tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79004859360057472742013-01-17T03:23:20.304-08:00Continuum Motion Pictures Continuum Pictures produced and distributes film domestically and Internationally. Primary producers for Continuum Motion Pictures are Jason Durdon, Danny Torres and James Duval. www.continuummotionpictures.comJames Duvalnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900485936005747274.post-17124858991243001852013-01-17T03:23:00.001-08:002013-01-17T03:23:20.308-08:002013-01-17T03:23:20.308-08:00Continuum Pictures horror thriller Date Night, Dir by Joe Charbanic starring Joel Murray, Produced by Danny Torres, Jason Durdon, James Duval and Scott Hayman. It was written by Michael Matteo Rossi. It is the first in a series of Horror films in this franchise.<a href="http://twitpic.com/bvxcd3#.UPffG3O4EYY.blogger">Continuum Pictures horror thriller Date Night, Dir by Joe Charbanic starring Joel Murray, Produced by Danny Torres, Jason Durdon, James Duval and Scott Hayman. It was written by Michael Matteo Rossi. It is the first in a series of Horror films in this franchise.</a>: Continuum Pictures horror thriller Date Night, Dir by Joe Charbanic starring Joel Murray, Produced by Danny Torres, Jason Durdon, James Duval and Scott Hayman. It was written by Michael Matteo Rossi. It is the first in a series of Horror films in this franchise.James Duvalhttps://plus.google.com/116969778321900559795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900485936005747274.post-39306636338488414402012-12-12T17:02:00.001-08:002012-12-12T17:17:42.012-08:002012-12-12T17:17:42.012-08:00Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself...<br />
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<object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://2.gvt0.com/vi/ntVJg5q-KBo/0.jpg" height="266" style="clear: right; float: right;" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ntVJg5q-KBo&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ntVJg5q-KBo&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>Hi there! My name is Steve Sievers, now working and part of the Continuum Motion Picture Family. I'm the co-creator of the award winning animated webseries Supa Pirate Booty Hunt, which will be turned into a independent feature film for Continuum. The series follows the adventures of Cpt Zack Stevers and Daniel the Turtle (I do the voice of this little guy) as they search the seven seas for what-else...BOOTY! Its been a fun journey so far with the webseries. People have laughed at the pirates failed picked up lines and turtle's innocence view on life. We have a loyal fan base from around world. Even have a fan in Maryland got the pirate & turtle tattooed on her leg, so we must be doing something right.<br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XrSJIQVssOM/UMkoDVtC1vI/AAAAAAAAANM/6rIkY2TVJzk/s1600/SteveSievers_BurbankFilmFestival.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XrSJIQVssOM/UMkoDVtC1vI/AAAAAAAAANM/6rIkY2TVJzk/s320/SteveSievers_BurbankFilmFestival.jpg" width="178" /></a>I call myself a "dork rocker" because I love music, comics, animation, etc so much. To be able to have Supa Pirate Booty Hunt work with the charity Music Saves Lives is a dream come true. They encourage teenagers/young adults around the country to donate blood through the power of music. So far they have collected over 6 million units of blood. They reward each blood donors with free music tracks, tickets, and chance to meet their favorite artist. We are now producing animated PSA for the charity, that teams Cpt Zack Stevers & Daniel the Turtle up with different music celebrities. Our first episode "Nurse Boobies Please" featured Vans Warped Tour main stage artist 3OH!3 and took home six awards at the Burbank Film Festival. The episode was even turned into a free comic book that was given out at every 2011 Vans Warped Tour date through out North America. I was lucky enough to do comic book signings at six dates of the tour that summer, which was a dream come true. Our next episode featured metal guitar god Dave Mustaine of the band Megadeth with the episode "Metal in My Shell." The episode premiered at our San Diego Comic Con after party and was an official selection at iTV Festival & New Media Film Festival. Its pretty crazy to think if I went back in time and told my high school self that I would be animated Dave Mustaine when I was attending Megadeth concerts, I would of slapped myself silly and say "don't tease me like that!" I always wanted to entertain people with my animation, but to be able to see it encourage people to donate blood is a great feeling. Each donation can save up to three lives! Feels great to give back.<br />
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I grew up loving pirates! My fourth grade birthday party, my parents
hide all my presents and I had to use a treasure map to find them
