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The Reason I Make Movies: 2012 Phoenix Film Festival (Day 5 – The Last Screening)
Click here to read about Day 1 & 2 Click here to read about Day 3 & 4 Note: Click images to enlarge Day 5 (Sun – April 1) – Last screening Christina Rose (@Christinarose12), Susie and I started the morning by quickly going to Starbucks. My wife needed stronger coffee than the free stuff at the hotel. Ken Lampl gave us all a ride there as he was going to meet a really cool filmmaker Scooter Downey (@inthebloodmovie IT’S [...]
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The Reason I Make Movies: 2012 Phoenix Film Festival (Day 3 & 4)
Click here to read about Day 1 & 2 Note: Click images to enlarge Day 3 (Fri – March 30) – First screening We woke up early…realllly early (5:45am). Chris LaMont (Festival President @thechrislamont) had told us the day before that he would be appearing on the NBC morning news (click here to view the clip) to promote the festival — and that SCHERMANN SONG would be one he’d mention on the air. We were excited to see our film [...]
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The Reason I Make Movies: 2012 Phoenix Film Festival (Day 1 & 2)
Note: Click images to enlarge I can’t describe all the things that happened to us when we screened HOW DO YOU WRITE A JOE SCHERMANN SONG at the 2012 Phoenix Film Festival. There’s so much to talk about. The amazing audience response to our film. The stellar A/V presentation on the big screen via Blu-Ray (the filmmakers definitely appreciated it). The festival staff and volunteers. The well-run schedule. The parties. The people and filmmakers who we all met. The accolades. [...]
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‘SCHERMANN SONG’ Comes to the Phoenix Film Festival
HOW DO YOU WRITE A JOE SCHERMANN SONG will be screening at the Phoenix Film Festival. We will be there at all of our showings. Phoenix Film Festival phoenixfilmfestival.com/ Harkins Scottsdale/101 Theatre 7000 E Mayo Blvd. Phoenix, AZ 85054 Screening Times: Fri (Mar 30): 3:30pm – Theater 5 Sat (Mar 31): 12:50pm – Theater 5 Sun (Apr 1): 11:45am – Theater 2 Official Website: joeschermannsong.com/ Soundtrack Preview: joeschermannsong.com/music/ The following cast and crew has also been invited to participate in [...]
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The Schermann Mash
Oh my! Can you believe our movie musical HOW DO YOU WRITE A JOE SCHERMANN SONG got mashed up with trailers from THE CABIN IN THE WOODS, THE HUNGER GAMES, BATTLESHIP, THE RAID, PROMETHEUS and more??? Wow!! I’m simply floored that someone found our trailer and included it with such Hollywood Giants! I’m freaking out! In case you’ve missed it – here is our actual trailer below that MovieClips picked up. They are a huge film site that usually carries [...]
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Win Free SCHERMANN Tickets for the Phoenix Film Festival
I’ve got 2 free tickets to our Saturday (3/31 – 12:50pm) screening at the PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL. HOW TO WIN: All you have to do to win them is find either me or Christina Rose at the festival and sing to us a lyric (just a line or 2…not the entire song) from any of our songs in the film. You can watch the video above to preview them. That’s it! Sing to us and win! First one to do [...]
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Got SCHERMANN Questions?
The cast/crew and I are going to be recording a DVD commentary for HOW DO YOU WRITE A JOE SCHERMANN SONG soon and I thought it’d be cool if we could answer some questions you may have during that session. I’ve listed the people who will be there….so fire away and I’ll make them answer it. I swear I will! Just leave a comment on this blog, FACEBOOK or TWEET ME your questions and I’ll create a running list right [...]
