. 2008.  Still seems apropos.  Unfortunately.

4. Christian Music Industry is Dying, Will Film Follow?

Got quite a bit of feedback on this one where we checked in with the CCM industry knowing that as it goes with the Christian music industry, so it will be with the Christian film industry

3. Locally Made Film Delves into Faith Issues

This is an article by Chuck Jacobs, a staff writer for the Fayetteville Observer who put together a solid story on our friend Jeremiah McLamb’s film project, MASQUERADE, shot on the RED One Camera with Northwood Academy’s High School Film class.

2. These People Need your Script, Play, Short Story, TV Pilot, Etc

We’ve gotten a-LAWT of emails about writer-hopefuls with scripts to pawn.  Currently Wired4Film is not accepting unsolicited materials, but we’re happy to connect you with someone who is.  Not sure what to do with your amazing, world-changing screenplay for that potential academy/emmy/tony-award winning script of yours?  Read on.

1. This Present Darkness: The Film That Almost Was

John Schafer is currently producing a 3D animated series for CBN.  He began to wonder, like a lot of us had, what had happened to the “This Present Darkness” movie that was rumored all the way through the 80s and dug up a BOAT-load of great pics and updates

Anywho, thanks for the eyeballs folks!  Every click is a vote.

Let’s make a movie!

W4F Tweets the Oscars!

Didn’t get a chance to see the Oscars this year?  Or maybe you watched the Oscars but missed our Wired4Film Oscar Twitter Feed?  Or maybe you TiVo’d the Oscars while at the same time wishing there were some sort of Director’s commentary to go along with the show!  Well, Filmmakers, your wish is our command!

We Tweet’d the Academy Awards this year and re-assembled all that hard work and colorful commentary in all of its raw and undigested fervor right here for your viewing pleasure!  A minute-by-minute, play-by-play for  the 82nd Annual Academy Awards…

The W4F Oscar Tweet-fest

Tweeting the Oscars….but from the couch…not the Kodak theater…Boo! 18 mins to go.
8:11 PM Mar 7th

Clooney needs a haircut….or some hair gel that holds up under rainy/humid conditions. Gyllenhall bro&sis look great! #Red Carpet
8:14 PM Mar 7th

No old blue jeans for Miley…no botox either….good for u! Bucking the system!
8:23 PM Mar 7th

Tina Fey & Steve Carr need to be a real life couple…too cute! They could have a whole batch of little NBC kids and sitcoms!
8:25 PM Mar 7th

The Streep v The Bullock….it’s goin down tonight…the chanel’s gonna hit the fan! #RedCarpet
8:26 PM Mar 7th

Red carpet over…on to the show…still miss Billy Crystal’s opens….and the oscar goes to… #RedCarpet
8:30 PM Mar 7th

“The moment you’ve all been waiting for…?” Being spoonfed a Chargrill shake by Kate Beckinsale? Oh…the opening #…I see…#oscar
8:34 PM Mar 7th

So Doogie is the new Jackman who was the new Billy Crystal. Got it #Oscars
8:34 PM Mar 7th

Coming soon to ElectronicArts: “Precious: The Video Game” RT: Steve Martin #Oscars
8:40 PM Mar 7th

RT@boxofficemojo: Alec Baldwin has only starred in one $100M movie prior to ‘It’s Complicated:’ ‘The Hunt for Red October’ in 1990: http://bit.ly/cfplH8
8:43 PM Mar 7th

Reeeeeally need to see “Invictus”…and “Up In the Air”….and “Hot Tub Time Machine”…but “Invictus” first. #Oscars
8:46 PM Mar 7th

Actor in a supporting role: Kristoff Waltz (Inglorious Basterds)
8:48 PM Mar 7th

RT @boxofficemojo: ‘The Blind Side’ crossed the $250 million mark yesterday, its 107th day of release…http://bit.ly/ctvCpN
8:51 PM Mar 7th

Best Animated Feature film: Up….Pixar…who knew? #Oscars
8:59 PM Mar 7th

One guy on stage for ‘Up’? Shouldn’t there be like 800 people up there? #Oscars
8:59 PM Mar 7th

For those keeping score…that’s Shiney Silver Dresses: 6 #Oscars
9:01 PM Mar 7th

My facebook peeps that are getting auto-updated each tweet think I’ve gone CRAZY with the typing and the updating and the sending…
9:03 PM Mar 7th

