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168 Project Team Photos

February 18, 2010 by Nathaniel Bluedorn

I offered to shoot photos for the 168 Project film teams this year. So Friday, February 12, 2010 I shot photos for Susan Shearer and Amber Deegan’s Team 17 on the CBS Studios lot in Burbank.

The AD talks to the set medic. Every set on the CBS Studios lot had to have a medic.

The scene where the main character meets his son.

An actress on Team 17’s team gets her makeup.

Later she appears in a night scene.

Saturday I shot again for Susan and Amber.

Prayer before work.

The sound guy.

The main character getting his car taken by a tough guy.

A big diffuser being carried down Residential Street at CBS where these scenes where shot.

John Ware - founder of the 168 - shooting behind-the-scenes footage to be used in promoting the festival.

My favorite AD does the slate for Mike Cahill’s Team 43 also on CBS Studios on Saturday.

Mike is the Director, Producer, Writer and also plays a character in the film.

I think this is Gary Emerick, the producer for another team that was shooting in a hospital. John Ware dragged me around to a bunch of sets where I didn’t know who was who.

They had a very cool camera on this set . . . a very cool set of Zeiss primes.

This monster system was being used on a set in Hollywood Hills with quite a view . . .

The director, Elena Bueca, did a little movie last year that didn’t make the DVD, but this year she seems to have collected the biggest team with a Steadicam and two Reds.

Sunday was a big day for a lot of teams.

Calvin was doing the stunt work here for the main character in Susan and Amber’s movie.

Once he gets hit by the car, the angel arrives to give him hope.

And he gets to lay on the ground and look like he’s dying.

Eric, the director, with the main guy and his double.

Mike Cahill’s DP checks on the camera on the long boom. Mike found a bunch of former gang members with a car to put in the movie. The whole scene had about twenty extras walking around on New York Street on the CBS lot.

They found a very cute little girl to play a minor part, but she was stealing the movie whenever she got on camera.

A sad scene, the last time he sees her alive.

New York Street, done up to with graffiti pieces.

The bag lady.

Monday I shot photos for Theo Love out near Joshua Tree National Park.

The victim runs away from her captor.

When he wasn’t keeping her captive, the two actors are good friends.

A smaller Steadicam with a Canon 7D capturing a closeup of the pipe in the heavy’s hand.

This pipe looks real, but was made of rubber. The crew went around hitting each other with it.

Dragging the victim back to the shack.

Then the cops arrive.

Confrontation happens.

Explosive expert gives instructions about what to do when stuff happens.

Stuff happens.

Theo Love - the director - kept running all day. I still can’t believe he made it all happen without an AD. (His AD had to leave for a different job.)

This crew was more like a bunch of rock climbers than a bunch of geeks. One of them told me this was indy filmmaking at it’s most extreme.

Learn more about the 168 Project Film Festival at http://www.168project.com.

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Biola Media Conference, May 1, 2010

February 18, 2010 by Nathaniel Bluedorn

May 1st, 2010 the Biola Media Conference’s “WORLD’S COLLIDE” theme will address how technology and the current economic crisis have set the stage for the collision of traditional models and new digital possibilities.

“I wasn’t prepared for how inspirational the Biola Media Conference would be to me.  I was so moved. I felt such a sense of divine empowerment.” —Joe Eszterhas, (09 Keynote Speaker)

This event is held on the CBS Studios lot in Hollywood. Learn more at http://www.biolamedia.com

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Global Short Film Network

January 27, 2010 by Nathaniel Bluedorn

“Film provides a strategic connection point with young people,” said Scott Santee, director of the Global Short Film Network.  “Our experience is that a young person is more likely to engage in conversation about spiritual topics when it is in response to something they have watched.”

The Global Short Film Network produces and collects short films featuring intriguing stories, many with no resolute ending.  GlobalShortFilmNetwork.com, which offers more than two dozen short films, also provides training videos and sample questions designed to teach follow-up techniques for encouraging discussion.

“These films don’t tell people what to think.  The message is often ambiguous-that’s the point,” said Santee.

The mobile website is currently available to iPhone OS and Android OS users, though Global Short Films Network plans to expand compatibility to all mobile phones with Internet capabilities.

http://www.globalshortfilmnetwork.com/

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