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Casting Call: Actor Auditions for Horror Film in Martinsburg, WV

Matt Walker of Gemini Star Productions in Martinsburg WV sent in this casting call Info and breakdown… SCARLET RAIN is an independent horror film scheduled to be shot July 1-17 in and around Martinsburg, WV. It is an urban legend style ghost story reminiscent of John Carpenter’s THE FOG. www.myspace.com/scarletrainmovie Roles available…all caucasion and college age unless noted. BRANDON — Cocky, intense, maniacal, an arrogant guy who turns out to be Convert this post to pdf … Read entire article »

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Filmmakers For Tomorrow Foundation Looking for Filmmakers

Milinda Balthrop of Filmmakers For Tomorrow Foundation (FFTF) in Washington, DC sent this in: Experienced Filmmaker (Film Adviser) needed to mentor aspiring filmmakers for 5 hours a week for 8-10 weeks. Role will serve as the Film Adviser for our 2009 Summer Film Project from late June through mid August 2009. Adviser will work with aspiring but knowledgeable filmmakers to Convert this post to pdf … Read entire article »

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Shooting Film on a Budget

I played around with the idea of calling this article “How to shoot film on a Budget”, but it isn’t very detailed and I can’t remember all the exact prices and different costs all that well anymore (for instance, things like the cost of costumes or how much was the exact price of the rawstock). But, believe it or not, I managed to produce and direct a feature film for the sum of $10,000 on 35mm film. Yes, I cut a few corners here and there, but the biggest reason I was able to produce a film on such a micro budget was that I did my homework (and I had a lot of help from some very good people, namely the cast and crew!). I shot with an affordable … Read entire article »

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A Change: Helpful Independent Film & Photography Blog Tips

Along with the new layout, it seems it’s time for a few other things to change as well – namely the sites mission. MarylandFilms.com has always been about independent film and acting news (and, more recently, photography news), with a few helpful tips and other great film & acting information here and there. While the format was okay, it was not optimal… So, as stated above, MarylandFilms.com is changing it’s focus to be more of a film and photography blog. This means there will be more information written for everyone – and that information will be fresh. Of course, if you have important film news I will still try to make sure it gets passed on to the readers, but it’s no longer the main focus of this blog. So, you might … Read entire article »

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