Hello CFF & Fellow Filmmakers!

First & foremost, a huge thank you to SFF for giving me the opportunity to share my story and for providing a wonderful space to connect with other talented artists.

Second, a huge congratulations to all the filmmakers out there who will also be sharing their stories with us at SFF this year.

I am looking forward to meeting and sharing my slice of life with you all in a couple months - please find me on LinkedIn & let's continue…

We’re taking our vendor contacts spreadsheet and turning it into an online gear-rental database — GearGator! GearGator makes it easy for anyone, anywhere in the world to find gear for rent, book support crew or rent their gear to others. You’ll get connected withprospective gear-renters simply by registering and adding your gear. 



When you get a chance, add your gear to the database by clicking on “Create a listing” on the home page. We made it Super Quick to add all…

In this business, corporate videos are a large staple and continuing source of revenue for most video production companies. In most of these corporate/industrial videos there is a reliance on what we call “talking heads.” Interviews are exceedingly common but the problem is that…

By Ed Fletcher 

There was a time in the not too distant past where I would have been happy to sell my screenplay “Pink” for a reasonable price and crossed my fingers in hopes the studio would actually make the movie.

Those days are now gone. After attending American Film Market in Santa Monica this November, I’m convinced that I want to be part of the critical decision making process that takes the…

By Martin Anaya

So this past weekend some friends and I put on a major Telethon fundraiser for a TV station. Now when I say TV alot of people in related industries kind of snicker. Especially when I ad the words "local" or "community".

It seems some of our Hollywood "film" friends just think they are, well, let's be honest, above all that. But here is…

By Ed Fletcher

Armed with a stack of business cards, some new pink ties and a four-day pass ($500), I recently attended American Film Market one of the world’s largest film markets to develop or sell my screenplay Pink. For more information on Pink, a sexy…

Is it possible to capture High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRI or HDR) with a video camera?

HDR techniques have been used by photographers to reproduce an image with a greater range of luminosity than can be achieved by standard digital photographic techniques.

Dynamic range is essentially a measure of the…

Casting for a teen boy,

ethnic preferred, 13-14 yrs old that has theater experience for a paying bike safety video.

Shoots in Sacramento 9/5 & 6.

For those interested, please email headshot and resume to:

forciercasting@gmail.com

LAUREN and ROBIN

The California Film Foundation pays profound tribute and a fond farewell to these two screen legends. Please look below for more on both. In the case of Mr. Williams is is especially painful, not only in the manner and untimeliness of his passing but in that he meant so much to Northern California and our local film scene.

Many of our CFF members have known Mr. Williams personally and will be…

Overview

What we do:

Why Not Do It Ent. Inc. is a company that specializes in marketing and advertisement of product placements and target markets that will obtain your business of success. Without marketing and advertisement, businesses will not be able to get business.

Why Not Do It Ent Inc. helps develop and establish your marketing and advertising campaigns for your products and services so you can get reoccurring…

STUDENT VISIONARIES TAKE CONTROL AT STATE FAIR

Going on now and through the end of July is the California State Fair. But did you know that the Fair has a student film program? Indeed! And that program is headed up by NONE OTHER than CFF member and Sac Film Fest alum Jack Kohler.…

HITTING THE ROAD with LOUIS MANDYLOR

Louis Mandylor is one great actor! Beyond that he's also a SUPER BUSINESS MAN who just won the coveted INNOVATIVE VISIONS award at the SACRAMENTO…

By Ed Fletcher screenwriter/producer

I suppose the biggest difference between screenwriters and producers is the ability to ask people for favors and money.

I'm not afraid of the ask when it's my project and I'm passionate about it.

That's why"Dance Step of Death" is a produced short and…

This was definitely a banner year for new cameras at NAB. The continuing evolution of computer as camera had brought another manufacturer into the mix – AJA. It has also meant that Blackmagic has continued to expand their line with the much talked about Ursa, which is a large, heavy and also diametrically opposed system to anything they’ve yet put out – except for the…

Hey everyone!

My name is Jeff Fong, and I'm in the finals to get onto a new show called, The Reel Deal. I'm the only director from Sacramento, and I'm also the only Asian American in the running. I have to get votes to get onto the show, and I definitely could use the support from anyone!

You can check out my auditions, my prior work, etc. here: http://thereeldeal.tv/jeff-fong/

To vote, just click "Register to Vote,"…

Blare Media is looking to cast key extras and extras for a local television commercial.

Shooting dates will be from May 7, 2014 to May 9, 2014.

Times and locations will vary depending on roles.

Pay will be $50 for extras and $100 for key extras.…

Seeking (Caucasian) voluptous blonde cowgirl, 21-30s, 

tan & colored eyes for a western themed TV commercial. 



Shoot Date: Wednesday April 23rd



Please send headshot & 3/4 photo 

along with your contact information to:



casting@effusionpictures.com…