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.
7:30AM by Brandon McCormick | Cetagories: Film, News and Updates
That’s a wrap! After four days of principal photography Bobby Watkins is officially in the can. The teams have operated like a finely tuned machine, allowing this to be one of the most efficient and creative shoots yet.
We’ve been shooting inside and outside of a cottage, which means that our entire team has been in close quarters, and have found a way to make it work. We’ve completly built out the back yard to create “Bobby Watkins” birthday party and worked within all departments to make sure the scenes we are shooting are exactly as designed from the storyboards.
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4:00PM by Brandon McCormick | Cetagories: Film
Whitestone Motion Pictures is proud to present our first civil war action short film, Lest We Forget.
This film was made in association with PASTE magazine for their Save Paste campaign. We believe strongly in the vision and mission of this magazine, and encourage everyone to visit their site and donate to keep this great magazine going. While you’re at it, do yourself a favor and get a subscription, you surely wont be disappointed.
You can also watch the film on VIMEO.
Downloads
Enjoy these extra formats and elements of the film. Right click and ‘Save As’ to download them to your harddrive.
Lest We Forget HD 720 (237MB)
Lest We Forget iPod (43 MB)
Lest We Forget Apple Tv HD (227MB)
Lest We Forget Zune (nah, just kidding)
Lest We Forget Music (score and song mp3, 20MB)
Behind the Scenes of Lest We Forget
The behind the scenes for the fast paced filmshoot. A special thank you to all who made it possible.
Lest We Forget Behind the Scenes from Brandon McCormick on Vimeo.
8:30AM by Brandon McCormick | Cetagories: Film, News and Updates
Whitestone Motion Pictures in association with PASTE Magazine is proud to announce it’s next short film project called “Lest We Forget”.
This civil war action short is being created as a donation to Paste Magazine in support of their “Campaign to Save Paste,” which is rallying together the artistic community in order to raise money to save the independent and innovative magazine. The film is centered on the idea of standing apart from what others tell you and sacrificing yourself for what you believe in. Approximate run time for the film is three to four minutes and will feature original story, cinematography and music created from within our Whitestone team.
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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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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
