A great review for "The Tale of the Heroine and the Cad"!

Chris Rennirt of Space Jockey Reviews was kind enough to give us this fantastic review for "The Tale of the Heroine and the Cad".  I'm so appreciative of the kind words Chris has for the cast and crew of this film.  Be sure to check out the review here.

Episode 3 of Partners in Pretension is up on Koldcast TV!

Congrats to the lovely cast and crew!  Watch episode three now and enjoy!!!

Partners in Pretension: Episode 2 is live!

Friends!  Before you watch this episode, ask yourself if you've watched episode one already.  This is episode two, I'm sure many of you know that two comes after one.  For your own benefit and understanding, please view episode one before episode two.  Episode one can be found on this blog or on the official site: http://www.partnersinpretension.com

Now, enjoy "Partners in Pretension: Episode 2 "How to ask for money"!

A great picture from "Partners in Pretension"

What smug little darlings.

Watch episode 1 here: http://www.partnersinpretension.com/

Partners in Pretension: Episode 1 is live!

I'm so excited to harass everyone with the release of episode 1 of "Partners in Pretension"! This series brings me a lot of pride and I've been fortunate enough to work with some fantastic actors and crew. You can learn more about the series at www.partnersinpretension.com



"Partners in Pretension is a web-series that follows the trials of Angel and Dorian as they attempt to profit off of the ignorance of the common man through how to videos."

The latest promo for Partners in Pretension is up!

Featuring the lovely Fernando Noor and Tristan Scott-Behrends.  Filmed and edited by the beloved Longlost Pictures!

www.partnersinpretension.com

A great list from Tripwire Magazine: 10+ Best Free or Open Source Photoshop Alternative Software

Lars from Tripwire Magazine deserves a hug. Lars deserves a hug for the next month.

This past week I was poking around online, looking for any serial numbers that needed a new home or a new purpose… you know, a purpose of making something work beyond a 30 day trial period, a purpose of giving life to a rather popular piece of software that is protected and guarded rather ferociously from people who’d like to “get the milk for free”.

After sifting through pages of potential numbers that might need adoption I came across a link that led me to a more honest path; I have Lars to thank for keeping me on this honest path.

Lars is the author of “10+ Best Free or Open Source Photoshop Alternative Software” on Tripwire Magazine. This is a great list complete with lovely pictures. I’m now quite a fan of Pixlr.

If you do have some nagging tug of morality that you can’t wash off or block out I encourage you to take a little trip over to this list. http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/2011/04/10-best-free-or-open-source-photoshop-alternative-software.html

And thank Lars.  

A quick tid-bit about our next project

Besides the upcoming release of our web-series “Partners in Pretension” (“our” meaning T.G.C. Films, LLC where I work with the talented Fernando Noor (always wise to suck up... ;p)) we are also filming a short fantasy film in early September. This short will be produced with Longlost Pictures – a magical post production team who are also equally as magical on set. You can see proof of that here with their entry into the “Hello, Future. Moby” contest.

The film will star Fernando Noor, Melissa Malan, Tristan Scott-Behrends and Malia Miglino.

We (Longlost and us) plan on updating frequently about this project with pictures and little how-tos for other filmmakers who are getting into pre-production or production in the challenging genre of fantasy.

We cannot wait to share this with you!

Partners in Pretension release dates!

I'm so excited to announce that my web-series "Partners in Pretension" now has a release date!  Several release dates to be more precise...  


For those of you who are busy enough with your own lives that you don't have room in your minds for the details of all of my various projects the synopsis of Partners in Pretension is as follows:


"Partners in Pretension” follows the story of Angel Valenzuela and Dorian Blue as they attempt to navigate life after college graduation. Faced with unemployment, graduate school rejection and hopelessly out of touch with no idea of how to manage their own lives, the boys hope revenue from online how to videos will bring them the respect and money they so desire.


The release dates for PIP (how we lazy folk often refer to "Partners in Pretension") are... right... here:


Episode 1: August 29th
How-to 1: August 30th
Episode 2: September 5th
How-to #2: Sept 12th
Episode 3: Sept 19th
How-to #3: Sept 26th
Episode 4: October 3rd


These will be released on our official site and Youtube as of this moment.


In total, we have seven episodes but we like to divide them up into story episodes and how-to episodes.  (By the way, I'm not using the "Royal We", just insert Fernando Noor's name and my friends at Longlost Pictures into the "we" when used.) 


I've linked to the site for Partners in Pretension over and over again through this post, but if you'd like a more direct way to get there and check out the site please head to www.partnersinpretension.com.  It'd also be nice if you went to our fan page and "liked" it; I'm not saying you have to, I'm saying it would be nice.  https://www.facebook.com/Partnersinpretension 


You can also join us on our Youtube page http://www.youtube.com/user/Partnersinpretension 
And follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/PIP_TheSeries

"Partners in Pretension" website and trailer!

The trailer for our new web series "Partners in Pretension" is out!

