I absolutely love this @christinarose12 @grking Mom thought @schermannsong was fabulous! twitter.com/robist/status/… — Stu Robinson (@robist) May 13, 2013 To see my film getting out there and being watched and enjoyed by perfect strangers…there’s nothing better.
CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE HOW DO YOU WRITE A JOE SCHERMANN SONG released worldwide on Tuesday March 26th! To celebrate, a bunch of the cast and myself will be taking to Twitter on Monday APRIL 1 (10pm EST / 7pm PST) to live tweet during the viewing of the movie. Want to get in on the experience? It’s pretty easy. Step 1: Rent/Buy the movie! It’s available on iTunes and on most cable VOD systems. I’ll update this blog with [...]
Own the exclusive Special Edition Blu-ray* of the award-winning HOW DO YOU WRITE A JOE SCHERMANN SONG!! *This Blu-ray special edition is only available through this site. BONUS FEATURES: 3 Commentaries: – Filmmaker Gary King with cast Joe Schermann, Christina Rose & Debbie Williams – Gary King and Joe Schermann with Ken Lampl (composer), Keith Ukrisna (sound designer) & Daryl Ray Carliles (actor/producer) – Gary King with Christina Rose Featurettes: – The Making of HOW DO YOU WRITE A JOE [...]
AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE ON MARCH 26: I’m very excited to share the news that HOW DO YOU WRITE A JOE SCHERMANN SONG will be available in all English-speaking territories around the world. And the best part is it will be on a ton of various platforms, so you can watch our film the way you want to. I’m so excited and proud of my team. It’s been quite a journey for us and I couldn’t be happier. Film Info Page Official [...]
Great news! I’m hitting the road with my movie musical HOW DO YOU WRITE A JOE SCHERMANN SONG in Spring 2013 – bringing the film to your local movie theater. The planning begins now as to where we will take our film — ideally to your town via TUGG! I need your help deciding what cities to visit during this March and April. I’ll be hopping in a car with some of the cast and driving from city to city [...]
I’m speechless and humbled HOW DO YOU WRITE A JOE SCHERMANN SONG made Elliot Grove’s (Festival Director of UK’s prestigious Raindance Film Festival) list of 10 FILMS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE. It’s crazy surreal to see my film sitting on a list that includes EASY RIDER, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, Nicolas Winding Refn’s PUSHER and OLD BOY. What???!! Elliot writes: “This movie proves 2 things to me: Gary King has a brilliant future, and the whole reason I started Raindance [...]
In January, I have the honor of being a featured filmmaker at the Idyllwild Cinemafest where they will showcase two of my films. Jan 11th (Fri): 8pm – HOW DO YOU WRITE A JOE SCHERMANN SONG Jan 12th (Sat): 4pm – WHAT’S UP LOVELY Idyllwild Cinemafest The Rustic Theatre 54290 North Circle Drive Idyllwild, CA Idyllwild Cinemafest Facebook Page I’ll be there for both screenings of my films and the following panel discussions: Producing and Directing the Independent Film (Jan [...]
Come join us to celebrate our LOS ANGELES PREMIERE one-night only screening of our award-winning movie musical HOW DO YOU WRITE A JOE SCHERMANN SONG. I’ll be there for this with lead actors Christina Rose and Mark DiConzo who also served as choreographers and producers. Ken Lampl (composer ) and Keith Ukrisna who helped sound design and mix the film will also be there. I’m honored that film critic Chase Whale (TwitchFilm.com) will be on hand to moderate our Q&A [...]
These are the cinematic influences for HOW DO YOU WRITE A JOE SCHERMANN SONG WEST SIDE STORY (1961) (dirs. Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise) NASHVILLE (1975) ALL THAT JAZZ (1979) (dir. Bob Fosse) MO’ BETTER BLUES (1990) (dir. Spike Lee) CHICAGO (2002) (dir. Rob Marshal) ONCE (2006) (dir. John Carney) EDITING TECHNIQUES: SISTERS (1973) (dir. Brian De Palma) I love using the split-screen technique to visually tell stories. This is an American film but all I could find was a French-dubbed [...]
I have amazing news. Our film “How Do You Write A Joe Schermann Song” has been shortlisted to be eligible for IFP’s Gotham Audience Award. This is a highly prestigious New York based film awards show. For me, it’s equivalent to a New York City version of the Academy Awards for independent films. (LA has the Indie Spirit Awards…NY has the Gothams!) “Schermann Song” fans can visit http://tinyurl.com/votejss to cast their vote. (Although each voter has 5 votes to cast, [...]
***UPDATE*** – the first screening SOLD OUT. I’m working on trying to get a larger theater or 2nd screening. Thank you so much for your support!! Stay tuned!! ***2nd UPDATE*** – our screening has moved to the largest theater in the venue! More tickets have been added but are going fast. You must purchase your tickets online to attend the screening. Don’t miss out on what will be a fun night! ***3rd UPDATE*** – due to Hurricane Sandy we have [...]
Just wanted to share a quick peek of the vocal recording studio day with Christina Rose and Joe Schermann. Our blu-ray will contain a full featurette showing the full day along with Debbie Williams (who’s not in the video). It was an amazing experience and one I’ll never forget. If you’re interested, click here for all our upcoming screenings for HOW DO YOU WRITE A JOE SCHERMANN SONG.
Next stop on our HOW DO YOU WRITE JOE SCHERMANN SONG film festival tour is the WATERFRONT FILM FESTIVAL in Saugatuck, Michigan. I’ve heard only amazing things about this festival (including how the town embraces its filmmakers with special perks from all the merchants in town). I might also add that once accepted into the festival, they asked me for my flip-flop size and cocktail of choice — I can only imagine what lies ahead. The cool thing is Christina [...]
I’m very excited to screen HOW DO YOU WRITE JOE SCHERMANN SONG at the deadCENTER Film Festival in Oklahoma City. The festival name is appropriate as it’s located smack dab in the center of the good ol’ USA. It’s been named one of the 20 “Coolest” festivals in the world according to MovieMaker Magazine. I’ve heard nothing but great things about this festival so I’m anxious to experience myself. The great thing about this visit is that our entire cast [...]
Here’s the original “10 minute film school” from Robert Rodriguez talking about EL MARIACHI. I watched them back in the day (mid 90s) on LaserDisc and absorbed them like crazy. Some of these early lessons I keep with me today as I make my films. Case in point, we didn’t use a slate at all on WHAT’S UP LOVELY (2-person crew) and I thought of this video to give me the confidence that it could be done. Having directed and [...]
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 [...]
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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