This May, Team J will join as many as 100 other filmmaking teams around
the nation’s capital conceiving of, writing, shooting, and editing a
bona fide short film in 48 hours. Registration opened yesterday, and
now it’s official. We’re in.
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Filmmaker registration is now open for Stonehenge V with discounts
being given for members of various film organizations. Woo hoo!
It’s official! Stonehenge, the mass auditions for area filmmakers will return to the Warehouse Theater on Saturday, April 7. More details to follow.
Tohubohu Productions latest short film, “Machinations,” is now available for viewing on their web site. Team J’s Bjorn Munson helped cast and produce the short.
Team J’s Bjorn Munson helped in casting the project “NEOS” this
weekend. Dozens of actors, most first seen at Stonehenge, showed up to
read for WorkinSync Productions’ turbo-charged short film best
described as “CSI meets 24.”
The National Film Challenge (NFC), a similar competion to the 48 Hour
Film Project, happened this weekend. Once again, Team J’s Bjorn Munson
worked with Tohubohu Productions—this
time in the capacity of executive producer. The genre was sci-fi (at
last!, at last!), and the film (soon to be available online) is right
in line with the political season as a campaign appearance by an
up-and-comer takes a turn for the weird—sci-fi style.
This past Saturday, approximately 30 assorted filmmakers, production companies and casting professionals collected over 130 headshots and resumes from eager actors with 122 having a chance to audition. We’ve already learned of dozens of actors getting calls for potential projects. We also have a new “speed” record for an actor getting a job out of Stonehenge. One gentleman was called in for voiceover work on Sunday—less than 24 hours after he auditioned!
As always, Stonehenge was successful thanks to a very hardworking Team J:
Sean Clark, Heather Cormeau, Kim Davenport, Hugo del Granado, Meredith
Sims, and Andy Spivey were the main event crew, with Barry Schmetter of
Lost Pilgrim Productions on camera. Vanessa Hranitz and Neil Sorenson
helped on the web side of things with Roy Quini and Kakupacal again
tweaking and redesigning graphics. The event was produced by Bjorn
Munson of Team J, who also served as stage manager for the day.
Finally, thanks to our sponsor: the DC Film Alliance.
The word is out via listservs, professional forums, and various emails:
filmmaker registration has now opened for Stonehenge IV. The
registration fee goes up after September 16, so register early! We are
pleased to offer registration fee discounts to members of Shooting
People (SP), Women in Film and Video (WIFV), and the DC Film Salon.
Actors have also received word about Stonehenge IV. Now the countdown begins to Sunday, September 17 at 6pm when actor registration opens.
Thanks to all the actors and filmmakers who responded to Team J’s email
survey, the end of a couple months of research and interviews with
industry folks directly and indirectly involved with Stonehenge. Not
only did we get a great response overall, many people took the time to
give thoughtful answers and suggestions. This has been very valuable
for us in planning for this Stonehenge and for the future and we
appreciate it. Remember, Stonehenge IV will be on Saturday, September
30. Actor registration opens Sunday, September 17 at 6pm, and filmmaker
registration will open before the end of August.
With all the pulse-pounding excitement of an Italian neo-realist drama, post-production work on Bystander, Team J’s co-production with Red Baron Creative, continues. We’ve completed further ADR and sound effects recording. Keep watching this space for more updates.