Best Song: Ryan Bigham and T-Bone Burnett (Crazy Heart)…over Randy Newman? The world has gone mad? #Oscars
9:05 PM Mar 7th

Shout out to District 9…awesome pic…amazing effects….lot of secrets in District 9 #Oscars
9:06 PM Mar 7th

Robert Downey Jr and Tina Fey…I totally wanna write that movie too!!! #Oscars
9:12 PM Mar 7th

Best Original Screenplay: Mark Bowl (Hurt Locker)…right on! #Oscars
9:15 PM Mar 7th

RT @boxofficemojo: Original Screenplay nominated movies had an average gross of $87.7M. http://bit.ly/9Usltr
9:15 PM Mar 7th

My doppelganger has for the longest time been “Ferris Beuhler’s Friend”…Cameron…
9:19 PM Mar 7th

Oscars 80s flashback! Ack! I don’t want my member’s only jacket anymore! #Oscars
9:21 PM Mar 7th

RT @KatzMoney: Hurt Locker screenplay win suggests Best Picture as well.
9:19 PM Mar 7th

W4F Oscar Tweet Feed will be cut reeeeeeal short if person I’m borrowing wireless from shuts off their ‘puter. #Oscar
9:27 PM Mar 7th

Best Animated Short: Nicolas Schmerkin…3000 unofficial sponsors! Funneh. #Oscars
9:32 PM Mar 7th

Best Documentary Short: Music By Prudence #Oscars
9:34 PM Mar 7th

RT@jonmckee: “The tools never make a great film, Its what you do with the tools. Telling a great story, entertaining the audience. ” – John Lasseter
9:33 PM Mar 7th

Live Action Short: The New Tenants #Oscars
9:36 PM Mar 7th

Hahahahaha…Ben Stiller…dressed like an Avatar! #Oscars
9:38 PM Mar 7th

Best Makeup: Star Trek! Spock’s ears get an Oscar. #Oscars
9:42 PM Mar 7th

RT@bittespuhlen: “When you’re a man sometimes you wear stretchy pants in your room…just for fun.” – Nacho
9:42 PM Mar 7th

RT@THR: Up next — Best Adapted Screenplay – An Education, In the Loop, Precious, Up In the Air or District 9?
9:45 PM Mar 7th

Who is your “Hollywood Spouse?”….mine is most definitely Rachel McAdams. Lurv her.
9:49 PM Mar 7th

Best Adapted Screenplay: Jeffrey Fletcher for Precious! #Oscars
9:50 PM Mar 7th

…only they should announce it like Gollum…like, my “preciousssssssss” #Oscars
9:51 PM Mar 7th

RT@boxofficemojo: Precious has grossed $47.4 million, middle of the pack among Adapted Screenplay noms. http://bit.ly/cNUYlI
9:51 PM Mar 7th

Lauren Bacall…you know how to whistle don’t you? #Oscars
9:55 PM Mar 7th

Roger Corman is credited with launching sooooo many Hollywood director careers! #Oscars
9:55 PM Mar 7th

Robin Williams is my co-Star from “Patch Adams”…well co-star is a strong word…I definitely graduated two peeps behind him in the film
9:57 PM Mar 7th

Actress in a Supporting Role: Mo’Nique (Precious) ….2nd Precious Win…or “my precioussssssss”…. #Oscars
9:59 PM Mar 7th

Mo’Nique gives a shout-out to Tyler Perry…this is as close as a faith-based film as we’ve got at the Oscars, peeps. #Oscars
10:01 PM Mar 7th

Director John Hughes has quite an impressive resume on IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000455/
10:05 PM Mar 7th

RT@terracecrawford: “It can be about the performance and not the politics.” – Monique Rocks! (via @nealcampbell) // i agree. that was a great performance.
10:04 PM Mar 7th

Art Direction: Avatar…given by Sigourney Na’vi Weaver #Oscars
10:07 PM Mar 7th

Hope my film students are watching this to see all the OTHER PEOPLE needed to make a film. 10% inspiration….90% perspiration. #Oscars
10:08 PM Mar 7th

Costume Design: The Young Victoria, Sandy Powell…also for Shakespeare in Love and The Aviator….oh she’s gooooooood! #Oscars
10:11 PM Mar 7th

