www.lagrandelife.com - a place to keep up

While we work on 2010's La Grande Summer Film Project make sure to stay in touch with all of the film related discussion, events, and goings-ons in La Grande. A great way to do this is to keep and eye on http://www.lagrandelife.com. This site is set up to be a collaborative thought engine for La Grande, OR. A place where we can get current events and information, resources but also a place to communicate, discuss, dream, and help shape our community.

Take some time to visit the film section of the site and keep up on reviews, local filmmakers, articles, thoughts, and more.

We are excited to begin preparations for 2010's La Grande Summer Film Project and will be updating www.lagrandelife.com with the details as they will be a great partner in reaching out.

EOFF - Awards!

The results are in from this weekend’s first-annual EASTERN OREGON FILM FESTIVAL. Last Friday and Saturday the Mt. Emily Ale House played host to an event combining independent films and live music. If you weren’t there, perhaps you were out mudding in your oversized truck— in any case this is how it went down:

Audience Choice Award/ Peter Directed by Samuel Kuhn

Audience Choice Runner Up/ I ran with a Gray Ghost Directed by Levi Abrino

Best Production Design/ Peter Directed by Samuel Kuhn

DIY Award/ Peter Directed by Samuel Kuhn and Team Picture Directed by Kentucker Audley

Best Screenplay/ Quitter Directed by

Mike Surber and Jaime Gustavson

Best Cinematography/ I Ran with a Gray Ghost Directed by Levi Abrino

Up-and-Coming Director/ Sam Kuhn

I’d Buy this DVD Award/ Peter Directed by Samuel Kuhn

Best Doc/ Rip: A remix Manifesto Directed by Brett Gaylor

Thanks again to all of our sponsors for supporting EOFF’09:

www.lagrandelife.com

www.incproductions.org

www.coldcoffeemedia.com

www.fujifilm.com

www.ompa.org

www.mtemilyalehouse.com

www.johnjhoward.com

Visit www.eofilmfest.com for more info.

Juror Awards Announced!

Below is the official response from our jurors for 2009's La Grande Summer Film Project. The special jurors were Benjamin Morgan (Summershine Films) and Ian Clark (Inc. Productions). We were grateful for there attendance and participation in this project. The Jury Award Winners will also be shown at next weeks EOFF!

LGSFP Jury Award Winners

August 23, 2009

Overall, we were very impressed with the lineup this year. Making a film in 48 hours is a daunting task. All five teams stepped up to the plate and delivered, much to the delight of a supportive and enthusiastic hometown audience. Well done!

Jury Award: Vampire Pioneers from Lake Terror / Brian Wallace
A crowd favorite, we chose this campy horror film as a jury award winner for its successful execution of the genre, and effective Scooby-Doo'esque humor and dialog.

Jury Award: A Moment / Chris Jennings
We loved this avant-garde slice-of-life. Great night exteriors, controlled camera movement, and convincing cinema verite performances. This film was the most intellectually and artistically driven work screened during LGSFP.

Special Mention for Best Story: How to Love a Quitter / Mike Surber
This unique love story, based on Jamie Gustafson's amazing, original hand-crafted book, was a well executed and very compelling romantic-comedy. Great use of special fx, strong soundtrack, and overall solid execution of concept.

We also really enjoyed the film from team Western, which featured some very compelling locations, costumes, and overall strong production design; and Crime Spree, a humorous, yet convincing portrayal of a half-baked, recession-inspired bank robbery. Kudos all around!

We look forward to seeing next year's entries.

After the weeks exhausting and exhilarating activities it has come down to this. The films were are all great - the screenings were wonderful. We had close to 300 people check out the films and we had about 100 votes cast at the screenings. The Audience Choice award was a TIE! "Vampire Pioneers from Lake Terror" (Brian Wallace) and "How to Love a Quitter" (Mike Surber) will both be shown at next weeks EOFF! It was great to watch all of the viewers during these films, they were so involved, invested, so bowled over with these two charming films. Congratulations!

i dreamt we screened the films last night...

what a wonderful experience. during the scramble of the art show, screening logistics, marital bliss, and severe exhaustion I some how managed to kick my film on to DVD and strut across the street to Mt. Emily Ale house where "Collander Films" was dressed to kill. Everyone was in great spirits and as predicted we packed the place. WHOOP!

