One of our board members, Art Kirsch, formed an all volunteer film-making group called Day Job Productions. Its impressive first product, Remembrance, is now complete and ready for release. Besides looking for his next project, (and of course funding) Art is currently searching for a venue for the film's premiere in May.
The premiere will host the 75 people who participated on this project, their guests, VIPs and others. A pre-release version has been running on Cox Cable's channel 39 (Orange County) but sometime in May you'll get to see the final cut!
Remembrance delivers a timeless message that the casualties of war often lie far beyond the battlefield, affecting the soldiers, their families and friends. Remembrance clearly illustrates this and Art is in the process of working with organizations, both military and civilian, about using Remembrance to illustrate why many suffer from Post Traumatic Stress with the hope it will help those involved better understand the devastating effect that "survivor's guilt" can have on some soldiers and help them deal with it.
Due to the hard work and talent of Art's volunteer crew the film looks like it was made for 20 times the actual budget. With only $5,000 thrown together by small contributions, Art recruited actors, construction crew and materials, props, and finally a post-production crew to volunteer their time at no charge. The estimated value of contributed materials, locations, and labor is about $50,000.
Kirsch is looking for his next project to produce under the Day Job Productions banner in what he calls "sandlot film-making." That entails enlisting many people who have non-industry day jobs but would rather be making films. View a trailer at http://www.youtube.com/ocshowbiz
If you want to help Day Job Productions with a donation, volunteer for the next film or just jaw about what the heck a producer really DOES, you can contact Art at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Behind the scenes photos including set construction, production meetings at Starbucks, and so on can be viewed at:
Click here for Feb 2007 Landing Craft behind-the-scenes photos
Click here for Dec 4-5 2006 behind-the-scenes photos
Click here for Dec 2 2006 behind-the-scenes photos
Panasonic Sponsors All MCA-i MediaProCamps for 2012!
For the second year, the Panasonic Solutions Company is making these iconic events possible. Starting on March 24th with the first event in San Diego, Panasonic is supporting media professionals with its involvement in MCA-I’s MediaProCamp. The popularity of the event has grown the series to a total of six this year.
Previously, Panasonic has given attendees sneak previews of new products such as the groundbreaking AG-3DP1, a 3D integrated twin-lens P2 HD shoulder-mount camcorder, and the Panasonic AG-AF100 featuring a large 4/3-inch, 16:9 MOS imager with an imaging area just slightly smaller than 35mm cinema film
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This year, MediaProCamp Events will be held in San Diego, Orange County, St Louis, Atlanta, Detroit, and Central Carolina, reaching ever more media pros. For more on MCA-i's MediaProCamp go to the pulldodwn menue on the front page of our Chapters website, www.mcai-oc.org
Anaheim Film