RunPee.Com says best time to go to bathroom is NOW!! During commercial!! #Oscars
10:14 PM Mar 7th

Needs a whiplash warning before we go from National TV to a local car commercial….uuuuurch! My neck! Blah!
10:16 PM Mar 7th

Emo Twilight Kids….so somber…. #Oscars
10:19 PM Mar 7th

RT@kemmeyer: Ima gonna sleep with the lights on after horror tribute @ the #oscars
10:21 PM Mar 7th

Horror montage keeps going and going and going……. #oscars
10:22 PM Mar 7th

Excellent…an education in sound editing…wake up film students…work, I tell ya…movies = work! #Oscars
10:23 PM Mar 7th

Best Sound Editing: Paul N.J. Ottosson (sp?) Hurt Locker #Oscars
10:26 PM Mar 7th

Best Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker…Cameron’s ex-wife scores another statue #Oscars
10:27 PM Mar 7th

Early odds are that Hurt Locker is winning best picture #Oscars
10:28 PM Mar 7th

And the technical awards for a bunch of people we lumped into a giant category for super grain nano technology #Oscars
10:29 PM Mar 7th

Recap: 8 Silver dresses, 5 cutaways to unsmiling Clooney, 3 Hurt Locker Awards, 2 for my Preciousssssss… #Oscars
10:31 PM Mar 7th

Best Cinematography: Mauro Fiore for Avatar…2nd tonite #Oscars
10:36 PM Mar 7th

Demi looked fabu…not like Madonna with her “gollum arms” #Oscars
10:39 PM Mar 7th

Apparently Brittany Murphy died of ‘natural causes’ on Dec 20, 2009…did not know that… #Oscars
10:44 PM Mar 7th

Totally don’t remember that dance scene in “Hurt Locker”…. #Oscars
10:48 PM Mar 7th

RT@human3rror: “The people at the very top don’t work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.” – Malcom Gladwell
10:47 PM Mar 7th

Best Original Score: Michael Giachinno (sp?) “Up” #oscars
10:52 PM Mar 7th

“If you wanna be creative, go do it…it’s not a waste of time” Michael Giachinno #Oscars
10:54 PM Mar 7th

Best Visual Effects: Avatar!! $300M here, $300M there, pretty soon you can buy yourself some decent effects! #Oscars
10:55 PM Mar 7th

RT@THR: Avatar 3, The Hurt Locker 3, Precious 2
10:56 PM Mar 7th

Best Documentary Feature Presenter: Matt Damon….he just rocks okay! It’s not a man-crush. He’s just cool! #Oscar
11:02 PM Mar 7th

Best Documentary Feature: The Cove #Oscars
11:04 PM Mar 7th

Best Film Editing: The Hurt Locker ? Hmmm. Not seeing it. #Oscars
11:08 PM Mar 7th

Editors is crazier than writers and composers. #Oscars
11:08 PM Mar 7th

RT@druckenmiller: http://twitpic.com/17aqep – Winners “bag” at Oscar party, those BNC cables? Ehh bunch a production folk..
11:12 PM Mar 7th

Best Foreign Language Film: uhhhh…the secret du rosas…or sus ojos…errrr something foreign….so glad Na’vi doesn’t count #Oscars
11:18 PM Mar 7th

RT@THR: Next up Best Actor– Firth, Bridges, Freeman, Renner or Clooney?
11:18 PM Mar 7th

Not worried about Avatar…Cameron’s crying all the way to the bank. #Oscar
11:24 PM Mar 7th

What’s with the Best Actor campaign speeches? They’ve already voted…let’s see who’s got it… #Oscars
11:28 PM Mar 7th

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges “Crazy Heart” 1st Acad Award, 5th Nom #Oscar
11:33 PM Mar 7th

RT@DaveGrumme: Congratulations Jeff Bridges – 75 films and counting.
11:34 PM Mar 7th

RT @timastevens: I respect celebrities who have stayed married. Way to go Jeff Bridges for your Oscar–but more for 33 yrs of marriage.
11:39 PM Mar 7th

boxofficemojo The Best Actress category had a better box office showing than Best Actor: $408.8M vs. $173.1M http://bit.ly/9Usltr
11:45 PM Mar 7th