through out the house/yard. As I got older, I became a history nut and learned that pirates...were not really good people. They were the rockstars of the time, sailed from island to the next, taking treasure, sleeping with women (many of them had STDs), and getting drunk off rum. Most pirates were caught by the British or Spanish because they were hung over from drinking to much rum the night before. To me, its weird that there have been so many kid version of pirates but not many adult versions. Turtles are my favorite animal. I had a turtle farm growing up with at one point 15 turtles in it. I currently have a pond with 5 turtles. I thought, why not have a story where a rockstar pirate teams up with a turtle. Supa Pirate Booty Hunt originally started as a skit on my internet college radio show at American University in Washington, DC back in 2004. It was later turned into my thesis project at grad school. <br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7feKyFsQPKI/UMkoZCcqH2I/AAAAAAAAANU/eJwATORKiQs/s1600/spbh_poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7feKyFsQPKI/UMkoZCcqH2I/AAAAAAAAANU/eJwATORKiQs/s320/spbh_poster.jpg" width="235" /></a>All the web episodes have been great. However as a story teller, I've always felt a little empty. With the web, our episodes are usually a minute to four minutes long. Enough time to set up a gag and make people laugh, but not long enough for a story arch. When I first created Supa Pirate Booty Hunt, I always envisioned it as a super hero story aka "the hero's journey." Zack has a good heart and wants to be a superhero but his Kryptonite is...he is a pirate! Pirates love to go after booty, both ladies & treasures. His turtle sidekick, is his mentor/moral compass (aka Jimmy the Cricket) and tries to keep on the right path. So far in the web episodes, you haven't really seen any of this.<br />
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Like I said, Supa Pirate Booty Hunt will be turned into a independent feature film with Continuum Motion Pictures. Its so cool, because we now get to see the complex story arch in Cpt Zack Stevers. Find out how he meets and teams up with Daniel the Turtle. We finally get to see Pirates Versus Ninjas!!! If you click on the YouTube video at the top, its Supa Pirate Booty Hunt theme song animation. This has been the only place we have seen the evil Ninjas so far. We are developing the script now for the feature film and let me tell you, there are some crazy stuff that is gonna be in it. As a story teller, this is all I have wanted to do. So I am so excited to be doing this film. Stay tune for more details about the projects.<br />
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Feel free to see our web episodes at <a href="http://www.supapiratebootyhunt.com/">www.SupaPirateBootyHunt.com</a><br />
and follow me on twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveSievers">https://twitter.com/SteveSievers</a> <br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HQes9hCfOtw/TxyJix9D2dI/AAAAAAAADKU/pjz_N25uhVA/s1600/JC2_0009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HQes9hCfOtw/TxyJix9D2dI/AAAAAAAADKU/pjz_N25uhVA/s1600/JC2_0009.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HQes9hCfOtw/TxyJix9D2dI/AAAAAAAADKU/pjz_N25uhVA/s200/JC2_0009.jpg" width="200" /></a>Its TCM on the television reviewing the passing of so many talented people this last year. It is grey outside. It's funny as I watch the images go by and feel a connection with each of the peoples faces. I remember their films, their songs and their images. I remember the films and their effect upon myself while I was a boy.<br />
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I think I love film because in a sense film loved me. I think this is true for many people in the film industry. I think there is a strong connection between us and the films that shaped us. For me, it is Lawrence of Arabia, 2001 a Space Odyssey and those great noir classics. It was every foreign film that I saw that made my world bigger.<br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QG5gA79y6vo/UMMWpMQSvrI/AAAAAAAADzU/ix4TRvE4PZk/s1600/Company+Danny+Jason+136.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QG5gA79y6vo/UMMWpMQSvrI/AAAAAAAADzU/ix4TRvE4PZk/s200/Company+Danny+Jason+136.jpg" width="200" /></a>Casablanca and Jaws seem to be an influence on many of the people I work with. I know its the films themselves driving us to a higher level of excellence. I remember seeing Mary Christmas Mr. Lawrence with David Bowie and suddenly realizing that there were two sides to every situation. People driven to do good in the name of good and people driven to do bad in the name of good. These complex ideas still drive me, and I hope are still reflected in my own writing. I know these issues are often in the films that I choose to produce.<br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ybzpumGfkgo/UMMWre0-mLI/AAAAAAAADzk/x3MScksasZs/s1600/CSS+Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ybzpumGfkgo/UMMWre0-mLI/AAAAAAAADzk/x3MScksasZs/s200/CSS+Poster.jpg" width="150" /></a>Films, Movies attach themselves like lovers to our hearts, and the people who make them are their children. We love them too. And 2012 took way to many of them away from us, some before their time.<br />
