Okay I have a ton of Headshots and Resumes. Its time to start the process of casting.  First thing you should know is the feature will be shot in May/June, June 1st through 10th are locked with Larry Holden. More dates will be built at the beginning or end of those ten.

With that being said, you should have a very flexible schedule if you are interested in a large role in this feature.  Quit your jobs, say goodbye to the family, pet your dog, time to go follow your dreams.

I am anticipating this feature will take about 15 days to shoot the principal photography, give or take 3 days. There are always pick-up shots after that, which are a day or two, and then depending on how we do the FX shots, a few days of that.

SAG or Non-SAG? I don’t know yet.  But either way all are welcome.

Auditions? You will receive an email from me, (assuming i have your email), that will start the availability process.  After I have that narrowed down I will invite people to audition. There is no sense in auditioning if you are going to be in Antarctica for the summer.

If you haven’t joined our newsletter please do so. It helps us a lot. Also you can email me at talent@champlainpictures.com

Cheers

Jayson

Okay on top of doing the movie this Summer with Larry Holden we have decided to take on even more fun. I have always wanted to be involved with an adventure TV show. Some of my favorites are Star Trek, Star Gate, X Files and so on. In 2003 I made a little short called “Cthulhu Chronicles: Episode One, The Ropes” it was great fun and I may continue with that and make a Part Two. There is another idea in the works for a TV Pilot and it looks very promising as well. More later as this unfolds.

Cheers

Jayson

Things are looking pretty busy for us in the upcoming months. Here’s a rough outline of the milestone goals we are currently targeting:

• Casting & crew hires for our Fear Itself¹ feature project starting in February
• Editing of the Nowhere Found music video, hopefully to start this week or next
• Final work on the Nowhere Found live DVD release
• Location hunts for the feature
• Principal photography on the feature to begin late May/early June
• Further work on our Cthulhu projects, including the serialization of the CC concept (more on that from Jayson in the next few days)
• Fundraising! Look for info on some fun events in the next few weeks.

If you’ve already sent in your cast/crew application for the feature, there’s no need to do so again. We are archiving everything and will be going through our selection process starting in February. If you haven’t yet submitted, please do so via email: talent@champlainpictures.com for casting; crew@champlainpictures.com for crew.

And regarding that last item, we happen to have a Nintendo Wii bundle still for sale. It is a two-player bundle with a few games included, and can be yours in support of our films for a reasonable price. Just drop us a line!

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If you are an actor who lives in Vermont or is from Vermont and you would like us to link to your homepage from ours, please drop us a line.  We are always interested in meeting more like-minded people from the area and want to do our part to support the community however we can.

Just add a comment to this blog post with your link and we’ll link up to you ASAP!

It’s been a long time coming.

[singlepic=48,320,240,watermark,left]Maybe you started out on a lark, just messing around to have a little fun. Maybe you wanted to see what you can do with just your brain and a little technological help. Maybe you had one good idea that you couldn’t ignore, so you decided to create a little slice of reality, just for that. Somewhere along the way, though, you realize that the ideas keep coming, the drive doesn’t go away and you are thinking beyond the perspective of a hobbyist. You even start to understand a little bit of what you’re doing.

That is where we found ourselves this year – on the cusp of change. In truth, it was a simple question – do we step forward, or not? Yet, despite this, we found ourselves facing turmoil from all kinds of unexpected angles. Change, it seemed, was not an easy prospect.

Today, the situation has finally gotten over most of its growth pains, and we are looking forward to 2008 with nothing but excitement and determination. Stoneworks Entertainment has evolved: we are now Champlain Pictures. We have solid plans to shoot a feature film in the Spring and have already begun work on our first project (a music video for Nowhere Found). The number of connections we have made in the last several months is almost mind-boggling – especially when you consider that most of them came from little more effort on our part than a push for some community spirit among local filmmakers and a desire to make something great.

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Everything that has come before was a warm-up. A flexing of the thumbs before pressing Start and journeying on to our great quest.

Stay tuned. And welcome to the next level.