Best Actress: Wow! Sandy B! Blindside! #Oscars
11:49 PM Mar 7th

RT@boxofficemojo: Blind Side is Sandra Bullock’s highest-grossing movie at over $250M, folloed by another 2009 release, The Proposal: http://bit.ly/a4r2An
11:50 PM Mar 7th

Best Director: Katherine Bigelow “Hurt Locker” – first female academy award ever in this category #Oscar
11:55 PM Mar 7th

Oscar Subtext = Suck it Tarantino! #Oscars
11:58 PM Mar 7th

Best Motion Picture: The HURT LOCKERRRRRRRRRR…with little fanfare and buildup by Tom Hanks #Oscars
11:59 PM Mar 7th

Alrighty then….go back to work tomorrow….finish those films, people! Got some work to do!
12:03 AM Mar 8th

For Official Oscar Night Winner Info and to View Acceptance Speeches click here.

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PRODUCTION REPORT: MAY 2009

May 1, 2009 by S David Acuff  
Filed under Wired4Film Exclusives

 

There are a lot more faith-based films out there in progress than we realize. This Production Report is a new monthly feature on Wired4Film to give space and credence to all the hard work going on out there. To keep you in the know.

But we can’t keep you in the know if we don’t know about the know, you know? So if you’re sitting in Development or Production or Post on a faith-based feature, drop us a line so we can include you in the next Production Report!

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//…IN DEVELOPMENT…<

 

*NEW
ProdCo: Cloud10Pictures
Title: End of the Beginning
Writer: Robert Watson
Budget: TBD

Contact: Cloud Ten Pictures, info@cloudtenpictures.com; 905-684-5561 

Logline:  Four passengers ride along in an otherwise deserted subway car late at night; they are somehow familiar to one another but not sure how. The wheels screech, lights flicker and something comes out of the darkness.  Christian high tension thriller / horror film.

 

*NEW
ProdCo: Cloud10Pictures
Title: DIRK AND THE DEVIL   
Budget: TBD
Writer- Bobbie Frega
Contact: Cloud Ten Pictures, info@cloudtenpictures.com; 905-684-5561 

Logline: A man who is upset with the evil in the world duct-tapes the devil to his radiator.   Christian and Dark Independent Comedy.

 

 

*NEW
ProdCo: Cloud10Pictures
Title: CAMP EDEN
Budget: TBD
Writer- Andre van Heerden
Contact: Cloud Ten Pictures, info@cloudtenpictures.com; 905-684-5561 

Logline: An unpopular teen travels to a camp to win the girl of his dreams – not realizing it’s an evangelical Christian camp.  Christian and Broad Teen comedy

 

*NEW
ProdCo: Cloud10Pictures
Title: Apocalypse V
Budget: TBD
Contact: Cloud Ten Pictures, info@cloudtenpictures.com; 905-684-5561 

Logline: Established popular series.  God’s champions during the tribulation period must cling to faith even after death.  Christian, End-Times evangelical thriller.

 

ProdCo: Fountain Films Production Company
Title: The Last Gasp
Budget: $200K
Writer- Britton Andrews
Director – Josh Overbay
Executive Producers: Sheryl Fountain, Jay Black, Matt Kinne
Producers – Sheryl Fountain, Ken Altman

Shoot Dates: Jun 1 to Jul 6, 2009
Locations: Hampton Roads, VA
Needs: Accepting Film Interns & Headshot until April 1st

Logline: In the war-torn wasteland of mid-21st century America, John Aston and his fellow drug-addicted ‘Sweepers’ are trying to destroy the last of their cyborg enemy and re-establish civilization. When his current mission goes awry, though, John finds himself battling withdrawal-induced visions and leading a group of his foes to a supposed Promised Land in an alternate dimension. 

 

ProdCo: Advent Film Group
Title: Pilgrim’s Progress Musical
Budget: –
Source: Allegory by John Bunyan

Notes: This is a 3D animation project currently in development.
Locations: Virginia, Manila, India

 
ProdCo: Prolific Pictures
Title: Just Mercy
Budget: –
Director: Jeffrey R. Henry
Writers: Jeffrey R. Henry, Robert J. McCrea, Peter Coleman
Source: based on the Novel “Rolling Thunder” by Mark Mynheir

Notes: Just wrapped photography on the Trailer. Distribution locked, seeking investors.
Location: Trailer shot in Mooresville, NC

Logline: Officer John Russell has just been assigned a high-profile missing kid case which will take all his time and energy. But his aging father re-emerges after 30 years in jail wanting to reconcile, but John can’t move beyond the horrors of the past. Things he thought were long buried are now threatening his job, his family and his own salvation.

