EVERYONE is welcome to come listen to him (and ask him annoying questions).  The requirement?  You MUST have a Skype (http://www.skype.com) account and email your account name to azdreamproductions at gmail dot com before March 19th, 7 PM Mountain Time. 

This will be a Skype conference call, so it is necessary that you have a Skype account.  (it’s free )  All that you need is a keyboard, a mic (if you want to be able to actually talk back to Calix ), a internet connection (fairly fast, but doesn’t have to be lightning fast), and a computer (and if you are reading this, than you have three of the needed things).  Visit http://www.skype.com and get set up.  Than PLEASE email azdreamproductions at gmail dot com with the account name OR search for jesus_girl2016 (that’s my (Tabitha’s) account name) and add me. 

The meeting starts at 7 PM Mountain time (6 PM Pacific, 8 PM Central, 9 PM Eastern) and will probably last about two hours (depending on how long you stay to talk).  We will start with a prayer and Bible reading, than Calix will go into a short speech about his involvement in the industry, and then the floor will be opened for questions. 

Hope to see you there!

1. Do it in March? Or April?

2. Have all entry fee income go towards the final prize. So if 50 people enter, and the entry fee is $20, the prize will be $1000.

3. More prizes?

4. How can we challenge everybody to do even better in the story department? Maybe we should call it the “Video Story Challenge.”

5. Do it as a 36-hour contest?

6. Have 3-minute videos? Our should we stick with one-minute videos? Ash says he might be able to get 3-minute videos on Crossbridge or Hulu, but the bar for story quality really needs to rise. We’re still having trouble with just a one-minute story.

Other ideas?

(General disclaimer, as this is a site populated mostly by Christians: The only potentially offensive elements I know of to date is some sparse language and some violence, as Doraleous and Associates are warriors ... I don’t have any issues with anything in the show, but I’m also not one of the hardcore legalistic conservatives around here, so what do I know? )

Episodes are 3-8 minutes long and will be released every Thursday, starting tomorrow, only on The Escapist Magazine:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com

Look on their “Videos” tab, and you’ll find a short trailer they quickly put together. The music is a cue from one of the episodes followed by (most of) the main title theme.

They also have an interactive map of Nudonia (more below), which is pretty cool. As the series progresses, more of the map will get filled in.

The show takes place in what is basically medieval times in a land called Nudonia, and it’s about a good-hearted wannabe hero called Doraleous, and his friends/associates: Neebs (an elf), Drak (a dwarf), and Mirdon (a wizard). Think medieval times meets Lord of the Rings meets World of Warcraft (so I hear, as I don’t play), and general fantasy ... except with lots of laughs along the way!

The team definitely isn’t the brightest, and the guys don’t communicate very well, which, of course, leads to some interesting situations, seeing as they’re basically warriors-for-hire!

Anyway, it’s a cool show, and I’m proud to be a part of it.

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http://www.visionforumministries.org/rescuehaiti/

- Gabriel Hudelson -
Music and Sound
for Motion Picture

After much toil and a ton of technical glitches, a new website for Praise Pictures Inc. is now completed

I’m VERY happy with the new design, it’s everything I want it to be and more.  You’ll notice the reviews, interviews, etc. are not available anymore.  However, they will be moved to KyleProhaska.com soon.  It’ll take a lot of time to move all that stuff, so bear with me.  I’m also working on getting the site to redirect any dead links to a special page for those who have deep-linked to any of our content.  Sorry for any inconvenience!

This will be the site everyone is directed to from now on for our email lists (if you haven’t signed up yet please do), church screening information and sign ups, info on any new project developments, and much more in the future!

Please check it out and let me know what you think I think we’ve finally gone as legit as I’ve always wanted to since I started the biz in 2007.

http://www.praisepictures.com

http://www.facebook.com/praisepictures
http://www.twitter.com/praisepictures

From Newt Gingrich, promoting his new work of historical fiction:

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And to make the story To Try Men’s Souls [http://www.totrymenssouls.com] even more real to readers, we will be conducting a first of its kind twitter re-enactment of Washington’s crossing and the battle at Trenton.