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I have the fortune of working with wonderful people directly and indirectly. My own team of Danny Torres and Jason Durdon are amazingly wonderful and sensible guys. The actors like P. David Miller are filled with overwhelming passion for their art. Today is a reflective day about those we love that are captured in image and in voice.<br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zAy3PC3wVUg/Txya9oTlNFI/AAAAAAAADKg/MdcBNrNaI4U/s1600/Jason+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zAy3PC3wVUg/Txya9oTlNFI/AAAAAAAADKg/MdcBNrNaI4U/s200/Jason+8.jpg" width="200" /></a>2012 sees the completion of nearly all our current projects. <i>Cider Springs Slaughter</i> (<i>The Absent</i>), <i>Mano a Mano</i> and <i>Taught in Cold Blood</i>. We also look forward to working again with many of the actors and crew from these productions. In 2013 we will see many new projects and many new people. We will also remember many that we have worked with and known.James Duvalhttps://plus.google.com/116969778321900559795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900485936005747274.post-9850257587055498422012-12-08T02:48:00.002-08:002012-12-08T02:49:49.114-08:002012-12-08T02:49:49.114-08:00Continuum Pictures: The Old & The New<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h09Aaa98Tew/UMMWog_5WpI/AAAAAAAADzM/_nUKa0azxsg/s1600/CMP-logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h09Aaa98Tew/UMMWog_5WpI/AAAAAAAADzM/_nUKa0azxsg/s200/CMP-logo.jpg" width="200" /></a>As we approach the 2013 it seems that 2012 was only here for a moment. Time moves so quickly when you are making and posting films. Continuum Pictures has gone through many things this year. We have become Continuum Motion Pictures. Our team has changed and grown. Our direction has be has become clearer our ideas about how to makes movies have become more streamline. Our understanding of what we want to do and more importantly what we don't wish to do have become fixed even more clearly in our minds and actions. We have meet and worked with wonderful people. We have also meet a few, that we hope someone in the world finds wonderful. Most important, nothing has dissuaded us from our love of filmmaking.<br />
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In 2012 we moved from the Paramount Studios lot, to focus on completing post on our own projects, <i>Cider Springs Slaughter</i>, <i>Mano a Mano</i> and <i>Taught in Cold Blood</i>, and to focus on the distribution network we are building through MCTV. We produced and posted Sirens and Date night, two wonderful horror projects. We restructured and Jason Durdon joined Danny Torres as CoCEOs. We have begun to move our television goals into reality.<br />
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We have been lucky in that our success have out weighed our failures. And more importantly our failures have lead to a greater understanding of what it is we are trying to accomplish. What we do, what filmmaker does is not easy. It is a constant state of ever changing vision. The landscape upon which you try to accomplish the impossible task of producing a feature film or any film is always shifting.<br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YE6gwIZkrkw/UMMWrwAQAgI/AAAAAAAADzs/1i5lqFC_uyI/s1600/Sirens+Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YE6gwIZkrkw/UMMWrwAQAgI/AAAAAAAADzs/1i5lqFC_uyI/s200/Sirens+Poster.jpg" width="127" /></a>We love making movies, and we love those who's agenda is really to push through the difficulties and make a film happen, and get a film out. 2013 will see Continuum Pictures stepping into new productions. Danny Torres and Jason Durdon are slated to direct two features together this coming year, and individual smaller projects as well. Our producing team is involved in four features to be produced outside the US and our first animated feature, Supa Pirate Booty Hunt, with Dahveed Klodony-Nagy as director and has long time creative partner Steve Sievers to produce with Danny Torres, James Duval and Jason Durdon.<br />
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<br />James Duvalhttps://plus.google.com/116969778321900559795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900485936005747274.post-11914604953785003502012-09-06T19:45:00.001-07:002012-12-08T01:11:03.723-08:002012-12-08T01:11:03.723-08:00Watch CiderSpringsSlaughter trailer dir Jason Durdon @JayDurdon Prod Danny Torres James Duval @theD... <a href="http://twitpic.com/arv2gu#.UElfq6jp6sA.blogger">Watch CiderSpringsSlaughter trailer dir @JayDurdon Prod @theD... on Twitpic</a>James Duvalhttps://plus.google.com/116969778321900559795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900485936005747274.post-28395803669295987472012-01-22T13:13:00.000-08:002012-01-22T13:15:44.178-08:002012-01-22T13:15:44.178-08:00Filmplane a Continuum Pictures company with a truly Independent View<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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In 2006 when <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ContinuumPictures" target="_blank">Continuum Pictures</a> arrived <a href="http://continuumpictures.com/pr/2006/02/continuum-pictures-moves-to-los-angeles/" target="_blank">in Los Angeles</a> its goal was to move into the Studio System as quickly as possible. By 2007 it began taking meetings at the various lots in Hollywood. It was also in <a href="http://continuumpictures.com/news/2006/10/filmplane-formed/" target="_blank">2006 that the team realized that it could not </a>so easily step away from its indie roots. It still had many friends who were attempting the same goal, make movies. It was for this reason <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Filmplane-Entertainment-a-Continuum-Pictures-Company/107834905972279" target="_blank">Filmplane Entertainment</a> was formed with Austin Anderson as its first head. The goal was to assist filmmakers no matter how small their project was, or what its theme was or format to finish their films. It was from this thinking that many of the short films that <a href="http://continuumpictures.com/personnel/" target="_blank">Continuum Pictures</a> shot came into being. These film include <i><a href="http://vimeo.com/34552900" target="_blank">Thirteen or So Minutes</a></i>, <i><a href="http://youtu.be/H7BC_OlAgN0" target="_blank">Midnight Snack</a></i> and <i><a href="http://vimeo.com/34821045" target="_blank">No Words</a></i>, films that went into festivals and some even distribution. It later went on to work on many other projects with Jorge Ameer such as <i><a href="http://youtu.be/FwshbZJHhdE" target="_blank">Sabor Tropical</a></i> (co-produced with Continuum Pictures) which was shot in Panama, (Producer/DP Austin Anderson)<br />
