Making Postales

Prizewinning Movie is selected for the 2009 Narrative Independent Filmmaker Lab

Postales (Postcards) is a cross-cultural love story shot in the streets of Cusco, Peru in which Pablo, a postcard-selling street kid, meets a young America tourist and, curious, follows her back to her hotel, setting off a chain of events that culminate with a stolen wallet, young love, and a family losing its home. The movie, written and directed by Josh Hyde, was chosen to participate in the Independent Feature Project’s 2009 Narrative Independent Filmmaker Lab, which was held last month New York City.  It was one of only ten narrative rough cuts singled out by the IFP because of its artistic vision and outstanding promise. The director of photography was Dan Fischer.

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The Anatomy of Theme in the Screenplay and Movie


By Donald L. Vasicek

What is theme?  What does it mean?  How does it apply to the screenplay? The common definition of theme is a subject or topic of discourse or artistic representation. In the screenplay, the theme must be introduced as early as possible. It should be introduced, as a visual, if at all possible, by page three of the screenplay or minute three of the film.

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Another Opening

The Last International Playboy Gets a Makeover prior to its Theatrical Release

Director/writer Steve Clark’s independent movie The Last International Playboy sold out at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City as well as the GenArt Film festival in New York City. The producers released the film independently in New York City last month and are opening it in additional theaters and cities around the country. The movie shot for 23 days in New York and one day in Tampa and had a budget under a million dollars. A year later the movie had a new title and a new opening sequence and that’s the story here.

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Oceans 3D – Into the Deep

The Mantello Brothers Talk about the Making of their Latest Movie

Disneynature has acquired the North American and Mexican distribution rights to the underwater film OceanWorld 3D, the first feature-length nature documentary ever filmed and released in 3D, it was announced by Jean-Francois Camilleri, executive vice president and general manager for Disneynature, and Francois Mantello, chairman of 3D Entertainment. The film is presented by Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of the legendary Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau, and was directed and produced respectively by veteran filmmakers Jean-Jacques and Francois Mantello. OceanWorld 3D premiered at the Cannes Film Festival Annual Film Market last month, and will be released theatrically in France and Russia starting this August. The film's North America debut will be announced at a later date. Digital Cinema Report recently spoke with the Mantello Brothers about the production.

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