 
ProdCo: ContinuousTake Productions
Title: Kaffir Boy
Budget: –
Director: Hannah Sink
Producers: Michelle McGrier, Simon Boyce
Writers: Michelle McGrier, Hannah Sink, Mark Mathabane
Source: Based on the Novel “Kaffir Boy” by Mark Mathabane

Notes: Development funds have been raised.
Location: Los Angeles (Production Office), South Africa (Production)
Needs: Production Financing 

Crew: TBD
Contact: www.continuoustakeproductions.com

Logline: This captivating historical drama tells the harrowing true story of Johannes Mathabane, as he struggles to grow up in the poorest township in South Africa, where bloody gang wars are a rite of passage, and where life is measured in days not years. His sheer determination to escape the brutality of apartheid during the 1970’s leads him to the most unlikely of places – the tennis court- where he finds solace and a passport to freedom.

 

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//…IN PRODUCTION…<

 

ProdCo: Cornfed Pictures
Title: Vacant House
Budget: <$10,000
Writer/Director/Producer: Jeremy Casper
Producer: Jeremy Casper and Kelly Erickson
DP: Tom McCarty

Notes: 60% of the film is in the can. The final week of shooting will be May 6-11
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Crew Needs:  We need willing and able bodies starting NOW through May 12th who can help out with everything from pre-production assistances to crew positions.  The shoot is May 6-11 and will shoot in the greater LA area.  Currently looking for a SOUND RECORDIST, grips, grip electrics, and PAs.  So, if you think you can hold a boom pole, you’ve got tons of experience, or you’ve never been on a film set in your life but you want to learn, then come on out and help!  Compensation: we’ll feed you!  And get you a copy of the completed film.

Contact: jercasper@gmail.com

Logline: A man’s tumultuous relationship with his father is healed when he attempts to reunite a dead man with his estranged son.

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//…IN POST-PRODUCTION…<

ProdCo: Messenger Films
Title: The Bill Collector
Budget: –
Writer/Director: Cristobal Krusen
Exec. Prods: Cristobal Krusen, Douglas Maddox
Producers: Kenneth Altman, Douglas Maddox

Notes: Shot between 10/6/08 and 11/8/08, planned release Autumn 2009
Location: Shot and posted entirely in Hampton Roads, VA
Needs: None at this time
Contact: –

Logline: Lorenzo Adams is in trouble. The hard driving manager of a collections agency must pay an old debt of $100,000 in a matter of days or face certain death. An unlikely friendship with his would-be killer and a cockamamie scheme to hire desperate down-and-outers from an inner-city mission all amount to nothing when Lorenzo finds himself staring down the barrel of a gun.

 

ProdCo: Reel Frog Films
Title: Book of Ruth
Budget: –
Director/Editor: Stephen Patrick Walker
Writers: Stephen Patrick Walker, Salvatore Di Salvatore
Starring: Carman, Dan Haggerty, Sherry Morris, Lana Wood, Eleese Lester, DJ Perry

Notes: In Post-Production; TBN Television Premiere Spring 2009
Location: Filmed at Passion Play in Eureka Springs, AR and Frazier Park, CA
Needs: None at this time
Crew: Positions filled, no inquiries please

Logline: A young widow follows her mother-in-law to Israel in hopes of a better life.

 

ProdCo: Daros Films
Title: Greyscale
Budget: under $1M
Written/Directed/Starring/Produced by: Ryan Dunlap
CoStarring: Doug Jones, Anthony Tyler Quinn and Tim Russ

Notes: Currently in Post-Production
Location: Shot in Tulsa, OK
Needs: None at this time
Crew: Positions filled, no inquiries please

Logline: A neo-noir thriller about a painter with trauma-induced color blindness trying to unravel the mystery that killed his wife.