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<a href="http://www.imdb.com/company/co0213611/" target="_blank">Filmplane</a>'s goal is to produce independent features, as many as possible in a year. In 2010 <a href="http://continuumpictures.com/news/2010/08/jason-durdon-now-heads-filmplane-entertainment/" target="_blank">Jason Durdon became the head of Filmplane</a>. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2331663/" target="_blank">Jason Durdon</a> had directed the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2660239/" target="_blank">Danny Torres</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2660563/" target="_blank">James Duval</a> produced horror film <i><a href="http://vimeo.com/34535660" target="_blank">Cider Springs Slaughter</a></i>, which was written by Danny Torres and <a href="http://www.filmbreak.com/people/taylormcpartland" target="_blank">Taylor McPartland</a>.<br />
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In 2012 with the release of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi2069143065/" target="_blank"><i>Cider Springs Slaughter</i></a>, <i><a href="http://vimeo.com/34535888" target="_blank">Mano a Mano</a></i> and other films, Filmplane gears up for more co-productions with <a href="http://www.imdb.com/company/co0209293/" target="_blank">Continuum Pictures</a> as well as its own solo projects.<br />
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<a href="http://www.filmbreak.com/resources/directory/51" target="_blank">Filmplane</a> and <a href="http://www.filmbreak.com/resources/directory/52" target="_blank">Continuum Pictures</a> continue to show their support through the rising social network <a href="http://www.filmbreak.com/" target="_blank">Filmbreak</a>. This network allows independent as well as studio producer/directors and filmmakers in general connect with each other as well as resources.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/34536050">Continuum Pictures 2010 promo - James Duval - Danny Torres</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/continuumpicturesstudio">James Duval : Continuum Pictures</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.James Duvalhttps://plus.google.com/116969778321900559795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900485936005747274.post-27483809978172726672012-01-22T11:37:00.000-08:002012-01-22T11:39:21.391-08:002012-01-22T11:39:21.391-08:00Continuum Pictures: Invitation to follow Flying Monkeys a horror review blog<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<a href="http://www.imdb.com/company/co0209293/">Continuum Pictures</a> Studios Producer James Duval had a radio show <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2660563/bio">in the early 80s in Fairbanks Alaska</a> where he reviewed films in the theater: It was during the <i>Top Gun</i> release period. He loved the film, and because he was a reviewer and always promoted the theaters films, he was able to watch the movies for freed. At 23 years old that was great he thought. Now they also allowed him two guest. That was even better. Then Top Gun came along, and for the next 5 weeks almost twice a day he saw <i>Top Gun</i>. It was all his friends wanted to see.<br />
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Now on the Top Gun lot of Paramount, he is having flashbacks and feels the need to talk about movies again. With that he has started a Blog site called <i>Flying Monkeys: Horror Film Review</i> and Interviews. He will begin with mostly films that have already been out and might be forgotten and some smaller independents that well need a voice.<br />
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<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2660563/">James Duval </a>loves movies and has dedicated his life to making them and helping other filmmakers get their films done. Check out the site and well feel free to comment. All comments are reviewed before posting to well stay in the positive spirit of things. Actual analytical comments based in the film are welcomed. The snide are not. There is already enough of that on the web.<br />
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<a href="http://continuumpictureshorror.blogspot.com/">Continuum Pictures Producer James Duval's Horror Review Blog: Flying Monkeys</a><br />
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-<a href="http://www.inbaseline.com/company.aspx?company_id=4637148">Continuum Pictures</a>-James Duvalhttps://plus.google.com/116969778321900559795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900485936005747274.post-42207828058009476882012-01-13T14:32:00.000-08:002012-01-13T14:32:03.417-08:002012-01-13T14:32:03.417-08:00Continuum Pictures: Time and Expectations<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">It was the summer of 1987