Everyone of these films were wonderful, spectacular - kudos to these 48 hour warriors.

If you missed it last night - check it out at the Ale House today.

Pictures, Highlights, and Awards will be posted soon!

Only 2 Hours Till the Premiere

I have to say I am very excited to see what the teams have come up with. I hear snippets and rumours from people working on the projects and all of it sounds very intriguing and exciting. Here's to some great films being shown tonight!

Fratello del Mago - Positronic Films - FINISHED

We here at Positronic Films have completed a fantastic little western that will do for LGSFP 2009 what "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" did for a little film festival in Utah.

This has been a heck of a wild ride. I have been writing screenplays for over seven years, and have made a couple of little shorts. However this was the first time that I ever had to plan and execute. Wow! We planned in advance and had a finished script, storyboard and production schedule a week in advance. We were fortunate to get Nathan Smutz for our secondary actor and helper and he was invaluable to our team.

We shot in over 20 locations around the valley. We ended up with 167 clips of footage, almost 20 GB of data, shot on a ten-year-old Sony Handycam. I have recieved a total of five hours of sleep in the last two nights, and that was a luxury I almost couldn't afford.

Well, I will add more about this later today. Fratello del Mago has just finished rendering and it's ready to be in transit for delivery.

Romantic Comedy Still in Post

This is all I really have to say.  See you tonight!

2:22 am and the film is in the can.

It has been a bit of a battle managing to pull my film together. After multiple battery pack malfunctions and the first 3 shots of the film taking me nearly 24 of the 48 hours - we have managed to put all the images on the camera that we are going too. I just finished a session with MEGA BEARD getting them to put some serious score below the cloud of footage I have.


The wind decided to start howling as soon as I began shooting. So because I am tired and have to start editing I just have to say that I may incorporate the originally abandoned genres of "silent", "experimental", and my prescribed "drama". I am excited to cut this all up into some cohesive thoughts...

NOTE: As for the 4 - 7 minutes rule, seems that it just may take a little sacrifice, but you should save your current cut and then make a new one widdled down even further. I think it is important that we do our best to stay within the guidelines, but - first time around I am more concerned about a film being created - s I am eager to see them all.

Collander Films Makes An EPIC, by accident.

The pictures you see before you are the result of a 14 hour continous shoot that left the crew and cast haunted by ghoulish nightmares of mosquitos, sunburn, and ponds that contained flesh eating catfish. The result of this shoot and subsequent EPIC editing session is a film that must be seen to be believed. We arrive at our finished film with a conundrum facing us, however....our film has a running time of 15 minutes. We have chopped and chopped all that we can, any more cuts and the story would be lost to the etheral nonesense of jibberish.
We beleive that the suggested length was mentioned as 7 minutes, we have obviously missed that. Therefore we throw ourselves upon the mercy of the court. We ask only that we be allowed to show our film at the screening. We would accept being removed from contention for the festival or any other thoughts the Festival has. We truly apologize, on the pages it seemed so short and easy, once began though the journey took us further than we expected. If allowed to show our film we would also agree to go last so that any who do not wish to see such a long short film can depart. We shall not be offended. What say you fellow filmmakers? Will you forgive us in all of our coveralled glory? All we are guilty of is having to much fun!

The Horror ....The Horror

Collander Films finished principal photography last night or early this morning depending on your view. We had a great cast and crew that all gave their best work and probably hate me this morning for all of the insanity. Actually, they all seemed to have fun and great performances were captured and given. The herculean task of editing now begins and we are excited to see the dawn of the footage of VAMPYYR. Prepare yourselves.

