VMX finally makes it to IMDB!

VMX has finally been added to IMDB! Wahoo! Some cast and crew are still being added.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1791672/

Another one of our projects gears up for festivals!

Stoners! We have another project that is about to hit festivals called VIRGIN MARY CHRISTMAS! It's a dark comedy short that stars Cherami Leigh, Katy Rowe, Jeff Hoferer, and Rebekah Kennedy! 

facebook: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=335933089479&set=a.431430119479.225411.177665184479#!/pages/VMXmas/177665184479

Production Blog: http://www.virginmaryxmas.blogspot.com

VMX is finally complete!

Festivals here we come! Wahoo!

Throwing Stones the teen horror web series...

Hello VMX fans!

While VMX lingered in post-pro, we had to focus our thoughts on our latest project: The teen horror web series THROWING STONES. But we PROMISE you VMX will finally see the light of day! In the meantime - head on over to:

Throwing Stones Official Site: www.throwingstoneswebseries.com


Throwing Stones Production Blog: www.throwingstoneswebseries.blogspot.com

VMX Sound Design is done!

VMX sound design is DONE! David Rosenblad KICKED OUR ASSES! You have no idea how good this sounds? They should give out Oscars for best sound design on short films! So what's next? We add the credits and a few other quick things, then this sucker is ready for the festival circuit!

Long time, no post...

Hello VMX fans!

Long time, no post. We'ved been keeping busy behind the scenes with our other project BUTTERSCOTCH the feature film while we've been waiting on VMX's sound design to be finished. It's nice to have another project to work on while you're waiting for another so you don't drive yourself crazy. More on the BUTTERSCOTCH front later. You can always go to www.butterscotchfilm.com or hit us up on our FB page (these links can be found here on the right hand side).

So...it looks like we will finally be gearing up for the Fall Festivals now that VMX's sound design will be done by later next week! Yes! You heard us right! We had hit some snags, but it looks like we should finally be in the clear. Once it's done, Jason and I will finally get to see the finished project! We've kinda forgotten what it looks like. Then from here VMX goes back to cinematographer Ron Gonzalez so he can make sure the ending credits are swell. But this shouldn't take long. Then it will be GO TIME! We promise to keep you posted on all the deets.

With this news it meant we had to start working on the DVD concept art. Virgin Mary (Cherami Leigh) looks like pure evil and we like it! It's as if Dana (Katy Rowe) has no clue as to what's about to happen in the pictures we chose to feature on the DVD case! Here's some rough pics of what the front and the back of the DVD will pretty much look like.

In the meantime...Mary Christmas, bitches!

Sound design will be done next week!

VMX sound designer David Rosenblad says our sound design should be done by next week! Wahoo! So while we wait on sound we are gearing up for possible festival selections, ordering DVDs and cases, etc.

Here's a great pic from VMX make-up artist Karen Cripe that she took on the set of Cherami Leigh (Mary) and Katy Rowe (Dana).

Some of VMX's cast and crew are spotlighted on Channel 5 news for their latest project!

VMX's Cherami Leigh (Virgin Mary), DP Ron Gonzalez, and 1st AC Kingslea Bueltel are featured in this Channel 5 news story about the feature film Beyond The Farthest Star featuring Barry Corbin and others! Check it out!

Just copy and paste the link.

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local-beat/Lights__Camera__Action__In_a_Sleepy_Texas_Town_Dallas-Fort_Worth.html?__source=Watch%20This&autoPlay=true



PS: Kingslea - nice purple socks.

VMX Spotlight: Rebekah Kennedy!

VMX's Tennie (Rebekah Kennedy) pretty much lives in our spotlight. Check out her latest short film TAKING ADVANTAGE.

Synop: A business man and his mistress plot to murder his wife only to find out everyone has a plan of their own.

You can sign up for this short film's FB page by copying and pasting the link below:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/takingadvantagefilm?ref=ts

VMX Spotlight: Rebekah Kennedy!