I believe, when I felt I could realize my dream to make movies. I was in
probably one of the darkest and most difficult moments in my life. In that
moment someone sat down and showed me how to write a screenplay. It was then I
began to focus all that anger and frustration that I had in my life to a
creative purpose. So I began to write and write and write. Most of the stuff I
wrote in all honesty was really crap, but at the time I thought it to be the
most brilliant thing written in the world. Why? Because it was my ideas on
paper, my pain, my solutions everything that it could be. I identified with the
characters and their journeys. The problem is that I identified with
them. It has taken me a long time to realize the level of responsibility that a
filmmaker has to an audience. The audience never has the back-story in our
heads, unless we give it to them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BKYTrmLvrzE/TxCnEKyt_ZI/AAAAAAAAC24/SFjqlxIWMQM/s1600/P5197832.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BKYTrmLvrzE/TxCnEKyt_ZI/AAAAAAAAC24/SFjqlxIWMQM/s320/P5197832.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">In 1991 I began to try an
put my words in to image. I meet a filmmaker at San Francisco State who agreed
to teach me how to make movies - side note on a small world. His best friend
was the friend of the man who taught me how to write screenplays. He was
surprised that I had written a feature. We shot a short film then moved into
our first feature. We did all the right things. We found a DP, we lined up an
investor and the movie was going to be the best horror film ever. Then
well the investor got in trouble and the money went away and all we were left
with was our experience and the opportunity to reflect on the "best"
horror film ever. And now looking back, I wonder and think about where that
film would have taken us. Looking back it was NOT the best horror film ever. It
was a b movie at best.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">After that we looked at
how long it would take us to reach our dream. It felt like forever, when in
reality it was from 1996 a series of indie films until 2006 we made a decision
that films are made in LA not everywhere else no matter what you hear. So we
moved. It was the decision to commit to a reality of production. You make the
best movie you can at the moment you are at, and you take the best deal you can
to get a movie made. The best deal is any deal no matter how bad that actually
gets a movie made. And we made quite a few of those deals and we got through
them. And in going through the deals we got better.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">In 2010 after going
through the "best deal" that ended up like the "best horror
film" we rededicated ourselves to movies. Every time we made a movie life
got better just as we did. Now does not mean that we did not go through
every single financial failure possible. WE as a team have been through all of
it. But we stayed. And in 2012 we moved to the Paramount lot at the
invitation of a distribution company there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">So I add up the years, it
was a lifetime literally to get here. I bring all of this up for a particular
reason, reflection; reflection on your own projects. I am given first drafts
all the time. And I have learned that by definition a first draft is bad, why.
The odds are against you being the most amazing writer in the world and having
the best that you story can be in a first draft. It is the same about real
first films. Does not matter how much money you spent. The money does not make
it good. The filmmakers and the filmmaking process determine how good it is.
There is a process to making bad movies and there is a process to making good
movies. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">I have also found that
most filmmakers at least at the beginning generally include their self-esteem
in the process. Filmmaking does not make you a good person; it can make you a
bad one if you don't treat people right. It simply makes you a filmmaker. Moves
are made to make movies. It takes time to get a movie made. There are many ways
to get a film made, or your career made. There is no one-way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Everyone will tell you how
it is done. Now if someone who is currently doing it is telling you; it might make
sense to pay attention. If someone who worked on the lot, or did it a while
back is telling you, odds are they don't get it. The business changes
constantly. The only thing that does not change is, it is a business. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Expectations are difficult
for all of us. We all want to be there now. As I look back to where I was and
where I thought it was going to take me, I have found that I am grateful that
many of my expectations did not happen. Life often wants to hand you something
better. You just have to let.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p> - James Duval -</o:p></div>
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<o:p> Continuum Pictures</o:p></div>
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