Behind the Scenes

Here's the first Quicktime in a series designed to build interest in our movie.

These were created from over twenty hours of HD produced and shot by Rocky Garrotto and Anita Gomez.

Their work will be the gift that keeps on giving as it's our primary source for building Calvin Marshall related content to help promote our premiere and eventual release.

YouTube hosts in both HD and standard def so click the HD button if your computer can support it.

Feedback and questions are welcome as the series is still being completed.

Calvin Marshall Inside Look EP 01

Austin Schedule Posted

Come on out for our CALVIN MARSHALL world premiere. The Paramount Theater holds 1300 so there's plenty of room.

It's on Friday night, October 23rd at 9:50 p.m.

Confirmed to attend (so far): All four of our producers, myself, Alex Frost, Michelle Lombardo, Andrew Wilson, Diedrich Bader, Jeremy Sumpter, Josh Fadem and the fantastic Rosie Thomas. (And we're very excited for Rosie to play a set of music at our after party!)

AFF has an interesting line-up this year and annually hosts the best screenwriting conference in the world.

Check out all the details and the entire schedule HERE

1000 True Fans

Apparently that's all it takes. As we move towards our Calvin Marshall world premiere, Malcolm Gladwell, Facebook and all the DIY tools have practically forced their way into our game plan. We never even asked for it.

It's easy for me to be cynical about this. At what point will there be backlash for this kind of self-promotion? Look at how fast myspace jumped the shark? At what point will people abandon Facebook because they don't want to be bothered with another movie or cause that's fighting for their attention?

I have to admit, though, it's unbelievably cool to do some of these things, so we're embracing it. At least most of it. And, over the next year we'll be looking for even more innovative ways to stand out and make people aware of our movie.

A lot of things are in the works, but for now, if you'd like to support our cause and stay up to date, please become a Calvin fan on Facebook by clicking the link on the upper right.

You can also spread the word about the initial teaser we just posted and rate it on Youtube

One of things I wanted to do in this blog was demystify the filmmaking process. I hoped it would be a place where both fans of Calvin and aspiring filmmakers could peak behind the curtain. With that goal in mind, we'll be posting some cool behind the scenes footage in the coming weeks.

Thanks for the support everyone.

Calvin Teaser

Calvin Marshall Teaser from Broken Sky Films on Vimeo.

Teaser

People always complain about movie trailers giving away too much of the story. On the flip side, distributors argue that if you don't give away the entire movie, people are less likely to go see it.

Both perspectives make sense to me in a way, but ideally a trailer gets people on the hook without giving too much story away or misrepresenting the movie.

We have a traditional trailer cut for Calvin Marshall that we're liking, but we're not yet ready to show it -- at least not until we have a firmer handle on our release plan. Our thought is if a trailer is online too long before someone can go see the movie or put the dvd in their netflix queue, then it has a way of wearing out its welcome.

So, we've decided (in lieu of the trailer) to release a teaser leading up to the premiere.

Our teaser gives the "feel" of the movie away with little exposition revealed. The montage is 1:18 and set to a piece of score by our composer John Askew.

The teaser accomplishes two things; first and foremost, it gives people a little glimpse into Calvin's world and the characters that populate it. Secondly, it gives people a taste of the overall tone, which is at times ironic and funny, but more often melancholic and sincere.

In addition to the teaser introducing our trifecta - Calvin, Little and Tori - we also call attention to some supporting cast. This device allows us to show shots of actors in a montage without having to give away too much story information. We couldn't fit in everyone and it's an unorthodox move perhaps, but this was an idea we liked so we're trying it out.

Hope you enjoy it. You can check it out at our website where new information and other surprises will appear leading up to our initial screenings.