Team VMX wants to congratulate our very own Rebekah Kennedy (who plays TENNIE in Virgin Mary Christmas) as she currently films her horror feature HOUSE HUNTING! HH (written and directed by Eric Hurt) features Art LaFleur (A Cinderella Story, The Santa Clause 2, the hit TV show The Practice), and Marc Singer (Beastmaster, Eagle Eye, The Young and the Restless).

Here's the synop:

If the American dream for most families is buying a house then for the two families headed to what they think is a simple open house, their dream is about to become a nightmare. We meet our two very different families as they search for the perfect house to call a home. When both families show up at the deserted farmhouse it quickly becomes clear that something is not right. After finding a terrified girl in the woods, and discovering that every attempt to leave the farm takes them right back to its front door, the horror of the situation sets in. Stuck in this purgatory together for days, they're haunted by a vengeful former owner bent on destroying them from within with the simple declaration that only one family will call the house a home. As the days stack up and the families search in vain for a way out the group dynamics dissolve into chaos. The acres of bare woods and fields stretching out from the house become a maddening prison they must endure until one family can ultimately overcome the other and call the house a home.

We love you Rebekah!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1608368/

Team Butterscotch (same team that is bringing you VMX) made it into our final film festival...

We are proud to announce that Butterscotch the short is an official selection of the 2010 Kansas City Film Festival!

The Kansas City Film Fest: a new name for a new combined festival bringing the best of the KC Jubilee Film Festival—their long running, juried shorts fest—with KC’s oldest film festival, FilmFest KC, offering curated programming of great international and independent feature films.

This festival will mark the end of our festival run. We're feeling a little bitter sweet.

Congrats to the amazing cast and crew!

We made it into the Carrollton Global Examiner!

The same team that is about to bring you VMX made the news! Our former project BUTTERSCOTCH made the Global Examiner in Carrollton. Check it out!

Okay, so what next?

Now that we're finished with color grading - VMX has now officially been shipped off to David Rosenblad for sound design. Sir Reel Sound revently moved locations, so it might take a little extra time as David gets settled in to his new studio. We will keep you posted.

VMX Spotlight: Cherami Leigh and the VMX & Butterscotch crew!

Cherami Leigh (VMX's Virgin Mary) and many of our VMX and Butterscotch crew members are back in our spotlight! They will be taking part in the upcoming feature film Beyond The Farthest Star that stars D.B. Sweeney (Eight Men Out, The Darwin Awards, Brother Bear, No Man's Land, Fire in the Sky), Renee O'Conner (134 episodes of Xena: The Warrior Princess, Hercules, Boogeman 2), and others. This feature shoots in Dallywood!!!

- Cherami Leigh plays Anne - D.B.'s daughter
- Ron Gonzalez - DP
- Kingslea Bueltel - 1st AC
- Andy Lohrenz - Gaffer
- Seth Hall - Grip
- Mike Gonzales - 2nd 2nd AD
- Sam Crutsinger - Data Wrangler
- Brad Harper - Sound Mixer

(*This is who we have at press time)

Synop:
A twist of fate brings the national spotlight to a forgotten Texas town and a once famous preacher has an opportunity to regain his former glory or seize one last chance to restore his fractured family. Narrated by his fifteen-year-old daughter, we watch as Adam Wells, a minister driven by the prospect of achieving greatness as the next nationally-syndicated TV Evangelist lays down his opportunity at “celebrity” and even his own life in order to become something even greater... A loving husband and father to his wife and daughter.

Copy and paste these links into your browser to learn more about Beyond The Farthest Star!

http://www.beyondthefartheststar.com/

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Beyond-the-Farthest-Star/170290344732?ref=ts

Many members of the VMX crew are mentioned in the Ft. Worth Business Press!

We've mentioned here about cinematographer Ron Gonzalez, Di Editor Sam Crutsinger, and other members of the VMX and Butterscotch crew working on Tom Huckabee's festival hit CARRIED AWAY. Here's a great article on the Ft. Worth Business Press talking about the Ron, Sam, more great crew, and the Red Cam!
Just copy and paste the link into your browswer. Blogger is not cooperating today.

http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=12062

Here's our official VMX movie poster!