On a side note, I did manage to visit the set of my nemesis Jason Crampton in overalls covered in animal waste. I then hugged him and made him smell like animal waste. Collander FTW!

Keep your eyes peeled here for some pictures of the HORROR.

Ahead of schedule? What?

I wasn't expecting this, but we are quite a bit ahead of schedule. I guess that's what happens when you've got a great team of people to work with. I have to thank my man Zack, who, when we realized we couldn't get into the location we were filming at (no, we didn't try to break in) actually went to his parents house and removed one of their windows so we could shoot through it in the parking lot. Huzzah for an awesome combination of innovation, and madness. We didn't get to film our big scene until much later than we thought we were going to, but we still finished when we needed to due to everyone doing an awesome job with their lines from the getgo. I forgot to eat anything all day, so I think I am going to put a lunch into the shooting schedule today. Hey, here's a picture from the set that is also being used in the movie.



In nemesis news, Brian Wallis stopped by our filming location in a sad attempt to disrupt filming (and also to deliver Alex Mitzenberg, whom I had asked to borrow; but mostly I think it was the disrupting thing) and was wearing nothing but soaking wet overalls. Strangest part is, I don't believe the overalls (or the wetness) are a part of his film. *shudder*

La Grande Summer Film Project 2009 PROMO

so the scooba do whop bop be da is a little after school specially - but a fun little PROMO worth passing along. Share it people.

kicked-off a scoche early!

Special thanks again to Joe and Sugars for providing us all the needed fuel to kick this event off. We had 20 folks in attendance and many more that just could not make it... all an all I say we have about 50 people lined up to be involved in the making of these films. Right on!

We tossed out shirts so keep an eye out (please feel free to contact us to purchase yours and support the project. ) Handed out stickers, marketing materials, miniDV tapes, gave a good pep talk and then shot some footage I plan to edit for the screening as a cool little intro.

Each team gave a brief summary of their film and introduced each other (brian wallace on the right - HORROR) and everyone got a chance to hook up with filmmakers and find a way to participate.

Teams will be posting blogs and tweets so check back often.

There will also be a neat little interview by Dusty Decker on www.lagrandelife.com sometime today which will be worth watching and sharing around to promote the project and other cool goings-ons.

Have a great shoot folks and again, thanks so much for the participation.

The BLOOD is ready to be SPILLED

Collander Films finds itself with a finished script. After the first few aborted attempts led to scripts that ballooned to a epic number of pages we finally made our choice and we are proud to announce that we will be making a horror film with chills, thrills, and a nod to the great Ed Wood. Realizing that we have about 24 hours to actually shoot this baby, we decided to pass on the mad idea of a creature feature that required expensive and time consuming make up and make a film that puts a quirky spin on Ed Wood style films of the 1950's. We are proud to announce our title "Vampire Pioneers From Lake Terror". Now that you have started breathing again try and shake off that feeling that your eyes will never again read a better series of words and prepare yourself to be amazed.

As an additional notice we were sad to hear that the Big Productions suffered a set back when my nemesis ,Jason Crampton, wet himself due to the pure awesome that hit him IN THE FACE after reading the title of our film. Our hearts go out to him from our hot tub filled with handsome male celebrities.

Romantic Comedy, at the Starting Line

Well I think we're on the right track.  I'm lucky enough to have Jamie Gustavson (local artist and funny girl extraordinaire) on my team, and when I told her our genre she scratched her chin for a few then said "Well, I have this little book I made..."

So after 30 seconds with this 6-sentence illustrated book, I'm sold.  We'll shoot a scene for each page in the book.  It's a little bit cute, a good amount of romantic, kinda sad, and pretty effed up.

It's perfect.

But I'm still a little pissed about getting another mushy category (see last year).

Nothing like coming down to the last minute!

So, I don't know if you know this or not, but we totally have to film a movie tomorrow! Wow! Awesome! We didn't have word one on paper until yesterday afternoon, at which point it all came spilling out in about an hour and a half; watch your step, plot holes surely abound!