We're extremely excited about this new series that I created along with Fernando Noor.  It stars Fernando, Tristan Scott-Behrends, Kate Hackett, Clayton Farris, and Karen Worden.  Post production courtesy of Longlost Pictures.  Our theme song is from composer Brandon K. Verrett.

You can learn more at www.partnersinpretension.com

"Partners in Pretension” is a web series that follows the story of Angel Valenzuela and Dorian Blue as they attempt to navigate life after college graduation.  Faced with unemployment, graduate school rejection and hopelessly out of touch with no idea of how to manage their own lives, the boys hope revenue from online how to videos will bring them the respect and money they so desire.

"The Grover Complex" reaches the 15 festival mark!

"The Grover Complex" the coming-of-age feature comedy produced by Claire and written by and starring Fernando Noor, hit the 15 festival mark recently.  Congrats to our cast and crew.  The film is now being handled by Circus Road Films.

Enjoy our trailer AND feel free to visit www.thegrovercomplex.com

"The Grover Complex" at two more film festivals!

The feature comedy I produced called "The Grover Complex" has been selected to screen at two more film festivals this week.  We're an official selection of the inaugural year of the Portland Maine International Film Festival and an official selection of the Action On Film Festival in Pasadena.

We're so happy and honored to be included in these fest's selections.  Congrats to all involved!

www.thegrovercomplex.com

"Jefferson" will screen at Action on Film!

The feature film "Jefferson" which I wrote with Director Karen Bullis pre "The Grover Complex" will be screening at this year's 2010 Action on Film Festival!  There are some familiar faces behind and in front of the camera on "Jefferson" with director Karen Bullis, DP Shweta Chanda, Leigh Carlson, Adilla Amelia, Fernando Noor, Tristan Scott, and more. 

The movie tells the story of Jefferson as he joins his estranged father for a weekend of paintball. 

Congrats again to cast and crew!  You all should be so proud. :)

Two new great reviews for "The Grover Complex"

We'd like to thank Duane L. Martin of "Rogue Cinema" and Matt Shea of "Swanky Reviews" for their positive, encouraging, and thoughtful reviews of "The Grover Complex". 

With so many independent films out there and the rather commanding presence of studio films it's sometimes hard to earn a few hours of someone's time.  A huge "thank you" to them!

Duane says, “It’s nice, it’s fun, it has characters you can care about and it’s well made. What more could you ask for in a film? This is definitely one you’ll want to check out.”

And Matt says, “Bottom Line: It’s a well thought out, well written, well executed, and all around fun flick well worth seeing – enjoy!”
You can find the full reviews here:

http://www.roguecinema.com/article2145.html

http://www.swankyreviews.com/2010/05/26/the-grover-complex/

The Grover Complex wins "Best Comedy"

"The Grover Complex" won for "Best Comedy" at the Bare Bones International Film and Music Festival.  It's a major honor to be awarded this accolade from Bare Bones, which recognizes the low-budget, do-it-yourself-filmmaker.

We congratulate our cast and crew and thank Bare Bones for their kindness and hospitality.

"The Grover Complex" nominated for four awards

"The Grover Complex" has been nominated for four awards at the Bare Bones Film Festival.  "Best Comedy", "Best Ensemble Cast", "Best Actress": Heather Tocquigny, and "Best Actor": Fernando Noor.

The award winners will be announced April 25th in Muskogee Oklahoma. Wish us luck!

"The Grover Complex" accepted into Bare Bones Film Festival

The indie comedy Claire produced "The Grover Complex",  (written by and starring Fernando Noor), has been accepted into the Bare Bones Film Festival.

The festival specializes in low-budget, do-it-yourself film, which, if you know anything about "Grover" makes this fest a perfect fit for us.  Claire and T.G.C. Films are looking forward to meeting like-minded filmmakers at this festival; possibly swapping a few painful stories over cheap beer before heading back to our cheap hotel rooms for the evening.

"The Grover Complex screens April 24th at 8:15 pm at the Roxy Theater.

If you're going to be in Oklahoma you can get your tickets here.

Claire's latest publishings

Claire recently had two pieces of poetry published in the poetry magazine "Breadcrumb Scabs", edited by Lena Judith Drake.  The poems, "Proposing to a young man with a ring pop" and "1-800-Flowers" appear in issue #16.

Claire's thrilled to be a part of this issue, and the magazine can be downloaded or bought here.

"The Grover Complex" screenings

Good news!

Claire's independent movie "The Grover Complex" will be screening at NewFilmmakers Los Angeles March 18th at 8:45 pm.  Get your tickets here: www.newfilmmakersla.com

Grover will also be screening at the Bare Bones Film Festival between April 15th and 25th in OK.  More details soon!

"The Grover Complex" official site

Hey all, the official site for "The Grover Complex" is up and running.  It features cast and crew bios and original music from the film.  We hope you enjoy!

www.thegrovercomplex.com