The AMAZING Anne Fleitas has outdone herself. Here's the officially licensed Anne Fleitas Virgin Mary Christmas movie poster!

Some cool news...

Wahoo! It is OFFICIAL! Butterscotch (Team VMX's former project) made it to IMDB as the feature film version! Here's a screen cap! Only members that have IMDBPro can see it at the moment. Regular IMDB users can at least see that the actors are going to be in the movie. Working on making it public to everyone. Stay tuned.

Team Scotch made the Ft. Worth Weekly!!!

We were very excited to find out that we made the Ft. Worth Weekly this morning! Wahoo! Thank you Kristian Lin for doing the story!

Blogger is being mean. Please copy and paste the link.

http://www.fwweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2641:butterscotch-isnt-sweet&catid=60:reviews&Itemid=388

Just have to share...

As many of you know - our other short film BUTTERSCOTCH is getting close to finishing its festival run. We just got into San Diego IndieFest and Charleston International. Well, today the wonderful people at Charleston International's FB page they posted this about Scotch AND our trailer:

Charleston International Film Festival Like dark comedy? Check out Butterscotch at this year's CIFF in April. 3 people that meet in a suicide therapist’s waiting room decide to go on a trip of a lifetime to plan their perfect funerals. Directed by Academy Award finalist Jon Keeyes.

THANK YOU Charleston! Total class-acts!

Color Grading today!

We color grade VMX today with Omar and Sam! Rumor has it that VMX's 1st AC Kingslea Beultel and still photographer Anne Fleitas will be dropping by as well. To be honest, the raw footage is so good it's current state - that I'm not sure what you could do to this thing to make it better. But 99% of the movies out there go through the color grading (or some call it color correction) process.

For those you don't know what color grading is:

Color grading is the process of altering and enhancing the color of a motion picture or television image, either electronically, photo-chemically or digitally. The photo-chemical process is also referred to as color timing and is typically performed at a photographic laboratory. Modern color correction, whether for theatrical film or video distribution, is generally done digitally.

PUMPED!

VMX Spotlight: Virgin Mary...

VMX's own Cherami Leigh (Virgin Mary) is back in our spotlight! Cherami will be guest starring on this week's ABC lawyer show "The Deep End." For those who didn't know - the show shoots here in Dallas that stars Billy Zane (Titanic) and Mehcad Brooks (True Blood). Cherami plays the role of "Sarah." So make sure to tune in or set your TiVO's for Thursday night! We love you Cherami!

Butterscotch makes the front page of the Carrollton Leader Star!

Thanks to James Roth of the Carrollton Leader Star for doing a nice article about us! Copy and paste the link (Blogger isn't being nice htis morning)

http://www.planostar.com/carrollton_leader/front/

Sammy, baby!

Sam Crutsinger, known for his work on such movies as the animated hit Ant Bully and the recent Oxford Film Festival Winner Carried Away, is prepping our Virgin Mary Christmas footage this morning and getting it ready for color grading! He says it's looking great! Thanks so much Sam for taking time out of your busy schedule for us!

We're all set for color grading!

Edits are locked and loaded. We're all set for color grading with Omar next Tuesday!!!

VMX edits are DONE!

The VMS final edit is COMPLETE! We're so excited! It's getting to be shipped off to the amazing Omar Godinez for color grading!

Okay, seriously now... :)

Team Scotch is proud to announce that we are an Official Selection of the 2010 Charleston International Film Festival! MovieMaker Magazine has called this festival: "One of the top 25 coolest festivals" and "One of the top 25 fests worth the entry fee!" Congrats to our fantastic cast, crew, post production team, and t...hose who donated to help make this thing happen!

Can this week get any better?

We just found out that our last project BUTTERSCOTCH is an Official Selection of the 2010 San Diego Indie Fest! Congrats to cast, crew, post production, and all the people who donated to help make this thing happen. Wahoo!

Here's some more behind the scenes pics from VMX make-up artist Karen Cripe!

Rex Sikes Movie Beat RULES!