We were having the same problem as Jennings. Crime is so broad. Did we want to do some sort of caper? A heist? A Con? Espionage? Anyway, we settled on something that we think is pretty cool. We're hoping to find the perfect actor for a really specific part from the talent pool, so we'll see what happens there.

The only thing that has made me feel better about our lack of productivity in the last couple weeks is the fact that our spy has returned reports of my nemesis, Brian Wallis (of Collander Films) spending all week sitting in a hot tub full of dudes for hours at a time, drinking cheap wine (from a box!).

We went out location scouting last night, and found (we think) everywhere we need to find, and (hopefully) assembled all the props. Tomorrow = scary!

Drama: Preproduction Update

The story and concept has been developed and we are awaiting to see who our casting options may be. We are searching around for some locations and are on the right track... trying to leave some room for the sponsored location that we will be given on Wednesday.

Drama is always a tough one - for one, it is very vague and can be done from various different angles - which makes it hard to focus. Also telling the story of the rise and fall of a character in 4 - 7 minutes is a difficult feat, but I love a challenge.

I work visually and like to prepare myself by surrounding myself with imagery, sounds, and moods that will accompany the project. I have MEGA BEARD RECORDS thinking about a dramatic score and cannot wait to see what they have come up with.

Tara Pfister-Minogue (also my wife) will be participating as a actor in the film as well as helping to shape the overall story and process. I am considering some big things... that may or may not be able to be done in the time line.

Needless to say my preproduction time has been spent more on organizing the whole project and not specifically on my film yet... but that will come. At noon on wednesday I will be focused on creating a great short film.

I did however create a mock poster and I think I have come up with a title. "The Strange Attractor". Happy shooting!~

Official Sign-Ups are Closed!

The sign-ups for participation are now closed. If you wish to join in on the project please plan to attend the kick off brunch on Wednesday morning at 9:00 am and enjoy some breakfast goods by Joe and Sugars while schmoozin' with the teams. All interested participants present will be assigned to a team as needed.

See you there.

INT. MEN'S PUBLIC RESTROOM - 2:00am

Joseph enters exhausted, breathing hard and nearly vomiting into the sink. He splashes water on his pale face and stares into the mirror. He is shaking.

CUT TO: INT. MENS BATHROOM STALL - cont.

Joseph enters through the door quickly and falls to his knees. He vomits this time. See see feet in the next stall over. The bathroom door opens and in walks a girl, dressed up, a little bit of call-girl but a little bit of southern belle. Joseph heres her enter and quickly gets on the toilet seat and pulls the door shut, locks it, and pulls his feet up from view.

The women staggers in, obviously drunk, and moves to the sink. She wobbles as she looks at herself in the mirror, she looks deep and we see a single tear stream down her face. She takes a deep breath and centers herself. her hand comes up slowly and scoops the tear away.

She moves towards the toilets and looks curiously at a stand up urinal, a bit confused but she see the open stall in the middle and moves to it. She enters and shuts the door.


-- note: we have our characters in place. (Eye Spy Pictures)

Deadline is coming folks...

Just wanted to send one more shout out. The deadline for team sign up and talent pool sign up is friday August 14th! If you want to participate as a team please sign up soon. If you want to be on a team but don't want to captain it - please check the "TEAMS" section of the site to see what team is looking for some help.

Any and all are welcome to come to the Kick-Off brunch for a last chance to get involved but there is no guarantee if you d not sign up previously.

The kick-off starts at 9:00 am on Wednesday August 19th at the Colleen Johnson Community Room at the La Grande public library. See you there.!

Some Links for the Teams

Hey, sorry I'm so late chiming in.  The Surbulation Station is very excited.  We had our fingers crossed for Sci Fi, but definitely up to the challenge of making a romantic comedy that is both cliche' and mind-blowingly original.  The Surbulation Station loves a challenge.