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“SCHERMANN SONG” Video Soundtrack Preview
Here’s your first look at our HOW DO YOU WRITE A JOE SCHERMANN SONG soundtrack. Music and Lyrics by JOE SCHERMANN Original Score by KEN LAMPL 1. “I WANT” performed by Christina Rose (0:00-0:36) 2. “WRITE ME A LOVE SONG” performed by Christina Rose and Joe Schermann (0:36-1:18) 3. “I FELL IN LOVE” performed by Debbie Williams and Joe Schermann (1:18-1:56) 4. “30 DAYS OF RAIN” performed by Debbie Williams and Joe Schermann (1:56-2:22) 5. “I HATE SUMMER” performed by [...]
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My Top 16 Films of 2011
My Yearly Top 16 Top 17 List is a tad different — it includes films from any year that I just happened to catch for the first time during 2011. So here we go…. 17. CRAZY STUPID LOVE (2011) – this was a perfect blend of a polished Hollywood film with a splash of indie sensibility. Thankfully Carell and Gosling are comedic gold in this. I still don’t get what people like about Emma Stone though. 16. RUSSIAN DOLLS [...]
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100 Greatest Music Moments in Films
Too cool not to post. Do you agree? What would you add? Sit back and enjoy! (Video courtesy of Mewlists)
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A Conversation with Filmmaker Gregory Bayne
I met Gregory at a screening a few years ago and actually found a common ground in our editing sensibilities….the man knows how to cut a film. Ever since we’ve been in touch and have hung out a few times. Knowing his ambitious plans I could only throw down a few bucks for his BLOODSWORTH Kickstarter campaign and ask if he wished to talk to me about the film and his career thus far. Again, rather than email a laundry [...]
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“A Ballad of Serenity for Gavin” – Backer Song Request #7
This is the fourth of 5 song requests for our amazing Backer (Gavin – @Tearsinrain78) — Theme song from FIREFLY Charity mentioned in the video: http://the-waynefoundation.org/ In case you missed it, here’s his first song request. Here’s his second song request. Here’s his third song request. Thank you Gavin and to all our supporters!! You can check out the latest progress on post-production by visiting my running diary.
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A Conversation with Filmmaker Zak Forsman
Zak Forsman and I have been good friends for just a few years now. He’s been a true supporter of my films and when I found out about his Kickstarter campaign I donated right away and asked if he would like to talk about the project in more detail to share his vision and plans. Rather than email a laundry list of questions for him to answer, I preferred to start an email discussion so that the talk would flow [...]
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“a HORRIBLE Song for Gavin’s Eyes” – Backer Song Request #6
This is the third of 5 song requests for our amazing Backer (Gavin – @Tearsinrain78) — “My Eyes” – DR. HORRIBLE’S SING ALONG BLOG. Charity mentioned in the video: http://the-waynefoundation.org/ In case you missed it, here’s his first song request. Here’s his second song request. Thank you Gavin and to all our supporters!!
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Hallway Obsession
The other day I was very flattered and intrigued when someone pointed out to me something about my films that I hadn’t even noticed. I’m talking particularly about the movies that I’ve personally done and not the “for-hire” gigs. Without consciously thinking about it, all the films that I’ve written and directed feature a major character walking away from the camera down a long hallway — each time occurring during Act 1 of their story. I guess you do what [...]
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The “Making of” Specials That Changed My Life
I’ve mentioned before (here and here) that as a kid I was enraptured by the making of movies — sometimes even more than the films themselves. And I’ve managed to find most of the tv specials that were a direct cause of why I fell in love with the craft of filmmaking. These are why I wanted to be a director. Thomas the Train? Dora the Explorer? HA…kid’s stuff. These are what my brother and I watched over and over [...]
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Taking Risks
I’ve decided to show what trailer’s style directly inspired me to create my 2nd teaser trailer for HOW DO YOU WRITE A JOE SCHERMANN SONG (which definitely divided people strongly into the “love it/hate it” camps). As a filmmaker, I love taking risks and sometimes they work….sometimes they don’t. But I take them. Remember…everyone borrows….it’s from whom you choose to borrow from that makes you unique.
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