We know this is the VMX go-to production blog, but we feel the need to keep our believers updated with our other project as well called BUTTERSCOTCH if that' okay. Rex Sikes MOVIE BEAT posted our D Magazine article on his site! On Rex Sikes Movie Beat he interviews he interviews celebrities, film makers, and people making it happen on air radio, television, and the web. Thanks so much Rex!

http://www.rexsikes.com/Rex_Sikes_Movie_Beat/Hot_%26_Fun/Entries/2010/2/12_What_Does___Jason_Priestly___Corbin_Bernsen___Lindy_Booth___Debra_Jo_Rupp___Jon_Keeyes___Have_In_Common.html

We made it into D Magazine!!!

Our last project BUTTERSCOTCH made it into D Magazine! Wahoo!!!

http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2010/02/11/jason-priestly-and-other-celebs-to-star-in-film-written-by-carrollton-middle-school-teachers/

Here's some more cool screen caps to tide you over!

Butterscotch Cast Signs On!

As many of you know - Jason and I had a previous project called BUTTERSCOTCH the short. We announced the cast today for BUTTERSCOTCH the feature on our Scotch and VMX pages. Head on over now to check it out!

Updates...

We are well into the editing phase of VMX. You have no idea of how truly happy we are. This thing is EVERYTHING we wanted it to be!!! The chemistry bewteen Cherami and Katy is INSANE. We only have a few tiny tweaks to make on the edit and then it should be off for color grading with Omar and sound design with Rosenblad.

Here's a quick screen cap of Dana (Katy Rowe) yelling from the stairwell.

A shout out to the best crew!

Remember us telling you the story of how when we wee shooting BUTTERSCOTCH that DP Ron Gonzalez and his crew had to pull an all-nighter from the Arizona Desert where they were filming Tom Huckabee's feature CARRIED AWAY to get in Dallas on time to shoot our short??? Well, Carried Away just won BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE at the Oxford Film Festival! Congrats to their crew! Many of the crew have worked on our projects Butterscotch and Virgin Mary Christmas. This just drives home the fact of how special and important you make us feel.

Cherami Leigh is back in the VMX spotlight!

Make sure you tune into the acclaimed HBO film Temple Grandin tonight on HBO! VMX's own Cherami Leigh (Virgin Mary) stars as a mean college roommate! We love you Cherami!

2nd version of edit is done!

The second edit of VMX is now COMPLETE with Chad Cox's musical score! We are so proud of this thing. Color grading is the next step!

Still goofing around with Anne's artwork...digging the font.

Goofing around with Anne's artwork...

Jason returns from Sundance...

So Jason finally returned from Sundance on Sunday night. Jason runs the award winning AMAT Film Academy at RL Turner High School. This was the third time his class was chosen to attend Sundance. It was pretty cool getting his text messages with his updates and his mobile uploaded pics. So I thought I'd share a few with you. He got me pretty pumped up about the writer and director stories about how they got stars to attach themselves to their movies. Not to mention the Ryan Reynolds action movie that takes place in a coffin for the entire film called BURIED. That's Vinny Chase from Entourage in one of the pics. Once the dust settles we will return to our second round of edits for VMX.

Congrats to VMX script supervisor Eve Butterly!

VMX script supervisor Eve Butterly was pretty much putting on a clinic when she was on our set. We were so excited to found out that with her extensive resume that Eve would work on our little film. Thank you so much Eve! With that said, Eve was asked to be the script supervisor on the new Collin Hanks/Bradley Whitford show Code 58 that that shoots here in Dallas! Wahoo!

From the Dallas Observer:

Shooting started January 26 on Code 58, the FOX series formerly known as Jack and Dan that will star, among others, Colin Hanks and Bradley Whitford. Unlike ABC's The Deep End, which premieres January 21 and turns Dallas into Los Angeles, this one will be very local. As in, per FOX's release this week: "DAN STARK (Bradley Whitford, The West Wing) was once a big-shot Dallas detective." Matter of fact, Code 58 is a Dallas PD dispatch signal for "routine investigation," and producers have been touring DPD HQ in recent weeks to prep for shooting...

To see the rest of the Dallas Observer article you can copy and paste the link below.

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2010/01/code_58_colin_hanks_and_bradle.php