For those others who have [gladly] excepted their challenges, I have a few encouraging links:

1. A link to the trailer for Dr. Plonk, a fantastic silent film shot in 2007 that ensures Silent Film its place on any respectable genre-list, in my humble opinion.

2. A link to The West Side, an urban western web-series that incorporates such props as a glock, a teddy bear, a crack pipe, and a crowbar, to name a few.

3. A link to something that some of you filmmakers might need, from the sounds of things (You know who you are).

P.S.  I am proud to be working on this project alongside all of you.  And I appreciate your senses of humor.  :)

Silently Speaking

We over at Positronic Films have spent the weekend happy that we don't have to worry about sound editing and sad since that is our background. We also spent the weekend trying to find a single American film in the "genre"of silent movie made since Mel Brooks mocked the era back in 1976. I finally discovered where all the silent movies are, and there are many thousands of them that have been made in America. Unfortunately, they have all been produced by MTV and VH1. The other good thing about being assigned a non-genre as a genre is that we can do any actual genre for our film. So the real question then is how to squeeze in between The Big/Collander in this epic battle for king-of-the-bloody-experimental-surprisingly-quiet-hill.

Collander Films To Write Horror Film

We here at Collander Films have taken the first steps on our horror film. We are excited to be in charge of what is sure to be one of the bloodiest genres of film. Royce and I [Brian] had a chat the other day about some ideas and we think we have hit upon a great one. We discussed different types of horror films and what exactly we wanted to accomplish with the type we chose. David is out of town for a few more days so we cannot communicate with him. We suspect that our nemesis The Big Productions may have kidnapped him. That is just the kind of low trick that those so and so's over there would try, BUT worry not we have a plan for them as well. It will be unpleasant and most likely involve some serious and repeated viewings of Blue Velvet, a film I consider a masterpiece. Beware, Jason. I may even go so far as to use all 4 hours of Inland Empire.....Oh, I'll do it!

Showdown!

Well it looks as if my Arch-Filmmaking-Nemesis Brian Wallis will be "Captaining" the "Collander Films" "Team". And how fitting (in a very nemesis-y) way that he will be making a "horror" "film". It's also quite fitting that I have stolen his OWN BROTHER for my team! (Cue: Evil laugh)

In other news, I was going to spend this weekend making a steady-cam out of pipes and such, but have since been assigned the experimental "genre". Upon doing some research, (wikipedia) I found that a quick search for "experimental films" returns a veritable who's-who list of filmmakers I want to punch in the face (I'm looking at you, David Lynch). So in lieu of that, this weekend will not be spent making a Steady-Cam Out of Pipes and Such, but shall indeed be spent slaughtering pigs, making lavish costumes, and becoming more pretentious.

I shall also set into motion a plan to DESTROY Collander Films.

Here come the Genres'

Although we need a few more teams to actually commit to the project I have decided to distribute the genres as teams sign up... so if you want a good jump start on scripting and story sign up now!

I am taking a few days away - defrag and rest - then coming back with a vengeance to see this project's success to the bitter end.

So here is the list that you randomly receive your genre from:

DRAMA

HORROR

ROMANTIC COMEDY

ACTION

SILENT

EXPERIMENTAL

SCI-FI FANTASY

The genres will be drawn from a hat and then placed back in the hat - so teams may end up with the same genre.

Check the "TEAMS" page for your genre. It will be posted in your Team Section! Happy Scripting!

For a list of genre descriptions visit: http://www.filmsite.org/genres.html

Joe & Sugars to provide the kick off "craft services"

A special thanks to Wayla and the crew at Joe and Sugars (located on Adams Avenue in Historic Downtown La Grande - plug). They will be providing all the filmmakers and participants with some morning kick-off coffee and an array a great pickens to get the juiced flowing. The kick off event will be held at the community room at the public library in downtown La Grande. Schmoozing and eating starts at 9:00am!

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' (is this the 50th anniversary of "Paint your Wagon?"

