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.
11:50AM by Brandon McCormick | Cetagories: Film, News and Updates, Production
At Whitestone we value education in it’s purest form, through experience. Everyone in the Whitestone has learned to teach themselves and self propel themselves in their craft. In January of this year, we opened up a small initiative called the Protege program. In the first run, we’ve gathered 5 filmmakers to create their own film projects beginning to end. And while we’re still in the production process, it’s been a great success.
Today we would like to open a new division of the Protege program. We are looking for talented writers to become part of our Protege writers group. This is an opportunity to write towards specific subjects, get your work critiqued by our writers and filmmakers, and possibly get your script produced by Whitestone’s Protege filmmakers. This is not a job opening or a paid position, but focused and intensive internship with Whitestone that goes beyond just ‘running coffee’.
We will be accepting 5 applicants into the program. You can send an email introducing yourself and a sample of your work to writers@whitestonemotionpictures.com. Your work will be passed to some of the writers at Whitestone and reviewed. Don’t be afraid if you’re not some established writer, feel that your too young or too new. We’re looking for someone with a raw talent and a desire to learn. We are accepting applicants from anywhere in the world, as we will run the entire program online through collaborative writing software.
What to submit:
1. Tell us about yourself, a short paragraph describing yourself and your goals as a writer.
2. Give us a sample of your writing no longer than one full page. Anything longer than one page will not be read, please don’t send your thousand page novel about Che Guevara . Doesn’t have to be a screenplay, it can be in treatment form or just a short story you’ve written. We’re looking for a grasp on the basics of storytelling.
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1:28PM by Brandon McCormick | Cetagories: Uncategorized
We’ve just returned from a very fruitful trip to Savannah to scout for an upcoming film. The city is amazing, and has a haunting fairy-tale quality about it, which makes me want to live there. I can see Whitestone filming in Savannah a lot in years to come. While we’ve not officially announced the film we’re scouting for, we wanted to share some photos of the locations we were looking at.
Enjoy.
9:30AM by Brandon McCormick | Cetagories: Film, News and Updates, Uncategorized
Hey guys, Awake O’Sleeper has been nominated into the first round of the Doorpost Film Project. The first round is decided by people like you voting on our film. So I would love for you to go on over to the website and vote on Awake O’Sleeper. I know you have to sign up and it’s a total pain, but do it for us! The ultimate winners of the film project can take home 100k, so you can see we have some incentive to win! This is your chance to get involved and help launch us out there.
Go to the site, vote on Awake O’Sleeper.
We’ll keep updating everyone on the status of the project here.
Thanks for supporting independent film and Whitestone Motion Pictures.
Tags: awake osleeper, awards, doorpost, film festival
