Reid at Sunset Park. We taped an interview here, then Reid headed back to San Fran.Photo Copyright 2009 Sujewa Ekanayake
Monday, August 31, 2009
Day after the screening
Reid at Sunset Park. We taped an interview here, then Reid headed back to San Fran.Photo Copyright 2009 Sujewa Ekanayake
A couple of hours after the screening
Reid & Huck making plans for indie film glory at a late night restaurant/bar in Williamsburg.
Photo Copyright 2009 Sujewa Ekanayake
Update
Principal photography is completed. Editing starts today. Music is being made. Everything should be wrapped up by the 9/7 deadline.
More info, pics, links, & perhaps even clips soon.
More info, pics, links, & perhaps even clips soon.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
At this point Reid is not sure if anyone will show up to watch his movies
Reid Gershbein as Reid, a scene from The Screening
Photo Copyright 2009 Sujewa Ekanayake
3 film dudes hanging out on a Bed-Stuy street corner after a screening
L to R: Huck of "Hardly Bear To Look At You" fame, Critial Todd from Twitter (writes & Tweets about film stuff), & Reid
Photo Copyright 2009 Sujewa Ekanayake
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
About the 2 Week Film Project
The Screening is the 4th film to be produced under the 2 Week Film Project guidelines. From an intro to the project by founder Reid Gershbein (also the star of The Screening):
"The next round of the Two Week Film Collective will run until the end of October. No limit on the amount of time you can spend on writing your script and pre-production, only on actual production and post-production time.
Here are the guidelines of the Two Week Film Collective (#2wkfilm):
Make a feature film (60+ mins) in two weeks (first day of shooting to final cut).
Anyone can join in.
You can make your film anytime between June and the end of October.
Follow the discussion using twitter tag #2wkfilm
Let us know if you want to be on the list of filmmakers via twitter @thraveboy"
Read more here at Gershbein's site.
"The next round of the Two Week Film Collective will run until the end of October. No limit on the amount of time you can spend on writing your script and pre-production, only on actual production and post-production time.
Here are the guidelines of the Two Week Film Collective (#2wkfilm):
Make a feature film (60+ mins) in two weeks (first day of shooting to final cut).
Anyone can join in.
You can make your film anytime between June and the end of October.
Follow the discussion using twitter tag #2wkfilm
Let us know if you want to be on the list of filmmakers via twitter @thraveboy"
Read more here at Gershbein's site.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
A 10,000 year old alien & a 37 year old indie filmmaker visited New York City recently
Several scenes from The Screening
Photos Copyright 2009 Sujewa Ekanayake
On 44th St
Filmmaker on a working vacation
Reid Gershbein from film The ScreeningPhoto Copyright 2009 Sujewa Ekanayake
Scenes for The Screening to be filmed on Wed 8/26 at Aeon Logic gallery in Bed-Stuy
Want to be part of an interesting indie filmmaking experiment? Interested in watching interesting new movies & hanging out with filmmakers & discussing movies? Then come check out Here. My Explosion... & The Dabbler at Aeon Logic gallery in Bed-Stuy on Wed night. Go here for all the info. Thanks!
Project Status
In production. Second day of filming completed. We expect to finish principal photography by Thursday night.
Plot Summary for The Screening
THE SCREENING
Story 1 - Notes of a 10,000 Year Old Alien Traveler
Story 2 - Reid Gershbein Visits New York City to Show Two Movies
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In The Screening two stories are told - one about San Francisco based filmmaker Reid Gershbein's visit to New York City in August 2009 to show two movies, and the other about the thoughts & observations of a 10,000 year old alien who visited New York City recently.
Through a mysterious process filmmaker Sujewa Ekanayake (director of The Screening) recently came into possession notes recorded in spacetime by the alien visitor. Since Gershbein's story is also about travel, New York City, & new adventures, and since an ultra-low budget 2 Week Film is a good device through which to transmit the valuable secrets hidden in the alien's thoughts to those who are ready to hear & understand those secrets, it was decided that a narration set to exciting images of New York City will be Story 1 of The Screening.
In Story 2 Gershbein visits New York City, interacts with other filmmakers & his audience members, voices his concerns about the state of independent filmmaking in general & his own filmmaking career, and deals with the challenges posed by co-producing & managing a film screening at an art gallery in a busy, far away city.
The Screening celebrates the diversity of life in our universe, the past, present & the possible futures of our species/human life on Earth, the energy & beauty of New York City, & the highs & lows of the independent filmmaker lifestyle.
Story 1 - Notes of a 10,000 Year Old Alien Traveler
Story 2 - Reid Gershbein Visits New York City to Show Two Movies
*
In The Screening two stories are told - one about San Francisco based filmmaker Reid Gershbein's visit to New York City in August 2009 to show two movies, and the other about the thoughts & observations of a 10,000 year old alien who visited New York City recently.
Through a mysterious process filmmaker Sujewa Ekanayake (director of The Screening) recently came into possession notes recorded in spacetime by the alien visitor. Since Gershbein's story is also about travel, New York City, & new adventures, and since an ultra-low budget 2 Week Film is a good device through which to transmit the valuable secrets hidden in the alien's thoughts to those who are ready to hear & understand those secrets, it was decided that a narration set to exciting images of New York City will be Story 1 of The Screening.
In Story 2 Gershbein visits New York City, interacts with other filmmakers & his audience members, voices his concerns about the state of independent filmmaking in general & his own filmmaking career, and deals with the challenges posed by co-producing & managing a film screening at an art gallery in a busy, far away city.
The Screening celebrates the diversity of life in our universe, the past, present & the possible futures of our species/human life on Earth, the energy & beauty of New York City, & the highs & lows of the independent filmmaker lifestyle.
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