Got a new kick-bum sponsor! Give it up Whoop Whoop!

Jason Crampton helps create social networking brand. Clap Clap Clap Clap!

Copy, Paste, Download, Share, Email, Myspace, Facebook it with a link to our site! Help spread the word.

Not only is Jason Crampton signed up to captain "The Big Productions" team for this year's fest he is alos contributing extra hours into improving the identity of the project. He is responsible for the new banner/web ad that we see at the top and attached to this blog. The graphic was built with the original intention of promoting the project on The Big Critique, a review site managed and developed by Jason Crampton in La Grande.

After I saw the ad I asked him if he could send it to me and we could start using it to spread to the masses... I think he said okay!

Keep an eye on the site as Jason may lend a hand creating some new graphics and marketing materials for the project.

Also - view Jason's film from last year's project "Phobophobia" here... (view)

Teams get a FREE T!

So there in mock-up stage right now - and we are still seeking funding to help with this - but we are aiming at having t-shirts available to the teams (main 3 folks) as an extra way to get the project some attention. If people wearing these shirts are running around all over town, in the wee hours of the morn - people will know what they are doing - and be curious enough to participate in the screenings.

Shoot some comments over - the design in malleable.

Street Team Mount Up!

Alright - team captains and friends of the project...we are calling you all to be a part of the LGSFP street team. Time to dig in. Cold Coffee Media will be hosting a work party for the La Grande Summer Film Project this Thursday, July 23rd at 9:00 pm. Meet at Cold Coffee Media - 116 Depot Street in La Grande and we will assign some simple tasks to those who want a chance to help. Please stop by if you can!

Will be posting "Street Team" information - including to-do lists and opportunities for you to share information about the project using various social networks. Check out the TEAMS section of the site.

Questions? email chris@coldcoffeemedia.com

Radio Ad #1

Alan Arnson, filmmaker/Musician put together a nice little radio ad that will be broadcast by a generous in-kind donation by KWRL and KCMB of caps broadcasting in La Grande. Take a listen!

Two new sponsors join the force!

Special thanks to Jeff D. Clark and Brenda Jackson for supporting the event. Lets get about 10 more supporters and make this event super successful.

Secured Kick-Off Brunch Location

The kick-off "Schmooze" & Brunch is scheduled for Wednesday August 19th: starting at 9:00 am. We have secured the Colleen F. Johnson Community Room. Yeah! Still working on the sponsored craft services table but getting there. Visit the library if you get a chance. A good downtown la Grande entity.

http://www.ci.la-grande.or.us/dept_library.cfm

LGSFP - Seeking Sponsor Assistance!

ABOVE: our most recent sponsors above - donated $1000.00 worth of radio ads! So listen for them.

The sponsorship packs have been assembled and we are looking for local business or personal support for the project.

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER OPTION : Sponsors donating $50-$149 will have their logo appear on the central project website, as well as their name appearing in the program and the ‘special thanks’ portion of the final project credits.

PRODUCER OPTION : Sponsors who donate $150-$299 will receive web advertising with a logo graphic-link to their website included on the project website, have their logos appear before the screening, online social networking exposure, as well as logos on cards and posters.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OPTION : Key sponsors who donate $300 or more will receive ‘top billing,’ such as having their logos and slogan appear before every film and be mentioned on the local radio spots advertising the project, as well as the above-mentioned perks. They will also have their branding prominently featured in the project guide (film synopses, cast/crew bios).

This is a great opportunity to get yourself or business exposure and let people know that you support local creative groups. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor please download the sponsor application.DOWNLOAD HERE

Okay Okay - PLAN C!

So after some group meetings we have decided upon a new plan - the 48 hour film competition. Yes, a perfect fit.

OVERVIEW:
The project will kick off on Wednesday, August 19th, with a typical filmmakers breakfast/brunch at 9:00 am. Teams will be selected, organized, and specific criteria for their film will be given. After the participants have had a chance to “schmooze” the start gun is shot at 12:00pm - and the filmmakers have 48 hours to deliver their final project.

