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.
12:52PM by Brandon McCormick | Cetagories: Uncategorized
The following is a product of Whitestone’s Protege Program. Written and directed by Asher Emmanuel.
When I want a quiet place to drink coffee and work, how often will I drive past dozens of local establishments just so I can experience the familiarity of Starbucks? Or how often do I find myself complaining about the increasing grip corporate business have on our elected officials, and do so while eating at (insert chain restaurant)? I don’t mean to suggest corporations are evil, but I confess its easy for me to overlook local small businesses right in my own community.
Brew Awakenings is one such business, and I’m drawn to it because it offers me a third place. A place that isn’t home or work yet a place where I finish that script or get away from the hectic rush of life. Its a place where I can say “give me the usual” and Jenni Rowell (owner) will serve me accordingly. I encourage you to seek out local businesses in your community and discover a place you can identify with.
In this spirit we can live in community.
1:38PM by Brandon McCormick | Cetagories: Uncategorized
We crave conflict in movies. It’s one of the fundamentals of storytelling. Without conflict a story is just a series of banal events happening in a sequence. Thanks, but I’d rather watch fungus grow.
I believe the reason we love conflict in stories is because we’re hard wired for it. It’s that basic impulse that makes us gravitate towards drama with friends or taps on the brakes to rubberneck a car accident.
We have such a need for conflict that when it’s not present, we go looking for it. If we can’t find it, we make it ourselves. Especially in a time when most of our conflicts are taken away from us by a modern and technologically advanced society, we don’t need to strive for survival as we once did.
There is a reason we are the wealthiest and most comfortable generation of all mankind, yet the suicide rate is at an all time high.
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11:44AM by Brandon McCormick | Cetagories: Uncategorized
A thank you to Ron Dawson for posting a 45 minute podcast interview with filmmaker and owner of Whitestone Motion Pictures Brandon McCormick.
You can listen to the interview here.
As always, we are always grateful for people who choose to highlight Whitestone and our artists. As an independent grassroots organization, people like Ron Dawson and yourselves are the only way people will know who we are.
And for that, we are thankful.
10:05AM by Brandon McCormick | Cetagories: Uncategorized
A peek into Whitestone’s storyboarding process.
To help you with your own storyboards, you can download the template that we use to create ours.
Download Blank Storyboard Template.
Enjoy, and good luck storyboarding your own projects!
10:57AM by Brandon McCormick | Cetagories: Uncategorized
The following is a blog post written by Masi Willis, Line Producer at Whitestone Motion Pictures.
I’m a mathematical, logical, numbers, list making kind of person. I prefer using that non-creative side of the brain. Well….that’s just where I normally get yelled at in the “movie-making” world. I say I’m not creative….but that normally means in a book writing, script developing, painting on a canvas, musician kind of way! However….you really can not be a manager of an event, people, set, or movie without being an extremely creative problem solver! So…that’s where my blog entry will start. Creatively organizing and problem solving in order for the “brilliant creatives” to have more brain space and I create that brain space….by creatively problem solving. Read the rest of this entry »