 

ProdCo: Highlander Films
Title: A Night at the Silent Movie Theatre
Budget: under $1M
Director: Tim Russ
Writers: Calix Lewis Reneau & Aydrea ten Bosch nee Walden
Starring: Phil LaMarr, Tony Todd, Ethan Phillips and Al White

Notes: Currently in post at The Lot
Location: Shot on Location in Los Angeles
Needs: None at this time
Crew: Positions filled, no inquiries please

Logline: A comedy about a rock singer taking his last, best shot at stardom in the old silent movie theatre house.

 

ProdCo: Theoretical Entertainment and Baylor Film & Digital Media 
Title: Endings
Budget: <$23K
Writer/Director: Chris Hansen
Producer: Brian Elliot

Notes: Shot June 2008. Currently in Post-Production. Expected completion date is June 2009
Location: Shot in Texas (Waco and Bellmead)
Needs: None at this time
Crew: Positions filled, no inquiries please
More Info: www.theoreticalentertainment.com

Logline: ENDINGS is about three people converging on the eve of their own demise and how they form a unique bond that ultimately changes their lives in an instant. It explores love, sacrifice, and the true nature of family.

 

ProdCo: Praise Pictures
Title: Standing Firm
Budget: –
Writer/Producer/Director: Kyle Prohaska

Notes: Pickups shot in February; Currently in Post-Production
Location: Lewiston, NY

Needs: None at this time
Crew: Positions filled, no inquiries please
Info: http://www.standingfirmmovie.com/

Logline: STANDING FIRM is a story of forgiveness and finding peace in times of suffering. Dave, a widower, is working himself to death. Late nights doing paperwork and running on fumes is the norm. Dave’s son Steven, the only remaining Christian of the family has been watching his fathers now unhealthy lifestyle with great concern unsure of what to do next. Soon God moves on Steven’s heart to stop complaining about his fathers situation and help him instead. As Dave begins to move in the right direction, he searches for the ultimate question about his wife’s death…..WHY?

 

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Wired4Film Twits or Tweets….

April 14, 2009 by S David Acuff  
Filed under Editorials, Headlines

Alrighty then, Wired4Film is not ready to concede we’ve reached W4F 2.0 status yet, but we have taken a gigantic technological leap forward by launching our Twitter campaign.  

Not heard of Twitter yet?  Not sure what it does or how to make it work?  

We don’t either!

But we’re reminded of the time we ventured forth to join a small group in a burgeoning online social network 4 or 5 years ago called FACEBOOK, and we realize…why not?  Could be big one day.  Could be huge.  

Or it could be this generations’ New Coke.  Jury is still out.

Either way, we had some initial questions, but we have been guaranteed the following in joining the Twitterification of America:

1. You can’t blow anything up or be blown up using Twitter

2. A Tweet is not a communicable air-borne virus.  Although it may be contagious.

3. Twittering is not a part of the government bail-out, but nor is it tax deductible.

4. Webster will be revamping modern lexicography (?) again to update old phrases to “A Penny for your Tweet” or “Stop! Or I’ll Tweet!”  and perhaps “What the Twitter is going on here?!?”

5. Bad Tweet puns are punishable by small fines or community service.

6. I’ll be stacking books at the Community library this weekend for #4 violations

Anyway…follow us by going and clicking….er….”Follow”:

http://twitter.com/Wired4Film

…or at the bottom of the home page is a Twitter Widget.  Use it.  Love it as we have loved it!

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PRODUCTION REPORT: March 2009

March 6, 2009 by S David Acuff  
Filed under Wired4Film Exclusives

There are a lot more faith-based films out there in progress than we realize. This Production Report is a new monthly feature on Wired4Film to give space and credence to all the hard work going on out there. To keep you in the know.

But we can’t keep you in the know if we don’t know about the know, you know? So if you’re sitting in Development or Production or Post on a faith-based feature, drop us a line so we can include you in the April Production Report!

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//…IN DEVELOPMENT…<

ProdCo: Fountain Films Production Company
Title: The Last Gasp
Budget: $200K
Writer- Britton Andrews
Director – Josh Overbay
Executive Producers: Sheryl Fountain, Jay Black, Matt Kinne
Producers – Sheryl Fountain, Ken Altman

Shoot Dates: Jun 1 to Jul 6, 2009
Locations: Hampton Roads, VA
Needs: Accepting Film Interns & Headshot until April 1st

Logline: In the war-torn wasteland of mid-21st century America, John Aston and his fellow drug-addicted ‘Sweepers’ are trying to destroy the last of their cyborg enemy and re-establish civilization. When his current mission goes awry, though, John finds himself battling withdrawal-induced visions and leading a group of his foes to a supposed Promised Land in an alternate dimension. 