Beginning this Sunday, Oct. 25, at 4:30 ET, Bill Forstchen and I will bring General Washington and the other historical figures of To Try Men’s Souls to life through twitter.

Twitter users can follow General George Washington (@genwashington76), Jonathan Van Dorn, (@pvtvandornNJ), and Hessian commander Colonel Johann Rall (@colonelrall), in real time as we simulate the crossing of the Delaware River and the attack on Trenton the following morning.

When I was in high school, after I got saved, my friends and I got together to hang out on Good Friday overnight… being all theater geeks at the time, we spontaneously erupted into several hours of playing the apostles after the crucifixion, arguing fearfully, hiding from passersby, trying not to get caught, imagining what it would be like to be in their shoes with Christ in the grave.

It was an amazing spiritual experience in improv.  I played Peter, so natch I got to be the biggest troublemaker!

Maybe we should do something like that for this coming Easter… start promoting a CF.org historical reenactment of Fri/Sat/Sun, with each of us who wants to play taking a role to improv - 12 apostles (someone gets to commit suicide!) plus all the women, plus if we get enough players, some Romans, some soldiers, Pilate, Herod, Pilate’s wife, the possibilities are endless.

It would be a 72 hour commitment (each could sleep, of course, depending on how they played the role - the folks back then surely slept, even if just fitfully), but it could be a ton of fun, attract quite an audience (if we start setting it up now) and get some publicity - and even preach the gospel.

Thoughts?

Curiously,
Calix

(...oh, and if anyone Twitters, I’d love to know what the Washington thing looks like…)

(...oh, and dibs on Peter again if we do this!)

“Academy Awards, USA: 2010

Just Announced…

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Winner: The Hurt Locker (2008) - Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro

Best Achievement in Directing
Winner: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (2009)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009)

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Winner: El secreto de sus ojos (2009)(Argentina)

Best Achievement in Editing
Winner: The Hurt Locker (2008) - Bob Murawski, Chris Innis

Best Documentary, Features
Winner: The Cove (2009) - Louie Psihoyos, Fisher Stevens

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Winner: Avatar (2009) - Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andy Jones

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Winner: Up (2009) - Michael Giacchino

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Winner: Avatar (2009) - Mauro Fiore

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Winner: The Hurt Locker (2008) - Paul N.J. Ottosson, Ray Beckett

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Winner: The Hurt Locker (2008) - Paul N.J. Ottosson

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Winner: The Young Victoria (2009) - Sandy Powell

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Winner: Avatar (2009) - Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner: Mo’Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Winner: Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) - Geoffrey Fletcher

Best Achievement in Makeup
Winner: Star Trek (2009) - Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow

Best Short Film, Live Action
Winner: The New Tenants (2009) - Joachim Back, Tivi Magnusson

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Winner: Music by Prudence (2010) - Roger Ross Williams, Elinor Burkett

Best Short Film, Animated
Winner: Logorama (2009) - Nicolas Schmerkin

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Winner: The Hurt Locker (2008) - Mark Boal

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Winner: Crazy Heart (2009) - T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham(“The Weary Kind”)

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Winner: Up (2009) - Pete Docter

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)”

Cha-ching!

Friday at Noon, the first feature film production of Timepiece Family Media, is a tense psychological thriller that brings viewers face-to-face with the problem of evil.  Have you ever found yourself groping for an answer to the question: “If God is so good, why do bad things happen?”  This film powerfully smashes the question- and brings it full circle to the problem at its root.

The Friday at Noon Production Blog

- Gabriel Hudelson -
Music and Sound
for Motion Picture

Are any of you familiar with this event? Is it a party hard and have a good time crowd, or is there good useful information being taught? What about the music and film part, is it web related, or feature type films?

Thought I would tell you guys about our NEW youtube channel and endeavor.

We are going to try and release a video a week on our new channel: http://www.youtube.com/JostieFlicks

So please check out and subscribe to our new channel! 

I will post the weekly videos here in this thread as well.

To get an idea of the other videos we have made check out our previous channel:  http://www.youtube.com/1989Joel

Thanks!

In Christ,

Joel Jost