The premiere of the short films after the MAIN ACT MUSIC (about 10:30 pm) at the “Crossing the Blues: La Grande Summer Festival. The opening event will be the filmmakers, participants, and sponsors for an official opening night celebration. The event will take place at Mt. Emily Ale House.

The saturday to follow will have the films available on rotation for festival goers to stop in, have a beer, and preview the project - leaving their vote for the favorite film. An Audience choice award will be given at the end of the night.

COMPETING TEAMS -
This year the group of competition participants will have to sign up by July 31st, 2009 by 11:59 PM A team captain will sign up as a team participant. Once signed in as a team, each team will be comprised of 3 core members including the captain. Within this core, job titles should include: (but are not limited to) Director, Shooter, Editor, etc. Sign up is free.

TALENT POOL -
A larger pool of “talent volunteers” which will be available to the teams, will available for sign up by August 14th from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM. This second group will make up: actors, grips, etc. Sign up is free.

Look for a new website coming soon : Lagrandefilm.com (complete sign up will be available there) - in the meantime contact chris@coldcoffeemedia.com

Update - the musicians / music (take note filmmakers)

So it has been a little bit of a challenge as I try to nail down the bands. Word on the street was that some were not playing much anymore, one group was dissolved for the summer, not to mention my own frantic days of juggling to much... but I digress.

I spoke with a key band member Avery Hook for "City of Animals" the other day and he confirmed their desire to make it happen... so a spark hath come.

Will be conferring with "Test Audiences" and push to rally "Sons of Guns".

PLAN B: (we're thinking a handful of movie trailers.)

Totally Blew it for Star Trek

So - if anyone showed up at the Ale House for the meeting on Friday - I totally blew it. Had to catch Star Trek at the drive-in and in my excitement I completely spaced my own meeting... lame - o.

Okay so here is what we are going to do... We have a core group of filmmakers and musicians already lined-up. If you want to join in on the organization side of things we sure could use the street team! Drop an email to chris@coldcoffeemedia.com.

Will post updates soon!

MANDO ORGANIZATION MEETING

We are cooking in terms of project pre-production for LGSFP. There will be a mandatory meeting for all PROJECT MANAGERS and SELECTED BANDS to discuss logistics and guidelines for the project. This meeting will be held Friday, June 6th at 9:00pm at Mt. Emily Ale House, in La Grande.. I trust most folks can make that.

Topics of Discussion:

1. Project Manager Responsibilities
2. Band Responsibilities
3. Calendar of Events / Deadlines
4. Participants and Organization


Come prepared to help fine-tune and shape the success of this years event.

See you there - any other interested parties may join in.

PS - one of our featured bands has a show Next Saturday. Check out the poster above or visit:
www.myspace.com/megabeard for more information.

Quiet on the set... and ... ACTION!

It took a little while to nail out some details but let me lay it on the line. This year's La Grande Summer Film Project will give you the chance to help produce a music video for one of 3 to 4 local bands. Production begins on Friday, August 7th with a kick off gathering at Mt. Emily Ale! Production will run 2 weeks and on Saturday August 22nd, the final projects will be screened at the Ale House throughout the day.

Additionally a core group has already began a complimentary project.


All participants will get together and you will be put into a film group. The specific criteria for each video will be given at that time! (We like to keep that part a surprise).

The participating bands will be announced soon so check back.

Make sure to sign up on the top right of this page to receive information via email for specific times and additional information for participants. Happy Filmmaking!

LGSFP 2009

We are excited to start developing this year's La Grande Summer Film Project as part of the "Crossing the Blues" La Grande Summer Festival this year... August 22nd and 23rd!

We will be conducting some preliminary meetings to layout some logistics but am starting to collect specific ideas, volunteers, resources and more to ensure that this year's event steps it up another notch.

Check back as this blog will be updated as details become more available.

Happy Filmmaking!

- Christopher