 

ProdCo: Advent Film Group
Title: Pilgrim’s Progress Musical
Budget: –
Source: Allegory by John Bunyan

Notes: This is a 3D animation project currently in development.
Locations: Virginia, Manila, India

 
ProdCo: Prolific Pictures
Title: Just Mercy
Budget: –
Director: Jeffrey R. Henry
Writers: Jeffrey R. Henry, Robert J. McCrea, Peter Coleman
Source: based on the Novel “Rolling Thunder” by Mark Mynheir

Notes: Just wrapped photography on the Trailer. Distribution locked, seeking investors.
Location: Trailer shot in Mooresville, NC

Logline: Officer John Russell has just been assigned a high-profile missing kid case which will take all his time and energy. But his aging father re-emerges after 30 years in jail wanting to reconcile, but John can’t move beyond the horrors of the past. Things he thought were long buried are now threatening his job, his family and his own salvation.

 
ProdCo: ContinuousTake Productions
Title: Kaffir Boy
Budget: –
Director: Hannah Sink
Producers: Michelle McGrier, Simon Boyce
Writers: Michelle McGrier, Hannah Sink, Mark Mathabane
Source: Based on the Novel “Kaffir Boy” by Mark Mathabane

Notes: Development funds have been raised.
Location: Los Angeles (Production Office), South Africa (Production)
Needs: Production Financing 

Crew: TBD
Contact: www.continuoustakeproductions.com

Logline: This captivating historical drama tells the harrowing true story of Johannes Mathabane, as he struggles to grow up in the poorest township in South Africa, where bloody gang wars are a rite of passage, and where life is measured in days not years. His sheer determination to escape the brutality of apartheid during the 1970’s leads him to the most unlikely of places – the tennis court- where he finds solace and a passport to freedom.

 

ProdCo: JerFilm Productions
Title: Masquerade
Budget: $200K
Director: Jeremiah McLamb
Writers: Jeremiah McLamb and S. David Acuff

Notes: Talking with potential investors. Shooting Summer 2009.
Location: Fayetteville and Raleigh, NC
Needs: Investors
Crew: TBD

Logline: A high school drama which takes place in a Christian Private school where everyone puts on perfect happy faces except for the new girl, Jaime, who sees glimpses of her own dark past playing out in the most popular girl in the school, Ashley Hartley. But how do you rescue someone who doesn’t want to be saved?

 

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ProdCo: Cornfed Pictures
Title: Vacant House
Budget: <$10,000
Writer/Director/Producer: Jeremy Casper
Producer: Jeremy Casper and Kelly Erickson
DP: Tom McCarty

 

Notes: 60% of the film is in the can. The final week of shooting will be May 8-15
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Needs: We will be casting in the LA area for several key rolls in the next couple of months (details to come).
Crew: TBA
Contact: cornfedpictures@gmail.com

Logline: A man’s tumultuous relationship with his father is healed when he attempts to reunite a dead man with his estranged son.

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ProdCo: Messenger Films
Title: The Bill Collector
Budget: –
Writer/Director: Cristobal Krusen
Exec. Prods: Cristobal Krusen, Douglas Maddox
Producers: Kenneth Altman, Douglas Maddox

Notes: Shot between 10/6/08 and 11/8/08, planned release Autumn 2009
Location: Shot and posted entirely in Hampton Roads, VA
Needs: None at this time
Contact: –

Logline: Lorenzo Adams is in trouble. The hard driving manager of a collections agency must pay an old debt of $100,000 in a matter of days or face certain death. An unlikely friendship with his would-be killer and a cockamamie scheme to hire desperate down-and-outers from an inner-city mission all amount to nothing when Lorenzo finds himself staring down the barrel of a gun.

 

ProdCo: Reel Frog Films
Title: Book of Ruth
Budget: –
Director/Editor: Stephen Patrick Walker
Writers: Stephen Patrick Walker, Salvatore Di Salvatore
Starring: Carman, Dan Haggerty, Sherry Morris, Lana Wood, Eleese Lester, DJ Perry

Notes: In Post-Production; TBN Television Premiere Spring 2009
Location: Filmed at Passion Play in Eureka Springs, AR and Frazier Park, CA
Needs: None at this time
Crew: Positions filled, no inquiries please

Logline: A young widow follows her mother-in-law to Israel in hopes of a better life.

