Red Envelope Day

Send your red envelopes to the White House TODAY!!

This week, the White House is expected to receive hundreds of thousands of empty red envelopes, symbolizing the moral outrage of abortion. The plan is simple: On March 31, mail an empty red envelope to the president. The envelopes represent the innocent blood shed through abortion, and the plea for the blood of Jesus over the sin of our nation. This campaign is a symbolic act to flood the mail with red. The more we send, the more powerful this symbol will be.

An empty red envelope will send a message to President Barack Obama that there is moral outrage in this country over this issue [The Freedom of Choice Act, which will essentially “undo” every law currently in place to limit abortion in the U.S.]. It will be quiet, but clear.

Instructions and mailing info can be found on the Facebook Group or the Red Envelope website! IMPORTANT: Be sure to put your return address on the envelope or it will be discarded at the White House.

Defending Life

March 31st is the fourth anniversary of Terri Schiavo's death. Her tragic story brought end-of-life issues to the forefront of public thought. But did you know that similar emotionally-gripping stories are being repeated across the world even now?

One such story is featured in the award-winning documentary, Joel's Journey and the Sanctity of Life, a film which addresses important end-of-life issues as it tells the story of a young boy who was declared brain-dead. Joel's family had to fight for his life against an establishment that wanted to pull the plug.

Now at Biblical Worldview Media, you can buy both The Terri Schiavo Story and Joel's Journey for the limited time price of $24.00 (a 25% savings). Click here for details.

Thanks to Scott Eash for promoting these films!

God Provides

The six short films from Crown Financial has been titled God Provides. There is also a new website for the series and a new trailer!

NEW! ReelCast Demo Video

The NEW! ReelCast Productions Demo Reel is now online!! Watch it HERE!

Thanks to all those who critiqued the demo reel and gave their input/advice. Thanks also to the Morris boys for all their hard work writing the music!!!

Right.org Commercials

Family members from the Leddens, Crooks and Burnetts teamed up in Missouri to shoot a couple of commercials for the Right.org contest. We ended up shooting two scripts, one was Ethan/Dusty's idea and the other was mine.

It was great to have Hannah and Benjamin with me on this trip!

(Commercial #2) Joel (an actor) prepping for the shoot.

Eponine Ledden, Dusty's cute little daughter!! ....yeah I taught her to laugh like that :D

(Commercial #2) Ethan pulling a "One Man Show" when everyone else was in the shot. Ya did a great job E!

(Commercial #2) Ashley is most likely getting a focus mark for the next shot - Ethan apparently has something against the director :P - and I'm just standing around smiling at people taking BTS pics.

(Commercial #2) The Director approving a shot.

(Commercial #2) Benjamin was the star of this commercial too! - Waiting on set with some props :)

(Commercial #2) Hiking to the location...we figured out that it was approx. 3/4 of a mile one way :(

(Commercial #1) Morgan's three younger sisters who also starred in the commercial. Lots of fun :)

(Commercial #1) Me and Ethan setting up a shot - it was great to do a little AC work again!

(Commercial #1) Running a rehearsal.

(Commercial #1) Hannah running audio. Joanna Ueland helped with continuity and BTS pics.

(Commercial #1) Dusty strangling a light :P

(Commercial #1) Benjamin got to be the star of the commercial!

(Commercial #1) Me and my bro Benjamin waiting on set.

36hr Contest

You can read the details here!

"Friday, April 10, 2009 at 12:00PM filmmakers around the world will begin producing a three-minute story on video. 36-hours later they will upload their video to YouTube. Entries will be judged on Story, Cinematography, Sound, Performance and Editing. The winner gets $500!"

The Widow's Might - 60sec Trailer

Making a movie is great and editing a movie is even better! The only thing better than editing a movie? ...creating a movie trailer! This is the the third movie trailer I've made for films outside ReelCast Productions and this one will be playing in theaters!

The 60 second trailer for The Widow's Might is now online!! Click here! Be sure to come back and let me know what you think :)

Theatrical Release
"The theatrical release is a short run; only one week on 100 screens, starting on April 13'th, so this is a very limited chance to view the film in theaters. If the film does well, it's run will be extended. More info and locations will be posted here and here later this week."

The Penny Teaser!

There is finally a teaser/trailer up for one of the films I worked on last year "The Penny."

The Penny Teaser from Filmweavers LLC on Vimeo.

For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the project, here is a brief synopsis:
“The Penny” is a drama/thriller that follows a series of seemingly insignificant events in a number of people’s lives. Hidden amidst their “bigger” problems, these disconnected pieces of their lives go unnoticed until they begin to fit together in a totally unexpected way. Suddenly these strangers are thrust together by what some would call luck, chance, fate, coincidence, or even destiny. But is it something even bigger than that?

You can watch the video in HD at the Filmweavers website!

ReelCast Projects

Reaching for Character
This is a one hour training video that I've been working on called "Reaching for Character." It is designed to introduce organizations to the basics and benefits of CharacterFirst! - Visit the website here.

Pendragon Trailer
Pendragon: Sword of His Father has a new "official trailer" in the works! I've finished a first draft of the trailer which the Burns Family Studio team seemed very happy with! There is still a lot of work to do...but stay tuned, it should be online in several weeks!

The Widow's Might
I just finished a 60 sec Teaser Spot for The Widow's Might! It's hard to fit a storyline into 60sec...much less when it's a musical/comedy!! I'm pretty happy with how it turned out though. John said it should be posted online within the next several days. Next...a real length trailer!

2008 Character First Awards
I did a project last year of producing 6 videos that were 3 minutes each. Each video highlighted a company that was being recognized by CharacterFirst! for their implementation of CF. You can see all six videos at the bottom of this page.

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The Lost Medallion - IMDb

Apparently this is one of their sets! Looks like a great place to film!These are the two main characters.

Here is the official IMDb page - and a very short blog post.