Although we may be filmmakers by trade, we are storytellers by nature. Venture into our world and let us weave a tale for you. We will tell you about life and love and fear and pain. We will show you laughter and tears, the devil and God. The story is the lifeblood of our world and nothing matters more.
…So lean close, and let us tell you a story.
1:34PM by Brandon McCormick | Cetagories: Uncategorized
Whitestone is proud again to be a part of the doorpost film project. The Doorpost asks filmmakers to submit films based on certain themes, and we submitted Lest We Forget to compete in the sacrifice category.
Doorpost provides independent filmmakers with funding and resources to help move them along in their careers. This initiative is one of a kind and actually does what most film festivals only talk about doing, supporting the local and independent filmmaker.
We’re proud to be a part of this program once again, and hope that we will be able to move to the next round. We ask our fans to go to the site, and vote on our film. The filmmakers that get through all the stages of the competition are awarded $100,000, which would be quite a sustainable amount for Whitestone in the coming year. Help be a part of allowing us to keep making content, vote today!
2:46PM by Brandon McCormick | Cetagories: Uncategorized
The following film was made by Joe Trimmer of Whitestone’s Protege Program.
This is a short documentary about college student who goes down to the Georgia State Capitol (February 1st 2010) to lobby for Senate Bill 304.
11:41AM by Brandon McCormick | Cetagories: Uncategorized
The following is written by Brandon McCormick, Founder and Filmmaker at Whitestone Motion Pictures
For years now we’ve always done a ‘postmortem’ on our films to see where and if things went wrong. A bit of a disclaimer here, I don’t think all the films I make are terrible, but I know they are far from perfect. I try not to always focus on the bad, but instead use it to my advantage to learn and grow. And in this post I’m focusing primarily on what I am directly in control of directing, DP, producing and storytelling.
With that in mind, it’s been helpful to look at the films I direct from a very realistic and objective point of view. If I can’t do this, I will never learn as a filmmaker. Here I am going to briefly look at one of the films I directed, and what things I learned from them. I may do more, but we’ll start here.
Awake O’Sleeper from Brandon McCormick on Vimeo.
6:38PM by Brandon McCormick | Cetagories: Uncategorized
A short vignette from Kyle Spain of the Protege Program about the importance of pick ups for a film. This piece features a pick up day for our upcoming film ‘Heartless’.
Pickups: The Mortar of The Story from Whitestone Protege Program on Vimeo.
5:47PM by Brandon McCormick | Cetagories: Uncategorized
Whitestone Motion Pictures proudly presents its first batch of film inspired t-shirts.
The following post is by Brandon McCormick, Filmmaker and Founder of Whitestone.
I’ve come to associate cheap things with crappy things. I’m not sure when this happened, but the whole ‘you get what you pay for’ mantra seems to have gotten out of hand. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind paying a premium for things that I love. I’ll gladly throw down my hard earned money for a great film in IMAX or an Apple product. Actually, it’s the inverse that frustrates me: The idea that if something is inexpensive, then surely it must be crappy. This M.O. really ends up in the manufacturer’s hand. Why make things of quality if you’re going to sell it on the cheap? Go ahead and cut corners, no one will notice anyway. Besides, what do people expect when they want something cheap?
I’m learning that inexpensive and cheap are two different things. I want the content we sell to you, our fans, inexpensive, if not completely free of cost. But that doesn’t mean we sell cheap entertainment. What we create comes with a great cost to ourselves and the artists at work. However, if we price things low, there is an association that what we made is cheap.
We won’t endure this trend any longer.
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