 

ProdCo: Daros Films
Title: Greyscale
Budget: under $1M
Written/Directed/Starring/Produced by: Ryan Dunlap
CoStarring: Doug Jones, Anthony Tyler Quinn and Tim Russ

Notes: Currently in Post-Production
Location: Shot in Tulsa, OK
Needs: None at this time
Crew: Positions filled, no inquiries please

Logline: A neo-noir thriller about a painter with trauma-induced color blindness trying to unravel the mystery that killed his wife.

 

ProdCo: Highlander Films
Title: A Night at the Silent Movie Theatre
Budget: under $1M
Director: Tim Russ
Writers: Calix Lewis Reneau & Aydrea ten Bosch nee Walden
Starring: Phil LaMarr, Tony Todd, Ethan Phillips and Al White

Notes: Currently in post at The Lot
Location: Shot on Location in Los Angeles
Needs: None at this time
Crew: Positions filled, no inquiries please

Logline: A comedy about a rock singer taking his last, best shot at stardom in the old silent movie theatre house.

 

ProdCo: Theoretical Entertainment and Baylor Film & Digital Media 
Title: Endings
Budget: <$23K
Writer/Director: Chris Hansen
Producer: Brian Elliot

Notes: Shot June 2008. Currently in Post-Production. Expected completion date is June 2009
Location: Shot in Texas (Waco and Bellmead)
Needs: None at this time
Crew: Positions filled, no inquiries please
More Info: www.theoreticalentertainment.com

Logline: ENDINGS is about three people converging on the eve of their own demise and how they form a unique bond that ultimately changes their lives in an instant. It explores love, sacrifice, and the true nature of family.

 

ProdCo: Praise Pictures
Title: Standing Firm
Budget: –
Writer/Producer/Director: Kyle Prohaska

Notes: Pickups shot in February; Currently in Post-Production
Location: Lewiston, NY

Needs: None at this time
Crew: Positions filled, no inquiries please
Info: http://www.standingfirmmovie.com/

Logline: STANDING FIRM is a story of forgiveness and finding peace in times of suffering. Dave, a widower, is working himself to death. Late nights doing paperwork and running on fumes is the norm. Dave’s son Steven, the only remaining Christian of the family has been watching his fathers now unhealthy lifestyle with great concern unsure of what to do next. Soon God moves on Steven’s heart to stop complaining about his fathers situation and help him instead. As Dave begins to move in the right direction, he searches for the ultimate question about his wife’s death…..WHY?

 

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Wired4Film Goes LIVE

January 5, 2009 by admin  
Filed under Headlines

RALEIGH, NC – Ushering in a new age of faith-based film news and commentary, Wired4Film.com launches today, pulling together hundreds of news bits  from all over into one convenient location.

“It’s like Hollywood Reporter meets Facebook meets Passion of the Christ,” says Editor-in-Chief, S. David Acuff, “only different!”

And he’s only joking a little.  Though the site launches with only the Newswire service in place, the ABOUT US page specs out plans for the site to develop its Social Networking as well; to fill a growing void in Christian filmmaking, to both report the news and to connect an increasing community of artisans.

“With dozens of film and TV projects in the works,” Acuff explains, “it seems a shame that we only hear about 2 or 3 of the biggies.”

Make sure to visit the ARCHIVES early on which detail all the articles by Month and day providing an index for the site.  Also, are you in the middle of a project yourself? From development to Premieres and film debuts, we want to hear about it, so drop us a line using our CONTACT PAGE.

S. David Acuff is an award-winning Writer-Director-Editor in North Carolina with over 15 years of film and video production experience.  He says the idea for the website came in 2000 while attending film school at Regent University’s Graduate program.  It was there he discovered so many more Christians with a call to the Film Industry, but no forum to keep them all networked and talking after graduation.

“It’s imperative that we keep the dialogue lines open as we move forward together to take an active part in this industry.  Because it’s time to stop boycotting and counting swear words in Hollywood films and roll up our sleeves, get in there and become the change we’ve been crying about for years,” Acuff says.

Welcome to Wired4Film.com!   Let’s Make a Movie!